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I'm going to get the 7 1/4" Circular saw first

 

Scott Brown Carpentry on Youtube has done a few Makita 40V Max tool reviews lately , he's a New Zealand builder I follow

 

My 6 1/2” is only two years old, can’t justify it yet.
I was blown away using a friend’s 60 volt cut off saw, changed the way I viewed battery tools.
DEWALT FLEXVOLT 60V MAX Cut-Off Saw Kit, 9-Inch (DCS690X2)

$829 DEWALT FLEXVOLT 60V MAX* Cut-Off Saw Kit, 9" (DCS690X2)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JGL7J89/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_SN32CPKJ2MXZPD96F05E?_encoding=UTF8

 

I have the brushless 6 1/2" , built my whole shop with it except for when I needed my 16" beam saw

 

My vote is Makita or Milwaukee. I have many, many 18v Makita tools. Very happy with all of them. Milwaukee would be my 2nd choice.

 

I have the same 18 volt brushless 6 1/2”, it does great until I start ripping plywood for half a day.

 

Damn, are you breeding them? They keep multiplying.

EDIT: Now I see that was last year.

 

T&G OSB

 

Copy...good luck

 

this is whats left there plus about 10 pieces I have at my shop

Client where I had my timber stash stored sold his house so I'm moving it all to my place tomorrow

 

I'd have bought the house just for that lumber.

Serious note, how did you go about acquiring and over what time period. Is it not that that big of deal in Canada? Strikes me a something you leave to your kids.

 

I bought all the timbers at once in 2008. When the economy shit the bed back then my local lumber supplier bought the entire timber inventory from MacKenzie Sawmill in Vancouver so he had tons of timbers available for cheap. I think I paid under $6K CDN for all of it.

Not sure about the rest of Canada but locally in BC , getting timbers like this is not usually a problem availability wise , just depends how deep your pockets are.

I've been using timbers out of this stash for projects since purchase , I mill them down as required if I need different dimensions .

The client I built for that let me store these timbers in one of his outbuildings recently sold his property so today I had to get them all out into the driveway so the crane truck can pick them up tomorrow and bring them to my shop site.

That was a lot of work for an old man by himself lol

 

Good on you for the forethought, beautiful lumber.

Your chiropractor must appreciate your stash as much as your clients.

 

No help from Cartholomew?

 

Yes he helped for the 4x12 , rollers and levers for the 12x12

 

Ready for Round 2

 

Guessing that's a problem? lol

 

When I win the lottery I don't play, I'm gonna fly OZ out here to the states to build me a house.

 

Does anyone here have any experience with LP Tech shield radiant barrier?

 

Calling anyone with masonry/wood stove experience. 6" single wall stove pipe comes off the wood burning stove, turns 90* through a 6-8" expansion elbow, goes through an 8" wall thimble (unnecessary in block, but there nonetheless), turns up 90* through an adjustable 8" chimney elbow, and the chimney is haphazardly mounted to the brick, extending roughly ~48" proud of the roofline.

My concern here is the wall thimble and exterior elbow. The thimble is free floating, only supported by the elbows on either end. It seems the previous owner had it somewhat mortared in place with furnace cement but that clearly didn't last. What would you guys suggest to support the thimble and seal the exterior? And would anyone replace the exterior elbow with a tee? I'm considering stuffing the wall cavity with mineral wool insulation to support the thimble, and mortaring it in place from the outside with a caulked expansion gap similar to a chimney crown. The parging is a disaster and will need to be addressed as well.