Home Improvement Today?

There will be 2 shower heads and 2 body sprays

 

We drove all the Simpson SDS screws for 60 seismic hold downs with our 18V Makita cordless impact drivers and there is like 20 per hold down

 

Installed some under the counter and over the counter lights for the wife. She's happy.

 

Looks good , what are they ? Pucks ?

 

Yep....five 2.6' LED pucks on top. Unfortunately the mounting header for the cabinets would not allow me to pass my fish tape from one of the counter height outlets that I was going to convert to a plug/switch stacker to power them. I tried until my anger began to build! I decided to go with plan-B. I custom made a junction box with hidden pull-chain switch mounted on top of the cabinets. The pull-chain drops down inside one of the cabinets to turn them on and off. I just used the over the stove microwave plug to juice my custom switch.

The lower lights are three 2.5' dimmable LED pucks. The switch/dimmer module is flush mounted under the front corner of last cabinet next to the fridge. Worked nicely has I just plugged them into the outlet behind the fridge. The slack between the pucks simply rolls into the pucks by turning them.

 

built a new lattice garbage can thing yesterday, installed a nest thermostat today, hopefully tomorrow I can just watch some football

 

Does this count as "home improvement"? If not...it's garage improvement.

Built a wall-mount for my Lund hitch-rack extender a few weeks ago.

 

Just ordered this Makita 18v li-on combo to replace my aging 14v set, which is still fine, except the batteries have been headed south for some time. Decided to go for something lighter, more compact, and more powerful rather than replace the batteries on the 14v. This 18v set has the 3ah batteries.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Makita-18-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-Combo-Kit-2-Piece-XT260/205848473

 

Good choice

 

It's the only brand I've had for drill/divers since almost forever. The drill is non-hammer, because I didn't want the weight and bulk for 95% of the jobs I do, and I have the 1/2 in Dewalt corded hammer drill if I really need that option.

Now working on some more stuff at Lee Valley and Amazon for the truck...

 

Makita just came out with an 18V 5ah battery too

 

That sounds heavy. Is it a different form factor than the current 2 and 3 ah?

 

No size or weight increase

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpbG7SA9lw&sns=em

 

1. He talks funny like.
2. Impressive.
3. I bet the price is too.
4. Good upgrade for me 8-10 years from now
5. Should be compatible with the new ones I'm getting.
6. Note to self, avoid older small circular saws (I am looking for one of those, too).

 

My 18V circular saw is compatible

Next up for you , the 18V recip , and this

http://www.leevalley.com/en/garden/page.aspx?p=71675&cat=2,42706,40721

 

Fuk ya, thanks for reminding me. My brain has been mush all year. I've wanted the sawzall pruner blade for a while. Tally-ho!

 

Um, yeah, dumbshit, it's in your LV wish list online.

 

Oh yeah.

 

Everytime I think of something from Lee Valley I need or just want I log into my account on their site and add it to my Wish List then when it's Free Shipping ( which ends on the 5th ) I buy it all