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Cleaned a bunch of saw blades in the Ultrasonic cleaner using Simple Green, uh, Purple. Sure beats scrubbing. Before: And after:

Sanded (many times) some newly built drawers for the shop, then sprayed them AGAIN with Polyurethane. The first go around was with a Minwax water-based poly. Complete ****. I don't know if it was the rattle can tip or the mix or what, but it dried dusty and pebbly - almost like a conventional...

I agree. Sometimes Festool gets a lot of hate due to the high cost, but some of their products are objectively superior or fill a niche that makes them unique. I acquired my first - a CXS which at the time was a very creative iteration of the cordless drill (subsequently other manufacturers have...

This arrived yesterday and I put it to work right away. Before this, I've tried detail sanders that were all vibration-ridden pieces of ****. While this still involves more effort than doing nothing, the dust collection is fantastic. I'd never consider myself a Festool fanboy, but over the...

Enjoy your youth!

That looks amazingly clean, great job! I have no idea what your situation is (none of my business and I try not to judge). I just can’t imagine opening up my garage to others. I’d love have more space to fill up!

Sanded drawer parts and glued-up two drawers. While the glue was drying, we went for another walk. Nice weather - sweatshirt weather. We’ll have an early dinner and then I’ll go back to the shop and glue up the remaining drawer.

Moved some tools from the house to the wood shop. Cut up some Baltic birch plywood to make a few drawers and used my new 1/4” wide grooving blade to make the required dados and tenons. It wasn’t cheap, but it certainly performed better than expected, so I’m happy. Took a good walk to feign good...

Put a few things away and expanded the recycle pile. Measured stuff and made plans. Hopefully tomorrow will bring more energy.

A miracle occurred today. For the first time in 20+ years, the entire top of my table saw & extensions were (mostly) cleared of stuff. It has been the HSD Magnet since I bought the saw in '84. I rarely need 52" to the right of the blade, but it's clear now to 49". Yay me. Then I cut up some...

You do you. I can’t claim to be an expert on camping. Tell me more about “Tap Out” and is the limit of 2 strictly enforced?

2020 is a but slim, but you’ll be ok with your overkill mods. Use 4040 next time you buy a Vanagon. And the drilling jigs are great, or at least the one was that I bought from Amazon- toolcool brand, iirc. $29 and includes two nice step drill bits, stop collars. While I suppose one could 3D...

Your plan of ignoring it would appear to have merit. I think I’ll take two concurrent paths; order the seals and have them ready (which seems to have worked out for Beerhippie) as well as actively do nothing - which has worked out well enough for Kay.

Siphoned out the last remaining gas from the snow blower and ran it out. While I’m reasonably certain my timing is good, one never knows… The snowblower went to the shed and the summer tires to the garage. It was then that I noticed a little puddle of gear lube on the floor. **** - the auger...

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Tell me more, please. About the nickel plating.

Ah, youth…

Almost too nice of a day here to work out in the garage, but ended up there for a few hours after a bit of yard work. Started by putting up some shelf standards and shelves on a bit of unoccupied wall in the wood shop. Since my space is finite, I’m trying to make the most of it by going...

Beerhippie - this one is for you. Enjoy!

More cleaning, organizing and throwing stuff away. Then I spent way too much time going through my woodworking power tools trying to come up with dust collection solutions. I’ve grown tired of being covered in sawdust - and even more tired of breathing it in and coughing it out. Tools with...