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

[Leemstradamus]

I've gotten a ton of tools since I last posted but I'll start being better about being active. This showed up this week! Woodpeckers small parts holder.

 

[six-point socket II]

Got a small order from Unilite in. Basically all I wanted was the tape measure (https://unilite.store/product/mt5m2-tape-measure/ ) because of the wide blade and to make my life easier when taking measurements on my own over longer distances (blade can be pulled almost 2.9m and will still stand ...). The other stuff was just to off-set shipping & to be able to use a coupon code. ...

Will start using it come Monday.

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Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[ChuckM]

Air quality monitor:

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and pail opener (not the plastic ones sold at half the cost on Amazon) for the Dust Deputy buckets:https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/sho...and-jar-openers/115754-pail-opener?item=WT228

 

[Leemstradamus]

I never even thought about getting one of these! Nice!

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[luvmytoolz]

At one point I needed to do a bunch of fiddly round overs, so I hastily made a temp mini router table with the intent to make a decent one in a few weeks as I hate doing really small stuff on the large router table.

Fast forward several years and I finally picked up several more trimmers and made a couple of better mini router tables so I can leave the cutters permanently setup. The bonus is that being higher it's so much easier on the back, and is also better for controlling the huge amount of small fiddly stuff I do. Pic of the embarrassing old one and the new ones attached. I reckon you just can't have enough trimmers, it's so unbelievably handy to not have to change and adjust cutters all the time, and the trimmers are dirt cheap.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

At one point I needed to do a bunch of fiddly round overs, so I hastily made a temp mini router table with the intent to make a decent one in a few weeks as I hate doing really small stuff on the large router table.

Fast forward several years and I finally picked up several more trimmers and made a couple of better mini router tables so I can leave the cutters permanently setup. The bonus is that being higher it's so much easier on the back, and is also better for controlling the huge amount of small fiddly stuff I do. Pic of the embarrassing old one and the new ones attached. I reckon you just can't have enough trimmers, it's so unbelievably handy to not have to change and adjust cutters all the time, and the trimmers are dirt cheap.

I know exactly what you mean. Most of my gluttony of routers is trimmers. Each has a specific bit and height setup. 4 Bosch Colts, with a different base style on each (fixed, seaming plate, offset, angled) 2 Rigid 2400, 3 Makita cordless, and a corded Makita with a plunge base. That's only the trimmers.....which doesn't include the 2 OF1010, 2 MFK700. I have a problem  [unsure]

 

[ChuckM]

At one point I needed to do a bunch of fiddly round overs, so I hastily made a temp mini router table with the intent to make a decent one in a few weeks as I hate doing really small stuff on the large router table.

Fast forward several years and I finally picked up several more trimmers and made a couple of better mini router tables so I can leave the cutters permanently setup. The bonus is that being higher it's so much easier on the back, and is also better for controlling the huge amount of small fiddly stuff I do. Pic of the embarrassing old one and the new ones attached. I reckon you just can't have enough trimmers, it's so unbelievably handy to not have to change and adjust cutters all the time, and the trimmers are dirt cheap.

Are those router tables made of metal/aluminum, and where did you get them? I use the smaller router table from Lee Valley Tools, and add dust collection on the top and bottom -- hooked to a CT15:

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[squall_line]

At one point I needed to do a bunch of fiddly round overs, so I hastily made a temp mini router table with the intent to make a decent one in a few weeks as I hate doing really small stuff on the large router table.

Fast forward several years and I finally picked up several more trimmers and made a couple of better mini router tables so I can leave the cutters permanently setup. The bonus is that being higher it's so much easier on the back, and is also better for controlling the huge amount of small fiddly stuff I do. Pic of the embarrassing old one and the new ones attached. I reckon you just can't have enough trimmers, it's so unbelievably handy to not have to change and adjust cutters all the time, and the trimmers are dirt cheap.

Are those router tables made of metal/aluminum, and where did you get them?

I did a quick google search on "yellow aluminum router table" and received a number of links to Temu, Aliexpress, and Banggood; some with the red lift, some without.

They all appeared to be the same as what was in the pictures, but I can't say for sure if there's a local variant or not.

 

[ChuckM]

Thanks, With the lift, it's about $90 Cdn.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Are those router tables made of metal/aluminum, and where did you get them? I use the smaller router table from Lee Valley Tools, and add dust collection on the top and bottom -- hooked to a CT15:

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Hi Chuck, I got these from Banggood for around $120AUD each. The tops themselves are great, but the height mechanism while it works is a bit crappy, and needs an extra threaded plate to hold firm I reckon. The inserts too I had to glue in as they are a perfect fit but don't have any registration to keep from potentially lifting.

Apart from these caveats, I'm absolutely stoked with them.

 

[luvmytoolz]

I know exactly what you mean. Most of my gluttony of routers is trimmers. Each has a specific bit and height setup. 4 Bosch Colts, with a different base style on each (fixed, seaming plate, offset, angled) 2 Rigid 2400, 3 Makita cordless, and a corded Makita with a plunge base. That's only the trimmers.....which doesn't include the 2 OF1010, 2 MFK700. I have a problem  [unsure]

No, I don't see a problem at all! ;-)

 

[jeh]

I know exactly what you mean. Most of my gluttony of routers is trimmers. Each has a specific bit and height setup. 4 Bosch Colts, with a different base style on each (fixed, seaming plate, offset, angled) 2 Rigid 2400, 3 Makita cordless, and a corded Makita with a plunge base. That's only the trimmers.....which doesn't include the 2 OF1010, 2 MFK700. I have a problem  [unsure]

You are not the only guilty party. For the cost of a trimmer you can eliminate set up for a standard setting and be dead on every time. Setup time and the related adjustments cost time which is money if you use your tools in your profession.

 

[ChuckM]

Yes, having identical and/or multiple tools is a no brainer for those who do woodworking for a living. I know of an amateur woodworker who has three miter saws in his shop -- set up for cutting 90*, 45* on the left and 45* on the right!!!

As I don't own power tools that are more than one of the same kind (except cordless drills, Dremels, routers and dust extractor/vacs), I try to keep the last or some odd machine set-ups unaltered whenever possible until the whole project is done.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Yes, having identical and/or multiple tools is a no brainer for those who do woodworking for a living. I know of an amateur woodworker who has three miter saws in his shop -- set up for cutting 90*, 45* on the left and 45* on the right!!!

As I don't own power tools that are more than one of the same kind (except cordless drills, Dremels, routers and dust extractor/vacs), I try to keep the last or some odd machine set-ups unaltered whenever possible until the whole project is done.

Part of the reason I have as many sanders as I do, (well apart from Festool releasing sexy new ETS EC's, RO90, etc!) is that with my early sanders the adhesive holding the cloth backing to the sandpaper would separate a little every time you changed grits. Now that I use mainly mesh discs it's no longer an issue, but it was really annoying back then.

 

[six-point socket II]

Step drill (bit) or is it subland drill (bit)?  I always thought the subland drills were those with one step. [wink]

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Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[woodbutcherbower]

[member=61712]six-point socket II[/member] Known in the UK as a cone cutter.

 

[six-point socket II]

I like that!  [thumbs up]

Kind regards,
Oliver

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I got a few things in the last few days, some I bought, others given to me.
I saw this nifty little bit ratchet, that also holds one in the end. I had never seen such a thing before, but it looks handy.
I also picked up a Centrotech socket adapter for my CXS. I have needed this for a while now and just got around to it.

The router bits came from an auction box that has been laying around for years. All of the stuff that they really wanted was scavenged way back and rest just sat on a shelf. Today was the day that it got cleaned up and I gained an 8mm solid carbide roughing bit and a 1/8" down cut with a 1/4" shank.
The 8mm would probably have been thrown away if I wasn't there, since no one else has a way to use it. I have 4 routers that can hold an 8mm shank. The 1/8" down cut went into the Shaper Origin Systainer.

 

[Leemstradamus]

Nice haul! I've been steadily picking up things here and there the past month. Will have to do a post when I make more of a dent in the garage.

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[Cheese]

Today was the day that it got cleaned up and I gained an 8mm solid carbide roughing bit and a 1/8" down cut with a 1/4" shank.
The 8mm would probably have been thrown away if I wasn't there, since no one else has a way to use it.

That 8 mm carbide roughing end mill is pretty slick...using it for wood or aluminum?