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I have a drill doctor and it's one of the best tools I've ever bought. Either you got a lemon, I got a pearl or you just don't know how to use it. Which do ya' think? ... :headscrat Sgt Lumpy

Wow! No kidding? They take credit cards? Sgt Lumpy

A lot of answers here seem to have absolutely nothing to do with the question. Clearly a die grinder or one of those micro band sanders is not the right tool in this case. I use a belt sander all the time on long round overs like you're describing. I can't imagine a better tool for the job...

I'm sure (I guess/hope?) a lot of you are exaggerating. But is your relationship with the most significant person in your life REALLY that much of a battle? Is it REALLY a constant case of needing to justify something you do? That kind of thinking seems like something you should figure out about...

Then don't lose them in the dirt. What's the problem? Sgt Lumpy

Unended mystery wires may be locator wires. At least 2 jurisdictions I've lived in required code compliant plastic pipes to be accompanied by a wire so that the bluestake underground locator people could find the pipes. Sgt Lumpy

I am and I don't understand your dilemma. Get the sizes that YOUR car or other application requires. Were you hoping that someone her would know what size bolts and nuts you need to turn? Impact sockets for axle nuts seems misplaced unless you're just using them as sockets on a regular...

Roger that. Phoenix has "Bulk Trash Week". Every 3 months, residents are encouraged to put stuff like furniture, appliances, bicycles, computers etc at the curb. You can put them out 7 days prior to the scheduled pickup. They encourage others to collect stuff they might need from the piles...

Always. While walking, jogging, bicycling, I find hardware, tools, equipment that has fallen off of cars, out of contractor's trucks, been placed at the curb. Nuts and bolts go into the "Screw-U" box when I get home. Whenever I need some "relax in the shop" time, I reach in the box, pull out...

It's annoying as heck, to me. I just know that somewhere out there, there's an answer to "Is Craftsman any good today?" that will resolve the argument forever. But I missed it because of the forum settings. Sgt Lumpy

I wouldn't either. I never fix the work to the drill press table. Old time machinists always say "Let the drill find the work". I've always looked at it the other way around - "Let the work find the bit". Allow the work to shift slightly to meet the bit. Otherwise you're just about guaranteed to...

Plus just the COST of "onesies" at the hardware store. At my local Ace, I can buy about 4 bolts. At my local CopperState Bolt and Nut I can buy 100 bolts. Either is about the same cost. Sgt Lumpy

That seems like a pretty weird way to set up YOUR fastener bins. Figure out what sizes YOU need for YOUR projects. Stock those. Any time I need 1 or 2 bolts, I buy 100. Then next time I'm building something, I've got bolts. I mainly use three sizes of bolts, maybe three lengths each. Nuts for...

:eyecrazy: Wadda you freakin' doing with them? Prying open manhole covers? Geez, I've got a Craftsman P2 that's close to 60 yrs old. Used in my father's HVAC contracting business for decades, then in my shop for more decades. It's a little scratched. Sgt Lumpy

110v Northern Tool MIG. I started on that. Became REALLY good with it. I'll weld 1/2" plate with it if given enough bevel/pass. It's not "painful" as some want to suggest. It's a little time consuming if I build something large and do dozens of tacks and then want to weld out long, MIG like TIG...

Nobody in Phoenix has a separate furnace and A/C unit. We all have heat pumps. It's A/C for 9 months, nothing for 2 months and for about 3-4 weeks we reverse the heat pump to deal with those frigid 40 degree overnight temps. Either that or we wear long pants for a month. Sgt Lumpy

So, I guess, for at least the two of us, the answer to the OP's question is "No". Sgt Lumpy

I don't browse "Sections". I just look at "New Posts". If the topic interests me, I click and read further. Doesn't matter to me what pigeon hole it gets put into. Sgt Lumpy

I'm confused...You like the nozzle LONGER because of the weird angles you weld in? I'm exactly the opposite. I like the nozzle SHORTER because of the tight quarters. Sgt Lumpy

And they were NEVER re-sharpened or re-profiled as accurately as when the machines were invented. Never. Holes were bored before the invention of steel bits. I don't have any bone or flint broaches in my tool kit. Do you think I should get some because they were in use before modern steel bits...