u/Dry-Quantity3763

Once upon a time, while receiving secondary technical education in woodworking machines, I did an internship with some classmates at a carpentry company. She was doing all the really woodwork made of valuable wood... it was really interesting. There was almost no chipboard cabinet furniture.

So, the first screwdriver I was entrusted with collecting pullout boxes was DeWalt. Oh, cool stuff... with a nickel-cadmium battery... it was totally cool for me back then.

After graduating from woodworking, I went looking for a place to get a profile and work on machine tools. I didn't look for very long, there were decent choices, and I've worked in a few places for a while.

And now, I finally came to a company where I stayed for a long time. I did work with the machines for my first half day at the new company, but then they took me to the assembly shop and put me in charge of helping assemble chipboard furniture... starting to spin drawers and cabinets. We were packing the kitchen. Naturally, I messed up a couple of parts: I drilled into the end at an angle, marked the boxes wrong, and drilled extra holes too.

Anyway, that day, I met Makita... And a few years later, working for another company as a assembler, I even bought myself this Makita and thought it was beautiful. She was really beautiful... I worked for a long time without breaking down. My partner and I had Makitas, and the next brigade had Bosch next to us. My partner and I poked fun at times with Bosch screwdrivers from the next brigade.

Years have passed, and what?

I've been a Bosch lover myself for a long time. I love the variety of his instrument lines, the ergonomics... And then there's the color.

I want to thank Bosch for the beautiful cold blue color. He's very cool.

And how many more beautiful tools from Bosch that you'd like to buy!

And let me remind you that I'm still waiting for a 12W drill)

It's been a while since I looked into what Rotring has in stock. In fact, I wasn’t particularly interested before... I was only interested in icon painters. Today I saw a cool Tikki 3-in-1 multi-function pen in my feed. I went to check it out. ... I mean, I went online to find out more about her.

And somehow one thing led to another and I’m already looking through the rest of the Rotring range. In general, sexy colors or their combinations are ready for yourself at Rotring.

These 4 pens have absolutely gorgeous colors and combinations)

🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎 Very appetizing... From my point of view, which is always looking for beauty. In any case, this is a subjective assessment, I understand.

If I could afford them, I would definitely buy them. Although, I haven't drawn anything for a long time. And they would just lie there idle, for beauty and to amuse my heavenly ego as a lover, so that I could have everything I like)

By the way, I would also buy a multi-pen)) As well as pills for greed.

What's their special feature? They have the same body as the other models. I don't get it. I've never held such an expensive pencil in my hand...Well, except for the Apple Pencil.

Well, I don’t even know how comfortable these 800 series pencils/pens are.

Decided to share my experience in connecting a separator and a vacuum cleaner, like I beat it at home.

Once upon a time, in 2012, I bought this Kärcher, like a normal vacuum cleaner for collecting construction debris and dust/sawdust during renovations in the apartment. It was okay until a few years later, in YouTube, when I saw a video about vacuum cleaner separators and realized how cool it was. One problem: I haven't met a small version anywhere. So when I finally came across a website available to me and at an affordable price a few more years later, I bought it right away. While the separator was coming to me for a few days, I started thinking about how to attach it to my Kärcher.

Turns out, it's not that simple!

It was a good experience for me until I figured out then what I should do, but it wasn't enough either. Because before that, I'd tried using all sorts of containers, like paint buckets, but they all just crunched up inside themselves as soon as I turned on the vacuum cleaner.

While driving through the construction markets, I finally found a white plastic can, and when I saw this can in the market, it seemed to me a fairly suitable size and durable, adhering beautifully to the vacuum cleaner, had neat small dimensions, and seemed strong enough for the vacuum created by the vacuum cleaner... but still, that wasn't enough - the walls were buckling a little inward. But it was no longer critical.

Anyway, I left everything as the last photo and forgot about it for a while. It seems like the problem has been solved - the garbage is absorbed and separated almost completely, and more importantly, I stopped changing the bags once a week or more.

It seemed like a victory, but no.

Another difficulty came out: when filling the can with construction debris (and the concrete debris is heavy), the bucket began to overwhelm, and the vacuum cleaner fell over from time to time if pulled sharply, and this happened repeatedly during repairs. So, after thinking and suffering for a while, I finally formulated the following difficulties: the walls of the can buckle, when filling the can, it easily overturns the vacuum cleaner, plus a bit of sloppy everything is executed on a piece of plywood.

He grabbed a pencil and sketched how and what to do to fix the remaining flaws, and not very expensive.

The first task. I bought 10 mm thick acrylic, cut two circles larger than the lid in diameter, and connected the separator and the lid. Done, the first hack is fixed.

The second task turned out to be a little more difficult, strengthening the body. I bought a construction black bucket, I needed a strong side wall. I cut a long sheet of it in the right size and put it inside the can, so a double wall appeared inside.

Next, in order to fasten both walls and further strengthen the strength, he acquired two millimeter-thick stainless steel strips and, after drilling holes in them, gradually began this amazing installation inside a narrow container. It was, of course, also a pleasure! But he barely managed.

I did everything on the floor, without workbench or fixers. I'm not saying I don't have it, but in the apartment, after years of self-renovation, I really loved cleanliness — that's one, and the higher from the floor what you do, the farther pieces of garbage fly from this place. And two is something that I'm lazy to keep taking out and cleaning up the workbench and other supplies. It's better to suffer a little. And as they say, if you suffer for a long time, something will work out.

On the Knee doesn't always have to do something, but often... maybe someone will understand me. Of course, in my workshop with a stationary workbench, it's always more convenient to do something, so I'm all for comfort if anything.

Anyway, I can't remember exactly how those torments went through there to install the second wall and two additional stainless steel ribbons inside the can. In the end, the work was successfully done, its walls acquired the necessary stiffness, and the container began to weigh almost a kilogram.

By the way, I'm even more worried because I used stainless steel for a reason, and I also bought all the mixed metal from stainless steel. Just in case it doesn't rust. And I've had experiences with rust before. All in all, it's done.

The third task is the easiest. He picked up metal corners, attached rubber rollers to them, and then attached them to metal plates, which were the base on which the can was mounted. It's really beautiful now.

The product is finished. Thank you for your attention.

I hope this isn't off-topic.

I enjoyed working with high-quality tools.

I started using them around 2016. Photo from 2018 when I made the organizer stand.

But now I haven't used these pens for a long time.

In general, I like to fix everything at home myself, and on top of that I’m a perfectionist. Once upon a time, I learned what quality is, and then I understood what it means. And then, later, I fell in love with instruments and became a toolaholic.

And this is not curable))))

But in my opinion, it’s better than an addiction to games/alcohol/smoking/etc.)

(Sorry, I re-uploaded it because the photo was displayed in poor quality)

In general, I like to fix everything at home myself, and on top of that I’m a perfectionist. Once upon a time, I learned what quality is, and then I understood what it means. And then, later, I fell in love with instruments and became a toolaholic.

And this is not curable))))

But in my opinion, it’s better than an addiction to games/alcohol/smoking/etc.)

The rivets in the folding bed were definitely not made of aluminum. Diameter about 5 mm. The instrument is expensive, of course, but overall it fulfilled its mission. It's unlikely that anyone else could have coped. Upd. It was necessary to remove the rivets without dust and noise.

In general, I understand that this is temporary. Because over time, and the more actively you use them or just carry them in your pocket, the heat-shrink handles fall off... Unfortunately. But in general it's normal.