What did you do today? A thread dedicated to the general use of tools in your projects.

Good work Dave, really like the shelves and storage solutions!

Past few days I’ve been doing random things. Made a couple of circles out of Masonite for some signs we’re gonna use at work for the company picnic. I still have to put some handles on the back, so people can hold them for group photos. Gonna have the wife print a couple of signs and use sticky-back to put them on the Masonite. Here’s one of the circles and a mock-up I did with the computer…

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Making a new flag holder for the house too. Had one of the guys at work make the holder, brought it home, drilled mounting holes, and painted it. After I get rid of the bee nest in the wood where the holder is going I’ll hang it. Took the old crappy holder down, and on a whim grabbed a flashlight and shined it inside a split in the wood…found a bee nest the size of my fist in there. Drilled and tapped a hole for a thumb stud, so I could “clamp” the flag pole into the holder. Unfortunately I put it on the bottom instead of the top, but it should work out fine anyway.

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Lots of amazing work guys! Keep the pics and projects coming…

overanalyze wrote:

Framing today…finished the Advantech, squared the foundation, and started laying out walls. [External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]

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Very cool, don’t usually see a builder post pics of a full out new build on this forum, what’s it going to be?(a house I assume)

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KnarlyCarl wrote:

Very cool, don’t usually see a builder post pics of a full out new build on this forum, what’s it going to be?(a house I assume)

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Thanks! Been a small custom builder and remodeler for 18 plus years. I enjoy this forum. Don’t post a ton but some. This is a new home. Approx 3,000 sq ft plus a basement. High energy efficiency is the goal for this one. Got started on walls today.

Tools we had in use were Milwaukee Fuel saw, Dewalt 18v saw, Senco air framer, Dewalt cordless framer, Skilsaw wormdrive, Dewalt 12″ miter saw, Dewalt 20v drill, Milwaukee Fuel impact, and a few more.

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overanalyze wrote:

47 minutes ago, overanalyze said:

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Great job, great to see all the different tools your using on this masterpiece as we’ll…Thanks for the pics….

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Very cool, nice location, too. Been awhile since I was on site building houses since my Dad got out of that, we got to work along water and lakeshore, being from up around the sand dunes area of silver lake Michigan and lake Michigan itself

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Took care of someone’s slip up, well down, and got a new refractometer for testing milk to play with.

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It’s supposed to be a high of 100 all week with no chance of rain. Had to do something to cool the kids off and get them out of the house.

Miter saw. Drill. Done.

A ute full of wood for a Saturday night camp fire thanks to this great little saw.

Stercorarius wrote:

5 hours ago, Stercorarius said:

Took care of someone’s slip up, well down, and got a new refractometer for testing milk to play with.

 

Is that a cracked from rail?

ChrisK wrote:

5 hours ago, ChrisK said:

Is that a cracked from rail?

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This? That’s a cracked cow toilet from the girls kicking it. Had to run a bead to seal it up so it would stop drizzling on the milking units.

Frame rail. Cow toilet. Same thing. Geesh.

Shuutr wrote:

On ‎7‎/‎9‎/‎2016 at 10:02 PM, Shuutr said:

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It’s supposed to be a high of 100 all week with no chance of rain. Had to do something to cool the kids off and get them out of the house.

Miter saw. Drill. Done.

Ha! that’s cool!

started designing a tool holder in solidworks to 3d print. started with one for my hammerdrill. gonna design others as well. Ima try to work on one for my impact driver and flexvolt saw. I might even try to build something for my flexvolt recip and maybe some kind of deal to hold chargers and batteries. also might try something that stores bits or bit cases.

Put my new Bosch GKS10.8 to good use today, trimmed 30′ of sheathing from house in preparation for a ledger board for a deck build. Worked slick, much easier than using my corded Mak!

Took the day off today turned on my Ryobi pressure washer and me n my son sprayed away. My day was going awesome till my stupid water heater went out!!!!!!?????? never did I think I was gonna take the day off to go spend $700 damn dollars today ???

Well crap big Mike, I like when that happens, that means work for me lol! But seriously, it’s never nice having to deal with the unexpected, especially when it comes to money. 

Lol Carl! Man Bro since I wasn’t able to get on here with u guys for awhile I somehow learned how to save some money ? Lol! Luckily I did though I was just trying to save for holidays ? And this happened oh well I guess at least I won’t have to worry bout this one anytime soon ?

Had fun with a little gizmo from Menards and this freebie tape measure:

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Wife got the plans on Pinterest, rustic end table, plan to build 1 more and a coffee table


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Put my yellow saw to work today.

Not done yet. Still have to install top cap, fill, sand and paint. But the bulk of its done.

Great job guys!

plumbfitter wrote:

1 hour ago, plumbfitter said:

Put my yellow saw to work today.

 

Not done yet. Still have to install top cap, fill, sand and paint. But the bulk of its done.

Beautiful job.

JimboS1ice wrote:

1 hour ago, JimboS1ice said:

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I like nice job…..

plumbfitter wrote:

1 hour ago, plumbfitter said:

Put my yellow saw to work today.

 

Not done yet. Still have to install top cap, fill, sand and paint. But the bulk of its done.

nice color combo pops nicely…great job!

comp56 wrote:

I like nice job…..

Finished (almost) this hammer mill today. Long project. I’ll post more pics later. Getting ready for paint tomorrow untill it dries up enough outside to start chopping Timothy.

Some of the pictures are kinda confusing and it different stages. I’ll do a walkthrough of it when we mount it at the dairy. Made mostly out of repurposed hay cubing equipment.

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Stercorarius wrote:

44 minutes ago, Stercorarius said:

Finished (almost) this hammer mill today. Long project. I’ll post more pics later. Getting ready for paint tomorrow untill it dries up enough outside to start chopping Timothy.

Some of the pictures are kinda confusing and it different stages. I’ll do a walkthrough of it when we mount it at the dairy. Made mostly out of repurposed hay cubing equipment.

 

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aside from everything your doin looks like you should sign up to be a millwright…. 

Looks great @JimboS1ice! Love the blocky, rustic design! Paint? Stain? Other finishing plans?

Awesome job @plumbfitter! I hate to ask, but what is the top cap? Feel free to laugh at the novice, fellas…

wildroamer wrote:

Looks great @JimboS1ice! Love the blocky, rustic design! Paint? Stain? Other finishing plans?

 

Awesome job @plumbfitter! I hate to ask, but what is the top cap? Feel free to laugh at the novice, fellas…

ChrisK wrote:

20 hours ago, ChrisK said:

Beautiful job.

Thanks!

Lots of work.

Picked up the top caps today. Will finish the install over the next couple days.

wildroamer wrote:

11 hours ago, wildroamer said:

Looks great @JimboS1ice! Love the blocky, rustic design! Paint? Stain? Other finishing plans?

 

Awesome job @plumbfitter! I hate to ask, but what is the top cap? Feel free to laugh at the novice, fellas…

This is the top cap.

Like I said, its a work in progress, close up you can see the unfinished joints. Soon they will be sanded and painted and you wont even know they are there.

Bigmikez wrote:

On 9/30/2016 at 0:13 AM, Bigmikez said:

Took the day off today turned on my Ryobi pressure washer and me n my son sprayed away. My day was going awesome till my stupid water heater went out!!!!!!?????? never did I think I was gonna take the day off to go spend $700 damn dollars today ???

 

Thought of you this weekend Mike, I had to replace a water heater Friday night and then one the next morning, just yesterday morning, 2 back to back! Two people’s weekends shot right then and there, I had fun tho….?

Oh but the worst part was the place I went to Saturday morning involved a water heater that started leaking the night before, and interrupted the guy’s ribs he was grilling and he got sidetracked because of it and the ribs burnt on him??

KnarlyCarl wrote:

15 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

 

Thought of you this weekend Mike, I had to replace a water heater Friday night and then one the next morning, just yesterday morning, 2 back to back! Two people’s weekends shot right then and there, I had fun tho….?

Oh but the worst part was the place I went to Saturday morning involved a water heater that started leaking the night before, and interrupted the guy’s ribs he was grilling and he got sidetracked because of it and the ribs burnt on him??

What did them ribs do to deserve being burnt 🙁

WHAT WHAT What a waste of good ribs

Rest in Peace ribs Rest in Peace :mellow:

I graded two driveways with my DR Power Grader today.

If anyone is thinking about getting a DR Power Grader I would highly recommend it.

Mine is old enough that it doesn’t have the remote on it but has the cord and the box control. I could get one as a add on though.

I do my own driveway about twice a year. Sure saves getting stone.

The second driveway I did had alot of grass in the middle so it took alittle longer to get it worked up and graded properly.

Sure makes the driveways look new again.

LarryS wrote:

I graded two driveways with my DR Power Grader today.

If anyone is thinking about getting a DR Power Grader I would highly recommend it.

Mine is old enough that it doesn’t have the remote on it but has the cord and the box control. I could get one as a add on though.

I do my own driveway about twice a year. Sure saves getting stone.

The second driveway I did had alot of grass in the middle so it took alittle longer to get it worked up and graded properly.

Sure makes the driveways look new again.

JimboS1ice wrote:

16 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:

Man I forgot about DR, haven’t seen an infomercial from them in years


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O yea their still around. I can only speak for the grader but they seem to have some very good products. The prices seem alittle high but they are built good.

All Finished.

I think It turned out alright!

plumbfitter wrote:

13 minutes ago, plumbfitter said:

All Finished.

 

I think It turned out alright!

Very nice work

plumbfitter wrote:

17 minutes ago, plumbfitter said:

All Finished.

 

I think It turned out alright!

very well done! 

DAMN !!!! That’s nice 

Wow amazing work dude!!

plumbfitter wrote:

15 hours ago, plumbfitter said:

All Finished.

 

I think It turned out alright!

 

While not a fan of this style, I can appreciate seeing a lot of work come together when i see it, well done Sir!

Beautiful work man 

I finally got around to building a ‘Ripping Saw’ (long narrow table saw). Had been meaning to do it for so long. It is a simple table saw just for ripping long lengths of timber. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8ozZ9bpuqc

Resumed work on Dad’s deck, finally making some headway.

Lazy sunday, just sawed through my old ridgid with my one key sawzall lol!!! 

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Finally finished the card box


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