I started a shelving project today. Important note: Laminated particle board is a bitch to work with.. I definately should have just bought standard lumber and latex paint. I notice that materials available in Vegas are generally low-quality. I found two different grades of screws in the packages of "L" brackets I bought. The lesser screws had to be thrown away. They were made of such inferior metal that they couldn't be driven without stripping the heads.
I bought a new jigsaw. The old one had aged into obsolescence and the part. board wouldn't survive me drilling a hole in it big enough to run video cables through. I almost bought the big combo pack of cordless DeWalt tools, but I'm going to wait until I need to scratch my new tool itch more.
I like the DeWalt brand. They are good tools, and they help sponsor Mike Holmes's shows. For those of you who don't know about Mike Holmes, he is a contractor who, after becomming quite successful, started doing a show "Holmes on Homes". The show is about him fixing renovations after an imcompetent, sloppy, and/or crooked contractor has taken their money and done an incomplete or horrible job, or both. Quite often the previous contractor has structurally damaged the house.
I bought a new jigsaw. The old one had aged into obsolescence and the part. board wouldn't survive me drilling a hole in it big enough to run video cables through. I almost bought the big combo pack of cordless DeWalt tools, but I'm going to wait until I need to scratch my new tool itch more.
I like the DeWalt brand. They are good tools, and they help sponsor Mike Holmes's shows. For those of you who don't know about Mike Holmes, he is a contractor who, after becomming quite successful, started doing a show "Holmes on Homes". The show is about him fixing renovations after an imcompetent, sloppy, and/or crooked contractor has taken their money and done an incomplete or horrible job, or both. Quite often the previous contractor has structurally damaged the house.