Recent content by Minnesota Steve

Honestly I think a great youtube channel for understanding the options and how they work is Neil Messick. He's a Kubota/CNH dealer, but he has some really good videos explaining features and options. He has some good ones explaining loader specs. My personal advice is find something with...

The Craftsman ratchets are not great... except for the professional low-profile series. Other problem I had was my 1/4" sockets didn't have a detent and so they'd keep falling off the ratchets. I "solved" that problem by replacing my sockets with Husky brand ones. I also have a set of Tekton...

I have one of the HF 2hp dust collectors. It's decent. I use mine with a retractable dust right hose, and it collects dust from my drum sander, table saw, planer, jointer just fine. It's not super powerful, but certainly adequate. It draws more air than the Dust Right 650 cfm wall mount...

Responding to a couple things in this thread. I went through this last year and ended up buying an X370. I considered the E120 and it probably would have been fine, but I wanted something a bit heavier. I really enjoy using it, and it has a nicer cut than my Honda push mower. I have a...

Those Felo wood handled screwdrivers are very good. The shaft goes all the way through the handle, and you can wack them with a hammer if needed. Good for all around household stuff.

The cordless trimmers I've seen use narrow string and really only have enough power for light grass. Which is probably ok in most cases. Maybe the 36V models have more power, I haven't seen one up close yet? I've never liked using a string trimmer around trees, as it tends to damage the...

No, you can just install some software. Pretty much all the business phone providers now offer software you can install on a laptop to make/receive phone calls. Our call center at work uses a cloud based software solution that just installs on the laptop, so they can work from home using a...

For smaller stumps I use a jack...

I bought the Olsa organizers for my craftsman sockets... I like that I can mix and match. So I bought one blue 1/4 and a red 3/8, then swapped the pieces and put all metric low profile on one, and sae low profile on the other. And they also sell additional end caps and such in the event you...

I don't know anything about the HF saw. I had a Dewalt portable saw, DWE7480 I think it was, and it actually had pretty decent dust collection with a shopvac. The blade was enclosed underneath with a shroud and the shopvac plugged in at the bottom vac. That worked for dust that went down...

I would focus on finding a local dealer that provides good service and see what they sell. And talk to them what their advice might be. The ones you listed are mid-level mowers... semi-pro. Honestly they'll probably work well for you. As long as they have serviceable transmissions(i.e...

Tekton is a good brand. I would check your local farm supply. Maybe you have a Tractor Supply, or something? They usually will have a line of hand tools, likely store branded, but made by Allied or Apex. They'll be decent quality, relatively inexpensive.. made in Taiwan, possibly China...

The question about repeatable cuts... Look into the Festool Multifunction table. Use it as inspiration and you can probably make a similar jig.

Re: HOW to use PLANERS & JOINERS and which ones to buy. Tips and tricks about use too I would use a dry chain lube. To not get the spray over everything else like the rollers and such... spray the lube onto a cloth and them wipe the threaded rods with the moistened cloth. There is a chain...

Interesting, wasn't aware of any new safety regs... so I went a searching... https://toolguyd.com/dewalt-jobsite-table-saw-dwe7485-022020/ It appears the regulation has to do with minimum table size ratio to the blade size, which is why the replacement has a 8-1/4" blade. There's something to...