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nicad
Feb 21, 2004

EvilDonald posted:

The big chrome thing is a "speeder", and I haven't seen one in forever. I didn't think they were still made, cordless drills have made them pretty much obsolete. The idea is that you can use a deep well socket to run a nut down a long bolt by turning the deal like an old brace and bit.

we use them for switchgear testing, and racking out big breakers (think 20,000 A @ 13kV)

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nicad
Feb 21, 2004
anyone have any recommendations for a miter saw? mainly going to put up crown molding with it, and cut some flooring to length

nicad
Feb 21, 2004

PeaceFrog posted:

I have this,
http://www.amazon.com/Makita-LS1013L-10-Inch-Sliding-Compound/dp/B000CFKL3E
I got it to make accurate cuts in hardwood floor, base and crown molding. The saw is fantastic. I have never used anything this nice. I think once you get to a certain level of quality it is about preference.
http://www.amazon.com/D1080X-Diablo-10-Inch-PermaShield-Coating/dp/B00008WQ32
As far as a blade I used this for my finish work and it has held up as well as I would expect a blade to after shilling out 50 bucks. Most cuts have been through maple, and all that I didn't foul up being dumb came out beautiful.

Overall the combination lends itself to me learning to do some finishing around the house. I haven't thrown anything out due to a bad cut, just a few bad measures.


drat nice saw. makita makes great poo poo. its also over $500 :(
got any other recommendations for <$300 ?

nicad
Feb 21, 2004

truckramrod posted:

Who needs a Geiger counter?!?

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/auctions/RCA-WF-14A-Geiger-Counter-4389855

the range on that is pretty low. you can get 100cpm or so simply from background radiation. :)

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