Recent content by dwasifar

I bought a few of these Kobalt self locking tapes. I thought I was going to like them but I don't. The design is unique. The tape stays where you pull it out to, until you press backward on the black lever. The red slider provides a more definite lock. This is fine if you're holding the...

Better picture where they're not blending into the bench top: The Leyden Eagles pencils have a meaning for me. My dad was principal of that high school when I was a kid, and the school sent me some imprinted pencils on request. I brought them to the shop because they remind me of those...

Made myself a couple of little workshop pencil cups.

I had a stainless 686 for a long time, but I eventually sold it. Also have a Taurus PT-99.

Why do the English drink warm beer? Because they have Lucas refrigerators.

You ARE joking, yes?

It is, which begs the original question, should, Chervon rebrand the pro line (currently called Skilsaw) to distinguish it from Skil? We're only five messages into this discussion and already I'm not sure you guys get that they're two separate brands.

Does it matter? If potential pro customers are dismissing Skilsaw out of hand because they think it's the same level of product as the Skil line, then yes, that should matter to Chervon. Every time that happens is a potential lost sale - not to Ryobi or Bauer, but to DeWalt or Makita.

Chervon owns the Skil brand, and they market Skil as a homeowner brand and Skilsaw as a pro brand. This division apparently goes back to when Bosch briefly owned the marque. There's a lot of confusion around this, even here on this forum; I've seen people rhetorically asking why pay $700 for a...

Checked the worm drive gear oil on the Skilsaw table saw. I thought it would need a change but it actually looks fine.

Top on: I decided to add extra top supports at literally the last minute (I was already spreading glue). In its final position, connected to power, saw stand built, everything done except vacuum hose and bottom shelf: Somebody, I forgot who, wrote a post a little while ago extolling the...

I'm patching a sunken spot in my driveway, and apparently at some point after the most recent coat, I had a visitor: Not a big deal because I'm giving it one more skim coat of topper tomorrow, but funny.

Finished framing and wired it up: Since the saw will be mounted level with the end of the bench, and I plan to flush mount a router too, I added those receptacles to plug in with the cords up and out of the way. The power strip on the front is for convenience. Ready to add the top.

Built the framework for a new bench: It's going to be a 3x6 freestanding island with that table saw mounted level with the end of it.

Well, I've had a chance to try out the DeWalt brushless saw, and it's an adjustment from a corded saw in a few ways. First, it's super light, even with a 5Ah battery. When you're used to a full size corded saw, it feels like a toy. Second, it comes up to screaming full speed so quickly, and...