New England B.S. Thread

You may have posted them...but you got any pictures of your work to share?

 

Typically by the time you buy a couple batteries your not to far away from the cost of a new drill.

 

Morning fellas

 

I might. I can look around on my hard drive and see if I've got any images saved.
It's been a few years since I've done much for advertising; mostly I get my business through word-of-mouth from friends, family, and past buyers.

 

Agreed and with how long newer batteries last by the time you need to replace it typically they have a lighter more powerful model. I inherited my dads old drill when I was in HS the one that takes the 10" long batteries that load like a pistol magazine. It needed new batteries a couple years ago a pair of batteries were like $70 and it was dinosaur technology lol. The newer ones don't need as much care. You can leave them uncharged forever and they seem to charge up and function great.

 

If you don't mind me asking, what do you do?!

 

I've got an old Makita like that somewhere, I picked up the Makita Lithium-ion set last year, so much better than my heavy ass 18 volt DeWalt!

 

Haha I have an 18 dewalt to, I think it actually weighs more than my impact gun.

 

That is one thing I actually like about Ryobi. They keep coming out with better batteries but the old tools will still accept them. I usually buy the new batteries as part of a combo pack because it's cheaper, but I can still use my old stuff also. I've actually had great luck with Ryobi stuff for my use. I've beat on them pretty good and they seem to be doing well.

Cuts down a tree, sits on the log and sells it as a bench

 

LOL!

 

My full-time job is in customer support for a tire wholesaler. During the summer I'll tinker in my wood shop for a hobby/extra income. Bird feeders and houses, Adirondack chairs, and picnic tables. Really more as a hobby than as extra income, lol. I don't sell many, and I don't really want to, to be honest. Between my 55 hours a week at my regular job plus chores around the house I don't have as much spare time as I used to. I started doing them, and advertising them, when I was working part-time at a Sears Auto Center, before I found a full-time position at a different auto place.

Can't find any pictures of the picnic tables, but here's a shot of one of the adirondack chairs from a few years ago (we were still at the old house, actually)



Nothing fancy, just clear cedar w/coated hardware. I used to upgrade the hardware to an extra $10, but the coated stuff lasts just as well in cedar.
I've got a design for a folding chair too, but they're kind of a pain to build so I don't make many of them, lol.

If I lie down on it, I can sell it as a couch, too.

 

AH! Cool! Looks awesome too by the way. And totally didn't know you worked for a tire wholesaler either. I bet you get yourself some super duper deals when it comes time to replacing your tires. Not bad!

 

Looks great man

 

Yeah, for myself I can get tires for what the company pays for them. For friends and family I get wholesale price, or what the company sells them to retailers for. When I bought the Duratracs for the Tacoma I paid $120 each for 265/75R16 Duratrac C loads.

Thanks.
This discussion reminds me, I need to pick up a new set of blades for my planer...

 

Doesn't sound like a bad deal at all. Nice!

 

Canada sucks for tires. My last set of 285/70/17 Toyo ATII was almost $300 a tire..... Great tire but a wallet sucker for sure. Thank goodness they will probably outlast the trucks life with me. I was planning to get a Taco next year but my wife kinda swayed me last week into getting a mid life crisis car.

 

Damn that's steep for $285 tires. Too bad your dollar has fallen, you could make a trip south of the border and get a new set

 

Nom. Leftover Leftover Pizza for lunch today.

 

Roast beef club here

 

You in Freeport today?