[ February 12, 2002: Message edited by: Michael Boone ]

Are we allowed to say volvo on the internet?

Hey, we paint our floor every 4-5 years. We use epoxy floor paint. Holds up great. Stinks like heck when you put it on but it sure does hold up great. Looks good too. Keeps the dust down to a minimum... We are due to repaint this summer. Oh joy.

I have an oval compass I made. That and the regular 18" compass I made... Don't use them as much as I used to but they sure are handy...

We love the taping machine we made ourselves. Patterned after another one, it works awesomely. Don't know how we lasted so long without one.

I have a 10 foot extension cord, too. I use it an awful lot. It has seen better days but I just can't bear to part with it. Someday...

I like my electo-pounce, too. It doesn't get the use that it once did but I would never part with it. Way too handy to have.

I don't Do floors!!!!!!

Or Toe-foo...for that matter.......

btw...Happy bee-lateed Bee-day...tried to call ya...were you hiding from me??????

Did you experiment with it on anything else?

Oh, wait... I don't think I wanna know the answer to THAT one...

When I had my shop, a few things I REALLY liked were my hand-made, stacking sawhorses; snipper-thingie for cutting edging for alumacor (to wrap around the corners); weber-tool and trusty-dusty palm sander.

And I DIDN'T try to take off warts with any of 'em!

[ February 12, 2002: Message edited by: Dana Bowers ]

One of my favorite tools. An old bar stool with the lazy susan-bearing-thingy and a platform on top for spray-painting signs. I just spin it around to paint all four sides.

Cordless drill: The greatest invention of the 20th century.

Portable drum sander: a big time saver

Drywall T-square

Roller stand made from scrap plywood and a rolling pin.

I figure that owning a Volvo in Sweden is like owning a Chevy here... I got nothing against them... My parents had 145 wagon. I learned how to drive in that car. It drove nice but broke expensive... bummer.

I forgot about my nifty hydraulic stool. It is great. We have had the ones in our shop for about 7 years now.

Gotta run... Dana has dinner ready. Fishstick sandwiches w/ cheese... mmmmmmm good eatin'!

Adrienne is telling the truth about trying to call you for your birthday. She was in the car with me and we were seriously lost in the wilderness of Southern Los Angeles at about 9:30 at night. I'm trying my damnedest to try and figure out where were and Adrienne decides to catch up on her phone calls!!!

Only kidding A!

Many are the simple ones or homemade for that special purpose.

We have some six wheel carts 2' X 6' they have two six inch fixed wheels in the middle and a swivel wheel on each corner. They are great fpr any job and literally hold TONS of stuff. I welded up a couple of L brackets that slide into the tubing ends to hold up to 50 sheets of plywood. They have many many miles on them from when we did that 5 year mall job.

We have three large upright red metal tool boxes with all those nifty drawer. They are full of tools. These are on good quality castors of course.

Same goes with all our tools including our welders, table saws, everything come to think of it... they all have heavy duty castors and welded steel frames under them.

Cordless tools are the wonder technoligy of the day. I have a bunch and love them. With all those corless tools a charging bench with multiple plugs are the order of the day too.

And I second the votes for the electrical cords of the right length. I can't have enough of them either as I hate to change cords when I change tools.

We have built our own hydraulic bender for steel. Commercial ones cost a fortune so we built our own. It tool a while to get it right and we are currently making our third version. It doubles as a very powerful automatic vice when the need arises.

Don't ya just love tools!

I don't have a Volvo though. Don't want one either. I do like my new Dodge Dakota though. It's my favorite new tool.

My favorite machine is our big scroll bender for brackets. The thing is medieval! It was designed and built by Dom Barravecchia back in 1970, and will bend up to half-inch by two inch mild steel - cold! We call it the DOMinator. That and the other cool tools for metalworking have been great.

BTW, Connecticut has a severe volvo infestation, which goes hand in hand with its ever-increasing population of yuppies, overpaid municipal workers, and Democrats.

[ February 13, 2002: Message edited by: Cam Bortz ]

Volvo owners in Ct. tend to be conformists; they have government or corporate careers, belong to the PTA, serve on various Town committees, and vote Democratic. Of course being a Democrat in Ct. is not the same as in New York or California; Connecticut Democrats are of the palest dusty rose color, you have to go to Boston, New York or California to find some of the more vibrant shades of pink. They are not "rich" just comfortable; the Volvo isn't a display of money, it's a symbol of conformity. The genuinely well-to-do drive Saabs, Beemers and Benzes, though most of them keep a Volvo wagon around to haul the kids to the yacht club for Wednesday nite regattas. There are rich people who show off their wealth, but not many - most of them try to blend in, and not be too ostentateous. You can't blame them; the state tax structure soaks them as hard as possible, and if they show off the taxes go up.

Volvo's in Sweden are called tractors, and are not seen in the same light as in CT, I have a 945 Turbo station wagon, but they are classed as boring cars, but safe, and useful for families as you said, but without any status I know that if I was to hit a moose or go off the road in the winter here I would prefer to do it in my Volvo rather than my Chevy pick-up, I am fond of my old truck too.

Michael asked about Volvo tables...they make most things up here,

Here's a super modern intercooled Volvo bandsaw