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I'm having my panel replaced soon since it's an old PFE and will get a few 20amps installed in the garage... the panel is right outside of the garage. Then I'll do my welding in there.
Tools that used to be great
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Definitely worth it.
Good plan. Machines don't like bad power.
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Mom was the go-to for tools...
One year dad bought her the Craftsman Sabre Saw she wanted to build furniture for us kids...
Another year it was Soldering Gun and the biggest a Chain Saw... all from Sears and 50 years later still in service...
One year dad bought her the Craftsman Sabre Saw she wanted to build furniture for us kids...
Another year it was Soldering Gun and the biggest a Chain Saw... all from Sears and 50 years later still in service...
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Isn't sears the best example of tools that used to be great? All my craftsman stuff from my childhood is still running strong.
downsizingnow48
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I agree with IT that most tool reviews are uninformed BS. The Journal of Light Construction does a pretty good job I think.
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Most if not all reviews are influenced by the advertising budgets of the manufacturers. So there's no critical approach or if it is, it's super lightweight. There are so few profitable equipment publications that they can't risk having advertising dollars pulled over an objective review .
Don't ask how I know this.
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Since my background was aviation electronics/electricity the local electric contractor let me to DIY wire my home.
I exceeded code by a lot.
Used only 12 gauges everywhere, split all kitchen outlets to the extent that I have 12 breakers for kitchen alone (for 6 outlets), LOL wife can plug as many appliances as she wants anywhere.
1/2 the kitchen is wired via my generator transfer panel so we can cook anything during outages.
My shop/garage has a sub panel, again all 12 gauge and 220 for welding. Outlets every 4 ft and at waist height.
Shop lighting is on its own circuit so as to not be in the dark should I blow a breaker.
Just recently I have been switching all my lighting over to LED's.
When U buy spools of wire there is a minor difference between 12 g and 14 g.
Oh, and no aluminum wire ever for me.
GFI's where ever code required them.
I exceeded code by a lot.
Used only 12 gauges everywhere, split all kitchen outlets to the extent that I have 12 breakers for kitchen alone (for 6 outlets), LOL wife can plug as many appliances as she wants anywhere.
1/2 the kitchen is wired via my generator transfer panel so we can cook anything during outages.
My shop/garage has a sub panel, again all 12 gauge and 220 for welding. Outlets every 4 ft and at waist height.
Shop lighting is on its own circuit so as to not be in the dark should I blow a breaker.
Just recently I have been switching all my lighting over to LED's.
When U buy spools of wire there is a minor difference between 12 g and 14 g.
Oh, and no aluminum wire ever for me.
GFI's where ever code required them.
ultrarunner
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Yep... Craftsman Tools built a huge swath of America...
Dad's machinist friends bought their micrometers and calipers at Sears and work clothes and boots.
Sears Best were tools we dreamed of!
About the only thing I go out of my way to buy at Sears today are Craftsman garden hoses with lifetime warranty....
Things changed when Satisfaction Guaranteed slogan was removed from the doors.
