What - non Festool - tool / workshop related gizmo/stuff did you buy today?

[onocoffee]

Curious what's going in the Anthracite Systainer with the orange T-loc?

Now you just need some proper labels that are easier to read from a distance. I like to include a manufacturers logo on each label for a splash of color and a visual treat.

I do need some stickers. Reached out to DeWalt and Senco about stickers for the Systainers. A DeWalt rep responded and said she would forward it to the people who would send me some. Senco: silence. I like the logos you shared but where are you getting them and how are you printing them? On to stickers?

And the anthracite and orange systainer? I guess it's not terribly elevated. They're for my 23ga pin and 18ga brad nailers. Banks and Pierce from Harbor Freight. Not as fancy as Senco or Grex but I'm a very lightweight user and I've quite liked them. Wanted to put them together and stack it with the compressor.

Looks like you got your fair share. How do you store all of these? Some kind of rack system?

It's actually starting to become an issue for me. I used to have all the pertinent tools (DF 500, ETS EC 150/3, RO150, etc) under the workbench, but now with multiple sanders and other tools, the systainers have exceeded the carts I've built to house them. They're now stacked up either on SYS-ROLL carts or just on the floor. All of which means I'm unstacking and stacking to get almost any tool now. It's prompted me to start to plan the next set of systainer cabinets.

 

[Cheese]

I do need some stickers. Reached out to DeWalt and Senco about stickers for the Systainers. A DeWalt rep responded and said she would forward it to the people who would send me some. Senco: silence. I like the logos you shared but where are you getting them and how are you printing them? On to stickers?

And the anthracite and orange systainer? I guess it's not terribly elevated. They're for my 23ga pin and 18ga brad nailers. Banks and Pierce from Harbor Freight. Not as fancy as Senco or Grex but I'm a very lightweight user and I've quite liked them. Wanted to put them together and stack it with the compressor.

Ok...now I've got it, I was wondering what manufacturer used anthracite and orange on their tools.

I go to the manufacturers website and copy the logos. They range from .jpg, .png, .svg, and some are just screen shots. They all seem to print on a .pdf format. I've also printed them using .xlsx and .doc.

I've recently changed to purchasing On-line labels and using their on-line label design software Maestro. I chose On-line labels because of the 600 varieties of sizes & styles they offer but more importantly the 37 different label materials they offer. Every label is purchasable in a single sheet or up to 100,000 sheets. They also offer a free barcode generator and QR code generator. Lots of possibilities for those last 2 items.

https://www.onlinelabels.com/

 

[onocoffee]

Recently, I had been thinking (fantasizing) on getting the really Big Calipers from Woodpeckers. But I have never had the need to caliper anything of such size, so the sensible side of me has held back.

Today, I went to an architectural salvage sale and came across this Really Big Caliper by Brown & Sharpe for $25 Don’t know anything about it (other than it looks cool). I’ll check it against my Mitutoyo digital when I get home, but I thought I’d share.

And I also grabbed an old Stihl 020AV because I have some fantasy about repairing it and cutting my own lumber a la Nakashima…!

 

[peter halle]

I wouldn't be surprised if that saw isn't beyond repair. The top handle saws were / are the tree climbing saws and usually were worked hard. The strangest large caliper I saw was used by a carpenter who specialized in replacing the double glazed units in windows and doors. He would use it to measure the thickness of the glass while still installed in the windows.