Borg discount sale - who else DIDN'T buy?

"brocpuffs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
> garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
>
> James

I didn't buy anything. There's a new HD opening up in my town in the next
month or so, and I will have little or no reason to go into the store.
Anything I want or need, I need to go someplace else, like Lee Valley or
Woodcraft.

Jon
- got ten pounds o' crap in a five-pound-bag.

Sun, Dec 21, 2003, 11:56pm [email protected] (brocpuffs) says:
I went to look the stuff over. <snip>

I don't do HD. And, I don't really need anything at the moment
from Lowes, so didn't even go look. I will probably stop at the local
Ace Hardware tomorrow tho.

JOAT
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as well dance.
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Some tunes I like.
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"B a r r y B u r k e J r ." <[email protected]> wrote
in message news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:20:11 GMT, "Jon Endres, PE"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Still waiting to hear the story of the $800 shrink wrapped Unisaw!
> <G>
>
> Barry

The short story: Got a tip on another forum that an industrial supplier was
discontinuing Delta and had some NOS Unisaws available, first come first
served. It was six years old when I bought it, but was new in the crate.
No fence, but I already had a good one (Mule Accusquare). I had to drive
three hours one way to pick it up. Worth the effort? Yes.

Jon

brocpuffs wrote:

> I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
> tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
> spindle sander.

I skipped the sale as well. My wife asked for my wish list before
Thanksgiving. If I had bought anything a week before Christmas I'd
probably be sleeping in the garage.

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Buffalo, NY - USA
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Uh, limbs are not what you want to make into lumber, unless you're going
thick. Loaded with reaction wood, and going to twist and squirm. Pretty
much why they leave the limbs in the woods.

Got a lathe?

<Greg G.> wrote in message
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> Had an arborist prune a big white oak tree in the yard and the
> branches removed were 12" in diameter. Since *real* wood is so
> expensive here, I had them leave a couple of 3' pieces. I'm working
> on turning them into usable wood. This is a first shot at milling my
> own lumber and I hope a bandsaw, planer, and joiner are enough.
> If it works out, I may go salvage trees from the locality before the
> developers cut them all down. Cheap wood - now THAT excites me!

Know the feeling, I didn't even bother to look ... about the only thing I
covet these days is a vacuum press and a drum sander, but knew I wouldn't
find them there, and don't have the room anyway.

I can still go into acquire-itis looking at a Lee Valley catalog though, so
the spark ain't totally out.

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"brocpuffs" wrote in message

> Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
> garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?

George thus spake:

>Uh, limbs are not what you want to make into lumber, unless you're going
>thick. Loaded with reaction wood, and going to twist and squirm. Pretty
>much why they leave the limbs in the woods.

I don't expect to get furniture grade wood from them, it's just an
experiment - but by the same token, it is the butt of a HUGE branch.
We'll see, I'm still waiting on it to dry out. Mostly it is for the
experience and to see if it CAN be done effectively with shop tools.

>Got a lathe?

Not yet. <g> SWMBO really likes those turned bowls and stuff.
Hard to justify a grand for a bowl, however. She thinks I could sell
them, I'm not so certain... Sure looks like fun, though!

Greg G.

I thought the same thing about the Ryobi OSS, but I bought it anyway, even
at the full price of $99. It is a total kick-ass tool. I've used it on
about a dozen projects and it doesn't miss a beat. The dust collection port
even works - and that's using my shop-vac. I don't usually go for Ryobi
stuff, but sometimes budgets = compromises. You made a big mistake not
buying it at 20% off :-)

Mike


"brocpuffs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
> tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
> spindle sander.
>
> The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
> and passed it up :-)
>
> Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
> garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
>
> James
> [email protected]
> http://jcanning.breck.org
>

Now if they sold major brand stationary tools, I would have gone broke. But
I couldn't think of anything else I wanted bad enough to go spend the 80%
remaining in the price. I'll probably wish I'd bought that finish nailer I
want someday, but that can wait.

Bob

"brocpuffs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
> tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
> spindle sander.
>
> The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
> and passed it up :-)
>
> Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
> garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
>
> James
> [email protected]
> http://jcanning.breck.org
>

Ditto ...

Thanks to that promo I now have enough Bessey's to be comfortable with most
of the glue-ups I do, if that's possible. Did notice that a pin on the end
of one keeps falling out ... luck would have it it's one where the receipt
went to qualify for the gift card. I'll wait till the holiday shopping is
over and see if I can get it exchanged ... meanwhile, taped the pin in and
it doesn't seem to have any functional downside.

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"Charles Krug" wrote in message

> I got my Bessy's back in the gift card promo, which led to this
> conversation.

Well, I got my Hitachi last week. Excellent! For the first few passes. I
have it mounted in a table. I went to turn it on today and it didn't come
on. I thought I may have knocked the cord lose, but nope, still in good and
tight. Then thought I may have hit the switch. Just as I went to turn it off
and back on, it started up. Half way through rounding over a piece, it shut
down then fired back up. I kinda tapped on the switch mechanism and it went
off and on a couple times. What I'm wondering is if I got a bad router, a
bad switch, or is it because I have it mounted in a table upside down. I'll
take it out tomorrow and give it the once over, but any feedback from other
users would be helpful.


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"John, in MN" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 23:56:10 -0500, brocpuffs <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
> >tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
> >spindle sander.
> >
> >The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
> >and passed it up :-)
> >
> >Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
> >garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
> >
> >James
> >[email protected]
> >http://jcanning.breck.org
>
> Unfortunately we only have the orange borg here in Minnesota and
> nothing really jumped out at me, so I consoled my self with ordering
> the Hitachi M12V Router from Amazon for $135 with the free shipping.
> The old crapsman 1 hp with the 1/4 collect just doesn't cut it
> anymore.
>
>
> --
> John, in Minnesota

your esp levels must be high because that is what was in the box

Brian wrote:

>Could be the Ryobi spindle sander. That sounds about right sizewise.
>
>Brian.
>
>
>"william kossack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:VaDFb.627840$Fm2.564973@attbi_s04...
>
>
>>I did not buy though I've been looking at a couple things.
>>
>>My wife put a big box under the tree with my name on it. It is possibly
>>a power tool of some kind but with all my quizing I can't figure out
>>what it might be.
>>
>>As a result I don't dare buy anyting that comes in a box at least 2x2x2
>>(approximate). I've gotten in trouble in the past by buying things
>>close to my birthday or christmas only to hear comments from the 'high
>>commander' that she had to take something back and find something else.
>>(PS she hates being called the 'high commander').
>>
>>brocpuffs wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
>>>tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
>>>spindle sander.
>>>
>>>The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
>>>and passed it up :-)
>>>
>>>Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
>>>garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
>>>
>>>James
>>>[email protected]
>>>http://jcanning.breck.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>

I did not buy though I've been looking at a couple things.

My wife put a big box under the tree with my name on it. It is possibly
a power tool of some kind but with all my quizing I can't figure out
what it might be.

As a result I don't dare buy anyting that comes in a box at least 2x2x2
(approximate). I've gotten in trouble in the past by buying things
close to my birthday or christmas only to hear comments from the 'high
commander' that she had to take something back and find something else.
(PS she hates being called the 'high commander').

brocpuffs wrote:

>I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
>tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
>spindle sander.
>
>The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
>and passed it up :-)
>
>Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
>garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
>
>James
>[email protected]
>http://jcanning.breck.org
>
>
>

I looked but didn't buy. My tasted lately have run to old Stanley,Sargent
and millers falls handtools. Got a full compliment of powered demons and a
fair start on the non-tailed stuff. Find most of these at tag sales and
fleas..about the only things I can afford these days. I think we'll see more
and more of these sales in the coming months...just don't know if there's a
lot of people who can/want to take advantage of them. Hard times ahead,
people.

On Sun 21 Dec 2003 10:56:10p, brocpuffs <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
> garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?

There's lots of tools I'd like to have but nothing I really *need*. I'm
saving up for the vacation and a little lumber buying spree when I get
there. After the wood hoard is more built up, maybe I'll look at it and
think of a project that needs a new tool, about the time of the next sale.

But this one I had to pass up.

Dan

Could be I tried to query her about what was in the box but last year
when she gave me a lathe with a 40 inch bed she responded no to the
large power tool question.

Brian wrote:

>Could be the Ryobi spindle sander. That sounds about right sizewise.
>
>Brian.
>
>
>"william kossack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:VaDFb.627840$Fm2.564973@attbi_s04...
>
>
>>I did not buy though I've been looking at a couple things.
>>
>>My wife put a big box under the tree with my name on it. It is possibly
>>a power tool of some kind but with all my quizing I can't figure out
>>what it might be.
>>
>>As a result I don't dare buy anyting that comes in a box at least 2x2x2
>>(approximate). I've gotten in trouble in the past by buying things
>>close to my birthday or christmas only to hear comments from the 'high
>>commander' that she had to take something back and find something else.
>>(PS she hates being called the 'high commander').
>>
>>brocpuffs wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
>>>tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
>>>spindle sander.
>>>
>>>The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
>>>and passed it up :-)
>>>
>>>Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
>>>garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
>>>
>>>James
>>>[email protected]
>>>http://jcanning.breck.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
> tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
> spindle sander.
>
> The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
> and passed it up :-)
>
> Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
> garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
>
> James
> [email protected]
> http://jcanning.breck.org
>
>

Not quite as sad a tale as yours, but I did not partake in the 20% off
madness either. There is nothing I need (right now), and to have spent
time in looking at things I might need would have taken precious time
away from shop time building the drawer units I am making for my
workbench. I need more storage space worse than more tools.

Swingman thus spake:

>Know the feeling, I didn't even bother to look ... about the only thing I
>covet these days is a vacuum press and a drum sander, but knew I wouldn't
>find them there, and don't have the room anyway.

It's getting harder and harder to get that feeling as I fill all
available space with various tools. Kind of like a drug addiction,
after a while it takes more <unique> to get that 'buzz.' Since
acquiring a PC 557, the Borg is pretty banal these days.

>I can still go into acquire-itis looking at a Lee Valley catalog though, so
>the spark ain't totally out.

Highland Hardware still gets me off, along with Rockler's hardware...

And of course, anything that ain't jummywood. <g>

Had an arborist prune a big white oak tree in the yard and the
branches removed were 12" in diameter. Since *real* wood is so
expensive here, I had them leave a couple of 3' pieces. I'm working
on turning them into usable wood. This is a first shot at milling my
own lumber and I hope a bandsaw, planer, and joiner are enough.
If it works out, I may go salvage trees from the locality before the
developers cut them all down. Cheap wood - now THAT excites me!


Greg G.

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 04:58:26 GMT, Mark & Juanita
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Not quite as sad a tale as yours, but I did not partake in the 20% off
>madness either. There is nothing I need (right now), and to have spent
>time in looking at things I might need would have taken precious time
>away from shop time building the drawer units I am making for my
>workbench. I need more storage space worse than more tools.

Same here. Nothing I need, at least nothing HD or Lowes would carry
and I don't buy tools just to buy tools.

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:20:11 GMT, "Jon Endres, PE"
<[email protected]> wrote:


Still waiting to hear the story of the $800 shrink wrapped Unisaw!
<G>

Barry

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 23:56:10 -0500, brocpuffs <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
>tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
>spindle sander.
>
>The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
>and passed it up :-)
>
>Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
>garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
>
>James
>[email protected]
>http://jcanning.breck.org

Unfortunately we only have the orange borg here in Minnesota and
nothing really jumped out at me, so I consoled my self with ordering
the Hitachi M12V Router from Amazon for $135 with the free shipping.
The old crapsman 1 hp with the 1/4 collect just doesn't cut it
anymore.


--
John, in Minnesota

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:30:30 GMT, william kossack
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Could be I tried to query her about what was in the box but last year
> when she gave me a lathe with a 40 inch bed she responded no to the
> large power tool question.
>

Nothing this time. Christmas and all that.

I got my Bessy's back in the gift card promo, which led to this
conversation.

"Don't know why you spent $35 a piece on clamps."

*Miraculously, I only need TWO hands to do a panel glue up instead of
the five I needed with pipe clamps*

"Those are NICE clamps. Great price too . . . "

I did not partake of the Borg "generosity"! The only 'tool' I needed was an
air compressor and was informed it was 'equipment' NOT' a tool. I explained
all I was gonna do with it was permanently attach a nozzle to it to blow off
my clothes after making sawdust. . .as such it qualified as a tool not
equipment. He was not impressed so I went to HB and got me one of these
things,

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=47065

May not be much but I was all I needed.


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"brocpuffs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
> tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
> spindle sander.
>
> The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
> and passed it up :-)
>
> Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
> garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
>
> James
> [email protected]
> http://jcanning.breck.org
>

It pretty much is a plastic piece of cheese. But it works great.

Brian.

"brocpuffs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
> tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
> spindle sander.
>
> The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
> and passed it up :-)
>
> Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
> garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
>
> James
> [email protected]
> http://jcanning.breck.org
>

Could be the Ryobi spindle sander. That sounds about right sizewise.

Brian.


"william kossack" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:VaDFb.627840$Fm2.564973@attbi_s04...
> I did not buy though I've been looking at a couple things.
>
> My wife put a big box under the tree with my name on it. It is possibly
> a power tool of some kind but with all my quizing I can't figure out
> what it might be.
>
> As a result I don't dare buy anyting that comes in a box at least 2x2x2
> (approximate). I've gotten in trouble in the past by buying things
> close to my birthday or christmas only to hear comments from the 'high
> commander' that she had to take something back and find something else.
> (PS she hates being called the 'high commander').
>
> brocpuffs wrote:
>
> >I went to look the stuff over. I have little room and less money for
> >tools recently. I was influenced by someone's description of the Ryobi
> >spindle sander.
> >
> >The HB near here had it, but I thought it looked like plastic cheese
> >and passed it up :-)
> >
> >Aw nuts, my major tool-collecting days have ended. Just don't have the
> >garage-filling impulse any more. Lordy, what's happening to me!?
> >
> >James
> >[email protected]
> >http://jcanning.breck.org
> >
> >
> >
>