So - I'm making some drawers for a kitchen project.
I messed up and only allowed 1/2" total for the slides instead of 1/2" per side. Shame on me.
After much thought and cursing myself - I ran to Home Depot to find a solution.
I came to the conclusion it would me far easier to buy a Makita cordless 3 3/8" circular saw.
( I picked the Makita instead of the 12 V Milwaukee - mistakenly thinking the Makita was 18 V).
I plan to cut 1/4" off each side of the face frame opening for the drawers.
I get to the checkout and the cashier rings it up - $79.95 - and says "Would you like to open a Home Depot account and pay a penny for this"?
I ask he if that's $79.00 off & she says it is!
I can't say "YES", fast enough!
I open the account and she gives me a cash register slip with the account number on it.
I take the saw out to the car and unpack it.
It was then that I notice it's a 12 V and not 18 V. Oh well, no biggie,I'll just get a battery for it.
Back I go and use my new account to get a 4A 12 V battery $59.00)- - again mistakenly thinking the 12 V will fit my 18 V charger (it doesn't).
I go home and returned this morning to get a 12 V charger.
As luck would have it,,,,I can't find the slip with the account number anywhere. I search high and low and - nada.
I pick up the charge ($69.00 for charger and battery) and check out - - and again - the same cashier as yesterday asks, "Would you like $60.00 off the price if you open a Home Depot account"?.
I laugh and tell her she got me yesterday.
"No problem", she says, "You can open three accounts"!
Again - couldn't say yes fast enough.
So - thanks to Home Depot - I managed to get a 12 V Makita 3 3/8" saw, a 4.0 A battery and a 2.0 A battery and charger for - $$68.95.
It would have only been $9.95 had I not messed up and bought the 4.0 A battery - but - so what, I'll use it at some point.
Not too happy taking the hard inquiry on the credit score at this particular time, but, I saved a total of $79. plus $60.00 on the tool - just to fix my mistake,