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The time had come for me to upgrade my dust collection system. The older dust collection system I had been using for many years had served me well, but was taking up a lot of space in my tiny workshop and I just didn't have the power of newer systems.
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I have always liked the Oneida dust collection systems because they offer a wide array of solutions. I did briefly look at other systems but kept coming back to Oneida and specifically to the Mini Gorilla system because of the power and space-saving it offered me ... and so that is what I purchased.
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It's not often that something quite revolutionary comes along, and when I get to be a part of it, and I can see firsthand just what a game changer it can be, it makes it even more compelling and so it is with this new 3M Random Orbital Sander. In my experience, this is the perfect mid priced sander that will give outstanding performance equally, and often even better, than any of the higher prices professional sanding systems.
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A few months ago I had the opportunity to make a video for the 3M company on their new Xtract Net Sanding Discs. Of course, like everything else I ever take on,t the first thing I need to do is test out the product to see if it is everything the manufacturer claims. In my case, I was everything and more. The 3M sanding disc convinced me within a few days of using them just how superior they were to anything I had ever used ... so when I heard they were coming out with a new sander, I couldn't wait to see it ... and here it is ...
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I seldom buy things on the spur-of-the-moment, but I am not immune to it either ... a few weeks ago an email floated across my desk about an Amazon "Prime" day where there were some discounts or certain things one thing caught my eye, which of coarse made me review the whole email and I spotted a few things that looked interesting to me ...
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They weren't very expensive items, and I don't even remember the prices but I decided to pick up a few of them and so here they are ...
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Most of us prefer to purchase tools that can give us more than one single use. Sometimes it is unavoidable to have a tool do another job, but if we put out minds to it, we can often come up with other ideas for single-use tools ... which is exactly what I did lately, and here is what I came up with.
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The Inclinometer or Digital Angle Finder (DAF) has been around for about 20 years or so and it was originally designed in the woodworking world as a tool to help us quickly and accurately re-set the angle of our blades primarily on the table saw and the miter saws, but there is LOTS more this little tool can do ...