I have a Dremel with a flexi-shaft (think 'speedometer cable in a sheath'), and that sucker can get in to _very_ tight places. I use it maybe once a year, but when I need it, there's nothing else that will work.
You need to get a lathe and make some lamps. :)
Actually I _have_ used a couple of these cords for original electronics projects and repairs, but I've got a shoebox full of them and I made a concious decision last year to stop saving them. Like you said, new things come with them. Like you didn't say, new things these days wear out faster than ever, so there will always be a supply of cords. But it just doesn't feel right to throw away something that's still functional, no matter how useless it might be.
- Owen -
Tom Watson wrote: snippage of a rather good list.
Add, sea monkeys.
UA100
About 3 minutes after cutting a new extension cord to wire up a 4' light fixture in my shop I realized I could have used any one of about 20 spare computer cords... Ah well, it's just money...
-- Mark
I have 4 nice routers, all 1/2" & 1/4", but all 4 different! DW 621, PC plunge, DW fixed base, and PC D-handle.
I wish I wish I wish I wish I'd have been smart enough to have at least two of the routers the same, so the jigs would be interchangeable and fence settings the same etc.
Sometimes I'd be willing to trade 3 routers for 2 more DW 621's. ;-)
-- Mark
I've still got that router table and router, from the Sears in New London CT circa 1981. Had to replace the shaft locking mechanism but it's pretty much permanently mounted with at 3/8" round over bit in it. Only adjustments are when I want to knock less than that off, and I drop the body a little father down. Of course when I stopped at the parts place to order the parts I picked up another router, with built in vac attachment and bag. It's been OK for what little I've used it. Joe
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 06:56:12 GMT, mac davis calmly ranted:
My neighbor wants one of those old woodburning sets. Want to get rid of it, cheap?
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True, but a set of 3 will outlast a whole "tube" of the brittle abrasive-only ones.
Got one. Two actually, one for wood, one for metal. Need to dig out the russian olive & see if it's ready maybe?
How's that working out for you?
Mark. I have to wire in about a half-dozen light fixtures in (guess where) my shop, and you just answered a question for me. Thanks for pointing out what I should have been able to see. Seriously, I was going to hardwire them but the boxes I hung are for outlets, so it wasn't going anywhere.
Glad I could help. ;-) Every time I turn on the lights and see that wasted extension cord I think, "dumba**".
-- Mark
I agree. Those brittle bastards aren't worth the time to attach them to shaft. I never use them except for detailing the copper and brass bits and pieces I use in my box making.
Someone told me using two at a time works better but I've never tried it.
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They don't give a flip about what shape they're in or what caused it (as long as it's Craftsman, not Companion or any of the other names) but afaik they'll only exchange for what you got...
Can't hurt to ask, though, although I'd guess they'll not unless you get somebody who just doesn't care...
Rats!!! :) The 735 was the metal casing, motor between the wheels design...unfortunately, the geared drive shaft (which is the rotor) is the weak link in that design as there's a real size problem to get it all to fit in the available space...
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Hmmm....thanks for the thought...I'll give it a shot...
SNORT!
I finished the back yard, hit a weed near the gate as I went to work out front. Finished the front and went back to find the gate in flames. Garden hose wouldn't reach that side of the house, but had plento 5 gal buckets laying about. The chipboard used to patch the gate was very hard to put out.
Some time later I was doing isolated weeds in the gravel when someone shouted 'Hey, you can't do that in the city'. Was a fireman peeking over the fence.
Hey, that's the one I caught a boyscout with. And boy was I pissed to see a
3 hook lure sticking out of my arm... >Huh. Am I the only one to bring home a shinny new toy from Harbor Freight only to be put on the shelf next to the same item still in it's box?
When the heck did I buy that?
Strangely enough, I'm starting to look at a whole stack of antique hand tools that way. I have been accumulating them from various sources because people know I do woodworking and I just might be able to use grandpa's old chest drill or whatever. Frankly I have no interest in doing woodworking that way - too much of what I do is, of necessity, outcome based. I don't even have a place to display them, so they sit in boxes scattered hither and yon between attic storage, two sheds and the garashop. I don't feel right selling them, but...
Tim Douglass
I bought the $19.95 HF clone. I use it every time I do drywall work with a good guidepoint bit. It is, without question, one of the absolutely essential tools for hanging drywall at anything but a casual amateur level. Every professional drywaller I know uses one and I would have killed for such a tool back when I was doing it professionally. The dust is a pretty minor thing when you compare the speed and accuracy issues.
Tim Douglass
My POS is a little shelf pin drilling jig called the "gizmo 32" (
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