What came in the mail today?

[Chestnut 5663]

6 minutes ago, drzaius said:

But it is definitely a thing cause lots of guys report the seams failing after a year or 2.

I fell like after a year or 2 of use the belt was worn out a long time ago...

[wtnhighlander 7688]

I've had stored belts fail at the seams, but under tension on the machine, they last an astoundingly long time.

[legenddc 483]

Well by the time they break at the seam I will probably have used two and forgotten how long ago I purchased them!

In all sincerity if I can get my act together I'm hoping to do a bunch of little projects where I'll use some of the belts in the various grits. If I didn't buy the 30 pack for $23 I would have ended up getting a 3 pack from Home Depot for $15 when I needed one immediately.

[Coop 7611]

@legenddc,  I was so overwhelmed by the different type of abrasives that Kingspor have, I didn’t buy any. After seeing your pic, I typed into their search, the number on your box and came up with nothing. What type of abrasive are on your discs? 

[jussi 118]

Been transitioning to more cordless lately. Been especially eyeing the electric brad nailers.  These early Black Friday deals have me a good excuse.  

[legenddc 483]

2 minutes ago, jussi said:

Been transitioning to more cordless lately. Been especially eyeing the electric brad nailers.  These early Black Friday deals have me a good excuse.  

Did you do the buy the batteries and return them for the jigsaw?

[legenddc 483]

@Coop I’ve never used this before, copied it from someone else in here because I was in the same boat. Here’s what I got. https://www.woodworkingshop.com/product/vd60003/

[Coop 7611]

Thanks bud. But I don’t see anything in their line of products that match the 17 hole configuration that the Festool pad has, unless I’m missing it? 

[jussi 118]

29 minutes ago, legenddc said:

Did you do the buy the batteries and return them for the jigsaw?

I thought about it but I ended up keeping both because I actually need more m18 batteries.  Have way too many chargers now though. And bags.  Maybe I’ll use them as Christmas wrapping  

[legenddc 483]

23 minutes ago, Coop said:

Thanks bud. But I don’t see anything in their line of products that match the 17 hole configuration that the Festool pad has, unless I’m missing it? 

https://www.woodworkingshop.com/category.aspx?id=21&f1=6"+X+17+HOLE+(FESTOOL+MJS1)
 

Here you go Coop

[Coop 7611]

Much better, thanks. So you didn’t buy direct from Klingspor? 

[Coop 7611]

Or maybe you did and I was on the wrong site. Thanks much for the leg work! 

[drzaius 2635]

1 hour ago, Coop said:

@legenddc,  I was so overwhelmed by the different type of abrasives that Kingspor have, I didn’t buy any. After seeing your pic, I typed into their search, the number on your box and came up with nothing. What type of abrasive are on your discs? 

Klinspor's website has pretty good information for choosing which type of abrasive & paper is best for your needs. I don't have a link because it's been a few years since I shopped there.

[JohnG 1207]

1 hour ago, Coop said:

Or maybe you did and I was on the wrong site. Thanks much for the leg work! 

Woodworkingshop is their retail store like Woodcraft or Rockler. One cool part of them being connected to Klingspor is that they have big bins of various sandpaper sheets, offcuts, etc that they sell by the pound.

They also have their main Klingspor site that is more informational. I don’t think they sell from the main site. 

[Mark J 2254]

Their commercial/industrial arm sells through area reps.  I've ordered abrasives through mine.

[legenddc 483]

I was all confused too. I ordered blindly based on this post:

 

[Chet 4939]

23 hours ago, jussi said:

Been transitioning to more cordless lately. Been especially eyeing the electric brad nailers.  These early Black Friday deals have me a good excuse.  

You will be real happy with that jigsaw.  Its a beast,  goes through 8/4 stock like most jigsaws go through 4/4.

[Coop 7611]

I have yet to find a jig saw/blade combination that made me switch from my circ saw to break down boards. I understand it’s not the safest method but I try to be safe. 

[Chet 4939]

14 hours ago, Coop said:

I have yet to find a jig saw/blade combination that made me switch from my circ saw to break down boards.

The above jigsaw would probably do it Coop.

[jussi 118]

14 hours ago, Chet said:

You will be real happy with that jigsaw.  Its a beast,  goes through 8/4 stock like most jigsaws go through 4/4.

Yah I used it a couple of days go to rough cut some recycled redwood planks.  Granted redwood cuts like paper but still pretty darn quick.  Maybe not as quick as circ but fast enough for me.  And safer.  With the circ saw I was always weary about just grabbing one end of the board with one hand from the ground and cutting it like I see alot of contractors do.  I always put the board on some support.  Which obviously added to the overall breaking down process.  I didn't have that same fear with the jigsaw.  Plus if I have alot of boards to rough cut I have an older dewalt mitersaw on a ridgid msuv that sets up in a few seconds. 

I'll be curious on how it does on more accurate cuts.  Specifically on how square the blade stays to the plate when doing curves.  I've had serveral corded jigsaws (including the carvex) and haven't been overly impressed by the cut quality.  In fact I ended up selling them all save for one that I use for rough curves only when the piece is too big for a bs.   I heard really amazing things about the Maefell P1cc and am some what tempted but can't bring myself to pull the trigger on a $500+ jigsaw.

[Coop 7611]

@jussi, where did you get the jig saw on a Black Friday sale?

[jussi 118]

2 hours ago, Coop said:

@jussi, where did you get the jig saw on a Black Friday sale?

Yah.  Home Depot specifically.  Link below.  Lots of great deals on power tools.   I don't think the sale starts officially till early November but many of the deals are live already.   Going broke on all these "deals"

https://blackfriday.com/ads/black-friday/home-depot

Milwaukee has a sale which you can choose from over a dozen tools (including the jigsaw) if you buy a 2 battery starter kit for $199.  As an aside I believe you can return either the tool or starter kit but I kept both because I needed the extra batteries. 

 

 

[Mark J 2254]

Look for the "photo" of the 36 page ad.  The Milwaukee deal is on page 11, DeWalt on page 13.

[jussi 118]

Thinking about getting one of the modular systems.  The Milwaukee Packout set seems to be the best but more than I want to spend given I'm not a pro and won't use it as much.  I'm leaning towards the Ridgid.  Anyone have experience with that set or a similar Ridgid set?

[legenddc 483]

1 hour ago, jussi said:

Thinking about getting one of the modular systems.  The Milwaukee Packout set seems to be the best but more than I want to spend given I'm not a pro and won't use it as much.  I'm leaning towards the Ridgid.  Anyone have experience with that set or a similar Ridgid set?

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