Dennis Atwood » Tools

McMaster-Carr…

Dennis — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:21:13 +0000

…is an awesome company. (but UPS is not) If you haven’t heard of them before, go to www.mcmaster.com right now.

I ordered 3 R8 collets from them just before the holidays and UPS lost my package. The tracking showed delivered to “front door” but it never made it to my apartment. I sent an email to [...]

Jacobs chuck

Dennis — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:59:26 +0000

Sometimes you buy things from Ebay and when you open the box they’re smaller than expected. But…

Then sometimes you open the box and find a drill chuck that’s bigger than your face. Okay, not really, but I was surprised at the size of this Jacobs Super Chuck (actual name) when I got it. [...]

Really ties the shop together

Dennis — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:23:07 +0000

Harbor Freight has a sale right now, and if you’re on their email list, you probably get a new coupon just about every day. I had a 15% off coupon and “needed” some odds and ends, so I took a trip to Worcester to check out their nearest retail location. I’d been looking at horizontal band [...]

My New Toy

Dennis — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:20:29 +0000

Diving straight in like I always do, I bought a 210 Amp MIG welder to get into my new [...]