Coop Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 The one in my area closed about a year ago. There is one close to my office that I still support. “What kind of screw, stainless, brass, etc. “ The store and lumber yard take up two city blocks . Great folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Our Ace went belly up but we have a great True Value with a lumber yard and they are nice enough to store all my screws and fasteners for me Another thing I love is they will order dang near anything for you and not really charge any extra for it. I've done this for several items I wasn't able to find locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 ^^It’s the family lumber supply and plumbing supply along with Ace that I am trying to support. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 My True Value first, Ace second--I'm lucky enough to have both still to support. I've almost completely stopped going to the BORG since mine made all but one of the registers self check out. If you can't pay someone to ring me up I'm not shopping at your store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 There used to be a lumber yard up where we are but it closed years before we moved here. Ace doesn’t sell much more than some dowels and trim, in terms of lumber, at least here. The employees there are a mix of old and wise, young and dumb. You know who I search out if you need help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mick S Posted May 4, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 I always like to show a little appreciation for service that's maybe a bit above the norm from our suppliers. I ordered a set of Shapton Glass stones on Amazon a couple of months back - 1000, 4000 and 16,000 grit. I already had the 8000. The first time I used the 16,000 stone I noticed a crack that appeared about ⅔ of the way up the length and going all the way across. I notified Amazon, but the problem was that it was one of 3 in a set and they wanted me to return the entire set, but were out of stock and didn't know when they would have any. I dug a little deeper and found the vendor, called him and explained the situation. He immediately agreed to take it back and send a replacement. I had the replacement 5 days after mailing it back. Great service! The Craftsman Studio, LLC. Scott Love https://www.craftsmanstudio.com/ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 On 5/3/2020 at 5:19 PM, Mick S said: The Craftsman Studio, LLC. Scott Love https://www.craftsmanstudio.com/ Hey and they're just over the mountains from me Although the drive to Everett.... Ugh, even when I lived in Seattle it was long and slow. Good thing they have online ordering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 On 5/3/2020 at 5:19 PM, Mick S said: The Craftsman Studio, LLC. I have purchased a number of tools direct from them. I actually have them bookmarked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tom King Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 This morning was cool, and overcast, so it looked like a good morning to spend in waders getting water weeds out of our cove. It's caught multiple feet of sand on the bottom, over the years since the lake has been here, but the sand has been covered with silt, and weeds. I intend to get it down to bare sand. This was a couple of hours work, and probably a ton and a half of weeds and silt. That might be a third of it. I bought a specialized rake, called a Rakezilla, and it's the ideal tool for the job. I rolled it up onto the beach, in multiple pulls for a couple of hours. Then I called my helper (these days), and using a heavy I beam, and long ropes, I pulled the pile up the hill high enough where I could get it with the loader bucket. Then smoothed the bank all out. It's too soft to get it off the edge with the loader-the front tires will sink in the sand. In that first picture, I did make a couple of pulls up the hill with the bucket, but had to push the tractor out from getting the front tires stuck with the bucket, on the second pull. Pictures are set up for the first pull, and after it's all gone, and graded out, just as it started to rain. I have another tool called a Muck Razer, that rolls across the bottom throwing all the silt up in the water. We're going to tie a jet ski to some trees, and use it to send water in one side of the cove, and out the other with the silt. That bare ground close to the camera will get planted in grass pretty soon. That's the base of our point. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 At least you have some good help there, Tom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 I had done the bare sand part, where Pam is standing, by myself. The I beam would roll the mass up, and go over the top of it, until the pile got tall enough to stay ahead of the beam. I had gone up, and down the hill multiple times, realized it would take all day, so called for some help. She didn't stay clean long, and got good exercise moving the beam back behind the pile. She was worried that she had ruined her favorite pair of gardening gloves that she'd had for years, but they washed fine in the washing machine, and more were easily found online- Atlas 370 nitrile dipped. I've designed (in my head) a better drag for this purpose, that will also work in the water. This got the job done today though. We'll probably do the same thing again tomorrow morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Tom you make me tired just keeping up with your pictures I can't imagine doing all that work LOL BTW it looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Only got about half that, this morning. It's getting farther out, so more steps to pull it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 I might have tried a back blade to pull that stuff up from the bank, that way you have rear tires on the soft stuff. Still might have been too soft though, so just a thought. I'm sure you have a back blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 This is what happens when you forgot to fully adjust all the knobs on your fancy recently acquired edge guide... 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Chip Sawdust said: I might have tried a back blade to pull that stuff up from the bank, that way you have rear tires on the soft stuff. Still might have been too soft though, so just a thought. I'm sure you have a back blade The sand is probably four, or five feet deep when you get anywhere close to the water, and it's all saturated at the lake level. You can walk on it fine, but you can't even drive a rubber tracked skid steer loader on it without sinking. I have to keep the back tires on regular dirt, and hope the front tires don't sink, but I'm avoiding having to do that again. Today, I rolled the muck farther up on the beach, so I could pull it at a little bit of a different angle. I didn't put any where it needed to be pulled with the bucket, by starting farther back on that beach. We made quicker work out of it this morning, with yesterday's experience. I started the drag farther back, to clean off more of the beach down to the sand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Immortan D said: This is what happens when you forgot to fully adjust all the knobs on your fancy recently acquired edge guide... Been there, done that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 51 minutes ago, Mark J said: Been there, done that . And got the tee shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Fortunately it was only MDF. I guess my new drill press fence will have to wait until I have the time to setup my router table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pkinneb Posted May 6, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Took delivery of a new tool for the shop 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, pkinneb said: Took delivery of a new tool for the shop You can’t tease us like that! Info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Yeah not right, spill the beans please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Do your clamp-on forks have a stabilizer bar? I'm getting ready to buy some, and don't know if I should get the bar, or not. It's a lot cheaper to get it to start with, than shipping separate later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 My guess is hallow chisel mortiser free standing machine. I got my shipping notification for 4 American Chestnut trees. I'm kind of excited to see what happens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Chestnut said: My guess is hallow chisel mortiser free standing machine. I got my shipping notification for 4 American Chestnut trees. I'm kind of excited to see what happens. Where I used to work there were 4 huge Chestnut trees that the blight didn’t get, awesome trees, and if you’re right those mortise machines are a great machine, don’t have one but a friend does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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