Handy-Man Corner

[Iowanian]

I'm tired of bad Chiefs news.....


I thought it would be a good idea for a thread on the Handy-Man.

Do you have any Home remedies, gadgets you've made, advice on car repair, home maint, sollutions to kill weeds in your yard, bugs in your garden?

Use Coke to clean your batteries? That type of stuff.
Home made floor dry?

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by jspchief

Cordless? Dewalt, Makita, Milwaukee are all pretty solid.

Check the price of extra batteries. You may find that a cheaper "dispisable" brand offers better value than one that will last 15 years but cost 5x as much as you replace batteries.

Pops found a guy who puts DeWalt battery cells in whatever cordless device you desire.

If you don't need the heavy duty construction of a DeWalt device, but desire more robust power, it's a cheaper solution.

Dad now has a full compliment of Ryobi ONE+ tools, with DeWalt 18V Lithium power.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Baconeater

Pretty much everyone I know that uses tools for a living uses DeWalt. But if you just need something for occasional use around the house the Milwaukee should be fine. They were once a very respected brand but like many others they have cheapened their stuff up over the years.

You using 20v?

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Baconeater

Pretty much everyone I know that uses tools for a living uses DeWalt. But if you just need something for occasional use around the house the Milwaukee should be fine. They were once a very respected brand but like many others they have cheapened their stuff up over the years.

Dude that is doing my kitchen uses Milwaukee. They looked pretty old, so they must have hung in there pretty well.

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Pops found a guy who puts DeWalt battery cells in whatever cordless device you desire.

If you don't need the heavy duty construction of a DeWalt device, but desire more robust power, it's a cheaper solution.

Dad now has a full compliment of Ryobi ONE+ tools, with DeWalt 18V Lithium power.

Ryobi is fine for the weekend warrior, but I swear by Dewalt for tools I use to make a living

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Brock

You using 20v?

Yeah the one that we were having trouble with the batteries overheating is a 20v.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Dude that is doing my kitchen uses Milwaukee. They looked pretty old, so they must have hung in there pretty well.

My dad had a Milwaukee drill and circular saw back in the day, you could tell just by looking at them that the shit was built to last forever, the only drawback was that they weighed 3x as much as today's tools. It's all a trade-off.

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by Flachief58

Ryobi is fine for the weekend warrior, but I swear by Dewalt for tools I use to make a living

I have had a Ryobi set for about 10 years, got tired of replacing the batteries every year or two. I went back to plug in, it's not often I'm too far from an outlet or extension cord that can't reach what I want to get to.

[Iowanian]

I have a full set of ryobi and the batteries are junk. Even with new batteries it doesn't have the same torque as the Makita, Milwaukee or dealt drills I have used. So far I am happy with my porter cable impact but it is too soon to say how it holds up.

[Buzz]

When I took out the pool this summer I had two guy's with battery powered drills (dewalt) come over, both where done in 15 min. It's just not worth it for a guy that uses it once a month. Every day, okay I get it, but a drill you sit on a charger and don't use often is a waste of money.

[srvy]

No love for Bosch I will put them right in there with Dewalt.

I agree with corded drills I use it more than any. Not as bulky able to get into tighter spots and lighter.

[Boise_Chief]

I have 2 sets of the rigid drill/impact combo sets from homedepot. I use them every day 1st set is almost 3years old. Lifetime batteries if you register as a homeowner.

Absolutely great for 90% of all jobs except for heavy mixing and boring. I use a big dewalt when mixing grout or boring doors, using the hole hawg etc.

150bucks for the set

[DJ's left nut]

So my new place is going to have a full blown workshop in the basement. The unfinished space has a 4th garage door alongside the walkout section (it's going to be badass....)

At the moment I'm looking for a good cabinet style table saw (thinking a used Grizzly 220v model should do nicel). I'd like to come across a drill press, jointer, bandsaw and maybe a belt sander as well.

How would some of the more experienced woodworkers here go about building a shop on a finite budget? I can't just buy it all at once so what tools would you suggest getting first?

How have you dealt with ventilation? The workshop has vents for a dryer so I think I'm going to try to set up gated ducts for each tool and run them out the dryer vent but I don't really know how to go about suction.

I want to try to make a torsion assembly table as my first project and then probably a little table/chair set for the kid.

[Buehler445]

Sounds interesting.

I've never had a woodshop in the basement. Keeping the rest of the house clean would be the problem.

I would think that the easiest way to get it through a vent would be to rig up a vacuum on the outside, but you would have to save it from the weather. Maybe just hook it up when you are working.

We cut 2/5 gallon jugs in half and attached them to the bottom of our grinder for filings. You could do a similar thing to your saws and try to catch most of the sawdust, and just vacuum up the rest.

[ghak99]

If you're going to be working with anything exotic, go over the top with it. They sell units to do what you want, but like everything, they're not cheap. I found an old paint booth system at an auction and ran some pipe to the lathe and sander with caps I just put back on when not in use.

African Blackwood on the lathe tried to kill me and Spalted woods are the devil. Take care of those lungs.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Sounds interesting.

I've never had a woodshop in the basement. Keeping the rest of the house clean would be the problem.

I would think that the easiest way to get it through a vent would be to rig up a vacuum on the outside, but you would have to save it from the weather. Maybe just hook it up when you are working.

We cut 2/5 gallon jugs in half and attached them to the bottom of our grinder for filings. You could do a similar thing to your saws and try to catch most of the sawdust, and just vacuum up the rest.

It's under the excavated section of the garage - there's a full steel door in between it and the finished section. It should stay pretty self-contained. I'm mostly concerned with the really fine particulate. I may just end up opening the garage and setting a fan there when I work.