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At first I felt like I was crawling out from under a rock getting a 3D printer so late in the game, but seeing all the refinement and work that has gone into the machines and models that people have created makes me think it was OK that I waited and saved all the headaches.

Granted there are a lot of things I still need to design and model, but man-o-man have people created and shared a lot of really cool stuff!
 
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Yeah I'm considering adding it to my arsenal as well. I used to do resin casting as a side business and I was often asked to mold and cast the 3d printed prototypes. That was 9 years ago and it's fascinating how far the tech has come and how accessible it is!
 
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At first I felt like I was crawling out from under a rock getting a 3D printer so late in the game, but seeing all the refinement and work that has gone into the machines and models that people have created makes me think it was OK that I waited and saved all the headaches.

Granted there are a lot of things I still need to design and model, but man-o-man have people created and shared a lot of really cool stuff!

The amount of stuff on Printables and MakerWorld is pretty crazy. The latest generation of printers has definitely upped the game in terms of ease of use and reliability, making it much more approachable for the non-techie/enthusiast it used to take to make these things work. You no longer need to be a 3d printing enthusiast to get good use out of them...you can use them to support other hobbies/interests instead of it being a dedicated hobby/interest.

Yeah I'm considering adding it to my arsenal as well. I used to do resin casting as a side business and I was often asked to mold and cast the 3d printed prototypes. That was 9 years ago and it's fascinating how far the tech has come and how accessible it is!

With the Bambu Black Friday sale it's generally their best pricing on machines....the $449 for the A1 with AMS Lite or 749 for the P1S with the AMS and you can print all kinds of random fidgets and stuff for any kids on Thanksgiving to amuse themselves with and leave the adults alone :)

I'm hoping we see some significant improvements in price over the next 1-2 years on 3d scanners and the software that goes with them as that is still a big holdup in the world of consumer/average homeowner being able to make stuff if they don't have CAD skills/time to learn. When it gets to the ease of the "copy" button on your printer/copier....I think that point triggers a new level of adoption and commonality

Had both Bambu printers running for the first time in awhile which felt good....now to finish putting the Voron back together so I can sell it

Reprinted the case for the metric reamers I linked yesterday. Even with reaming the holes it was still too tight and took pliers to remove them. So scaled it 1% larger in the slicer and then laid it flat and made the text black:

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Fit was much better

As I'm working on dust collection and trying to get the tablesaw/router hookup fully working I needed a 6 x 6 x 2.5" pipe....so a couple minutes in CAD then 5 hours to print in PETG

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I'm going to thicken up the wall for the 6" a bit more for next time as it's a bit flimsy but still usable. The 2.5" will be to to hookup to the overarm bladeguard/riving knife and will have a magnetic quick connect to also be used on the router table fence port.

Right now the adapter to go from the Sawstop upper dust port/overarm guard to the 2.5" is printing (link below).....then I'll figure out what adapter works best for the magnetic quick connect for it

 

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Not being great with cad or having the time to work with it is one of the big things that keep me away from it.

I did resin casting cause I could make the base parts by hand. Developed a name for my self in a particular niche and had some opportunities to do short production runs based off 3d prints. At that time they still required a lot of surface finishing to match the quality of a hand made part, but the complexity of the shapes and details was superior. Just didn't mold well with rough print resolution.

I fumbled through Google sketch up for a while cause it was free, but was never able to make some of my own designs anything other than digital.

I guess I need to expand my thoughts on printing avaliable files rather than thinking I have to reinvent the wheel as it were.
 

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Yes, I've got a shop vac I use it with when doing bigger sanding projects. After I run the slab thru the drum sander I'll hook up the shop vac for the final passes with the Bosch. A partially completed project of a dedicated shop vac with dust deputy and overhead boom arm is on the list of **** I've started but haven't finished lol
Nice! I also invested one of these, which help to preserve my sanity with not having to turn the shop vac on/off constantly. I use it frequently. https://www.menards.com/main/electr...12w00-bp/p-1564554532826-c-6483.htm?exp=false
 
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Little sawdust and 3d printing progress

6" adapter to go from blast gate to magnetic quick connect with a 2.5" port off the top for the overarm and router fence usage. That hose will also be connected via magnetic quick connect to the tool ports

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6" flex hose then goes to a 6 to 4 to 4" printed adapter to feed either the table saw base or wing mounted router

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Still a long way to go...but positive progress
 
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I've got a couple small woodworking projects in mind that will need a bit nicer joinery than pocket screws...almost in a destiny type situation Jessem had a couple 3/8" doweling jigs as factory 2nds so one end up with me. I've never used this brand before but have never had an issue with anything from Jessem so I expect similar success with this

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And speaking of projects....I've got a few lined up

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I'm technically on vacation for the next 2 weeks...so we'll see how much of this I can knock off. My role is remote and highly flexible on schedule, so I'll be monitoring email 1 or 2x a day and will answer most phone calls as I can generally handle most of my calls without the computer. But this will be the longest vacation span I've ever had and it's definitely needed as the burnout is noticeable to me at least.

Weather looks pretty good right now, but general plan I think is to try and go after the indoor projects in the morning then as it warms up transition to some of the outdoor stuff in the late morning and afternoon. As of now the wife has no idea I've got the next week off...I might have said I was taking Thanksgiving week off...but going to see how long I can go with this staying as "my" to do list (which has a lot of her stuff on it) vs some of the things she may want
 

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Two weeks goes by so fast. Good looking out on the burnout though. Make sure you take a few moments to yourself and enjoy the vacation!


The 3-D printed dust stuff is looking good. I was just eying up a connection to the tablesaw myself.

What CAD software do you use? I'm becoming "OK" in sketchup as I work out my cabinets and stuff but I feel like the basics could cross apply to something more 3D printer centric?
 

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Nice! I also invested one of these, which help to preserve my sanity with not having to turn the shop vac on/off constantly. I use it frequently. https://www.menards.com/main/electr...12w00-bp/p-1564554532826-c-6483.htm?exp=false

I have those in my miter saws etc. 👍 I don't know if they make such a beast but I would really love a 220 version with a 110 vacuum still. I would love it kick on with the table saw but with the saw being 220 I've yet to find a switch. I can do and am thinking about doing remote start on the dust collector and just taping the remote by the saw power so it would be two switches ready to rock with no extra walking. I know lazy right!
 

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Little sawdust and 3d printing progress

6" adapter to go from blast gate to magnetic quick connect with a 2.5" port off the top for the overarm and router fence usage. That hose will also be connected via magnetic quick connect to the tool ports

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6" flex hose then goes to a 6 to 4 to 4" printed adapter to feed either the table saw base or wing mounted router

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Still a long way to go...but positive progress

😯 Logan, I don't know if you've noticed but I would watch the kids.....there is a Kraken loose in the shop!
 

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I have those in my miter saws etc. 👍 I don't know if they make such a beast but I would really love a 220 version with a 110 vacuum still. I would love it kick on with the table saw but with the saw being 220 I've yet to find a switch. I can do and am thinking about doing remote start on the dust collector and just taping the remote by the saw power so it would be two switches ready to rock with no extra walking. I know lazy right!
I bought some remote control outlets for Christmas lights and use one remote to trigger my dust collector or shop vac. Figured it was a cheap way to test it out and if I liked it I could upgrade but it’s still working a few years later.
 

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I've got a couple small woodworking projects in mind that will need a bit nicer joinery than pocket screws...almost in a destiny type situation Jessem had a couple 3/8" doweling jigs as factory 2nds so one end up with me. I've never used this brand before but have never had an issue with anything from Jessem so I expect similar success with this

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And speaking of projects....I've got a few lined up

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I'm technically on vacation for the next 2 weeks...so we'll see how much of this I can knock off. My role is remote and highly flexible on schedule, so I'll be monitoring email 1 or 2x a day and will answer most phone calls as I can generally handle most of my calls without the computer. But this will be the longest vacation span I've ever had and it's definitely needed as the burnout is noticeable to me at least.

Weather looks pretty good right now, but general plan I think is to try and go after the indoor projects in the morning then as it warms up transition to some of the outdoor stuff in the late morning and afternoon. As of now the wife has no idea I've got the next week off...I might have said I was taking Thanksgiving week off...but going to see how long I can go with this staying as "my" to do list (which has a lot of her stuff on it) vs some of the things she may want

You should like that 😉

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I order bags of these on Amazon and have been happy with them.

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I bought some remote control outlets for Christmas lights and use one remote to trigger my dust collector or shop vac. Figured it was a cheap way to test it out and if I liked it I could upgrade but it’s still working a few years later.

I really enjoy my vac switches...keep one zip tied to the roll around vac

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Finally remade the tracksaw mounts and got them mounted on the new garage door

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Then got bored and tweaked alignment on the tablesaw and fence

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Miter slot was around .006" out front to back. Fence was similar so got them both to around .001" then gave the cabinet a good cleaning with compressed air and the dust collection running to clean up the chips in the base of the cabinet.

Hopefully starting the garage door painting this afternoon if the rest of the family cooperates
 
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1 Coat mostly on....ran out of time and light to do all the various brush work

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Definitely needs another coat but that will likely have to wait a bit as rain forecasted for Monday and maybe into Tuesday. But its at least started so the pressure of having it partly done on the front of the house will encourage me to finish
 
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You should like that 😉

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I order bags of these on Amazon and have been happy with them.

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Nice! Thanks for the recommendation on the dowels, I got a pack each of 1.75" and 2.25" or something with the jig so I've got a starting stock but will add those to my Amazon saved list for shop consumables.

Cool hangers. Love that saw gauge too!

Saw gauge is one of those super specialized things that takes up space 99% of the time but when you need it...sure is nice to have around!

Looking good Logan, I like the tracksaw mount!

Thanks! Struggling to find the file on mobile but when I get back on the computer I'll try and link the file for others who may want it as it wasn't my design

Edit: File link is here for anyone interested:

 
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What CAD software do you use? I'm becoming "OK" in sketchup as I work out my cabinets and stuff but I feel like the basics could cross apply to something more 3D printer centric?

I'm using Alibre Atom which is a far less popular one out there. I was introduced to it by my brother who uses it as his work. I think it's basic "claim to fame" is 2 fold:
  • Behaves like engineering design CAD tools like Fusion, SolidWorks etc in terms of modeling, assemblies etc
  • You can actually "buy" a perpetual license outright vs the annual subscription model of so many others
My brother found it while looking for an alternative to Solidworks for his small shop where 7k or something a year for 2 licenses was tough to swallow when they don't need to collaborate with any vendors/customers etc. He has (2) seats of their mid level design package, the only thing it doesn't do for them is CAM posts for the Tormach CNC so he still uses Fusion for that or programs it at the machine if it's simple enough.

The Alibre Atom package right now with their November sales is $200 for a license and it does all of what I need and 95% of what I want vs the $1k Design Pro package.

The only thing it doesn't do that I would like but won't pay 800 to upgrade is push/pull modeling which can make for some faster changes/updates to model faces/surfaces. You can still accomplish the same function with the extrude solid/cut function, but push/pull can be faster. At some point I may miss the boolean assembly tools that the next level up has, but right now I don't use it so it doesn't bother me.

For hobbists like us, most of the major platforms have some sort of hobbyist option that is very low cost/free. I originally was using Fusion but switched to Alibre as I wasn't super fond of some of their restrictions on their hobbyist level but my concerns were probably mostly overblown and unwarranted. In terms of professional level software with boatloads of online tutorials, I think Fusion is the leader there.

I just found out that SolidEdge which we use at work has a free for hobbyist option which I'm probably going to try and at least install so for those few things that my Alibre package can't do I'd have another option. I've thought about installing the personal version of Fusion again (it's free) just so I'd be able to better use some of the various parametric model configurators people have come up with for Gridfinity or other stuff, but haven't got there yet.

There are some open source packages out there....I've never paid any attention to them so don't know how they compare

Couple threads in here on some of the CAD options:

 
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Day 1 of vacation....strayed off course. But it was discovered while working on the list...and needs addressed...but still annoys me I'm already off the list

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Garbage disposal has a crack and is seaping....yay. Doesn't appear to be any damage to the cabinet so minor ray or sunshine

Question for the hive mind: Is it worth it to put one back in or just delete?

We are on on city sewer so no septic to worry about...I normally scrape plates into trash anyway....just not sure we really need it and the headache it can cause???

Thoughts?
 

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I'd keep it. I want one really badly, I just haven't made time to install one. You have kids...growing kids who will eventually reach the age where they are doing the dishes and cleaning off plates and they absolutely will be putting stuff down the sink. It might as well be able to chop it up before it goes down.
 
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Well between the 3 votes here and the unveto-able vote of the wife...it got replaced.

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Old on the left, but it was a major brand so was able to keep the sink flange and hookups as is so was about a 30 minute swap as predicted above.

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Was hoping it might be quieter....doesn't seem like it. Not that its a big deal as it runs for 20 seconds...but would have been nice

Thanks for the input @XJSuperman @bj383ss and @legenddc

Tomorrow back to the list! After I maybe add this to the list so I can feel accomplished when I strike it off. I did get a start on light switch swapping and some other things completed as well so I didn't stray off list till late in the afternoon
 
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F... noise, you got an 1/8 HP increase.....more power! :beer:

I wanted the full 1 hp one....but then I remembered we never put bones down...mostly table scraps, kids cereal or trimmings from prep....so it was overkill. Add in the 100 bucks more and the annoyance of getting it mounted...went with the cheapest model in their top series and called it good enough. The 8 yr warranty should last longer then our ownership of this house so it should be a future owners problem then!
 

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Well between the 3 votes here and the unveto-able vote of the wife...it got replaced.

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Old on the left, but it was a major brand so was able to keep the sink flange and hookups as is so was about a 30 minute swap as predicted above.

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Was hoping it might be quieter....doesn't seem like it. Not that its a big deal as it runs for 20 seconds...but would have been nice

Thanks for the input @XJSuperman @bj383ss and @legenddc

Tomorrow back to the list! After I maybe add this to the list so I can feel accomplished when I strike it off. I did get a start on light switch swapping and some other things completed as well so I didn't stray off list till late in the afternoon

What's the red/black wire that's in the wand line, leak sensor of some sort?
 
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What's the red/black wire that's in the wand line, leak sensor of some sort?

The kitchen faucet has a touch feature where you touch the neck and it turns on/off. I thought it was a gimmick, wife got it as swag at a continuing education credit she went to(she's an interior designer so specifies plumbing fixtures) but we really like it. Don't remember if it's Moen or Delta or Kohler but one of the big names. It was free so the price was right, if i had to buy one without using it before I'd probably struggle to upgrade to it but after using it for several years we would get it again.
 

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I wanted the full 1 hp one....but then I remembered we never put bones down...mostly table scraps, kids cereal or trimmings from prep....so it was overkill. Add in the 100 bucks more and the annoyance of getting it mounted...went with the cheapest model in their top series and called it good enough. The 8 yr warranty should last longer then our ownership of this house so it should be a future owners problem then!
When mine went out I was lucky my dad had given me a spare one new in the box. It was a 3/4' horse. The one the house came with was 1/2'. Could definitely tell the difference with heavy stuff like ice. The number one kitchen appliance to upgrade it get way less noise is the dishwasher. Don't know why but the ones that come with standard homes are so damn loud you can't even watch TV. Both of the upgraded ones I have bought I have to look to see if it is running.

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The kitchen faucet has a touch feature where you touch the neck and it turns on/off. I thought it was a gimmick, wife got it as swag at a continuing education credit she went to(she's an interior designer so specifies plumbing fixtures) but we really like it. Don't remember if it's Moen or Delta or Kohler but one of the big names. It was free so the price was right, if i had to buy one without using it before I'd probably struggle to upgrade to it but after using it for several years we would get it again.

Noice!

I spy with my little eye a Delta sticker 😁
 
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Noice!

I spy with my little eye a Delta sticker 😁

Good eye! Yes it's a Delta with their Touch2O technology...had to look up the paperwork.

I've been debating on getting their voice add on so I could tell it to pour 4 cups or 2 cups or whatever....but with what the kids do with Alexa already....not sure I want to give them a voice activated sink.
 

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Good eye! Yes it's a Delta with their Touch2O technology...had to look up the paperwork.

I've been debating on getting their voice add on so I could tell it to pour 4 cups or 2 cups or whatever....but with what the kids do with Alexa already....not sure I want to give them a voice activated sink.

Having 4 of my own I can only imagine. Alexa pour 97 gallons of water hehehe (proceed to run away)
 

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I have a love and hate relationship with garbage disposals. It's nice to not have to touch a nasty strainer basket, but too many times does someone drop a silverware in one and I have to fish it out cause everyone else is too scared to reach in. I guess I'm the dummy that takes the chances nobody else does. Of course, I make sure the power is off to the disposal.
 

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I have a love and hate relationship with garbage disposals. It's nice to not have to touch a nasty strainer basket, but too many times does someone drop a silverware in one and I have to fish it out cause everyone else is too scared to reach in. I guess I'm the dummy that takes the chances nobody else does. Of course, I make sure the power is off to the disposal.
I thought that's how you get grapefruit spoons: drop a spoon down there and turn it on! :evil:
 

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I have a love and hate relationship with garbage disposals. It's nice to not have to touch a nasty strainer basket, but too many times does someone drop a silverware in one and I have to fish it out cause everyone else is too scared to reach in. I guess I'm the dummy that takes the chances nobody else does. Of course, I make sure the power is off to the disposal.
Your suppose to turn the power off when you reach in? :ROFLMAO:

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Having 4 of my own I can only imagine. Alexa pour 97 gallons of water hehehe (proceed to run away)

Bingo! Right now their loving the "Alexa...make a "insert random animal" sound" and then run away giggling while attempting to do the noise again

I have a love and hate relationship with garbage disposals. It's nice to not have to touch a nasty strainer basket, but too many times does someone drop a silverware in one and I have to fish it out cause everyone else is too scared to reach in. I guess I'm the dummy that takes the chances nobody else does. Of course, I make sure the power is off to the disposal.

We normally end up using the other side of the sink as the drop off spot and it's got a strainer basket so haven't dropped too many down there....I know at least (2) kids plastic spoons went to the ground up graveyard

I thought that's how you get grapefruit spoons: drop a spoon down there and turn it on! :evil:

Pretty much! and we don't eat grapefruit...so they're super useful!

Nice install, under my kitchen sink is not that clean

I need to clean up the wiring for that touch sensor. Now that I have an always on outlet under there thanks to the new dishwasher(prior one was hardwired so no outlet) I can dump the batteries and convert it to a 9v plug in wall wart transformer and clean up a bit more.

Laundry room sink cabinet....definitely not as clean!

The number one kitchen appliance to upgrade it get way less noise is the dishwasher. Don't know why but the ones that come with standard homes are so damn loud you can't even watch TV. Both of the upgraded ones I have bought I have to look to see if it is running.

Bret

My "dishwashers" are extremely noisy and worse yet don't actually do the job....

Wait...you're not talking about the kids or wife :)

So the dishwasher appliance....yeah. It's one of those things that I don't get trying to save money on for an entry level unit. Stainless fronts sell, I get it...but the plastic tub, low wattage heaters, crappier racks etc.....I just don't want to try and save a couple bucks on something in my house that gets 1 or 2 loads a day. Maybe for houses that don't cook as much (at all)....but if it's running that often I don't want to have to hear it when it's going. If it takes more than an indicator light to determine if it's on or not I don't want it. Now the new Bosch isn't whisper quiet and if it's running and the kids are asleep we can hear it as background noise from the couch if it's quiet...but flip music on or the TV on or even just normal conversation and that noise is gone.
 
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Little bit of progress on the to do list:

I've had a backlog of light switch conversions so the organizer full of wire termination items came out

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Not everything is getting swapped, but stuff that at times gets left on, switches that voice control would be nice, things that I'd like paired together and able to do routines/programs for etc all on the list to get updated. I'm using the Kasa/TP-link switches, they seem cost effective and have done all that I've wanted/needed. At some point I would like to get deeper into home automation...but with the list of stuff I'd like to do that is ahead of them it's probably not happening for awhile

One of the messier boxes...most are just double gang but this was a triple with a dimmer and (2) single pole switches. When reasonable I choose Wago over wirenuts

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Also taking the time to write breaker numbers on the backs of all outlet covers I remove to save "Future Logan" some work....hopefully. Bathroom vent fan switches also getting replaced with the pre-programmed timer switches, and of course then the scope creep of adjacent/nearby older toggle switches going to Decora style...

The new Vessel powered scewdriver has been incredibly handy and a big time saver. With a straight bit chucked in and as long as the installer of the outlets wasn't a gorilla I can do everything in the typical box with it. Picked up from the one and only Harry J Epstein's....would definitely recommend for anyone doing similar work. My first time using the Vessel ball grips and I must say I really like them....a set of Vessel ball grips got added to the Xmas list.

Most of the switches so far have been backstabbed....yuck.

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4 more sets of 3-way's just got dropped on the porch so that's probably tonight's project

In more garage related stuff....another year I was too cheap(dumb) to pay the 100 bucks for a sprinkler company to blow out the sprinklers so I did it.

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And got the truck into the garage for an oil change as I've got a roughly 400 mile road trip tentative for Friday and oil life monitor was down in the single digits. While I had it in went ahead and did cabin air filter as well

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I don't keep as good of records on it as I should....but it's at 103k miles right now and with as little as I drive it these days I'm honestly surprised it got 23k miles in 3.5 years. It's on the annual oil change plan now, but does need a new set of tires before the snow comes so I need to make some calls on that tomorrow.

Tires on it now are Continental TerrainContact 265/65/R18 and were installed in Dec 2016 at 53k miles. Looks like they were 237/each back then plus the various fees and the local shop has that same tire for 232/each so that's cheaper then I was expecting. They've also got a set of General's for $150 less for the set of 4....will have to ruminate on that a bit as I doubt I own this truck long enough to wear out another set of tires....but who knows. That may get added to the Thursday list to get done as well. Still need to do a coolant change in it, plus clean the interior which seems like a wasted effort given it hauls around 2 humans in training but it's long overdue.
 
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OutlawDrifter

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The Contis are a good tire. Are you running the HT or the AT version?

I'll plug my favorite Swiss army knife tire, price the Yokohama Geolandar G015. Quiet on the highway and great in rain/snow/ice. They are moving to an updated version, G018 I think is the number, so they are probably closing out the old number.
 

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Getting a variety of projects knocked out....nice! I like that you write the info on the air cleaner, and although I have started logging my maintenance I will think about documenting it on the maintenance items as well.

Something about getting pulled a few dozen different directions tends to lead to forgetting a few things along the way, and I beat myself up over "when did I do that" type of things.
 

madison069

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Scope creep, I hate it. especially when it involves something I never cared to do in the first place. Currently, I'm touching up walls and freshening up the rear door with new hardware and a paint job. Not what I wanted to do but it needs done before the new carpet is laid. Oh, and I'll be installing a dimmer switch for a set of lights in the living room, so I'll be pulling out those wire connectors like yours for it.

As a previous reliability engineer, you would think I would keep up better records of maintenance done to my vehicles and would have some kind of software being used to record everything I do to these vehicles, but atlas I don't. Maybe I should get a cheap laptop from black Friday to put in the garage for recording all works done in the household? I also don't feel so bad about the age of my truck tires now as I know I bought tires after 2017, but like you I don't drive it that much anymore. According to my inspection sticker I only drove the truck 600 miles last year. The forester is the one I'm racking the miles up on, and I was told by my inspector I should look at getting some new tires for it. :rolleyes:

I really need to finish up my breaker labeling, but now I should add the writing it on the back of the cover step to help future owner. Figuring out this house's issues and quirks since I've moved here has been time consuming, this would help save time for future person.
 
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