Man today i had to drill 12 ft off the ground and through a 20″ thick brick wall…
now we have core drilled this same wall in at least 40 places and since i have an ok collection of diamond core bits from 1″ to 8″ and the tools to make em go round i just figured i had the best tools for the job… and there is a place for core drills BUT i just spent $100 for a dewalt 1 1/2″ HAMMER DRILL BIT 22″ LONG…. man i wish i’d spent that $100 a year ago… or even earlier today after drill’n one hole and screw’n with extentions and remove’n the plugs from the core bit… 1 hr for the first hole with core bit… 5 min for the hammer drill … my new best friend is a 22″ drill bit…
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I bought a 1X22" Milwaukee SDS bit to put a gas line through the side of a fireplace, and it was a huge time saver.
Now I just use it to show off.
Forrest
For me it would be the belt sander. I just made do without for too long. Probably it's different things for each of us.
-- J.S.
The Snapper Shear for cutting fiber cement. Before that we were burning up saw blades like crazy and making way too much dust. The Snapper Shear is a dream. Love it!
Ponytl,
Do you know where the Dewalt repair shop is on Whitten they have some very big sds+ bits for 8bucks on clearance bought one today.
ANDYSZ2
WHY DO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT BEING A SOLE PROPRIETOR IS A REAL JOB?
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dang... and last i checked they were closed on sat...
the worst part of the deal is... my big dewalt is the spline and my big bulldog has the 6 sided deal with the flat spot... and my very old craftsman is that old taper deal... and my hiltis are the small sds... seems every deal i run up on is for the sds max... but i guess thats a reason to buy one...
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Lots of different combo adapters to go back and forth so you don't have to be buying all new bits.
spline to SDS
SDS max to SDS etc etc.
I asked at the tool shop for an adapter spline to max sds... they didn't have one... I've hunted em on ebay with no luck so far... sometimes i forget what i need on ebay... ;)
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Go to this site
http://www.kkind.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=KII&Category_Code=adap
Then scroll down to adapters/click and it'l give you a good idea of lots of different types.
Also all the manufactures have them.
When I ordered up my big bosch I had mostly sds bit so I got it with an sds max to sds. It just hurt my head to think I couldn't use all those expensive bits.(that I already had)
Also I got to looking after I posted and it's not a easy one but the site I gave you has it, kinda pricy but do some more looking.
I get to clicking around and I figure that when I save 50$ on something it goes toward paying for the clicky machine.
Ponytl, I'm surprised you haven't been on ebay for those bits.
Bunches of them there, cheap too.
Joe H
man... it was one of those things i didn't know i needed... i usually had one of my guys core drill'n the holes through the brick... never was a huge rush so it was a "when you're not doing anything drill these holes we'll need them" type deal... then i drilled one of em... took a full hour to core drill one hole... i jumped in the truck and went and got the hammer drill bit.... i have since been hunt'n back-ups on ebay :)
but you already knew that :)
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One I got my SDS rotary, I couldnt believe how much life improved.
Zyliss ice cream scoop, can't believe I did without for so long.
for me it was a food processor - can't believe how many batches of pesto I've made in a blender...Phatedit to add: And ditto on the cordless impact driver...
Edited 10/26/2006 9:46 pm by Phat
for me it was a food processor -
Hmmmmm..........and they call you Phat? : - )
Edited 10/27/2006 5:27 pm ET by txlandlord
I was waiting for that...
Never underestimate your ability to overestimate your ability
Glad to see someone has their priorities straight! Buic
For me, it is my Foodsaver vacuum sealer. Not only is it good for food, but I vacuum seal my biscuits in packs of 20. And a host of other uses as well.
" There'll be no living with her now" - Captain Jack Sparrow
Collins Miter Clamps...slick little buggers.
Lee Valley tape measure that reads right to left. I was tired of always reading measurments upside down.You get out of life what you put into it......minus taxes.
Marv
Good knee pads
A small (light weight) air compressor for trim jobs
A good helper
My 2006 Ford E150 Van
Music CD's
http://grungefm.com
and if we as a society digress back into the middle ages you already have perfect little torture devices...
I once threatened to clamp one on a co-workers testys if he kept taking my tools and not putting them back where he found them on one particular job.
Man, that's harsh! Hah.I hate not being able to find tools though. I'll be resorting my misplaced stuff this weekend...cleaning out the van is always full of suprises.
The problem with having all this "stuff" is not knowing where it's at.
I have a garage, a storage unit, a large set of shelves in the shop, and my truck boxes...
Everytime I clean out the truck boxes I find something I've been looking for.
Impact driver. I just got it this summer, now I use it 2-3 times as much as a cordless drill. Plus, it's lighter, and less torque on the wrist. Now I'm wishing I went for the LI-Ion version.
zak
"When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone." --John Ruskin
"so it goes"
My impact driver too. I dont even own a cordless drill anymore. I got the chuck for it and thats all I need for the most part
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Got a Craftsman 1/2 drill and inpact driver for $99 cuzz my my PC 3/8 drill was acting like it was on its last legs. Those impact drivers ROCK. I have seen NHRA teams using them instead of air tools....does that say something?....go ahead and twist the head off of them "PIFFEN" screws.l
3'-4'-5' fold up triangle. Great for squaring up everything.
Dino's EZ Guide.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
I kind of expected some of the older guys to say viagra!
Have a good day
Cliffy
Joseph Lstiburek's book, "Builder's Guide to Cold Climates". Bought it 5 years ago, but wish it had been available earlier. There is an unbelievable amount of misinformation still out there regarding moisture, vapor barriers, insulation, venting, etc, etc,. This book makes sense of it all.
Randy
@@ Joseph Lstiburek's book, "Builder's Guide to Cold Climates".
See what you find on Breaktime? I had no idea he had a book. I loved his article on "Water-managed wall systems."
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Bought sooner - my impact driver. Perhaps even my Bosch pocket driver.
My Ti hammers.The ToolBear
"Never met a man who couldn't teach me something." Anon.
"THE" one thing that answer's this thread's query for me is: my truck
(WHY did I wait so long?????????????????????)
still kickin' myself in the azz bout it.
sigh. so I'm a little slow, and occasionally stupid, and my momma dresses me funny...
DUM SPIRO SPERO: "While I breathe I hope"
my motorcycle...
Opps, sorry, I thought the thread was "things you wish you'd bought sober".
Enjoy Memphest!
have'n never been without a bike I just wouldn't know what life would be without one... I have 2 older brothers that also ride and about 2 yrs ago we kinda removed my dads motorcycle from his garage... at 78yo watch'n him ride was... well i guess the same thing he felt watch'n us ride when we were 8... this is the same man who now give me hell about my kids 3 & 9 on motorcycles... I just pull out the old pics when he'd ride us 4 up on an old serv a cycle....
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I had never owned a bike until I was 50. I have rode before, and quite a bit in my youth (my cousin had two bikes and we wore them out).
My wife bought one for me on my 50th birthday. See pic.
I really enjoy it. I may get on it and ride to Memphis one of these days, I'll look you up. I would enjoy crusin the old streets I used to run. There are some nice places to ride here, especially if you crusie to the Austin area, but the Memphis area and especially traveling out east and on into the Tennesse countryside would be the bomb. As most bikers, I enjoy the backroads through the woods and with rolling hills.
As I remember, you like waterskiing too, we may have been cut from a simialr mold.
Do you follow the U of M Tiger basketball team? How do you think they will be this year? I thought they had the makings and forming of a National Championship team, with their youth, but I hear they have lost some key players.
Enjoy Memphest for me, and show them ferners a good time. I am delighted so many are planning on coming, seeing and enjoying my hometown.
nice bike... you have a good wife.... or alot of insurance she is interested in...
coach cal says.... well... he lost alot of key players... the national guys are rank'n the tigers pretty high but coach says we are over rated at this point...
I ride alone alot... vs the huge group thing.... just not into ride'n from bar to bar and then have'n to ride with guys who have been from bar to bar...
ride'n out toward picwick and the old civil war battle sites is a nice ride... the ride from memphis to branson /tablerock lake is a good ride... I've been to keywest 2x and use to head down to N fl some... have good friends in nashville and clarksville i use to ride that way alot... go the land between the lakes way... nice ride...
I have an older ultra tour glide that i got totaled and rebuilt it as a roadking kinda... also have a ZX7 and a pretty good collection of old choppers from the 70s... even have an old honda 305 dream that looks pretty nice sit'n in the corner of the garage..
this last 2 years i just haven't been ride'n like i like... seems i always need to be in the truck... where i use to ride alot just to get from a to b...
next time you get to town... assume you'll be here some this year for thanksgiving or christmas? yell at me... i'll buy you lunch or something
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You guys can have your expensive fatboys. I'd like something a bit less.
;o)
1972 Kawasaki 350 is the bike I have always wanted.
I dunno if this pic link will work or not. (Mine would be yellow, not red.) Let me know if the pic doesn't show up.
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Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
Beautiful. My fav's too.
OHHH, MANNNN, does that bring back memories.
In 1972, I was a motorcycle mechanic working for a Kawasaki dealership. You got any idea of how many of those 350's 500's and 750's I tuned up, all with that same tank graphic?
350's not-quite-tomato red; 500's hallowe'en orange; 750's blue-streak blue.
All of 'em rattled and buzzed like a kid's toy box in a paint-can shaker...but nothing could touch 'em in a straight line, not even the Yammy's.
Uh, if you like old 3-cylinder 2-strokers, I got a '72 Suzuki GT 380 J for sale....Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Tempting. But right now I am working on getting my rear axle fixed or replaced on my Blazer.
It'll be a while before I can even think about anything else.
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Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
Nice photo.
Mine's green, and a couple of years older than that one. Drum brakes for one thing; accordion boots on the forks; and no plasti-chrome on the airfilter box.
Mine doesn't have the stock AF box anyway; I replaced it with 3 K&N racing filters and got a good 5% more HP right there plus the sound of a turboprop climbing out of a strafing run from the Eastern Shuttle terminal at LaGuardia....
Anyway, don't worry about it going anywhere soon; it's been sitting under a tarp in the woods here for 10+ years and I'm not actively trying to sell it. But if someone who'd appreciate it is interested, I could part with her.Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Here's my new one. First road bike I've ever owned - I'm a dirt trail atv rider mostly.It's a Honda 1982 Nighthawk 650 with 13,000 miles on it.Chances are I won't get much riding done this year other than getting a feel for it - I'm in Mi and it's gonna start getting coldd..I figured I'd buy one at a great price seeing as how it's the end of the season and all.Paid $800 - has new rear tire, newer front tire, quick-release windshield and is in great shape all around.JT
Paid $800 - has new rear tire, newer front tire, quick-release windshield and is in great shape all around.
Whoo-boy. When I look at the prices of the new bikes today, and then realise that I paid $800 brand new off the showroom floor for mine in 1972, I get vertigo....
Suzuki's were pricy for Japanese bikes back then, but the quality was there. They were bulletproof. Kawasaki's were much cheaper (in both senses of the word). I think that '72 350 Kawasaki that Luka's lusting after sold for $500 or so. The 500cc Kawa triple sold like hotcakes; it was 'the' hot bike for anyone who couldn't afford a 750. The dealer I worked for sold them on special for $599 that season. Musta sold a couple of hundred of those things, too. At any rate, there was never a shortage of them coming in for service....Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Sweet Nighthawk you got there. My parents got one for me as a graduation present exactly like yours, only difference I had a Windstar sport fairing on the front. I got pics around somewhere, but they're buried I'm sure. Little bugger took me up to 120 on the Interstate back in '88. 'Course that's back in the days I was stationed with the 101st Airborne Div, so we were always up to stupid (hindsight saying that) stunts.
Things I wish I'd got sooner.....an enclosed trailer. Got a 14 footer year ago and didn't think I'd have enough stuff to fill it, now I got so many tools I need a bigger trailer.
Thanks,looking forward to getting my riding legs on next spring... winter's coming round here soon.I stumbled upon a 6x10 enclosed Wellscargo and although I would've bought bigger if I was buying new - this one was a great deal and it forces me to keep an organized system going.I just keep getting more efficient as I go.JT
I had one of those water buffalos a 750 2 stroke 3 cylinder Suzuki.
That bike was a monster when it got on the pipe the front wheel was off the ground at will and it was brutal quick.
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REMODELER/PUNCHOUT SPECIALIST
500's hallowe'en orange
I had one of those! Way back in the good ole' days. I think mine was a 72 or 73, not sure anymore, wasnt it called the Ram? or had a rams head on it? Its all a fog in my memory.
Doug
I don't rememer any ram's heads; the main thing about those was that the 73 model introduced the first electronic 'black-box' ignition on a motorcycle...and nobody understood it. If the bike wouldn't start, and it was getting gas, we just changed out the black box. No diagnostic computers back then....Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Dino
The rams head was on the dirt bike, by that I mean the dirt bike that was street legal. I think the pic of the bike that Luka showed is more pure street?
That Kaw 500 that I had didnt last long, couldnt keep it running so traded for Honda 350 4 cycle dirt bike (CL, SL, cant remember), had maybe three different ones, liked them alot because they were small enough to handle on the mild trails that I rode and big enough to ride down the highway at 65-70 comfortably, and ocassionaly get up to 95-100. All these bikes were 1971 through 75, by then it was out of my system.
Doug
That 350 Luka posted was a street-only machine. I think the Kaw 350 dirt bike was a single; most of them were back then. The Honda CL (SL? I don't remember, either) 250s and 350s were an exception. Twin four-strokers with a double high-pipe on one side. Real heavy; not very competetive against the Yammy trials bikes or the Kaws. I think Honda made a 450 version, too; not sure. Seems to me my brother had one for a short while. Many, many moons ago....
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
Dammit, Dino...
I wish you hadn't said it was for sale. GT 380 was my first ride. Loved it, but a bit slow. Setting those points was a bear, too.
Watcha want fer it?
Edit: I don't wanna know... yer to fer Nawth.
Troy Sprout
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."Oscar Wilde
Edited 10/30/2006 10:24 pm by Hackinatit
I dunno; I haven't really checked the market to see what it's worth.
It was a running bike when I warehoused it, not a junker. But it's been in dead storage for a long time, so it'll need some work. Last time I started the engine was in 92 or 93.
The engine seized up last winter, but it turned freely the year before, so it's not seized hard. Drool some Marvel Mystery Oil into the cylinders, wait a while, then pop the heads and tap gently and she'll come free. She's bored to first oversize.
If you really want it, bring a trailer along when you come to the fest next summer.Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
My wife bought one for me on my 50th birthday. See pic.
That wife is a keeper!
jt8
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
My wife bought one for me on my 50th birthday. See pic.
That wife is a keeper!
Yes and that is only the tip of the ixceberg, she is wonderful. We still be in love, like a couple of first love teenagers.
"things you wish you'd bought sooner" ???
My divorce...
just had to add this... today i got about half my 2 landing spiral stair fab'd up... it's been rain'n here and for some reason when it rains i get in a "stay in the shop and weld something up mood" about 2-3 years ago i buy this really trick plasma cutter... bt it just seemed a cutting torch was always at hand and at one point in my life i spent hours teaching myself to cut pretty well with it... so the plasma cutter has sat collecting dust...
until today... my center post for the spiral stair is 4.5" outside and cut'n & grinding some 50pc of metal to fit (saddle) the post didn't seem like it was going to be a ton of fun... so i drag out my little nail gun compressor and hook up my plasma cutter...
dang.... i had all 50 pc cut and fit to the pole in less than an hour no smoke no splatter... cut clean enough that they are weld on ready...
i guess if you keep doing what you've always done... you pretty much get what you've always had.....
there is always a better tool and a better way to do everything... which is a real good excuse to... buy more tools
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My PLS2e laser and detector. Now that I have it and am getting used to it, we use everywhere. Now I want another one so that I can have one in my belt all the time and not live in fear of breaking it. It's just so fast and accurate. No more adding up a field of measurements only to have human-error muck up the end result anyway.View Image
"My PLS2e laser and detector. "I am so sick of my garbage laser I bought at HD! Thought I was getting a deal. I am this close to getting the PLS2e, then I saw your post. Cmon man, tell me a little bit more and push me into it.
Consider yourself pushed -- I have one, they're great. Setting tile is a pleasure with a nice bright red line on top of the glop, and no messy string. You can check plumb on a tall wall with the laser and binoculars. Lotsa uses come along, from framing a house to hanging pictures on a common top line. Well worth it.
Pick up a big pack of AA batteries, too, while you're there. Figure a set of three each day if you use it a lot.
-- J.S.
Will do. Thanks man.
Just get it, I swear you won't regret it. I have another laser, but I rarely ever used it. The PLS2e is just so handy though. It's small enough to fit in your belt, but it comes with a nice little protective pouch that you could actually wear on your belt if you wanted to.
Nice bright line..... we use it in daylight, but you can't really see it in direct sunlight outdoors, that's why I got the "e" version..... comes with the detector which is super accurate by my account. I've used other lasers where there seemed to be about 1/4" or more of play in the audible tones of the detector.... you'd get a continuous tone (meaning level) yet you could still move the detector up and down some. The PLS2e doesn't have the slop like that.
Some places we use it frequently: plumbing tall stuff, transfering layout from the deck to roof or ceiling framing, finding stud lengths for stepped (and out of level) foundations, finding stud lengths for bearing walls on slabs, leveling sills, leveling ledgers, installing gangs of windows with fantastic accuracy to make the finish guy's life easier.... and I'm sure the list will grow.View Image
Alright. I unexpectedly just picked up a new Dewalt DW744 10" table saw and stand a few hours ago, brand new in the box for $325. There's a guy around here who works in closeouts and I just happened to be there. I was gonna get the Makita but the DW is a good saw, and I figured I saved. So....I'll get the laser next month. I will get it, thanks for the push.
I'll get the laser next month. I will get it, thanks for the push.
It is next month already.
jt8
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A tapemeasure. For years I've been just eyeballing things and cutting away and then fitting them and marking them and cutting again and then scribing and cutting again and then when it was too small start the process all over again.
I then filed for bankruptcy and wow, I bought my first tape measure. If I'd only had one sooner, I'd have a good credit rating and would have avoided bankruptcy, court, and two failed marriages.
Oh, yeah, the eyeballing thing didn't work so good 'cause I needed eyeglasses and didn't know it.
So a tapemeasure and eyeglasses, wish I'd had 'em sooner.
http://grungefm.com
;>)
Didn't read all previous posts.
Viagra.
That's what I would call close.
But you had the rule a little misinterpreted.
Measure once cut till your out of wood, not till your out of Money and Wives.
Haaaaaa, haaaaaaaaaaaa, haaaaaaaaaaa
that one broke me up!
http://grungefm.com
My dump trailer and a digital camara.
I think I have made as much with the trailer as any of my wood working tools.
The camara is just too cool I now take pictures at every stage and especially any detail that I may need to explain to HO or other subs.It is small enough that I carry it in a padded cell phone holster and keep it in my vest pocket.
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REMODELER/PUNCHOUT SPECIALIST
OK, I'm on the verge of the digital era, as well, ANDYSZ2. What camera did you buy? I'm figuring on a low end one since I don't care so much about taking scenery photo's and making them look good; strictly for my business.
I, too, am a sole proprietor.
BTW, I do own a trailer (the first thing I purchased).
http://grungefm.com
Edited 11/5/2006 11:13 am ET by RRooster
I went to Sam's Club and all they had were the 6mega pixel for over 200$ so i asked the girl in the camera dept. if they had a 5 pixel for less and she had some behind the counter for a 129$ clearenced so I bought that and bought a 2 gig card which holds hundred of phots and bought a 12 pack of lithium aa batteries and a warranty for under 200$ including tax.
It is a Samsung with 2.5" screen and a 3 power optical tele lens not bad for the money.
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I almost said truck but the more I think about it, chipping the truck definately trumps the ride itself. And I probably say that about the gazillion other mods I've done since then. Every time I add something, I drive it away the first time just kind of ga ga at the difference. I'm hooked. Addicted. Unstoppable. Need the fix.
As the guy on the BBC show says, "POWER!!!"
Real trucks dont have sparkplugs
Mortar mixer-- I would like to have a $ for every
wheelbarrel load of mud Ive mixed by hand ,started
off using only a shovel, then went and got all fancy
and bought a mortar hoe, quite a time went by,got
rid of the ex wife, then had some money to really get
modern, got me some mixers and a new wife, man-o-man
I really traded up, actually had enough energy left at the end
of the day to sire a couple more younguns--yyep graveyard
is full of people who did things the hardway. DW
all the PLS products we own.
5X, the 360E and most importantly the tool i use every single day
the PLS1
friggin awesome.
carpenter in transition
Rented one, drill and 1 1/2" bit for home depot last week. $60 including damage waver. Less than 5 minutes use. Rented on 4 months ealier to drill 2) 1 1/2" holes through a 24" granite rock/mortar fountation. Those took a while. the bit rental was only $10 and when you get the damage waver, if you chip the carbide, you free and clear. Some of their bits were pretty damaged from others
I have a 1 1/8" sds drill and thought about buying the larger drill and bit, but $600 plus was not in the budget for something I may not use for years.
Three things:
Got a HF cheapie 1" SDS rotary hammer -- don't use it enough to justify buying one of the big boys but when you absolutely, positively need a hole in masonry now, get out the rotary hammer. ;-)
For tools I wish I got long ago -- the Starrett protractor. Never met an outside corner that was actually 90 degrees, or a cut corner that was actually 45. Got it for Christmas from my better half last year. Saves a lot of time and head scratching.
"Let's get crack-a-lackin" --- Adam Carolla
Don't remember seeing your posts in a while. You been on vacation or something?jt8
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Vacation -- sort of. Been working pretty much 7 days a week on a rehab plus odd projects here and there. Demo'd the roof last week, got about 1/3 of the new roof framing done and then NWS mentions a flood watch for the next couple days and rain all this week. Blue tarp sure does work, but makes for an ugly roof. ;-)
Rained out for a few days so I thought I'd check in and see what you guys have been up to, plus I had a roofing question.
Hope all is well with you. How have you been?
Still busy here in Philly -- some new residential and lots of remo/rehab still going on, despite the market "slowing." Hope it keeps up.
What's up with my fellow Philadelphian (emeritus) Sphere? (you can move from Philly, but you get honorary emeritus status forever).
"Let's get crack-a-lackin" --- Adam Carolla
I suspect that even if the house boom cools, there is always going to be a market for renovations. I would be even tempted to say that the renovation market would improve as the house boom cools..as more people try to improve what the have rather than buying into a new house with the improvments already there.
What's up with my fellow Philadelphian (emeritus) Sphere? (you can move from Philly, but you get honorary emeritus status forever).
My BT has been kinda patchy lately (hard enough keeping up with the 'thumbs up' threads). Seems like he may have injured himself, but I haven't seen the thread.
jt8
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yo man, I am here, and still in the Bluegrass state.
Hope ya had a great Thanksgiving.
We had a quiet one at home, just us two and the critters...I like that the best.
Excellent weather for a change, getting progress on a lot of loose ends.
Stay in touch. I might be over there sooner than I want, Moms getting ready for the asisted living scene, probly have to come and take care of bidness for her.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
Yo, Mr. Sphere. How goes?
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner but it's still crazy busy here. I wanted to have some pics to post, but couldn't end up with any good ones. Here's the roof framing we were working on a while ago -- not a great pic but the only decent one I have at the moment. We're framing inside a shell between two other row houses (plates are tripled toward the back so we could use 8' studs back there and still maintain a low slope deck -- looks weird but actually saves a couple bucks). The odd stud spacing is the interface between a change in roof slope (1/4" in 12 for the front and 1/8" in 12 for the walkable deck portion). We got the framing height and roof slopes just right to maximize ceiling height, exactly match the height of an existing cornice at the front of the building (which we had to keep intact and as-is), flatten the deck, and the fire separation at one side parapet only had to be brought up a couple of courses of brick. A little bit of threading a needle with these old houses to meet all the code requirements but it's always an interesting challenge.
We just finished putting on the base coat of roofing this weekend -- ended up using a product called seal-o-flex. It was the only thing we could find that was walkable plus was OK to apply in the cold.
Anyway, definitely if you are out this way give a shout.
Happy holidays.
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"Let's get crack-a-lackin" --- Adam Carolla
Cool. Thanks for checking back in, missed hearing from ya.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
I recently bought a d-handle router, PC 693. For hanging doors and stuff it is great to just pick it up and pull the trigger and it is on, and under a firm grip, too. Let go the trigger and set it down on its side. This handle configuration is faster and safer than the normal 690 base.
Funny thing is a guy I knew 26 years ago told me how great they were, but I never really "got it" until recently.
Bill