Popular Post pkinneb Posted April 21, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 On 4/3/2020 at 7:51 AM, pkinneb said: The Bosch Palm router, should be here in a week or two. I will let you know how I like it but like you mentioned I think it will be nice for edge routing tasks. https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/boschtools-ocs/12v-max-routers-37949-c/ Well folks I am going to do something I rarely do and that is return a tool . Two show stoppers for me; first you can not see the bit at all when routing second, and most important I felt it was under powered for the tasks I was hoping to do with it. I used it for an 1/8" round over and while it cut ok you could smell the oak burning. I also used it with an 1/8" straight bit to route some 1/8" deep recesses for a wall shelf I was making and again it cut them but it struggled. While I liked the drill/driver I don't really have a need for another driver so the whole works will be shipped back. I would still like a cordless palm router so the search continues. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Ridgid just came out with a cordless small router. I’ve only read magazine reviews so know nothing else about them. I’ve had decent luck with Ridgid tools over the years though. I like my little DeWalt router (corded) for small stuff. It has lights and the view of the bit is good. For me it also fills the palm router gap but cordless would be nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 I’ve had the Ridgid 18v brushless router for a few years and it’s been fine, I haven’t thrown it away but I don’t find myself wanting to rave about it. I use it almost exclusively for small roundovers and chamfers, but have used it to cut dados with a 3/8” bit. Visibility is okay, but I find myself always wanting to look through the unshielded side which makes me a bit nervous. There is no DC port. The base seems a bit tippy, but that might be improved by using a smaller battery like the 2ah. They do have a newer “Octane” model but I can’t give any input on that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Didn't FWW recently do a router review? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just watched an episode of ask this old house and they showed a Ryobi cordless palm router in use, seemed like it had enough guts, might be worth checking out. Series 18, episode 19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted April 21, 2020 Report Share Posted April 21, 2020 21 hours ago, pkinneb said: I would still like a cordless palm router so the search continues. Fine Woodworking had a strong review for the new Milwaukee M18 brushless. If it is anything like the M18 jigsaw that I have it should be a beast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 I'm locked into the world of Kobalt for cordkess tools. Sadly, they have yet to release a cordless router, but the DO have a die grinder, whose barrel grip should drop right in to a shop-made router base. I may give one a try soon, as I really want the die grinder function, too. The other blue tools I have are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Kobalt makes some decent tools but I’d avoid their hand planes unless you want to do a lot of tweaking while using them. I made the mistake of buying two of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Going to try the Makita since that is my current cordless Eco system. It got good marks in the FWW review (June 2019) while I'm not a fan of the fine adjustment I can use the batteries/charger I have which makes it a much cheap solution. It got high marks for power and visibility two of my complaints on the Bosch. I will report back on how I like it. Thanks all! On a high note I was able to solve an electrical gremlin in the shop last night that has had me perplexed since last fall 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 2 hours ago, pkinneb said: On a high note I was able to solve an electrical gremlin in the shop last night that has had me perplexed since last fall I'm interested what was going on and what was the fix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pkinneb Posted April 22, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Chestnut said: I'm interested what was going on and what was the fix? It was kinda of a freak thing! So last fall, after 14 years and for no apparent reason, the breaker blew for the circuit that controls the outlets in my spray room/ lawn equipment storage/ out door accent lights, etc. My immediate thought was the outdoor lights so I bypassed the outlet for those, but nope. Next thought was the GF outlet in the spray room tried both a new one and bypassing it, nope. At that point I'm thinking either something got in the wall and chewed into a wire or I cut something while storing the snow blower on the shelf. Since both required moving a whole bunch of wood and lawn care equipment I did what any woodworker would do got out an extension cord and thought about if for 5 months So last night I decided I had thought about it long enough and started going outlet by outlet to isolate the issue. I was able to isolate the issue to three outlets I don't ever use which I thought was good enough for the time being. As I was reinstalling the outlet on the back wall of the equipment storage area I saw what appeared to be a hot wire that had the insulation sliced back about 2" My theory is when I originally wired the garage in 2004 I must have sliced it with the romex case removal tool and not noticed it. Last fall when I threw the bagger attachments under the shelf it was enough to jiggle the outlet and that hot wire hit the ground blowing the breaker. After removing that section of insulation, cutting the wire back, and reinstalling it. problem solved! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom King Posted April 22, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Fixes are often easier than finding the problem. Glad you found it. I spent more time raking with a hard toothed garden rake today, than I probably have spent my whole life up until today. No matter how perfect I could get it with the tractor, it still needed to be hand raked. There's at least one more day of this to do, but maybe two. I'll still have to get up all those small piles. You can see the small rocks on the surface near the camera. I haven't gotten back this way yet. All my thinned, and limbed up trees seem to be thriving. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 @pkinneb Wow that is an interesting chain of events. That stinks that for an easy fix that it took that long to figure out but i know that's how things go sometimes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Had to pull out a bunch of stuff from my under stair storage. New furnace got installed and leaked water all over. Luckily anything that could be ruined was in a plastic tub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, Chestnut said: Had to pull out a bunch of stuff from my under stair storage. New furnace got installed and leaked water all over. Luckily anything that could be ruined was in a plastic tub. Your furnace leaked water?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 minute ago, pkinneb said: Your furnace leaked water?? Boiler glad nothing got ruined Drew, but that still sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 minute ago, pkinneb said: Your furnace leaked water?? Yeah and a lot of it! I guess the new high efficiency furnaces kick out a lot of condensate. Just now, treeslayer said: Boiler glad nothing got ruined Drew, but that still sucks Actually no forced air furnace. If we stroll back to highschool chemistry CH4 + combustion = CO2 + H2O +Heat most of the time H2O comes out as water vapor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Tore into my eave that was improperly finished 7 years ago when the roof pitch and system were changed. We pitched a flat roof. The old was rubber. They wrapped the rubber over a term bar on the 10” sub fascia. What was not known to me at the time is that the builder had used 8” fascia trim, and used the rubber to cover the rest. Since I jumped into the project a half day after my friend started it, I missed that. Seven years of water trapped by fascia trim rotted the sub. Fortunately I have done this job for so many others, I do it as second nature. Unfortunately it’s 10” and consequently heavy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Didn’t take chemistry in HS, only advanced drinking and how to get girls to go out with you, but that was a long time ago, how high is the efficiency rating on yours? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 32 minutes ago, Chestnut said: Yeah and a lot of it! I guess the new high efficiency furnaces kick out a lot of condensate. Actually no forced air furnace. If we stroll back to highschool chemistry CH4 + combustion = CO2 + H2O +Heat most of the time H2O comes out as water vapor. LOL My bad!! I had to look yep there is a hose coming out of mine into floor drain, facepalm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 It seems like the overflow drain pan would have a water level safety cutoff switch, just like heat pump air handlers do. When the water in the pan, which is a backup anyway, gets too high, the unit shuts down. If it has a condensate pump, instead of a gravity drain, sounds like there needs to be a backup pump for the first pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 2 hours ago, treeslayer said: Didn’t take chemistry in HS, only advanced drinking and how to get girls to go out with you, but that was a long time ago, how high is the efficiency rating on yours? LOL you made better use of your time than I did . Quoted 97% we shall see a year from now if it's worth it. There were a bunch of rebates on the high end units where i could get them for $500 more than the less efficent units so i figured why not. I"ll be in this house till I get carried out feet first so it might be worth it. 2 hours ago, Tom King said: It seems like the overflow drain pan would have a water level safety cutoff switch, just like heat pump air handlers do. When the water in the pan, which is a backup anyway, gets too high, the unit shuts down. If it has a condensate pump, instead of a gravity drain, sounds like there needs to be a backup pump for the first pump. It's all gravity to a floor drain. The leak was from the condensate line that was installed. It was a real hack job that the helper did.... I bumped it and it fell apart. He also drove a screw into a sheet of BB ply thinking it was a good place to mount a ziptie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 I went with a 95% but that was 20 years ago and technology from then too, another year or two and I’ll start looking for a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted April 24, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 I think they've made bigger gains on the AC units than they have on furnaces in the last 20 years. They AC i have uses an inverter drive (VFD) probably with a 3 phase motor to run the compressor at a variable speed so it doesn't waste energy pumping freon that it doesn't need to. Being an engineer I'm going to do some extensive data analysis. My electric company provides daily electricity usage back 10 years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 This was yesterday but the kids went over to my in-laws so I had a bit of shop time. Most of the time was spent cleaning up since it’s become a catch-all space lately. I did finally finish half of the batch of picture frames I started back in December. I’ve also picked up a few new tools over the past couple months and yesterday was the first time I actually got to look at them and check them out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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