Recent content by JohnnyEgo

I suspect she would be appeased by my pie making abilities. There was a point in my life, not too long ago, where I had simultaneous subscriptions to Fine Woodworking, Small Arms Review, and Martha Stewart Living.

One and the same. Aldi's "Workzone" brand, four for $15 circa 2015. They sharpen fine and hold an edge pretty well. I also have zero guilt whacking them with a hammer. They also do the job chisels are meant to do about as well as any other. I get good-naturedly teased sometimes for...

You can sharpen a chisel to shaving-sharp with three pieces of sandpaper and 15 minutes of effort. I have a $600 set of hand-turned chisels. I use a $15 dollar set of chisels from Aldi 99% of the time. A sharp $4 chisel beats a dull $100 chisel all day long.

So I am not as much of a fan as I had hoped to be. I found the foam to not peel very easily or controllably, the knife worked great for the first few cuts but dulled quickly, and the pattern marker dried up quick. I had a bunch of loose AR punches and tools just sort of jumbled in a box. And...

Sure, the guy's a litigious jerk who made a lot of money. He also makes a really great saw. If we stopped using every good or service provided by litigious jerks who made a lot of money, where would we be now? It is a really good saw.

You can pick up a contractor saw pretty cheap and stretch it pretty far. I bought a contractor's saw brand new on clearance from Lowes for $300 in 2004. A little melamine, some angle iron, some hinges and paint, and it went from this: To this: Mine was all folding because I have to move...

The lights never come on at all. Given that the fixture is 15 years old and the only thing I've ever replaced were the bulbs, I figure any number of things could be broken. I am awash in T8 bulbs, so if all it would take to switch is a new ballast circuit, that might be the way to go. Are the...

I have a 15 year old Craftsman workbench with an integrated two light F40-T12 fixture. I just replaced the bulbs a month or two back. Hit a bad cold snap in my unheated, uninsulated garage, and now both lights are out. The garage is usually about 10° warmer than ambient during the winter...

Honestly, I didn't know you could do that. I've never really looked at the boxes. Do the holes line up to be screwed into the round ceiling box? That would be a pretty simple solution if it works.

I know enough to replace light fixtures and mount ceiling fans, but beyond that, my knowledge is limited. I can't find the correct terms for what I want to do in Google, perhaps because you are not supposed to do it. Any help you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated. I have an...