Recent content by Aaron_W

I imagine cost and upkeep are the real issues. Also a lack of employees knowing how to install them. I grew up in older houses with hardwood floors, I love them. Unfortunately while my current home is of an age to have them, it doesn't. That said many of the laminate flooring options are quite...

On that note is there a flux core option? In case I ever need to weld some stainless and don't want to TIG?

Thanks for bringing that up. I did some looking around and apparently a lot of 2 strokes asking for 16-1 were before commercial 2 stroke oils were common and they assumed mixing plain 30w oil with the fuel. Later Homelite called for 32-1 when using their "special" oil. The Stihl 041G is only a...

I could have sworn I replied to this thread before, but I just read through this whole thread and nope (BTW some of you guys have crazy collections). There must have been another I replied to. Well I just doubled the number of "collector" saws I own. Soon after getting married and buying a...

If it was fully functional then around here $300 would have been a really good price, $150 is a great price. I have the older version that came before these, but very similar. I think these little Atlas / Craftsman lathes are under appreciated. Sure they are small, but they are from a time...

Vintage ones still work and they are pretty cheap on ebay. I found a really early one with a cast metal body and a leather carrying case for under $30. Agree probably late 60s or 70s.

The US General 1 drawer cart is budget friendly, and decent. I have one I use for my cordless tools. I believe they are less than $150 and go on sale often for much less. I think I got mine for $99 a year or two ago. Similar to what Zim started with above.

Good to know. I know someone who is trying to replace a rubber bellows type "sock" that fits over a piece on an old machine. Sounds like TPU may be worth looking into.

I'm just going to mention Prusa. Bambu has taken over the 3d printing market with affordable, easy to use printers and pushed a lot of the one time big players aside. Prusa is made in the Czech republic, so more expensive than many of the other brands which are from China. Prusa was a leader...

I bought my wife some pink tools and a pink tool bag from Amazon. Not outstanding tools, but not junk. Perfectly adequate for basic home owner stuff like assembling furniture, hanging pictures etc. Pink helps to emphasize the HERS aspect of his and hers tool sets.

I picked everything shop, but in reality most of the shop space is a storage area for tools. I have to do most work outside in the driveway or carport.

I have the same jointer. I believe I paid $80 a few years ago. Many people recommend going with a 6 or 8", but I've found it enough for my needs. Not really a case of being light duty, just limited to skinnier material. Homecraft was Delta's lower end brand, but wasn't really lower quality...

We didn't get Walmart in California until the 90s and by then they were certainly going for cheap, but I don't think that was always their model.

Agree, at this point Walmart is just known for being a cheap one stop shop and that is it.

He is in Alaska.