Sometimes, Ya Just Need To Slow Down And Wait A Minute

Unisaw A100 · 2005-01-25T02:08:12+00:00

So here I am over the weekend finishing up a new bed forClaire (age 10) and I'm needing a laminate trimmer. Best Ican do is to either pull the big gray one out of the routertable or use the almost equally big blue plunge-o-matic. Tomake a long story short it got done but it was something ofa pain in the ass with three horses teetering along the edgeof a 3/4" panel.By the way, Claire (age 10) loves her new bed.This of course got me to dreaming of a trim router I couldcall my own. Granted I don't *need* a trim router as muchas most tools/machines so I was willing to settle onsomething minimal, like a Porter-Cable 7310. Hell, I waseven contemplating a, gulp, Ree-Oh-Bee given the fact thatI'd not use it a whole lot, at least not as much as mosttools/machines.So, off to Amazon I go.$115 is not a bad price but I didn't really want to bespending that much on a trim router.So, off to eBay I go. After a short search I find a new inbox that was ending today. the time the bidding was at a reasonable amount but Istopped short of loading a snipe.Maybe I'd wait until the woodworking show in February.sigh... Toolus interuptus.So, tonight Claire (age 10) is over at a friend's for asleep over. St. Soozan and I use these occasions forrestauranting those places where Claire (age 10) doesn'tlike to frequent and after a pleasing dinner of grinders,tato chips and a cola we begin the begets/the, as long aswe're outs.To the grocery store for a couple/few things, then to Kohl'sfor a new toaster (the piece of crap we have finallydied!!!) and after that St. Soozan remembers that she wantsnew cranks for the casements so, "would it be OK if we go toHome Depot?"No really, that's what she said.So, while St. Soozan is looking at cranks I go to see whatthey have for trimmers.There were two Porter-Cable 7310's, normally $90, markeddown to $70.Blink! Blink, blink!! Blink, blink, blink!!!There is one left. It's at the Menomonee Falls (Da False)store on Q.UA100, who would have been kicking...

Jan 25, 2005 22 Replies

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Mark & Juanita 21 years ago

OK, now you suck.

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Unisaw A100 21 years ago

Given what I learned over the last two days (lay and wait/something better will come along), I turned her down.

I understand Robin Hartl isn't busy these days?

UA100

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skeezics 21 years ago

damn you..!!!!!!!!!!!. and a drive by to boot !! just when you thought you sucketh too much... lol..

skeez

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