Recent content by bat 501

Yeah I am. How did you figure that out? lol

well i decided to clean up my leg vise and paint it up. here it is all done and put back together.

Got this little thing from a scrap pile. Needs some cleaning but the only thing wrong with it is the one jaw is tilted out for some reason. Any ideas how to fix this. If you can't see it in these pics I can get some more.

I totally agree with you on that. I got some family that will take better care of them then me. And some who just don't care. Friends well they get a time limit lol.

I agree with Sberry. If you only cut 1 or 2 boards at a time the small ones will be fine. But if you are going to be cutting for longer then a few mins. You need the bigger gauge.

Imo a rear pivot is always better then a front pivot. It gives you better control of adjustments. and more ease of adjustment.

All of them brands have their really good power tools. And I agree everyone should hold different saws before buying one. But in my profession Dewalt is by far and away the over all better brand of tool. Milwaukee was at one time. But they got passed by Dewalt and some others on most tools.

I have run a few left side blades. Its all about what brand it is and where you have to hold your head to see the blade. I only use left side blades for a huge framing job. The saws are way to heavy for normal use.

This is the best right side blade saw Dewalt makes. I have used them all. I do construction so i have used many different brands and styles. This is the saw me and just about everyone I have ever worked with like the best. Even over any worm-drive. The 384 is pretty much the same saw with a...

I won't buy a Makita or a Milwaukee they both throw to much saw dust back in your face. It is mainly the housing design blocking the view of the blade from a stop where you won't get dust in your face. But still. And after 1 drop a laser line can't be trusted so I never trust them.

Its not a bad little saw. I have an older one myself. The next better grade 7 1/4" Dewalt is all most of the guys I know who do construction use. Worm drive saws have there place and that's on big framing jobs. Other then that they are a waste of space and money imo. I have had my saw for 10...

Buildings shift all the time. Some more then others. And some rooms more then others. There does not have to be much shifting to mess with a door. Our house shifts every winter and messes with the doors. You cant see that its moved but if I put a level on it I can see that it has maybe moved...

its not a really heavy one its only a 3.5 inch. and it weighs about 40 lbs

I kindly disagree on your assessment of that vice. Most black smiths will agree with me. That vise using a pin and wedge puts it in the 1840's more then likely. 99% of all blacksmith vises have bolts and nuts for the pivot arm after 1850. And 160 years isnt really that old for a blacksmith vise...

This is my bat 501 blow torch. Made in East Germany.