A lot, but most recently I bought a Porter Cable 9690LR on clearance. The only one they had left was the display, so I got it for $38.
I traded my Ridgid portable tale saw last week for a Rigid contractor saw, r4512, so I ordered a Freud diablo blad, a set of Mircrojig splitters and some Incra miter sliders to make a sled with.
We bought a fixer upper last year, and were remodeling the whole thing, so Iām using it as an excuse to fit out my workshop (also working on a hostile takeover of the 2 car garage from my wifeās storage).
Well, today I grabbed the last five Milwaukee 10-in-1 ratcheting screwdriver and 8-in-1 stubby screwdriver sets for $5.02 each. Theyāll make good gifts and the bits alone are worth that price.
I also grabbed some more Werner Tool Lassos for $1.35 each at Loweās. I bought a couple at full price last year and they have their uses with the Lock-In top stepladders.
Even though I hardly need anything new - today I got the urge - and bought a few items (via Carbide Processors - a company I really like)
One was Woodpeckerās latest one time tool - their TRKSQ - a fixture that attaches to your track-saw track - to give it a square lip and handle for crosscutting. At $100 ($99.99) its purely an impulse buy luxury item.
The other 2 items - were carbide scrapers from Innovative Tools International that Stuart had posted about some time ago. I liked them so much that Iāve bought 2 more as gifts.
Were they the black handled ones with a gloss black bar, or the blue handled ones with a mat black bar? I have been a long time fan of these clamps, but have heard from several sources that the newer ones (black handled) are of a lesser quality than the older blue handles ones. Whether or not this makes a real difference in actual use I donāt know.
I picked up a Big Gulp dust hood from Rockler yesterday along with a few other odds and ends. Right now they are only $10. I thought that was a pretty good deal.
They are the black handled ones. I have had four of them for a couple months. No issues, I have never owned any high dollar clamps to know a difference.
I do know there is a huge difference when it comes to power tools.
Found a Porter Cable 12v Max oscillating tool at Loweās; it was sitting in a cart without a box or price tag. I asked the associate about it and ended up waiting almost an hour for another associate to arrive before being given a price. The other guy had found it and set it aside for himself but wasnāt upset that it had been discovered. Anyway, the manager was only willing to come down 30% for a tool made almost five years ago. I passed it upā¦have the 18v version and can buy the bare tool DeWalt for only a little more than they decided on the obsolete Porter Cable.
I spent the $80 and change on a DeWalt Tough Chest, which I can actually use as I finish this course and move to my next assignment.
I bought a 10" comfort-grip Knipex pliers wrench, and a pair of the Milwaukee offset job site scissors.
Iāve been doing a lot of sink drain repairs recently, and Iāve been in need of good heavy-duty scissors for a while.
Latest tool was actually a drill & 6-1/2" circ saw kit from ryobi with two batteries and a charger for $100. Im tired of her complaining that she doesnt have any tools. Granted she doesnt but i guess we cant share lol which im ok with, that means i can give her some ryobi outdoor tools so i can use them occasionally lol.
My latest tool purchase for me was a Hypertherm Powermax 30. Wow an awesome machine. It a plasma cutter with an internal air compressor that only needs a 20amp 110v circuit to work. It doesnāt have a huge duty cycle but i can grab it and cut anything anywhere without having to fiddle with a separate compressor and air hose.
Just picked up a much needed 3 gallon craftsman air compressor off a local Buy, Sell, Trade group. Iāve been running trim in my house with a measly 1 gal 100psi. Not fun.
BTW - forgot to say that Iāve used the Fastcap zero clearance tape on my Bosch miter saw to cross cut strips of oak veneered plywood that I ripped with a TS55REQ and a 48T blade. I was using a Forrest Mitermaster MM121006
blade - which might normally produce some chip-out - but the zero clearance tape - seemed to stop all signs of it from happening.
