What came in the mail today?

[legenddc]

Made a pit stop at Home Depot today. Blaming @Chestnut for the purchase.

[JohnG]

@legenddc those are fantastic, I love mine. I don’t often use the different attachments, but they are very useful when they are.  
 

[JohnG]

New addition on the left, dwarfing my Bosch 1617. 

[Coop]

That’s sweet!

[legenddc]

I inherited a Dewalt 20v cordless router last week from my dad. His battery didn't seem to play nicely with it. I took it home to test with mine and it worked just fine. Somehow he went from agreeing to switch batteries with me, to buying a new battery to buying a whole new router/battery kit and told me to keep the old router. 

[JohnG]

[Mark J]

What brand?  12 inch?

[JohnG]

12” Shop Fox. There aren’t many options. I considered the Grizzly but it has an aluminum table where this one is cast iron. Both have cast iron base. 

[Von]

On 3/29/2024 at 12:46 PM, JohnG said:

12” Shop Fox. There aren’t many options. I considered the Grizzly but it has an aluminum table where this one is cast iron. Both have cast iron base. 

At this point, I find cast iron worth it just for magnetic jigs.

[gee-dub]

Six of these with free shipping.

https://www.grizzly.com/products/shop-fox-12-heavy-duty-f-clamp/d2916

Seem to be of a very good quality for less than $10 each.  I paid that for 6" Jorgies back in the day.

 

[Coop]

I have 8 of this style ( no markings, blue instead of your white) and I’ve yet to get the hang of them. I guess I’m just use to the spring locking device that hold them in place. 

[Coop]

Thought I would try some of Marc’s sandpaper. Looking forward to using it. 

[B1rdhunter]

I am pretty sure that i have never looked forward to sanding!

 

[Tom King]

I rank it right above fixing old plumbing, finishing sheetrock, and installing insulation, so it's not quite all the way at the bottom.

[Chet]

On 4/9/2024 at 6:30 PM, Coop said:

Thought I would try some of Marc’s sandpaper. Looking forward to using it. 

I have been using it for years.  Because it is a fairly rigid sandpaper Its nice for getting in corners and tight spaces.  I use the 400 for blocking between finish coats and because of the stiffness you can use it without a block.

[pkinneb]

Picked up a couple Lonon splitting wedges the ones I had were a little wide these are much thinner / sharper and should work well to get the split started.

[Ronn W]

Got a patching kit for the nipple for the air hose on my vacuum bag.  Will glue it on tomorrow.

[pkinneb]

Picked up some new chair tools, a small HNT Gordon inside curve spokeshave, Narex butt chisel for splitting the spindle ends for wedges, and some American made drill bits. The holes are really important in these chairs and unfortunately not all bits are actually their stated size. American bits tend to be more accurate for this use case.

[Von]

Final two Preppin Weapons came today to complete my set. A year ago I would not have believed I would be buying five sanding blocks, but they are so handy to have at the ready with the different grits and the colors work well for easy identification. Also thanks to those who have pointed out they can hold multiple pieces of sandpaper for quick replacements.

Also bought my first 7" holdfast - I have a couple 4"ers. Initial reactions is the extra reach is worth it. Also feels like it has a little more holding power but I'm not certain. I'm already thinking I should have bought two. 

[JohnG]

The PWs are great, and having several layers is super handy. 

[JohnG]

@Tom King got me on the large Chapin mixes on exit sprayer for my tractor a while back. I just found that they also have a backpack sprayer that is mix on exit, so I got one. 
It arrived with the transfer hose fitting cross threaded and was leaking everywhere when I tried pumping it, but luckily the parts were not damaged and I was able to attach it correctly. 
I use the large powered version for most spraying, but this will be great for the woods around my house that don’t have tractor access. 

[Tom King]

I hadn't seen that one.  Thanks for posting about it.

I don't know if you saw about the boomless sprayer nozzle I'm using, but it's one of these.  A single nozzle sprays a swath about 30 feet with.  I would have to check to see exactly which model I ended up with.

https://www.abdequipment.com/products/20-boomless-nozzle-brass-1-2-nptf-400-65431?

[wtnhighlander]

Early Father's Day gift, 4 more clamps added to my collection.

I like these Irwin pipe clamps, because the pipe doesn't need to be threaded. As it happens, I have numerous 2' lengths of 3/4" rigid conduit recovered from a home-grown jungle gym structure that I reclaimed when Jr. outgrew it. Fodder for more clamps in the future! 

[legenddc]

Not all today but the past couple of weeks. 

[Mark J]

Where did you get that thread guage?