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

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Rick Herrick said:
pettyconstruction said:
It did not, but it did come with a exhaust fitting.
Rockler has some bags I may look into to save the CT.
Nice little planer though.
Charlie

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Another option here, is what I use.  They have versions without the zipper, don't go that way.  Its miserable emptying it.

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That’s what I’m thinking also,
I may dump it in a pillow case and sew it up and sell dog beds. Lol
The Byrd cutter head is in the cart for sure.
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I have got a second brushless Flexiclick. Highly recommended even at MSRP. I just have to figure out what to do with the extra right angle and offset adapters. I’m doing some framing in my bathroom and it drives 4” construction screws no problem.

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Well, this was not bought, but I regularly do buy and use insert nuts. The ones with an Allen key slot are somewhat OK to screw in, but the ones with a slot I do hate with a passion. So yesterday I decided to do something about it.

I had some nut drivers for a drill (i.e. 1/4" hex shank) laying around doing nothing. I cut some hex bolts to a length of 11 mm [1] and glued them in with epoxy after thoroughly cleaning the sockets and bolts (I used the activator I showed a while back for that). To prevent marring the wood I glued a nylon washer on top of the bolt heads. This morning I tried them out and they work great! The bolts really do not get loose. I think I'll use these a lot in those cases where I can't bring the work to the drill press. Probably even on the drill press as well. I have one each for M4, M5, M6, M8, and M10 now.  [big grin]

[1] The insert nut for M4 was 10 mm long and I added 1 mm for the nylon washer. My OCD compelled me to make the rest exactly the same length and 10 mm is long enough to withstand the forces exerted on the threads for this type of use.  [embarassed]

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[Edit] For those interested: M4 requires #7, M5 requires #8, M6 requires #10, M8 requires #13, and M10 requires #17
 

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I dropped my beloved Ulmia 605 and needed a new sliding bevel gauge. I was looking for one with a rock-solid locking mechanism and was thinking of waiting 'til a new run of the Woodpeckers offering. Based on comments I read here those sliding bevels should be great. But after some positive feedback from a fellow FOGer on the quality of their locking mechanism I ended up ordering these beauties in 5 and 7 inch (medium blue with maple) from Blue Spruce  [drooling] :

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And, like a real sucker for beautiful tools, I just couldn't resist the temptation. So, here's my confession as an addict [embarassed] :

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Between WP and BS, I'd definitely go with the latter since we're talking about hand tools.

I have two sliding bevels (made in Canada, and made in England) as often a project may call for more than one angle to be recorded. Another tool that should be owned in a pair or more is the protractors for a similar reason. Speaking of protractors, I much prefer the one that has etched graduations from 0 to 180° in opposite directions ($7.5 Cdn), instead of the Shinwa ($49.50 Cdn).

The Veritas, now discontinued, is a one-hand operation tool.
 

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I clocked up 15 years with the same company and they gave me a nice bonus so I pulled the trigger on a few things I have coveted for a few years.

Firstly a Lie Neilson #4 in bronze. I have used a friend’s one and it is an absolute beauty. Used it to trim dovetails yesterday. So sweet.

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Also a Leigh D4R pro dovetail jig. I’ve always cut dovetails by hand and while I’ll still do this for ‘nice’ work, for more functional pieces I thought this would be faster. Sure is. Knocked up this box from recycled hoop pine and jarrah flooring yesterday. Pretty nice for a first go. A couple of mistakes but they are mine not the jig. BUT - boy does it create chips!! The DC on the OF1400 isn’t great to start with but this is a doozy. Will be getting the DC rail for the jig next.

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And last but not least got this awesome set of 16 Fisch Forstner bits. These are just fantastic. Fast, clean, accurate, durable. A dream to use.

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So feeling pretty fortunate today!!

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Oh man, those Fisch bits are awesome. A few months ago I scored the full 16 bits in Imperial at a really nice price. I'd like to have the metric as well, but I'm not sure I really need them.
 
He’s referring to the Leigh jig - the model is D4R Pro.

The dust rail thing I mentioned is called the VRS. I’ve tried ordering it but seems to be out of stock in Australia.

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Sorry Mike...thought you were yanking my chain 😉 I bought my jig with all the bits and attachments in 08 when the bottom fell out of the economy, got everything for less than $700.00.  Later bought the finger joint pattern also.  Got the FMT Pro and imperial guide sets for the same price.  Turns out they were as great an investment my Festools and Lie Neilsons
 
I sold my Leigh dovetail jig about a decade ago after deciding to do dovetails by hand. The trouble I had with the jig was that I seldom used it, and I had to re-read the manual to familiarize myself with what bit and setting to use for the tails as well as for the pins, every time I wanted to use it. So anyone who is getting the Leigh jig should use it often enough.

If I were to get a dovetail jig again, I'd consider the Keller system:https://kellerdovetail.com/models.html , which, I think (but not 100% sure), can also be used on the router table.

Keller released the cheaper 1500 & 2200 models about 8 years ago or so to stay competitive after Peachtree marketed a similar system using phenolic instead of aluminum. I believe the Peachtree version is still cheaper.
 
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