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    makita 10.8 drill driver / impact problems ?

    I know I haven't been posting much (too busy working to keep the house). I have the makita 10.8 pair and today I was driving a screw in and it stopped spinning. The thing seems to have stripped the clutch as it will spin when I pull the trigger but stop as soon as I grab the chuck the schuck...
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    question for the cross cut sled users here

    I have a ryobi bt3000 which has been a very good saw and while I'd love to be able to upgrade, I can't afford to right now. One thing that I have a love/hate relationship with is the sliding mitre table so as part of building a cabinet for the saw and extending the rails, I'm making some...
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    drilling 90deg holes with a cordless drill

    I need to make some jigs for my wife (well one for her and hopefully sell the others) It's a bit like a cribbage board with with nails at 2 different heights for wrapping metal wire around to "knit" the wire. The nails are at 1/4" o.c in 2 staggered rows like * * * * * * * * *...
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    makita chuck problem

    I have the 10.8v pair of makita's with the 1/4 hex quick release chuck and I noticed that some dewalt 1/4 drive bits I have wouldn't fit. The other day I was using it with a drill/countersink bit and now I can't get the bit out. Has anyone else had this issue or know how to get the bit out as...
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    furnace questions

    I live in a 50's rancher. It's the typical sort of thing ie brick veneer, no insulation, aluminium windows and a hvac system from the 70's at a guess. I know the hvac system is getting close to needing a replacement but right now it's band aids at the ready as I don't have 4k+ spare. The ac...
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    sap popping trough paint

    I did search a couple of times before this post but "sap" falls into the 3 letter word category and is skipped by the search....grrr. I finally have a project that is decent enough to post here (a arbour for the MIL). She wanted a white paint finish so all ideas of nice joinery went out the...
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    old model grizz g1022

    I found one of these on CL fairly close to me for $100. Looking at the photos it looks like it's fairly old as the grizz logo is different. Anyone here have any experience with it or know where I could find out more info. I'm tempted to go get it and sell off my bt3k.
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    not a new tool but a question

    I have one of the hitachi cb13f bandsaws. One day while trying to clean up the mess in my "shop" I needed to move it. I had it mounted on a 1/2 sheet of mdf attached to a old bt3000 saw stand. What I forgot was I had taken the bolts out because I was going to re do the mounting. Sod's law came...
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    makita plunge saw now available in the US

    yet another alternative to festool http://www.makita.com/en-us/Modules/Tools/ToolDetails.aspx?ID=26669
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    Selling stuff to keep the house

    This has been a very tough year so far financially so I'm now faced with some very tough choices. I need to get money in asap or risk losing our house. I'd rather not have to do this but tough times demand tough choices. Festool TS55 + extra 55 rail and connectors. 2 months old. - $450 obo...
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    something new and quite cool

    http://www.bridgecitytools.com/blog/category/jointmaker-pro-stationary-hand-saw/ I might get one at some point. Be really nice to use for building architectural models.
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    A question for the Canadians here

    I've had a inquiry form a customer in Toronto about buying one of my shed units. I'm more than happy to deliver and install it but I was wondering about going through customs and if duty would have to be paid? I guess this might be a bit of a grey area. Thanks, patrick
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    DeWalt plunge saw

    IIRC Stu posted a link about this saw a while ago. I was looking at the UK DeWalt website and they have 2 cordless versions and a corded one. The rail system is also supposed to accept their router. I just emailed DeWalt over here and they said that due to OSHA they didn't think it would be...
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    Anyone here with a laser (epilog etc) ?

    I'm looking to have some 16-18ga aluminium logo's cut to fix onto my products (approx 1.5W X 2.25 H. I could cut the things out myself if I had the money for a scroll saw and the patience. Does anyone here have a engraver or know anyone who could do this at a decent price? I'm looking to get a...
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    WTB 6" dado set

    I'm looking to get hold of one. If anyone here is interested in selling let me know
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