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Oh no you don't. Self-suckage is strictly forbidden via the rules of the forum. See rule #5 on the opening post.

Neat. I knew you guys would know. I wonder why it's not branded, and the center recessed area goes up further toward the head, where the model number should be. Ratchets aren't my specialty at all, I just grabbed it because it was old and cool, lol.

Yes, the larger clamps are aluminum. The two ratchets: The larger one has no markings on it that I could see. Any ideas? It's pretty heavy, seems well-made.

I had to take my wife to one of her clients today, so I roamed around hitting yard sales while she worked. Some highlights: Some Xcelite & craftsman hand tools, some USA clamps, one of those contour marking tools, etc, $8 An old long-handle rake (I just broke mine, lol), and a brand new...

I haven't had a blade that can survive a nail. They may exist, but I've never met one, lol.

HyperTough is sold at Walmart. I'm not sure if it's their house brand or not, but I bought a couple of their air nailers a while back.

Got this Werner 21ft 300lb-rated multi-ladder at a yard sale for $100. I normally don't drop $100 at a yard sale, but I just happened to need one of these ladders and they are like $300+ in stores.

Cut more trim and woodwork for the house. Stained some, painted some, waited for it to dry, then installed it. It was such a beautiful, breezy day, I went ahead and mowed too. Didn't trim, because, as Sweet Brown says, "ain't nobody got time fo' dat".

Cut some boards for a window sill & casing for the TV room project. I tested all my minwax stain stash, and of course, none of them match the existing woodwork in the room, lol. Oh well, at least the boards are all cut before it got too hot out.

Ran a bead of silicone sealer around the perimeter of the new garage, between the concrete and the bottom metal rail, mostly to keep the ants out. I left the doors up so the **** would cure, and to air out the stink. Then a couple hours later I returned to find a stupid bird in the rafters...

Took the back tire off my wife's VW and took it into the tire shop to have a leak fixed. Came back home and saw my RockAuto brake pads arrived for my work van, so I put them on too. Of course, I did all of this in the driveway. My old garage is set up for wood working temporarily, and my new...

It's hard to name the MVPs, since they vary from job to job. But I'll give it a crack: 1. Hitachi 10.8v 1/4" impact, drill, mini sawsall. I use one of these 3 tools multiple times a day for everything. They are so light and easy on my jacked-up wrists, and the batteries last forever (and fully...

I did half and half on my 30x50. I did a center drain on the "car" side, and level on the office/bathroom side. I live in the boonies, no codes, laws, etc, so I just had my floor drain empty down the hill behind my shop. All it will ever see is melted snow anyway.

Well, today is the all-important day when posting about my new garage goes from "what did you do in your yard/garden today" to "what did you do IN your garage today"! The new garage is finished! Pardon the wet floor, it started raining as they were finishing the roof: If you're wondering why...

Yeah, that's how the lead guy was speaking to me. I didn't have anything complex to convey so I didn't think I needed it. But I also didn't know he wasn't understanding me, lol. He just kept saying "Ok sir!" Lol

I'm standing "in" the carport of my existing garage, watching the new 30x50 being put up: Not bad for only about 6 hours worth of work this morning/afternoon. They only had one screw-up so far; they had the man-door in the wrong place. Luckily I happened to be leaving and I walked by and...

I don't use mine a ton these days, but when I need it, I need it. I can get by with my little compressor for my air nailers, but if I get a tough project that needs my 3/4 impact gun or if I do any auto body work I fire up the big compressor. At my old place I had my big compressor in a shed...

Carpenter hammers for trim work. I can't drive a trim nail to save my life. I have to pre-drill every hole or I'll bend the nail at some point. I can drive big deck nails and roofing nails just fine though. I just can't drive little ones without bending 70% of them. I just use an air nailer...

As others have said, the handle isn't made by Xcelite. If I were a betting man, I would bet the blades aren't either. In every instance that Xcelite made a kit like this for somebody else, the handle would be rebranded, but the blades will still have their 99-*** part number. I can see your...

I have a covered concrete carport on the side of my current garage. Anything super dusty I do out there, then just clean it with a leaf blower, lol. I don't do a whole lot of woodworking, so it's fine to just move stuff out there when I need to.