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Some of the birch ply I used , I was disappointed at how thin the veneer is, if I would have used paint, it would be thicker

It’s a coast # PM50R

I really like my coast flashlight, 255 lumens, has 3 light modes, one on the end and one on the side with 2 brightness. One thing that another one I had that I didn’t like was you had to click the button 3 times to go through all the modes to shut it off. This one if it’s on for more that 5...

Those are a great vise, I have the same one. You do nice work, I like your shop too. BCD

I have a 6” baldor bench grinder I went with a good quality wheel also , same thing I don’t like wires sticking out of my shirt poking me, but what I noticed was that there was a lot of space around the outside diameter between the wheel and the cast iron guard around it. I was able to put a 7”...

The model were after is DCF680N2. Which can be either be switched to inline or pistol grip, has multiple torque settings and 8v removable battery. If you drill into dewalt website it says discontinued. Home Depot advertises it still but then says no longer available...

Got any pic’s of your rotary punch machine? I’m curious what they look like. I have a rotex rotary punch that I really like and have used a lot over the yrs. Wondering if it’s similar. BCD

I did the same thing, I left the step pulleys on still and found a good happy medium with the belt. I change speed all time time. I do find it’s either all the way down or all the way up. BCD.

The building code has required rules for attached garages, just follow the laws. BCD

One thing that hasn’t been mentioned yet is the the depth of the drawers ( horizontally) when I was looking a few years ago for another tool box I noticed 99% of the cheaper tool boxes only had 18” long drawers. To get the 22,24” depth you had to go to a more expensive box. At that time the...

I’m one my 3rd set now in about 8 years. Where the electricity savings if you got to replace a 50$ light every 2-3 yrs? Mind you they have gotten cheaper cost wise the last set I bought was about 20 $ each, 8000 or 12000 lumes. They all fail around the same time within a few months of each...

I think I have 6 or 7 workmates, I really like the 300 and 300 deluxe, I have 3-4 of them . Then I picked up a 400 at the habit for 30$ like new condition, it has the flip up top which I use the very first day I got it. It got to be my favourite. Them this weekend at an estate sale they had a...

Why did Dewalt stop making these, a friend showed me his and let me try it out. I really liked it and he mentioned that you can’t get them anymore. I wanted to get one myself and ya he’s right you can’t get them anywhere. BCD.

[The rotex die shaft has a keyed shaft that is used for the dies that have other that round punches, and like someone else said, anytime I can punch a hole instead of drilling that's what I do. Keep it all oiled and greased and don't punch hard material and they will last for years. BCD. ]