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#361 ·
CityDecks said:
Not sure if could be more pleased with this Lil 7-1/4 cordless. Picked it for 200. Use only on interior fit outs if our additions. I could spend 500+ for the Maki dual bevel but but then I switch out all my hated DeWalt cordless. Seriously it's a good Lil Saw on basic trim out and DC with bag does a good job. ADD the midi with remote on/ off it's pretty dam near excellent.
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Also no bags on interior. I've been using my Shop apron for these jobs. Super light and holds all you need. Open DeWalt tote tstak is always near by for that one more thing.
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BTW. The only mod / upgrade I would do to saw is zero clearance insert. . Been to dam busy. But I got it in list that never STOP'S growing for this weekend.
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I have that little saw also. Love it.
 
#362 ·
Didn't have much to do today. Finished up mostly with the wainscoting. He's been out of town since last week. My other client is in Yellowstone Park and won't be back until after the long weekend. Need to do a lot more there. And I had an older client that I repaired a cabinet door and a chair that needed to be returned and she had some work for me there I needed to look at. She was out of town today.

So I cleaned the shop. I should say dusted the shop because I brought my leaf blower in today. WOW, 12 years worth of dust sure makes up a storm. Garage door opened, fans blazing outward and lots of dust. Saw the floor for the first time in a while, it's gray!! LOL

The other thing I did today at the end of the day was make myself 2 drawers for my Kreg pocket hole machine cart. Just a little organization. I have some B grade Baltic Birch that came in with the good stuff that I wouldn't use in a clients home, it's got some knots they didn't punch out and/or some brown staining that isn't really attractive. And the slides are from a job that I replace with soft close slides, so they were free to me. So I figured I could waste it on myself.



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#365 ·
Robie said:
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Well every day can't be stair wainscoting.

And the reason it got done was exactly why that guy is yawning. I was bored, so I did something to organize.
 
#366 ·
tjbnwi said:
What took you so long?

Head to crop the Foreman from the other picture.

Tom
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Priorities. I kept the clamps and screws on the deck of the cart and there was no real "need" for the drawers. It just makes it nice.

What I really need to do is get a longer hose on that machine. The one it came with is only 3' and is way to short sometimes.
 
#369 ·
Xtrememtnbiker said:
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The oldest rag muffin wants the door color changed from the varnish color to the dark color pictured. I did 5 with stripper when I did her bathroom a couple of years ago. What a hemorrhoid that was, consumed about a week of time on and off.

We're now on to the main floor. Sand, glass or walnut shells are to aggressive for wood to work without badly damaging the surface. So bring on the baking soda. It is frangible and does very little damage to the wood. I choose medium grit over coarse. You do have to be mindful on wide heartwood. 9 doors took about 6 hours.

If it didn't work out, I'd have to do a lot of baking.

New doors with the bead profile to match the existing would have been 1500, the baking soda was 160. Finishing is a wash either way, I would have sanded the new doors to get the mill chatter out so there still would have been prep work, cut in the mortice for the hinges, drill the lockset holes. All those tools are back home, shipping them out would have cost a few dollars....

Tom
 

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#370 ·
tjbnwi said:
The oldest rag muffin wants the door color changed from the varnish color to the dark color pictured. I did 5 with stripper when I did her bathroom a couple of years ago. What a hemorrhoid that was, consumed about a week of time on and off.

We're now on to the main floor. Sand, glass or walnut shells are to aggressive for wood to work without badly damaging the surface. So bring on the baking soda. It is frangible and does very little damage to the wood. I choose medium grit over coarse. You do have to be mindful on wide heartwood. 9 doors took about 6 hours.

If it didn't work out, I'd have to do a lot of baking.

New doors with the bead profile to match the existing would have been 1500, the baking soda was 160. Finishing is a wash either way, I would have sanded the new doors to get the mill chatter out so there still would have been prep work, cut in the mortice for the hinges, drill the lockset holes. All those tools are back home, shipping them out would have cost a few dollars....

Tom
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Question on rain head, is that roof above? How did you run water line?
 
#371 ·
kevjob said:
Question on rain head, is that roof above? How did you run water line?
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Yes, it is the roof above.

The riser and horizontal supply are is run in a 3 sided channel made of 2" foam insulation board. The bottom is open to the drywall, the channel is sealed to the back of the drywall, ceiling heat transfers into the channel. The ceiling supply pipe is pitched to the head so it drains when the water is turned off. If the 3 way valve is in the shower head/rain head position, the vertical supply pipe to the rain head drains to the level of the shower head. If it is in the rain head only position water will stand in the riser to a level about 14" above the top plate.

Tom
 
#372 ·
tjbnwi said:
The oldest rag muffin wants the door color changed from the varnish color to the dark color pictured. I did 5 with stripper when I did her bathroom a couple of years ago. What a hemorrhoid that was, consumed about a week of time on and off.



We're now on to the main floor. Sand, glass or walnut shells are to aggressive for wood to work without badly damaging the surface. So bring on the baking soda. It is frangible and does very little damage to the wood. I choose medium grit over coarse. You do have to be mindful on wide heartwood. 9 doors took about 6 hours.



If it didn't work out, I'd have to do a lot of baking.



New doors with the bead profile to match the existing would have been 1500, the baking soda was 160. Finishing is a wash either way, I would have sanded the new doors to get the mill chatter out so there still would have been prep work, cut in the mortice for the hinges, drill the lockset holes. All those tools are back home, shipping them out would have cost a few dollars....



Tom
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Mental bookmark made! I have a really good sandblast guy in the same industrial park my shop is. Usually old pine doors like that get pitched...[emoji848][emoji848][emoji1360]
 
#374 ·
tjbnwi said:
The oldest rag muffin wants the door color changed from the varnish color to the dark color pictured. I did 5 with stripper when I did her bathroom a couple of years ago. What a hemorrhoid that was, consumed about a week of time on and off.

We're now on to the main floor. Sand, glass or walnut shells are to aggressive for wood to work without badly damaging the surface. So bring on the baking soda. It is frangible and does very little damage to the wood. I choose medium grit over coarse. You do have to be mindful on wide heartwood. 9 doors took about 6 hours.

If it didn't work out, I'd have to do a lot of baking.

New doors with the bead profile to match the existing would have been 1500, the baking soda was 160. Finishing is a wash either way, I would have sanded the new doors to get the mill chatter out so there still would have been prep work, cut in the mortice for the hinges, drill the lockset holes. All those tools are back home, shipping them out would have cost a few dollars....

Tom
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Well that's all super cool. I guess I'll just google soda blasting then to get my answers. :laughing:

I was just curious on what machine you used, what the setup is like, mess, etc...
 
#375 ·
Xtrememtnbiker said:
Well that's all super cool. I guess I'll just google soda blasting then to get my answers. :laughing:

I was just curious on what machine you used, what the setup is like, mess, etc...
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Guess I gave you the wrong details.....

A soda blasting pot, the 40# one from Horror Freight. You need a compressor that delivers at least 9 CFM @ 90 PSI. Air needs to be dry, I'm running it through 3 desiccant dryers.

Did it outside the shop, no mess the baking soda just blows away.

Set-up, none really.

Tom
 
#376 ·
My sister's place doing both house and garage with steel siding. Well past time of needing done. Hate that pictures get turned sideways.:mad:
 

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