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Amazon has a $10 off a purchase of $75 if you pay with Discover points going on. In the past I've put 10¢ of points towards the order and still got the discount. Just have to click around the site until you get the ad to come up
 
Anyone have experience with the vevor masonry saws? Buying the 16" electric model is barely more expensive than renting a demo saw from my local place, including the cost of the blade they make you buy.

Don't want to buy it and it's a piece of shit, but how can you go wrong. I need to cut the floor in my garage to pour a caison for a lift, so it's not a ton of cutting I have to do right off the bat, but I'm sure I'll find other uses.

Quality Electric Concrete Saws at VEVOR - Cut with Precision

Explore VEVOR's range of electric concrete saws, offering precision cutting for various applications. Choose from our selection to enhance cutting experience.
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I asked about those when I did a trench drain in the driveway. Conclusion was go rent a walk behind

blades for the rental units are $40ish on Amazon. gotta be way cheaper than whatever your place charges. Thought I paid <$100 for the day from home depot

if you're doing 4ft of cuts, maybe it works. the walk behind was 1000% the right choice for what I was doing
 
I've got about 30' of cutting to do in 3.5" (nominal) unreinforced concrete. I'll look at renting a walk behind instead of a demo saw. Thank you.
 
The Fein grinder is growing on me. The gaurd sucks for moving it. Can’t just leave it snug and twist it left to right. Gaurd has to stay on because safety guy.
 

SKIL SKILSAW 12IN DRY CUT SAW (SPT62MTC-22)​


$230 Free shipping JB Tools

Skil SKILSAW 12in Dry Cut Saw (SPT62MTC-22)

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Cheap little oilless noise maker to fill bike tires, basketballs, and blow stuff off.



I burned up some gift cards on one of these a few months ago when it wasn't on sale, just to have air out at our remote property. I was looking for something with low enough amp draw that my little TSC 900W inverter generator can handle its start-up load. You're not going to be running air tools off of it, but if you need to blow out chainsaws in the middle of nowhere it does a good job.
 
Need better Wi-Fi in the shop?

I needed better Wi-Fi outside my garage for a Wyze camera. We're moving in the next year, so I didn't want to hardwire anything.

< $13 for a name brand 2.4 & 5 Ghz range extender. It's refurbished, other than not being in its original packaging you'd never know it.

Setup was about 10 minutes via WPS. I now have the "HD" logo on the video from above my garage door, instead of the little poor signal icon.

I welcome our Chinese friends to their new portal into my network. :flipoff2:


I can't see "WPS" and not read it as "Woo Pig Sooie!" :laughing:
 
20% more off at Acme tool for the holiday

Save 20% on Select Clearance Items with Code: SPARK20 - Acme Tools

Purchase select Clearance items and save 20% when you use code: SPARK20 during checkout. The discount will apply in cart to qualifying orders with the correct code use. This promotion expires July 4, 2024 at 11:59 PM CST. Maximum discount of $100 per order. This promotion is valid for online...
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GLTHFJ60 said:
Am I highly regarded? I don't see where to put a code in on amazon.
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Chkn said:
Have to be in the checkout screen where you choose shipping and input the address.
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Sometimes there is a box on the product page to click on to apply a coupon or add the code, but otherwise it is in the in the payment section:
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Lee said:
Solidworks for makers $38 for 12 months.

discover.solidworks.com

3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers

3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers
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Just a heads up. I tried the maker's version, and I'd recommend doing some web searching on reviews for it as well. It is a dumpster fire, and their customer service is lacking in regards to the maker's version as well. I've used SW since version 2007, and Creo/Pro/E since 1998, so I'm not just rating it as a newb struggling to learn CAD.

You can't mix files between regular SW and maker's also.

YMMV
 
chumly2071 said:
Just a heads up. I tried the maker's version, and I'd recommend doing some web searching on reviews for it as well. It is a dumpster fire, and their customer service is lacking in regards to the maker's version as well. I've used SW since version 2007, and Creo/Pro/E since 1998, so I'm not just rating it as a newb struggling to learn CAD.

You can't mix files between regular SW and maker's also.

YMMV
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Just sharing the deal. It's for sure neutered, even at $38 I'm not a customer.

I started out on SW '07 too, I miss it. Transitioned from AutoCad '02, with a brief, painful, dreadful experience with BobCad in between.

I've been trying to push FreeCAD on this community for ~2 years now. It's the best, cheap/free, legal, option I've found yet. I like Onshape, it's really powerful and more polished than FreeCAD, I like that it doesn't require a workstation, but you need an internet connection and for the free version you're sharing all of your files with EVERYONE. I'm not building super secret squirrel stuff, but I don't really want to share my files.

Siemens' Solid Edge looks promising. Their Maker's version is free. I've just taught myself FreeCAD's ecosystem and have accepted its nuances and quirks to the point that I'm cofortable and fairly proficent. I need to step out of my comfort zone, get Solid Edge installed, and give it a whirl.

Free CAD Software for Hobbyists and Makers | Solid Edge | Siemens

Eligible hobbyists and makers can apply for free access to software and resources through our Solid Edge startup program with one-year subscriptions.
solidedge.siemens.com

My newest "Russian" version of SW is '11, and it does more than I've ever needed it to do. Just happens to be on a dead laptop, hard to use that way.
 
A guy I work with uses Solid Edge and really likes it. He and I had a discussion about free or cheap CAD software and that's what he recommended. he spent years in a cooperate big money version of SolidWorks and said there was a little bit of a user interface learning curve but overall he was happy.
 
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chumly2071 said:
Just a heads up. I tried the maker's version, and I'd recommend doing some web searching on reviews for it as well. It is a dumpster fire, and their customer service is lacking in regards to the maker's version as well. I've used SW since version 2007, and Creo/Pro/E since 1998, so I'm not just rating it as a newb struggling to learn CAD.

You can't mix files between regular SW and maker's also.

YMMV
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I've done it no problem. I had to last minute edit a bunch of files at home on Sunday and it worked fine.
 
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