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Just remember to look over the door and jamb closely BEFORE you install it into the opening. DAMHIKT.

My door had been returned due to defect and the lumberyard employee that said "Oh - here's...

I started out mowing lawns for cash. Took over my brother's paper route for a while.

First W-2 job was as the landscaper at a garden complex. The company wouldn't pay the hourly rate my boss...

That's good news about Advance Phillips ballasts. I have a T12 4' fixture that needed a ballast and my Dad has 2. I bought replacement ballasts at the Blue Borg and installed mine - no issue. ...

Wow - a bunch of cranky folks who generally dislike the rest of humanity - these are my people!

I used to let people ANNOY me - but my 2011 Resolution is to let their antics AMUSE me.

So...

And you don't need a shovel to clean up after your clamps either . . .

Cheers

Jim

I picked a Fein Turbo II up at the curb. It sounded horrible running but the power up on tool start still worked so I figured I cannibalize that if the rest was DOA.

I took it apart down to the...

Ruhi - Thanks for the reminder. It was on the calendar but there was some family drama today so we forgot.

I might have to make a run tomorrow.

Cheers

Jim

LOML has the built in GPS in her minivan. It's beginning to have issues - i.e. read issues with the CD and such.

If if dies we will go portable - Garmin. An uber-techie I work with loves Garmin....

I have a problem with Phil Thein's Baffle design.

When the can below the baffle fills with shavings it stops separating properly! Definitely a design flaw! I want my money back!

I've been...

John - hopefully everything is healing well. At least they didn't call for an amputation saw!

Back in the day I got a splinter - playing golf. I had a golf pencil in my pocket -point UP. I stuck...

Art:

Depending on when you will be travelling you might pass me going in the other direction. :)

We are renting a condo on the Canadian side of Niagra Falls in early August.

I really...

I was riding the elevator down with some co-workers while leaving work yesterday. One guy was talking about how his wife bought a nice suitcase but she always wrapped it in a bag while travelling so...

Buy a bunch of stuff and get a bag? At those prices they ought to walk around behind you at the show carrying your purchase! :D

I'm just kidding (no bashing involved -just more than a little bit...

I confess to building WW projects and giving them away without taking pictures of them.

I confess that I'm using a tables saw I bought on CL and have NEVER tuned it up.

Here to improving these...

One thing that I've done to quiet my Ridgid vac on occasion is to click a hose onto the exhaust port.

While increasing the "drag" on the system it SIGNIFICANTLY quiets the sound of the motor.
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The bandsaw gets my vote because it was bought new, whereas my tablesaw and lathe were was bought used on CL.

If I get a real dust collector (cyclone w/filters) it would easily be the most...

I worked to complete 2 projects for Christmas gifts.

A magnifying glass and desktop tray for my father.
A bottle stopper and a rack for it and the one I gave her last year.

I was in such a...

I used a rubber plumbing adapter from Home Depot or Lowes to accomplish this same thing.

I brought the coupling from the vac and a scap of the PVC and looked for something that would work.

They...

Wow - the side entry topper is slick...

My side entry into the can model works fine buy it lowers can capacity. I'm a small time woodworker so it's not an issue right now.
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I just got in from an Estate Auction run out of the Ukranian Cultural Center in Somerset NJ. The box lots were mostly all sorts of brick-a-brac and stuff - nothing I was interested in.

There was...

Please add me the this drawing.

Cheers

Jim Mattheiss

Charlie:

That "porch" looks like a good place for a pair of rocking chairs and a table for the pitcher of iced tea.

Don't be too hasty on the hanging fern decision . . . .

I'm jealous on...

Very nice Mitchell!

How much time did you spend setting nails, before and during the process?

I've used a 12 x 18 orbital sander to sand my 500 SF deck. Thank god it wasn't in as bad shape as...

Fred -

Once Earl wanders through our area tomorrow, it should be beautiful for the remainder of the weekend.

Fall will be here soon - it has been a nasty summer - I'm also waiting for the...

There is a female bulldog in the neighborhood where we walk. I go say hi to her every time we walk past. She plays hard to get and them when I move to leave she runs around like a puppy.

I love...