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Journeyman Carpenter
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Birthday: 09/08/1982
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Fold up sawhorse
My sawhorses are nice and compact, can be cut on, and are made from 100% salvaged material and scrap. The bevel angle for the leg cuts is 20 degrees, and they are roughly 26 inches in length. nbspI...
California Drywall Patch
As a renovator, I often patch small holes in drywall and learned of this method from a great taper I work with. For round holes, (moving an octagon box) take the pilot bit out of your 4 inch...
Stair Square jig
2 straight lengths of oak with a small shim glued between them. Holes drilled 1 1/2 inch on center with carriage bolts and wingnuts. A great, simple jig for laying out stairs...
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Re: Win a Ryobi Tek4 Laser Distance Measure
The tape cannot be replaced, however I think there's gonna definitely come a time where these will become regular in everyones toolbox. |Never tried one personally, but I can think of a few tricks it would be good for.
posted: 1:29 am on August 1stRe: Titanium hammers up for grabs. Want one?
I'm still using a wood handled steel hammer (paid about $40)
posted: 1:18 pm on July 3rdthis is partially because the bloody thing will not die, and partially that i cannot ignore the fact that 98 percent of the nails I drive come from a gun. When I've got a couple hundred bucks lying around it's just hard to ignore the long list of other tools I don't have. That said they sure are a beautiful Tool.