Track saw

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sandy wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 11:47 am Seems a lot of money to spend on a job that can be done with a 4ft level a pencel & tape measure. :D
That’s how I did it in the past but once you use a track saw it is a whole level of accuracy better. Mine came with two 1.5m tracks that can be linked together I can now split an 8’ X 4’ sheet of ply length ways with a high degree of accuracy something impossible to do with my previous professional circular saw certainly with any kind of accuracy.

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There is never a reason not to buy a tool of any type.
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Walkingthedog wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:18 pm There is never a reason not to buy a tool of any type.

Totally agree :D

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The results of my labours.

Image2022-01-10_02-13-23 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

You can never have enough tools, but equally, you can never have enough sheds to store them in. :D
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Good Job. By the way Steve, your paint shaker, is it any good?
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If you have a garden then it is regulation to have a shed or two, or three never throw anything away, store it in a shed. A week after you have thrown something away you can guarantee you will need it.

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Correct. For years I had a single 15 inch hinge in my workshop/shed and decided finally to get rid of it, what good is a single hinge. Next day the bin was emptied and that afternoon the bottom hinge on the shed snapped. No comment.
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Walkingthedog wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 2:51 pm Good Job. By the way Steve, your paint shaker, is it any good?
It works well for the dropper bottles, but I also add two small ball bearings to each bottle to act as agitators - same principle as ‘rattle can’ sprays.
For the few pots of paint that I have, I use one of those paint stirring machines - like a whisk.

The shaker is a very cheap nail varnish shaker from Amazon - be careful when choosing one as some are in very effeminate colors. :)
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Effeminate colours indeed. I’ll look out for them.
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Tricky Dicky wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:22 pm
Walkingthedog wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:18 pm There is never a reason not to buy a tool of any type.

Totally agree :D

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There is one reason. Cash shortage. :D
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