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Yeah, when the top is swung around, it’s the exact size of the bottom. Looks to be inserted, then tighten it up, and the top will swing to the side and snug it up inside the hole. I keep saying I’m going to toss it into the trash, but I keep wondering what it’s for. Did not smell of gas. I...

Nope. Nothing to do with the pool. It may have been buried in the lawn. I think the lawn guys were around a day or two before I found it. It may have come off something they have or they dug it up somehow. Oddest thing.

Found this awhile back in my pool. No idea how it got in there. Looks to be a plug of some sort with the offset piece at the top to lock it in, but to what? There’s nothing I have around the house that this would go to.

I heard on the news the other day that they are now out of bankruptcy. Not sure what they are gong to do with 15 stores.

I have a regular ratcheting screwdriver and also a t-handle. I don’t use them often, but whenever I have to put together prefab furniture for family or friends, they come in extremely handy.

Simply beautiful. Wish I had the skills to produce something like this. Mine would end up looking Iike a 5 yr old did it.

Yes, that is exactly what I was, and am, doing. The problem was that the bit was still being deflected and going off center. The flat spot helps with that and works perfectly fine in conjunction with the seat/hole drilled with a forstner bit. The stubby bit prevents much of the deflection...

One quick add here. I bought a stubby, brad point, 3/8" drill bit. The total length of the bit including the brad point is 1 1/4". Very little room, if any, for flexing and going off course. Even drilling into an unsanded ball gives a great result. I'll still sand off one side just to make...

I had to look up what that was. Not sure that would work. If the end is flat, not sure sure how it would bore into the rounded surface. It would work with a flat are for sure.

Results are in… It just so happened that the next ball I grabbed from the bag had a flat spot on it. I dropped it in the hole, and drilled it slowly at high speed, and stuck on the dowel. It was perfectly centered. Awesome. Next test: I took a small bit and drilled a very shallow pilot...

Yep. Greyowl and Cannuk suggested the same. I’ll try the sanding first to check for improvement and then try it with the pilot hole. I think with everyone’s suggestions, I’m on the right track. Thanks, everyone!

The grain is a good suggestion. I’ll try that, too. Using a 7/8” forstner. It holds the ball very well.

I’m going to read your very helpful responses tomorrow when I have time over the weekend to try things out. I just came back in from testing it out again and I noticed while bending down to look at the way the drill bit was hitting the ball, if I don’t take it veeerrry slowly, the bit moved off...

Coat hanger and full sized square both check out. The ball is definitely not moving. The wood is securely clamped. It’s almost as if the bit is hitting it off to the side. Imagine a bicycle wheel with the hub off center. Roll the wheel and the hub will spin around the center - up, down, up...

Okay, I’ve tried this a dozen times and either something isn’t right with my head or something isn’t right with this drill press. I’m trying to drill a hole down the center of a 1” wooden ball. Seems easy enough. Clamp a piece of wood to the table, drill a hole into the wood with a Forstner...

There seems to be a select group of the rarer tools such as the caulk gun, fan auto buffer, newer-styled radio ($165 ?!), etc., whose prices simply defy logic. I guess if you adamantly refuse to have two platforms in your garage and need that one tool, you'll just have to pay the price asked...

I got one of these. Use it to cut nylon tubing. Works great.

I’m just getting started myself, and that’s what I do. I never take my eyes off that blade. The moment I do, I have no idea where my fingers are in relation to it. I knew a guy who was using his table saw when his wife walked into the garage and called out to him. He looked up at her for a...

Once again, this site costs me money. Ordered the Phillips version. At least it wasn’t a lot of money - this time.

I wonder if mine starts failing of I can replace it with just as simpler panel. I don’t use or need any of the fancy **** on there - the motion sensor, the timer, and I don’t use the light that came with it. The only thing I use other than open/close is the setting to shut out the remotes...