Any woodworkers?

Son of a....

 

I did see that. Thanks I'll try another test piece.

 

I just found this out like a month or 2 ago.

You should share this in @six5crèéd's thread.

 

This made me go out to the garage and check my older Ryobi drills and none of them seem to have this feature but it's possible they predate this

 

I think couple people said the older Ryobi doesnt have it, ill check mine but its older too

 

Interesting. I haven't had any issues with either my Ryobi or Milwaukee drills backing off of bits, but the back click works on them all as I just tested.

 

Are you going to be making custom tool holders?

 

yes

 

I just cut channels in my top piece all by myself with just a circular saw and they're not terrible and I'm really proud of myself right now!!!

 

Assembled! In all her glory! Here's to hoping it will stay together as it is only half glued.

Front. Back. Side.

 

Nice job!

 

If you are worried about it coming apart, they have little 90° flat brackets you can put on the backside.

 

I don't know if this has already been suggested but I think a variable speed sander would probably be helpful, lowering the speed lowers the noise. I use 5 & 6 inch RIDGID sanders from Home Depot, not because I can't afford better ones but because my helpers abuse them and they're easy to return, whereas Festool return policy is probably a headache..

 

Mines 1st gen of the green Ryobi, it doesnt have it. I went to lowes and the metaboo,milwaukee, dewalt all had it, craftsnan was 50/50

 

My kid was a little late to the balance bike craze, so when he out grew his 12 inch balance bike I bought him a 16 inch bike with standard cranks, pedals and training wheels. Since he was just mastering the balance bike he wasn't feeling the training wheels at all, so I modified his bike into a larger balance bike. The only thing missing was someplace to rest his feet while he was coasting. You have no idea how OCD I got making this little piece. Originally it was a flat piece of plywood, then I thought a curved piece would be better for foot positioning so I cut the tail off a skateboard and flipped it downward. And of corse I had to finish it to perfection with 10 coats of lacquer..

 

Thats cool, hopefully no hills near there

 

Festool customer service was my best customer service experience ever .

They sent me a new $700 track rail 2 years out of warranty with zero hassle and let me keep the old one

 

That's because 3M has some of the best customer service.

 

Good point. I think part of my problem is my current Ryobi has been used a bit and I suspect age and use are making it a bit noisier as well.

 

I'm gonna need some second opinions on this:

The smaller piece on top is just stain. The larger piece on the bottom i used conditioner first, then stain.

Thoughts?