/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1391812
>>be me, wood worker.
>>go to Home/ Lowes

congrats, you knowingly walked in there to waste your time

>>1391812
Their hand tool selection in general isn’t the greatest. Sears sometimes is better for certain stuff but they’re going downhill fast.

Home Depot seems better than Lowe’s around here. But I noticed some Home Depots have a better tool selection. The one 5min from my house is only like half the size of the one 15min away. And HD actually had some better brands than Lowe’s with Kobalt China everything.

Walmart sells fucking everything through their website and some of their stores have a good selection of Stanley tools for cheap. Otherwise find you a 20% off Harbor Freight coupon,

>>1391816
this. most "real" carpenters wood rarely stoop so lowes as to go there

>>1391827
I see what you did there!

You get down on 84 Lumber?

We have this new Orchard place too. That and Ace are both only a few blocks away if I don’t want to deal with the frustration of Home Depot when I only need one or two little things.

>>1391834
never seen a orchards or an 84 lumber

my region we mostly have Menards, home Depot and Lowes

>>1391838
oh, yeah we do have Ace here and there too

>>1391812
>>1391816
>>1391825
>>1391827
I hope they are looking at this thread. There is revival of hand working wood to create furniture. Not because of cheap customers, but because of folks tired of buying cheap shit from furniture stores.

>be me
>taking a shit
>reading a magazine.
>thinking I need to have a place to store my magazines while off the can.
>go to local stores: everything is shit, mdf, etc.
>go to lumber yard,
>5 hours later, 2 dowels and some pine boards.
>self created bathroom magazine stand holds enough magazines to survive a month of food poisoning.

Mr Home Depot ,and Lowes BossMan, there is a demand for hand tools, and your "tool section" sucks. Amazon and, Ebay's 120 year old tool salesmen are kicking your ass in this area.

>>1391840
>because of folks tired of buying cheap shit from furniture stores.

I reached that point about 15 years ago. anything that's not made of solid wood is garbage. period

>>1391838
Menards is midwest though, right? Don’t have any of those here and I kinda miss them. 84 Lumber is all over I think but they aren’t a normie home improvement place like Lowe’s.

Ace is great when you need that one specific bolt to finish a project on Sunday afternoon because they’re always in smaller neighborhood shopping centers.

Orchard is from the Northwest I guess and they’re expanding. It’s like the Trader Joe’s of home improvement stores. They are smaller stores and have goofy different shit but still have 95% of what you need. Like when Irma was coming, I needed some big masonry screws and there was a line into the parking lot for Home Depot, but walked right into the new Orchard and got em.

>>1391840
>>1391812
Clamps.

>go to Home/Lowes
>same clamps, same price, same shit quality.
>Go on line, look at some clamp mods.
>Horror Fried Clamps can be modified for the price of some furring strips. To be the end all of clamps.
mfw?

>>1391825
Sears used to be good, but every nigger went back to replace every bent tape measure they ever bent, for a new tape measure.

I have some USA Made Sears Tools that I have listed in my will. Now its all made by the same place in CHINA. (no offense to the the slants)

>>1391846
Yeah, Menards is branching out through the Midwest. Originally started as a pole-building erector company in Wisconsin I believe. then they started truss plants, door manufacturing, then the hardware stores, something like that. it does have an authentic history. They are the ass-kicking Truss builders of Wisconsin.

I always did like Ace stores.

Home Depot and Lowes I thought were neat at first, but now they basically feel like a Walmart of hardware/general supply stores.

>all this Menards talk
I worked in the docks of Menards for ~5 years

They have some crazy buyers working at their HQ - one minute you're unloading a few pallets of prehung doors, then its a gaylord full of onions, no-name Chinese air conditioners, swimming pools, etc.
What - DC sent us a truckload of no-name paper towel? Fuck, store it behind the 14' drywall

You never know what you're gonna see for sale when you walk into one of those stores

>>1391864
I used to think Menard’s was insane, but the last time I was in there for philips bits I ended up leaving with a 25 count case of microwave popcorn so I think they’re stocking on a higher plane of existence than I frequent...

>>1391854
It’s not even the “Made In China” thing with Sears. They’re closing a lot of stores and the selections at the couple Sears around me have been lacking the past couple years. Like they will discontinue something and just leave an empty hole on the shelf when it’s gone. I have been waiting for them to reset it with new products but it hasn’t happened.

A good portion of my Craftsman is US made and the China stuff doesn’t seem like it’s that much worse. It’s a bummer though. Still worth grabbing lots of their kits if you catch the big sales. But when it was US made, I would gladly pay more for it, but now I’ll go to HF for certain stuff when the new Craftman costs 4x as much and is made in China anyway,

>>1391859
Yeah I had a Menards near me in IL before I moved and my dad refused to go to “Homie Depot” if he could get it at Menards.

Lowe’s does feel like the place a boring suburban couple will go to pick out a new cieling fan and pay somebody $3000 to install it.

>>1391864
heheh,,... i worked the docks at a DC for awhile
it was a newer one so it was a circus.
"managers" were basically kids and some of them fucked shit up on the regular, sending pallets to the wrong locations or whatever

>>1391864
I buy their specials throughout the middle isle of the store every once in a while
Im still using a no name 6in bench grinder I bought for $19.99

>>1391870
>China stuff doesn’t seem like it’s that much worse
>Still worth grabbing lots of their kits if you catch the big sales.

Filter worthy comment

>>1391899
I think the point was, China made Craftsman tools seem as good or almost as good as USA made Craftsman.
And since Sears is currently going out of business, it cant hurt to grab any Craftsman tool sets you might see on sale.

I have heard from others about Craftsman Chins tools, they might not look quits as "nice" as USA made Craftsman, but there is no difference in the actual tool performance and durability

I have multiple sets of USA made Craftsman tools, as well as a Chinese made Craftsman 300 piece tool set.
After having owned them all and used them for a few years now, I'd have to say I cant tell the difference other than the stamping saying either China or USA
Of course I prefer the USA ones just because, but the China made ones aren't bad at all for backyard casual mechanic

I keep an eye on amazon and Ebay and sometimes get a decent price on one of the NOS USA sets

>>1391902
I understood the implication of his post and I disagree with it.
He has proven to know nothing about tools or much about /diy/ in any of his comments.
The bulk of his comments are him posting pics buying large quantities of low end chinese garbage tools.
Its like he is dumping all of his retail checks into tools to "try and get into diy" or some shit.

The circa 2003-2007 Craftsman tools may be USA made, but they are still dog shit quality. And I saw the crossover to chinese tools, complete and utter garbage.
Last year I walked into a sears and begrudgingly bought an extended flexhead raised panel 1/2 ratchet. Stripped the fucking pawls out of it the first use. And it cost $40

>>1391905
>but the China made ones aren't bad at all for backyard casual mechanic

Thats a great standard you hold yourself to.

>>1391910
you just sound like some Snap-on elitist douchebag

i'll take my lifetime experience of using Craftsman tools with no issues over your parroted memes

nice effort though. keep it up and you might earn that next shitposting award badge

>>1391925
>i'll take my lifetime experience of using Craftsman tools with no issues over your parroted memes

Im guessing this equates to about one business week in an actual shop?
Im glad buying shit tier tools at "liquidation" prices (which are STILL too much) is working out great for you.

Blind leading the blind.

Me being a douchebag doesnt mean im wrong.
If you think buying tools like pic related for a premium is OK, then so be it.

Modern day Craftsman is literally Hazard Fraught quality. Fuck that shit. May as well get it at the source for 1/5 the price.

I've been buying all my non-power tools at antique stores lately. To get a resharpenable hand saw new is over $100. WTF? It's a sheet of spring steel with a handle.

Also, USA made tools are shit now too. Nobody in USA gives a fuck about quality, it's all planned obsolescence dickfuckery. That, or it's made in Mexico and "assembled in USA". Japan, Europe and sometimes Taiwan are where the good shit is made these days.

Goddamn it's a shitty time to be a tool user.

>>1391942

I agree, never sad to see a tool I bought was made in Taiwan they always seem to be quality.

>>1391899
The sale prices on Craftsman stuff is about the same as HF, and if I break one I can run across the street to Ace and exchange it instead of having to drive to HF in the hood.

>>1391910
See >>1391925

Most of the diesel mechanics at my work use Craftsman (including the current Chinese stuff). I watched my dad use their wrenches his entire life as an HVAC tech with no issue.

You’re probably the same person who says DeWalt is consumer grade trash. But then you go to a jobsite and see 75% of the people with DeWalt tools. I don’t think they’re all that retarded.

If you want to refinance your house to have that flashy new Snap-On box, go for it. They’re nice and there are better tools out there. Dude with a box full of Craftsman wrenches will still get the job done and most of their stuff is more than enough for the fags on /diy/.

>>1391926
Kek that 2nd one is some AliExpress knock off. I have never seen anything close to that bad.

>>1391942
>>1391945
Welcome to 2018 with consumers and profits. Not many people are willing to drop $$$$ on tools that they know will last a lifetime when they can spend $ on tools from another company that will last half a lifetime.

>>1392038
>>1392039
That's nice, but why are you posting with a trip on an anonymous image board?

>>1392043
I have answered this enough times. Check the archives and don’t worry about it.

>muh glorious China tools

>>1391843
This. If I need it, I make it. It's the only way I'll have the nice stuff.

'Furniture' in stores is essentially cardboard at $400. If you want the real stuff, you'd have to buy used or shell out thousands.

>>1392048
Because you are a lazy faggot is not an answer. Why do you think that your posts are so valuable that you need to have an identity attached to them?

>>1392050
Faggot wants to be doxed and raped.
Bepis is slang for penis

>>1392050
I mean that is my answer. I’m lazy and I don’t care if random neckbeards on 4chan get butthurt that I don’t delete the trip.

I don’t know what more you want.

>murrican

>>1392055
Despite how much you want to believe it's true, it's not just one though, is it? 24/7, across all time zones, every time you pop up, anons come out gunning. And your piss weak answer of "because I'm lazy" just demonstrates a complete disdain for our board and those who make 10/10 posts anonymously. You blame it on everyone but yourself, but you are the catalyst. Would you walk into a cop shop wearing an NWA "fuck the police" shirt, or a church wearing a "jesus is a cunt" related, then blame everyone else for taking you to task? I would say of course fucking not, but I'm not sure.

We don't have trips here, we never have, and the fact you are the only one here should demonstrate clearly enough what the outcome has been historically. So again I ask, as others have, why do you feel you are so special that are happy to shit on our community and cause drama? Or are you just going reinforce how little you actually think about our board by posting "because I'm a lazy faggot" again?

>>1392055
Despite how much you want to believe it's true, it's not just one though, is it? 24/7, across all time zones, every time you pop up, anons come out gunning. And your piss weak answer of "because I'm lazy" just demonstrates a complete disdain for our board and those who make 10/10 posts anonymously. You blame it on everyone but yourself, but you are the catalyst. Would you walk into a cop shop wearing an NWA "fuck the police" shirt, or a church wearing a "jesus is a cunt" shirt, then blame everyone else for taking you to task? I would say of course fucking not, but I'm not sure.

We don't have trips here, we never have, and the fact you are the only one here should demonstrate clearly enough what the outcome has been historically. So again I ask, as others have, why do you feel you are so special that are happy to shit on our community and cause drama? Or are you just going reinforce how little you actually think about our board by posting "because I'm a lazy faggot" again?

>>1392072
Ehh. Easy enough to weed out his retarded comments though.

>>1392073
It’s either blatant shitposting, random conversation, or useful advice. It’s pretty easy to tell the difference. But when you have 20 different anons trying to give advice and 18 of them are absolutely retarded high school kids, it can be difficult to tell who the 2 smart people are

>tfw the only thing people get salty about is the fact that I use a trip, not the content of the posts
Do you see how retarded this is? If I wanted upvotes and whatever ball massage karma they give on Reddit, I would be there.

>t. rocket surgeon

>>1392077
So you're suggesting we're all retarded and incapable of judging for ourselves the merits of a post? That's the whole point of anonymity you stupid fuck. Meritocracy. You take the info provided, run it through which ever filters you have, be it search engines or your own logic, and make a call. If the advice posted is really that retarded/dangerous, some other anon will step in and highlight it as such.

To imply that a tripcunt is an automatic fount of knowledge because name is the height of arrogance, and the exact reason we hate you faggots. Even bunkerbro, literally the only person here who might warrant a trip is staunchly against that shit for just that reason.

>>1392083
>. Even bunkerbro, literally the only person here who might warrant a trip is staunchly against that shit for just that reason.

You seem to be logically challenged. You and lots of other people here worship bunkerbro and continually post "where's bunkerbro" because you think he is an awesome person. the fact that everyone knows him and misses him is in direct contradiction to your heart-felt belief that we should all strive for anonymity. If you posted something in a thread and five anons said you were wrong, but then someone who is convincingly bunkerbro chimes in and says "bunkerbro here, that anon is correct, and here's why", you would wet your pants in happiness.

>>1392083
The trip doesn’t mean I’m always right. Just most of the time ;^)

Pls stay on topic.

Have you been to Orchard Supply?

>>1392095
This is complete nonsense because it isn’t bunkerbro

>>1392077

>rocket surgeon

No one cares what you do here, it's supposed to be anonymous. That explains the narcissistic (You) farming like no other explanation I could think of though. It literally all makes sense now.

>>1392095
Bunkerbro earned his reputation, partially because he could afford his bunkers, but also because he's doing pretty damn good work, and seems to be doing it himself. He didn't just show up going, "Hey guise, check me out! Gibs me upboats cause I'm so cool!" Same with six axis sex robot guy, and ball warmer guy. They earned it by being cool. Bepis is not cool, he just expects adoration. That's a big part of why he gets the reactions he gets. Don't worry, he loves it. More (You)s that way.

>>1391843
Its because so many people are living in tiny apartments or moving so often, why sell a 300lb real wood bookshelf that will break after the 3rd move when you could buy a 20lb ikea shelf that breaks after 1 months and you just buy another one.

pic related are two full wood bookshelves from 1984. Unfortunately we had to sell them but damn they were good

>>1392105
My dining room set is solid oak, along with these two other shelving units in the family room and we bought those from this flea market/craft fair type place. Guy from sonewhere south would come up to Chicago on weekends and sell this nice oak furniture for slightly above Ikea costs but 100x the quality.

Need moar places like that.

>>1392103
I don’t expect shit from you. Chill out. The posts are the same whether or not there is something typed into the name field.

>>1392106
Agreed. Real wood stuff is solid and will last a long time if you take care of it. The company that made those bookshelves in chicago are still around today but now they specialize in "rustic" wood

>>1392106
>>1392115
Are you samefagging yourself, trip?

>>1392115
>ellen degeneres
Jesus. Looks nice but they probably had to specialize because people would rather buy Chinese particle board for 1/20 the cost.

>tfw 3 houses and 15 years and this affordable table is still going strong

>>1392116
We may never know. This is an anonymous siberian knitting forum after all

>>1392119
So you CAN turn your trip on and off, huh? It doesn't REALLY take that much effort, eh? You pretty much just outed yourself as total attention seeking whore. You know that right?

>>1392121
I dont know what your problem is but Im not that that Rocket guy

>>1392127
Good try.

>>1392121
You’re not as bright as you think you are.

Have you checked out your local Orchard Supply?

Oh and does anybody buy tools through Grainger? I remember seeing the catalogs a lot when I was younger and I know our fleet mechanics get stuff from there since there’s a location nearby. But I think it was PPE and random shit, not really tools.

Is it all mail order or they have actual retail stores?

>>1392106
Your posts are not the same because if you didn't have this retarded need to stick out like a sore thumb because of your "quality advice", you wouldn't be participating in this discussion. And this isn't even the only time you've done it.
>b-but it's anon's fault for starting shit
No, you enjoy these crappy squabbles and intentionally contribute your stupid shit. People who legitimately want quality discussion are capable of not joining in on shitposting.

>>1392121
>You pretty much just outed yourself as total attention seeking whore. You know that right?

You pretty much just outed your anonymous self to be a moron.

>>1392194
>these crappy squabbles

which are 100% due to children like yourself. filter him and me and shut the ever loving fuck up.

>>1392209
+1

Another thread derailed because of his whiney ass. Report and move on.

>>1392216
>tripfag circlejerk
What a surprise lol
You must know the derailing is completely down to you.

>>1392273

I want to buy a piano for my sister.

>>1392274

fucking autocorrect. "potato", not piano

jeez

>>1392278

you should be banned for that pic.

>>1392280

this thread has been saeved from tirps thank god

>>1392209
This entire post is complete fucking bullshit.

> which are 100% due to children like yourself.
See
>>1392072
> Would you walk into a cop shop wearing an NWA "fuck the police" shirt, or a church wearing a "jesus is a cunt" shirt, then blame everyone else for taking you to task?

Why should the population of the board be forced to take an action to counter something which flies directly in the face of anonymous imageboard culture and should not be occurring in the first place? And what kind of self righteous, SINGULAR user would demand an entire fucking board make changes to accommodate their ego? You can fuck right off faggot.

Fuck filtering, keep them off and remind tripfags every time you see them how cancerous they are.

Lowe's guy here. You aren't our target audience, and good hand tools aren't bought often enough to warrant shelf space. Our target audience is "My water heater broke. Which one should I get, and can you guys install it?". We're not taking away a Leatherman and Gerber mutlitool display to put up expensive hand planes. You know who buys those? Once in a while, someone fixing a door that sticks, but doesn't want to spring for a power plane.

We're looking for contrsctors. You're looking for Woodcraft.

>>1392380
Lowes is nigger tier quality. Only blacks shop at lowes.

>>1392394
Sounds like you just live somewhere super ghetto. You sound pretty ignorant, so I'm guessing retail is all you're cut out for(and probably not even that). You should apply at Lowe's, they pay good for a shit retail position.

>>1391925
well if you work in an auto shop usually the newbies have craftsman. Shit is sloppy, snap-on, mac, even cornwell is better than craftsman.

>>1392280
Embrace the butthurt LaPeouf.

Now can some faggot tell me why the bougiest Home Depot in town doesn't even carry bespoke tools when I can get a custom made key for like two bucks?

>>1392380
>"oh shit I'm out of wood glue, rubber gloves, sand paper, shop towels, etc, I guess I need to go to lowes"

I'm just starting woodworking, so I really do go to whatever store is closest. Right now theres a fucking adorable little hardware store called schnabels in my neighborhood. I try to go there first for things, they don't have a huge selection by any means, but its mom and pop shop.

>>1392546
Oh, yeah, Lowe's is great for that kinda shit, just the base refills on core common items.

>Go to Home Depot (Fuck Lowes, Home Depot supports building the wall)
>Look at prices of drills
>Amazon has a DeWalt with 12V and 2 batteries for $99 plus 3% cash back

This one is from yesterday:
>Lawn mower blows head gasket
>I don't have time for this shit
>Don't know shit about building engines, or whether I can get it running again
>Go to Home Depot
>Jesus Christ these cost so fucking much
>Go to Sears since all Kmarts are gone, and so is Sears Essentials
>I have literally never gone to Sears for anything but gas powered Craftsman goods
>Obvious rebadge of a 8.5HP Cub Cadet for under $500
Yeah, that's a fine deal. Pic related, basically this.

>>1392610
Just wait mang. Sears is going the way of K-Mart. It’s sad.

We used to have a Sears Hardware in the town I grew up in. But it only lasted maybe 5 years. That place was nice. Anybody else remember those?

>>1392675

I still have a few of these within an hour away.

>>1392675
sears and kmart are the same company.

btw, me and the missus recently bought an metal storage cabinet at sears. delivered. decent but not exactly cheap. but hard to find anything decent these days without going to grainger or mcmaster-carr.

>>1392679
Sheeeeit I didn’t know they still existed. Are they big? The one in my town was a little smaller than a Home Depot but larger than Ace Hardware. Got my first toolbox from there when I was like 14 years old. Beat to hell but still going strong.

Being from Chicago area, I’m kinda sad seeing Sears die off. Their HQ isn’t far from where I lived.

>>1392682
>>1392675
Funny how the mods only delete the rageposters, but leave the posts where people concisely outline exactly why you're a cunt, don't you think?

>>1392692
>Funny how the mods only delete the rageposters, but leave the posts where people concisely outline exactly why you're a cunt, don't you think?

Ok, try to understand this. The grownups who hate trips (I doubt if many do), have filtered Bepis long ago, and therefore they don't know that he's still posting.

BUT WHEN YOU CHILDREN, WHO CANNOT BE FILTERED, CONSTANTLY WHINE ABOUT HIM, THEN IT KINDA DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF FILTERING HIM, BECAUSE THE GROWNUPS STILL SEE YOUR SHIT WHICH CANNOT BE FILTERED.

The irony is that you children should use trips so we can filter your whiney complaints about a poster that would disappear if you simply filtered him.

Are you actually so stupid that you don't get this? YOU are the problem, not the tripcodes.

>>1392726
Awesome. now leave it off.

>>1392419
I live in Chicago and my lowes is filled with spics buying lawn equiment and stealing flowers from the sidewalk displays

>>1392380
OP here. I was looking for a hand saw that can be resharpened or even altered. All I saw was two saws. cross cut, and hardened cutting edge.
This is called a "disposable saw" apparently. Use it until it stops working, then drive back to lowes to pick up a new one.


You are correct about the wall space and hand planes... but lowes and home depot also sell wood including space taking premium oak, and walnut, so catering to a niche market might make them more money.

I know its all about contractors but don't contractors want something they can resharpen?

>>1392740
>Awesome. now leave it off.

You're a real piece of work, sir. First, you assume that I'm Bepis or whoever (wrong), then you order me to "leave it off", as if you have some sort of authority.

Are you inept all the time, or just while you are posting on /diy/?

>>1392794
Stop defending tripcunts.

>>1392796
Nobody cares, save the peer pressure for reddit.

Find another place to be a disruptive cunt.

>>1392726
>>1392794
>>1392801
Having fun Bepi boy? We know that you samefag just to stir shit up now. I especially like how you tell people to not do exactly what you do. Go find a new board bro, it's all downhill here now.

>Inb4 I'm not him! I'm a grownup! Look at this photoshopped pic that proves it!

>>1392803
Actually, I think you are this bepis furfag.

>>1392769
>I know its all about contractors but don't contractors want something they can resharpen?

Nope. Time is money, and saws are cheap. Learning to sharpen a saw properly takes a while, and even if you did end up being able to sharpen it fast enough that a new saw would cost more than sharpening the old one, after all that time spent learning, it would take ages to save any money. Plus you'd need to sharpen more often, since it's made of a softer metal to begin with.

You take the time to sharpen saws because you enjoy the ritual of the hobby, and sharpening is part of that. You also sharpen to make sure you get a top quality edge, when that tiny tiny increase in cut quality matters. For fine woodworking and joinery, it matters. For general contractors, where the work will mostly be covered in spackle, paint, caulk, and the next assholes work, you don't need to bother.

If you're carrying an impact driver, buy disposable saws. If you're doing fine woodworking, sharpen your saws.

Phone posters can't do it, but desktop users with 4chan-x can filter Bepis, and also hide posts that reply to him.

>>1392726
Upvote

>>1392803
Retarded. I been shopping with my girl all morning.

Pls stay on topic

>>1392855
Wow, just got 4chan-x, and it's a miracle machine. Almost this entire thread is gone though.

>>1391847
That video literally gave me an erection.

>>1392610
Dewalt 12v drills are garbage, get this instead.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-20-Volt-MAX-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-Brushless-1-2-in-Compact-Hammer-Drill-with-Battery-3-0Ah-Charger-and-Contractor-Bag-DCD778L1/304051213

>>1393151
Apparently I'm retarded, because I just looked at the drill I bought, still new in box, and it is indeed 20V. Looks like the only difference is the hammering functionality. I don't think I will need that.

>>1393173
Oh it only comes with one battery also, where I got one that came with 2. I'd prefer more battery.

>>1393173
the DCD778 is the hammer drill version of the DCD777, otherwise they are the same drill. yours has 2 1.3ah batteries while this one >>1393151 comes with their new 3.0ah slim pack.

>>1392853
>TIme is money Then resharpen is the way to go here.
The drive to Lowes Depot, gas, time in traffic. walking to the high security tool section with the beeping cameras, then walking the saw to the checkout, waiting in line, walking back to car, then the drive, then the inevitable stop for gas, or the traffic accident up ahead. Thats about 1.5 hours or so, and 2 hours before you can start sawing again. (unless you have two or more saws).
You can sharpen a saw with a 5 dollar file about 10 times before you need to replace the file. Then have a coffee, and piss break, then back to work for a total of mabye 30 minutes of down time.

I'll be honest, I've never worked as a contractor in my life, so I don't know the rigors of contractor work. (retired bitcoin). But I know when I resharpen my saws, I seldom stop for two hours.

Its takes about 15 minutes to sharpen a saw either rip or crosscut. Including setup time.

>>1393086
glad you like it. I was laid up a while back with a knee injury, so I stayed home and made webms of tool works.

>>1393231
Or just buy 10 disposable saws at a time.

I didn't know hand tools only was a trend. I started doing it because I live in an apartment and don't want to piss off my neighbors with power tools. Also hand tools are cheaper. I go to antique shops and flea markets to find the good stuff.

>>1393231
1.5-2 hours? I can be home in 20 minutes if it's a slow day. And contractors are already at Lowe's picking up other stuff, nails, screws, mud, gloves, etc. The only additional time is swinging bythe tool aisles.

>>1391840
>That webm

Oh my god. It's fucking beautiful.

Let's say Joe Schmo, unskilled and bored, wanted to try something like that. Not for profit, but just for something to fill the time between clocking out and going to bed. What all would you need to just make the blocks? A pile of clamps I'm sure. What all would one need to fashion the pieces? A little hand jigsaw, a hundred different grits of sandpaper, and a fuckton of patience? I'm pretty sure I could figure it out, I'm just wondering if there's any graybeard tips or tricks.

>>1393552
You could do it all with a hand plane and a shooting board if precise enough. A power saw of your favorite flavor for sizing the strips would be a huge labor savor

>>1391840
I have the weirdest boner right now.

>>1393609

I have never understood this. human male sexual attraction to fucking tools.

My guess is that the guys who actually invented anything were not thinking of fucking it.

>>1393610

reading is fun. learn how.

>>1393628

>>1391840
>taking a shit
>reading a magazine.
dude, shit or get off the pot. stop bogarting the shitter.

>>1392394
I hardly ever see any niggers in lowes, or home depot, or ace hardware.... you know I hardly see niggers in any hardware store. lots of messicans though.

>>1392610
your a moron, spending $500 on a mower? $100 max, and even worse you could have fixed the old one for $5.

>>1392726
I never cared about trips, I don't hardly notice them, but it is nice to help filter out the same fagging.

>>1392796
I prefer them over you.

>>1392726
beh, 4chan-x filters everyone who responds to those you've filtered anywho, but unfortunately that means woodporn anon also.

>>1393231
>retired bitcoin

You don't have a job, probably not married or have kids. You have time and can afford to work with premium woods. You're not a box stores market, just get your tools online and go back to reading mortise and tenon magazine instead of /diy/.

>>1394032
you must be texan. i work for a lowe's in south texas and there are indeed way too many filthy spics walking around the store.

>>1394155
I don't have a job. I"m retired. I live in the southwest. Two kids, that I"m teaching how to work with wood using hand tools only.

Today, I went to Home Depot and Lowes, looking for some pine. They have finished pine of course, but out side of that they have miles of douglas fir. Miles and miles of it. Then they both have a new species of wood:

"White wood" that looks like pine. Why not call it pine?

I don't buy joinery grade lumber because, invariably, there is some defect. I would rather, hand plane up a board square myself. Good exercise, great sounds, and smells.

I started wood working many years ago, but I recently returned and converted to hand tools only, during the NFL kneeling season. So now, instead of drinking a six pack of Bud, watching National Felon League while eating some Doritos Brand Tortilla Chips, I head to the garage and build stuff from wood.

Much more productive use of my garage, and time, and I've lost weight too!

Happy Memorial Day. Thanks to all the Vets that served their Country!

>>1392610
>>1394034
Electric mower is the way to go. Far less noise, no exhaust and no need for gas can. Totally worth it. Went with an Ego 3 years again, have no regrets.

>>1394584
Boomer hands wrote this post

HD/Lowes only cares about contractors and slum lords. Anything they have for hobbyists is purely coencidental.

>t. Home Depot employee.

>>1394972

bullshit. much of their inventory is aimed at home owners who can do basic repairs. as for "hobbyist", what do you expect them to stock? A hobbyist with any sense can find a lot of useful products at the big box stores, unless you're expecting RC drone parts, 3d printer crap, etc.

>>1394972
id say their companies are more aimed at homeowners, "DIYers" and the occasional "Do-It-For-Me" who was to remodel a couple bathrooms or new floors. id say the contractor and slumlord support is merely coincidental, those people are buying the same products in larger volumes at a lower price without having to deal with large scale wholesalers.

the products you see that attract "hobbyists" are definitely oddballs, you have to remember that most tools sold there arnt for heavy use or precision applications; they are there to get the job done and far more people will spent $9.99 on a HDX handsaw to cut branches than $59.99 on a Hattori Hanzō Ryoba Saw or $1000 on a Festool track saw. back when i worked Hardware at Home Depot i had people coming in all the time looking for the oddest tools for very specific woodworking applications that we would have only sold 2-3 of per year; i had to have a list of other specialty woodworking stores nearby to send them off.

>>>1391812
>go to Mexican home depot
>everything is made in mexico
>go to usa home depot near Mexicans
>shit tools selections
>go to to 20 min distance from USA home depot, in a less developed part.
>feintools

>>1394630
No boomer here. Just a late gen x. I should probably make more wood porn vids. If thread up tommorow, I post some more. Anyone know of a youtube channel with a hot girl working wood and making things.

>>1391812
Yeah its generally disappointing. Me and my brother are going to a friend of his soon to buy up a ton of good shit. An entire basement worth of pristine hardware from his grandparents hardware store they had in the 70s. Pre china and untouched. My dick is diamonds.
Also, planning on switching from walmart to lowes for a job. Bad idea? And Lowes bros here? Hows the pay and how are the hours?

>>1391864
Is it true about the extreme anti union stuff and generally going above and beyond to treat workers like shit?
When i look them up I get a lot of horror stories.
Pay seems good, they are opening one up in my state. 2.50 an hour extra on weekends I hear.

>>1393173
I chose the one with the hammer drill functionality and it has come in handy enough times to make it worth your consideration.

>>1394034
With all the time it would take to get the mower running, I'd be be at loss on the money. Also I said under $500, not that I'd expect reading comprehension.

>>1391816
This, you don't see computer experts shopping for components at walmart do you?
You think mechanics get their car parts from sears?

>>1395850
They’ll shut down a store if they hear about union talk. Yeah extra pay on weekends but you have to work every other weekend. Hope you enjoy 30 minute lunches, you get in trouble if you take a longer one too. You will get talked to if you don’t meet personal sales goals. Your employee discount is taken out of your check. The sales departments are pretty much helpless without the yard guys. Everything runs on points system of 10 points. You can get a 25 cent raise every six months if you pass a test. They are overbearing about doing the in home training for other departments. They hire a lot of mouth breathers.(most of the customers aren’t far off either)If you work 2k hours in a year you can get a bonus if your store is profitable enough. Every year the percentage of that increases by like 1.5 percent maxing out at 15% i believe it’s based on what you made in that year. It’s not a bad job if you need it just to get through school or whatever. I’d stay away from management if you don’t want to hate your life every single day. Yard is probably the most rewarding (pays the most) but you’ll be sweating and freezing your ass off. And every spring the amount of blocks, river rock,dirt and mulch you’ll load is mind blowing.

When you don’t have room for shit the only option is up.

>>1396088
So they won't let you work every weekend? I would, especially for that money.
A lunch is a lunch for me. We get an hour unpaid at wally world. Half hour would be better. Half hour more of paid work.
Does everyone have sales goals? Stockers, loaders etc?
Taken out of my check? As in its not a discount they just charge 10% to my check?
15% bonus pay sounds pretty dang good. granted thats a long time.
Whats the base pay like?
I make 11 at wally world.

>>1392610
That head gasket is a $10 part and takes less than 15 minutes to install... literally unbolt the head bolts, remove head, replace gasket, reverse steps.

>>1392769
I’ve had one of those disposable saws since 1996, kicking around my toolbox. Used again this weekend,,, works fine...

>>1396088
i cant think of the amount of shit that would go down if someone stacked pallets like that at Home Depot.

store policy said that pallets with merchandise could be stacked no more than 3 high and empty pallets could be stacked no more than 20 high so they could fit in the trucks in receiving. our managers would absolutely loose their shit if they ever saw something like that in any area of the store.

>>1396112
>If you give them every weekend they’ll take from you everything.

Atleast every other weekend.

Unless you’re a cart bitch, a cashier (they want you to push that credit card dough) or a yard guy you’re supposed to perform to a certain degree.

Employee Discount as is in if you spent $50 on Funyuns in a week with 10% discount your next check will be missing $45 and you can only spend what you’ve earned. So if your average checks are $300 you can’t spend more than that. But if you spend that much your check will be cents.

>$11 at Walmart

you already make more than most of the part timers without putting in several years.yard guys start around 10ish part time. And that’s including the 1.25 forklift pay.

I’m sure cost of living factors in certain areas but don’t expect to break past 32k full time unless youre a manager.

>>1396345
Did you guys get 8 trucks a day from your DC? That doesn’t include lumber or soil, rock ,block or drywall trucks.

Also if you fuck shit up on a forklift or motorized equipment they’ll take $200 off your check for “insurance” unless you can prove otherwise the cost of repairs is less than $200 and pass a drug test. Heaven forbid you break a $100 walkie talkie that is already a piece of shit to begin with.-$245

I worked with guy who fucking paralyzed a lady by dropping one of those precut wooden playground sets on her. Passed his shit paid $200 and kept his job, holy fuck if the store wasn’t sweating bullets hoping they’d still be profitable after that lawsuit.

>not every store gets a bonus.

I think we’ve all heard that Walmart is lame to work for. Menards is the Walmart of home improvent store chains.

>>1396380
>charge employees for damaged equipment
That does not sound legal.

>>1396383
> you agreed when you signed the paperwork.

>>1396387
Yeah I see a lot of articles when I looked up the company about them being sued over that. An agreement does not trump federal law. I decided before hand I wouldn't work for them and this puts another nail in that. I doubt they pay more in my area anyways. Its a sad day when walmart sets the bar for wages.
It kind of irks me because I will still shop at menards, hard to turn down more competition, choice and saving money but I hate how I will be contributing to this level of jewing.
I think Lowes might pay more. A few wally worlders jumped ship and said they pay 12.75 here.

Actually when i look up Menards i get nothing but page after page of them butting heads with the NRLB and getting sued over and over.

>>1396392
Allegedly one of the original sons drove his truck through the front of a store because a store opened seconds late on a grand opening day that’s the amount of crazy that place is.

What fucking brand of tools should I buy if I'm new from lowes? The only store around is a lowes and I don't trust ordering big purchases online.

I hear craftsman is shit now, but I don't know any other brands. And they all seem to have their own battery type, so I should buy the same brand for everything those fucking planed obsolescence capitalistfags.

>>1396403
what kind of tools? hand tools or power tools?

Craftsman power tools are junk, they are just rebranded Ryobi tools sold under one of TTI's shell companies (One World Industries). if you are even thinking of buying them just go to Home Depot and buy the green tools instead.

their hand tools are fine but dont expect to find a noticeable difference between them and the other store brand lines like Husky or Irwin. they are all made in the same factories by Stanley Black and Decker then resold with different stickers on them. the main thing you should take into account is what the warranty on the tools is and how easily you can get them serviced/replaced when needed.

>>1395848
It's still retail, but it's good retail. As always, it comes down to your management. If the scheduling is done the corporate designed way, it's okay. If not, depends on management. Pay is above avg for retail for starting, dunno about later. I started $11.96 when minimum was $9.75.

>>1396113
>>1396113
well, he should also look up correct steps to installing head gasket. you don't just whack on the bolts in any order, and a torque wrench is much appreciated, but you're generally right in that it isn't rocket science.

>>1396416
I don't have any tools really. I've always used either my friends, landlords, or families tools. Wanting to start my own personal set. A hand saw, a hammer, a jig saw, a drill, a sander, etc. I can borrow a table or angle saw.

>>1396123
ah, mon ami, but its probably sharpenable, since edge hardening is reletavly recent.

>>1391838
>>1391846
84 lumber is a lumber yard chain with stores staffed by salesman who provide materials to their big-time home-builder clients. It has a hardware store attached with an admittedly crappy selection of tools but a very knowledgeable staff who will make a sincere effort to help you. They can order things for you that you'll have trouble tracking down anywhere else.

If you need lumber products regularly, they'll give you better pricing than Lowe's so long as you:

1)Tell them Lowe's' prices are higher than the first prices they give you
2)Make an effort to come by regularly and act nice and friendly

source: 84 Lumber employee

>>1396514
You don’t have a ton of choice on hand tools if Lowe’s is your only option. Their Kobalt brand is fine, but I suggest waiting and watching the prices for the big sales if you’re trying to start from scratch. Pic related has a ton for $200 and I bet you could find it for $100-$150 on sale. There are a couple smaller sets for $100-$150 and those will go on sale for a bit less too from time to time.

Power tools, depends how expensive you want to go. Ryobi, Porter Cable are more affordable assuming they sell everything you want. Milwaukee and Dewalt are the next step up and have huge lines of anything you could want. That’s another situation where you should be patient and watch for sales. You can get $700 worth of tools and batteries for $300.

>>1398366
I just feel like we’re lacking a real mechanic’s tool store. I was just at Lowe’s grabbing some things and the tool selection is so limited. Want wrenches, sockets, or screwdrivers? Kobalt or Stanley. Home Depot is slightly better.

I dream of a brick and mortar store that sells all of the major brands you find on Amazon, and for every tool you have a selection of brands ranging from Chinesium like Pittsburgh up to some GearWrench and Craftsman and then top shelf is Proto and those Yuro companies you guys fap to. Want something real basic where even Chinese QC is reliable enough? Get the generic rebranded Pitt or Clutch. Want your go-to screwdrivers for the rest of your life? Armstrong and Wera are a couple shelves above.

>tfw would never work because minorities exist and every Snap-On socket set would be missing a 10mm socket

>>1398471
Its a shame you're a tripfag, you know that?

Filtered.

>>1398471
>tfw fello /lowes/ bro
put in for my birthday on kronos like two weeks ago and still haven't heard shit. it's on the eighth

>>1399017
We have to request 30 days prior, is that just our store and not a Lowe's-wide policy?

>>1395850
VERY true
John Menard is a classic GOP posterboy - started with a small business that bloomed into a giant retail empire
Anyone who's worked for the company will have heard stories of the man's insanity - one that comes to mind is how he supposedly drove his pickup through the front door of a store because the opening manager was late. Stuff like that builds his cult-like tough guy aura

>>1396088
Former yardworker here. The pay was good, and yeah we worked our asses off. The summer I worked as a load puller was the hardest I ever worked in my life, but I was also in the best shape of my life so it kinda paid off.

I miss the profit sharing big time. The last one I got was $1200 - really, really good stuff for part time retail work

>>1396345
Menards has really dangerous overstock piles. People have died due to this
http://www.wtol.com/story/26439191/no-charges-expected-after-man-dies-from-falling-tiles-in-menards

>>1399267
>http://www.wtol.com/story/26439191/no-charges-expected-after-man-dies-from-falling-tiles-in-menards

Menards should have been sued into bankruptcy after that, there is no excuse for that kind of safety hazard in a retail store open to the public.

at Home Depot they are fanatic about safety, thats why there is netting on all upper shelves and extensive rules regarding the safe storage of every product you can think of beyond 8ft or so. opening associates had to do sweeps of their department and check off any hazards or safety issues and report them to managers on our phones and they were expected to be resolved within the hour. the few accidents we did have were outside of customer areas and didnt result in any injuries, just lots of damaged merchandise to be RTV'd.

>>1391843
Please explain.

I have shit furniture that my parents bought when I was a kid (I still live with them because it doesn't make sense to move out yet; I'm studying). Plastic handles are shit and the furniture isn't really well thought-out but I don't mind the material itself. I'm actually not sure what it's made of, possibly MDF or something worse, but it doesn't break apart. I definitely want to get a bigger desk and it seems the only sane option is making it myself. I was thinking that I'd make it out of MDF but then I visited this board and apparently MDF is shit.

So what advantages does solid wood have over MDF? Doesn't wood require more care? Is MDF just shit but I haven't lived long enough to see it break (furniture I have is like 6 years old)? Isn't handling real wood harder?

Dear Amerifags, I wonder what you think of Lie-Nielsen hand planes. They seem to be perfect. I don't have a single hand plane, but I don't want to buy "Made in PRC" shit.

t. noob "woodworker" from Russia

>>1391812

>Home Depot
>Lowes
>.uk

what

Also, HD sells .22 cal nailguns in store, though sales require ID:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ramset-MasterShot-0-22-Caliber-Powder-Actuated-Tool-40088/202046595

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hilti-DX-2-Powder-Actuated-Fastening-Tool-2084262/206140962

Do Europeans not have nailguns?

>>1399467

>hand planes

we got dremels, angle grinders and jigsaws for that

>>1399467
LN is great, but you can get a stalney hand plane and restore it for around 60 dollars.
Tons of videos on how to restore..
The funny thing is, once you get one plane, they somehow reproduce cause now I have like 10 of them that I picked up from garage sales along the way.

>>1399267
>The summer I worked as a load puller was the hardest I ever worked in my life, but I was also in the best shape of my life so it kinda paid off.

Yeah I was too. Ended up becoming a head yard manager, the day I left was the greatest day of my life

>>1399935
I've been wanting to get one for a while to do mitre joints without sanding through 15mm of wood from overcorrecting. What's wrong with getting a newer plane? Inferior steel? Sloppier tolerances?

>>1391864
It would really help if the buyers would lay off the meth for a bit. Seriously though, corporate does a lot of meth.

>>1391874
Nothing personal, but if you worked at plano, I hope you get hit by a bus. Having to be one of 4 people in a new order pickup department right after a remodel and deal with planos constant bullshit made me want to jump off a fucking bridge. We had a solid 3 weeks where 4 or 5 pallets of special orders wouldnt show up for 2+ days after the BOL said they arrived.

>>1396088
That looks depressingly normal. Also this man speaks the truth.

>>1396380
The most our store ever recieved was 11 box, 6 flat. We all wanted to die.
As for the insurance bullshit, what fucking hellhole state do you live in? Cause they cant legally get away with that here in indiana. Same for the radio.

>>1396396
I always heard it was John himself, but who knows. I do know John would fire fuckloads of people every time he visited a store.

>>1396392
Menards is walmart for rednecks. Only walmart has actually been sued enough times that they sorta pretend to give a fuck sometimes about store safety.

>>1399267 >>1399419
I was a delivery coordinator, I would not want to be a full time load puller. Shit was hell, and we were fucked without good load pullers. Also they had a 18yo kid die this spring due to his forklift flipping while moving some wet lumber. He wasnt wearing his seatbelt and tried to bail out. It didnt go well. Safety at menards is a fucking joke.

Back in the day, when menards was still making its treated lumber with mercury, one of the lumber plants burned down. This meant that all those ashes were considered hazmat. John wasnt about to spend that kind of money, so he told them to load it into dump trucks and dump it on his property. He got caught and fined pretty harshly.

>>1400337
i worked as an Order Fulfillment Associate at a smaller Home Depot for a while, i guess that would be our closest equivalent to your delivery coordinator. we had to pull and package all of our own orders to get them out on the delivery trucks on time, in the summer we'd have about 10 deliveries a day scheduled with nothing going out on Sundays. we were also responsible for pulling all of the online orders for customer pickup, setting aside merchandise on Will Call and receiving and storing all of the special order merchandise like custom doors or cabinets.

it was a physically demanding job that kept me running all day and pulled plenty of 10-11hr shifts just to get everything done. the only good thing i got out of it was it kept me in good shape and i built up a lot of good relationships with every department of the store since we had to coordinate with pretty much everyone except the paint desk to get our orders ready. since we roamed every corner of the building we had a lot of whole store knowledge of where products are and what the process is to get everything done, from cutting keys to riding mower maintenance.

we were also the only ones besides managers authorized to use the rental trucks for store use so we were always the ones making road trips to pick up damaged goods or drop off orders that went bad somehow.

>>1400524
my biggest problem was that the pay was shit for the amount of skills and company-wide knowledge needed to do the job and there was almost no recognition from management when we went above and beyond to resolve crises and fix problems. due to our garbage pay scale i knew cashiers that were hired after me and had done nothing but run a register that were making more money per hour than me. i was so furious when i sat through my last success sharing meeting where managers were handing out awards and recognition left and right to our mentally handicapped lot attendant and the cashiers that always volunteered to go get carts from the lot but completely ignored my team that had moved millions of dollars worth of merchandise that summer and put in plenty of 50 hour weeks just to get orders out the door on time. luckily i already had another job lined up making 50% more so i just took my bonus check and walked away. after i left they had to hire 2 new people to replace me and every time i go back they have customer orders laying around everywhere because they cant stay organized to save their lives.

The only forklift accident i ever had was a machine tilting forward after turning too quickly while carrying 2 bunks of 16ft Trex decking and a bunk of pressure treated 2x4s at once. luckily it was barely a foot off in the air so i dropped the whole load at once and slammed the rear end back on the ground. some of the banding broke on the decking but there was no damage to the machine and no witnesses since i was out back behind the store.

that and the time i was spotting for a reach truck driver who backed into a customer's little Ford Ranger in the pro loading area. we had to fill out incident reports but avoided any insurance issues because the customer had already left by the time we parked the vehicle and gone back outside to inspect the damage.

>>1400524
>>1400529
That sounds almost exactly the same job. When our department was formed, they didn't realize how many people we needed. We operated with 4 people for 3 months. I went 43 days without a day off. Now they have 14 people in that department. I guess management only notices when we fuck up.

We had 3 weights of forklifts. Big E, was a heavy son of a bitch, but didn't tip unless you were a fucking retard who wanted to move 3 bunks of 14ft 3/4in drywall at once. Then there were the 2 little electrics, which could handle a hell of a lot, but I have seen them nearly tip a few times loading shit onto the trucks for delivery. And then there were the the 5 propane's, which on a bad day might tip if you tried moving 2 bunks of 16ft treated deckboards at once. But did that stop people from trying, of course not.

>>1400248
Nothing wrong with new plane by LN is pricey (>300$). You can find a used stanley for far much cheaper. Youre going to need some supplies:
Some flat glass or natural tile that is flat on all of the top.
sand paper to remove rust.
Sharpening plates to sharpen the blade, and correct any problems.

altogether you're looking at mabye 150 including the sharpening plates (which you would need in any event).

I did get a LN router plane, and I love it. THe price the new router plane was the same price as an old, rusted thing on Ebay. But for #4 planes, ebay is the way.

>>1392769
Dude looks like Reviewbrah

>>1399127
kronos is done 3 weeks out now, so basically put in 4 weeks beforehand, unless you you have chill management

>>1391840
I don't mean to impose but do you have the vid of the guy who hammers out some french revival chair arms& legs with a turning gouge and builds a chair and loveseat in about 20 mins?

Live in the ex furniture capital of the UK
When I need new tools I've got
>axminster (Super expensive)
> local 150 year old hardware store (construction tier jobs only)
> local charity that ships tools to Africa

Turns out Africans don't wan't solid well maintained hand tools so the shop sells them really cheap. My plane collection is amazing and cost me ~£15

Only problem is wood in the UK is so expensive its a joke.

>>1391812
>xcut
Write the word English word crosscut or stick to full ebonics you fucking nigger.

>>1399444
not that anon but there's an outline of the pros and cons here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-density_fibreboard#Comparison_with_natural_woods

>>1391840
The price for resale would be so ridiculous that nobody will buy it and it will collect dust. That's just a fact. The majority of the population would rather spend cheap than expensive for the sake of cheap.

>>1399444
mdf is not as strong as real wood or plywood. regular mdf will also bubble and tear apart if you get it wet. It is essentially compressed cardboard. I don't hate mdf it has it's uses but I would choose something else if you're looking for strength.

>>1402742
aiht. I feel u.

>>1404454
>mdf has its uses. wut? Just get some plywood...

>>1402240
would like to know what wooodwoker you're talking abouty.

>>1399556
ID for a ramset? I'm sorry you live in a such a shithole.

>>1391812
>not getting your powertools from Wish.com

>>1392769
Thereportoftheweek

>>1404587

even spray paint requires ID, so do paint markers

>>1404820
Was at Walmart once and used the self checkout. Scanned a propane torch- no ID required. Tube of white lithium grease next- Is customer over 18?

>>1404823

I wonder if you are the first trip who exhibited multiple-personality syndrome.

>>1404827
He probably isn't, but if you just stop feeding the faggot the attention he so clearly craves he might get sick of replying to himself and fuck off.

>>1404839

thanks for the tips grandpa, but I think he's funny and informative

>>1404900
GAY

>>1391870
Are you talking about either the one that used to be by the culvers in palatine or the new one off golf road cause those are both stocked with like every little thing you need, the lumber is better too

>>1405750
Yep thats the one

>>1405754
But which one? Golf Rd or Palatine?

>>1405750
The real tripfriend here, I barely even remember the stores anymore. The Menard’s was up on Lake Cook Rd and 53? And the Home Depot was on Dundee. There is the Lowe’s in Rolling Meadows too but that one opened more recently than the other two.

Ace Hardware was a few blocks from my house though, same way it is here. So if it’s something small I prefer to run there and skip the headache.

>>1405801
>The real tripfriend here
That's an odd way to spell "insufferable cunt"

stop fucking opening products you dumb niggers. especially the fucking screw baggies

>>1401043
wuts the glass for

>>1405836
A flat reference surface. Cheaper than a granite benchtop. Glass is floated on tin making it about the flattest thing you'll find about the house. The flat surface is used to check that you're not grinding a curve into either the blade or the base of the plane as you sharpen/remove rust.

>>1405833
But what if I only need 5 screws? I’m not going to buy the whole box of 200.

>>1405956
Hi tripfag. Why are you still posting here when everyone fucking hates you?
> inb4 HURR CHILDREN
By your logic, if you walked through Detroit wearing a "lol fuck niggers" shit it would be their fault for beating your shit down, right?

>>1405956
Hi tripfag. Why are you still posting here when everyone fucking hates you?
> inb4 HURR CHILDREN
By your logic, if you walked through Detroit wearing a "lol fuck niggers" shirt it would be their fault for beating your shit down, right?

>>1394584
>Doritos Brand Tortilla Chips

>work at lowes
>tired of dealing with incompetent customers
>quit
everything went better than expected

>>1405956

yes you are fag. I love walking up to people in the process of opening screw boxes or bags, taking it from them as they stare at me sheepishly (no matter how big they are - this always makes me smile) and taping it up as I explain that each screw is displayed in front of its spot on the shelf so there's no need to open the box, and if they need a few they can buy the small bags hanging on the opposite side of the aisle or take a hike. love watching them take a whole box to a register and pay while glancing at me or just leaving to try the same thing at lowe's.

>>1406340
But I only need one socket and you don’t sell it! Why should I buy the whole set?

>>1406504
>But I only need one socket and you don’t sell it!

Decent stores sell individual sockets. The problem is, if you need to buy more than about 2, you can buy the whole set for a little more.

>>1406511
Never the size I need

>tfw full rack of 11/64” but no 3/8”

>>1406515
>Never the size I need

One word: Amazon Prime

lol. two words. I was gonna go find a good deal on a 3/8 socket, but they kept coming up with 3/8 drive sets, and then I found this masterpiece. The main selling point of Amazon Prime is free TWO DAY shipping. What does this clown do, forge them one at a time in his garage?

>>1396088
mynards looks more stressful than the other box stores. Half the store is basically the front of a Cracker Barrel and the other is a gated lumberyard. Everyone working is unhappy.

>>1406519
Kek, that $8 sucks for one socket but the shipping is factored into it. You can always find them online but it depends when you need it and if you’re willing to pay $5 shipping on a $3 socket.

Home Depot and Northern Tools have a good selection of singles for $2-$4 each. Sears does too but they’re like $4-$6 depending on size and get worse as time goes by. But they are always out of lots of sizes and it’s a pain in the ass to run around to different stores trying to find one in stock. Last time I needed a couple missing 3/8” drive deep sockets, I just bought the damn set from NT on sale for <$10. I have a bag of random loose sockets now just in case I want to hammer them onto something.

>>1391812
Since this is really the only woodworking thread I see and I bought the lumber at Home Depot I will post here...
I recently made a rack for 3 20 gallon tanks for my fish room out of 2x4s. I bought the lumber at Home Depot, which is just KD whitewood studs. Made all the measurements and cuts at home with my Granspa's old circular saw. I pretty much fucked up because a lot of my cuts were off by a tiny amount, maybe 1/16th or 1/8th at the most, and a lot of my cuts weren't straight. Anyways, I put the rack together and it wobbled, so I put some leveling feet on it. Went to test it out after I leveled it with an empty 20 gallon tank and the tank wobbled. I tried it on the other two shelves and they wobble too. They all wobble from the same position, the back left and front right corners. I went to Home Depot and got a piece of plywood cut to fit my rack and they fit fine, but when I put the plywood on there, the tank still wobbled. WTF? What can I do to fix this?
>pic related, the tank on the top shelf without the plywood

>>1408364

Get a thick sheet of styrofoam, at least 1/2" thick, free from the recycle bin or pic related less than $8 at Home Depot. Cut it to the size of the tank, put it under the tank. profit.
The styrofoam will compress under the weight, absorbing that gap and leveling the tank. If you fill that tank with water it will flex and crack.

Alternately you can shim it, but if could be a hassle, and you'd still have to get it level. I did the styrofoam trick years back with a 100 gallon tank on a homemade 2x4 stand, worked flawlessly.

>>1408380
I read that styrofoam shouldn't be used on tanks with rims because it will cause pressure on the glass on the bottom since the rim is what holds the weight. Maybe if I cut it the size of just the rim and did that. I don't really want to shim it because it sounds like a pain in the ass, especially because I don't really have an ideal way to make them. I was thinking I could use a plane or a chisel and bring down the high spots in the wood but I don't really have a way to make sure all 4 pieces are the same height. I do have a carpenter's square and a miter square that I bought for this project but a lot of help they were.

>>1391942
>Mexico
>not buying tools in Mexico made in Mexico
>that feel that this will never be a thing in late stage capitalism in the USA.

>>1408384
So I bought a wood plane and got the top level in about 5 minutes. Very happy.

>>1391812
Lowe's never has anything I need.

Need new sander head - we don't carry them, you have to buy another sander

Need 1 1/8 screws - Well they are sold, we just don't carry them

Need solid core wood door - You have to order online, will take 2 weeks to get here and the charge is $100. Not home delivery, store only.

Need laminate flooring - Sorry we only stock these shitty light / sand looking colors, you have to order online.

Need tiles, only one box in store - Sorry we discontinued those tiles

Need anything else - same response every time.

>>1408712
good work.

>>1408384
Wrong.

The plastic rims on those tanks aren't holding any of the pressure. Especially on the bottom..