XGT SDS-MAX GRH05 rotary hammer, 4.0Ah battery, charger and blow mold case all for $475 on clearance.
I've been tempted so many times but I barely have use for an SDS-PLUS, and the cost of an SDS-MAX to SDS-PLUS adapter is just silly, so…
Not the content, but the production.
For example, #9 was Van Halen's Jump.
Not only did the song start about two seconds into the song while Alan Hunter was speaking, they timed it so the end of his speech ended just before David Lee Roth started singing.
The irony is his piece largely concerned the synthesizer open, which you could only hear faintly behind his discussion of it.
I thought surely they were just playing it so that you knew what he was talking about, and they would start the song over from the beginning.
Nope.
At least when pop DJs used to talk over instrumental opens on the radio they started the song from the beginning; did they have an intern assemble it from the voice tracks or was their automation acting up?
I've always wondered:
How do the FoH folks for the smaller stages (e.g. BMO, Miller Lite, Generac, etc.) get hired? Friends of the person who did it last year? Do they accept applications? Contractors? Rhino?
What about the other festivals, is it a gig for the season?
The AmFam Amphitheater is likely the band's own crew and gear.
Home Depot 1552, 10858 Jake Jabs Blvd, Firestone, CO 80504 still has four of the GRH05M1 1-9/16" AVT SDS-MAX Rotary Hammer kits with a 4.0 Ah battery, charger and blow mold case left for $475 (was $949), and a ½" GWT08Z mid-torque impact wrench for $190 (was $379.)
They also have two LXT XMT04Z multitools left at $135 (was $269.)
They're near the rental desk.
I have a 16-year-old Rheem gas furnace and 4 ton central air unit, both two stage, and the central air unit is beginning to have some issues that I suspect will cost me at least $1000 to fix. (Feels like a control board - when the thermostat call goes away, the outdoor compressor keeps trying to restart and shuts off every few seconds, and if I shut off the thermostat power, the compressor starts all by itself. Rheem uses relays and the board for everything so the system has no conventional "contractor." I swapped all caps and the relay from the second stage to the first as a test and the issue continues to remain with the first stage which makes me think the control board is bad.)
Given the age of the units, I'm wondering if I should just swap them out at this point for a new set as they usually estimate a 10 to 15 year lifespan, and yes, even a $4K repair is cheaper than what will probably be near $30K to swap everything, but new units may well outlast me. 😁
Given some of the issues I've had with the Rheem over time - mostly it took four tries to get a indoor evaporator coil that didn't leak coolant, although they say they're only made by two or three different factories in Mexico and they all have the same problems - I'm thinking maybe Carrier this time (or Bryant) or Trane.
I have a nice smart thermostat I like and so don't need all the Carrier tech things because I don't have dampers anyway. That makes Trane a somewhat better choice but my Dad never had issues with his Bryant, which is largely Carrier at a lower price point.
What is the general consensus here, especially for the Boulder, CO area? My neighbors all seem to have one of everything, with my next door neighbor still rocking the same R-22 central air conditioner they had when I bought this Rheem pair in 2010. 🤦♂️
The HVAC company I used for the install in 2010 and ongoing maintenance was kind of clueless on the initial install (I found out after four years they wired my two stage A/C as a ONE stage by going through the installation manual myself) and also has gotten rid of Rheem and now installs Amana.
Thanks in advance!
When I hear the thermostat click on, it says "Cooling to" and the temperature, but it doesn't show the snowflake icon behind the current indoor temperature unless both cooling stages are active.
If the thermostat just activated stage 1, it does not.
Is this expected or due to a firmware change?
Otherwise the way to know whether the equipment is running is purely grammatical.
When off the thermostat will say "Heat to" or "Cool to."
In operation it will say "Heating to" or "Cooling to," on the thermostat or in the app.
They don't say for how long.
The DCD1007WW1 contains:
This kit is $349 at Lowe's, but at Lowe's it includes a second 8Ah battery free (a “$229 value”), so if you want two 8Ah batteries, it's a better deal to get it from Lowe's as your net cost for the second 8Ah battery is only $124.01.
I watch a lot of Hallmark HD and quite often I will see motion artifacts and some blockies.
I recently spent a few days at a relative's house and was surprised by how much clearer Hallmark HD was on satellite DirecTV and there were no glitches or compression artifacts at all. Same with TCM; these days I rarely see a movie on TCM that doesn't freeze or artifact at some point during the movie.
Does DISH just compress that much more highly? All my signal levels are quite good so I don't think it's alignment.
I would ponder switching but I have two large external HDs of content hanging off my Hopper 4K which is 84% full itself (or is it the Hopper 4K itself whose interface is buggier than I've ever seen it before?)
Every year at the 1940s Ball at the Boulder Airport in Boulder, CO, the owners of aircraft and WWII vehicles need good, strong battery-powered lighting and rely upon these.
The Lowe's near me hasn't sold any of these in at least the last week for half of what eBay flippers are charging…
One of the advantages of Klein screwdrivers is the end caps let you know what the tip is so you can store them tip down in your tool bag.
When they were designing the 250 Series screwdrivers they apparently went for commemorative over functional and now you have to remember metallic blue is standard, red is Phillips, and silver is square. 🤷♂️
Lowe's - 5600 W 88th Ave, Westminster, CO
I want to get the ONE+ 18V Cordless Dual Temperature Glue Gun but don't want to spend $99 for a ONE+ starter kit or $105 for the glue gun and battery kit from Home Depot.
I can get the USB Lithium Cordless Glue Gun Kit which includes a battery, but it's single temp. I usually only need to glue one or two things so I don't need extended battery life.
Given that do you think the USB glue gun would be adequate for me?
We store our sound gear in a 1535 AIR and I used the pick and pluck foam as it's the easiest way to store some more oddly shaped items:
• Body packs where the bottom is rectangular but there is a long thin antenna on top
• Headsets
We need to store two of these, and the wireless receivers are obviously no problem.
For the foam, I cut out rectangles less than the depth of the pack so the antenna just lies horizontally atop the pick and pluck foam.
For the headsets, I made curved cutouts in the foam that nicely accommodate the head band and mic booms.
The problem is the pick and pluck foam only lasts about a year before pieces start to fall out and it otherwise begins to wear.
I'd like to use the yellow padded dividers instead, but I can't figure out how to accommodate the packs and headsets in a protective manner so that the antenna and mic booms don't get crunched when the case is carried by its top or side handles, but I don't think that's really possible without cutting something like Kaizen foam inserts, and if I have to do that I may as well get Kaizen foam and cut out slots for everything.
(Sadly, Kaizen foam doesn't last all that long, either.)
TrekPak has the same problem as the dividers, great for round objects like lenses and rectangular objects, but no way to accommodate the antennas and mic booms.
Any other suggestions?
A mix of LXT and XGT, some were display tools and have no boxes, most around 50% off.
Those XGT DC40RA charger/4.0Ah starter kits for $148 are a really nice deal.
Home Depot #1547
2440 Buckley Rd
Brighton, CO 80601
Does anyone know why Home Depot labels Milwaukee items exclusive when they can be purchased new at any Milwaukee Tool dealer (and frankly, many retailers that are not)?
I have a 2026 BRZ tS and with a whole 460 miles on it the outside edge of the left rear tire is showing some unusual wear.
I took it to my tire shop and they put in on their rack which showed the left rear toe was out of spec, causing the wear.
For that matter toe is off on both front wheels as well but it drives perfectly with no unexpected wear.
Regardless, Subaru does not consider this to be a warranty issue, even though the car is new with only 460 miles on it, and alignments are never done as part of PDI. 🤷♂️
The alignment will be around $150, which is still cheaper than a new PS4.
Pelican is now offering PACKOUT-like toolboxes with their new Crate system:
