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Saw an ad on Craiglist for lots of tools in Muskogee, so I stopped by and got an air compressor with a hose, a few sanders, and a palm nailer. I was excited about the air compressor until I found out it was a cheap brand called Central Pneumatics which is a rip off of Chicago Pneumatics which makes good air tools. One of the electric sanders I got was a Chicago Electric, which is also a cheap brand from Harbor Freight.
There was a lot of air leakage around the connections on the air compressor and my heart sank a bit wondering if I just got a bunch of junk. I thought I may be able to salvage it, so I took the connectors off, stripped the Teflon tape and put a new layer on, then reattached everything. Brought the machine back up to pressure and no leaks, so I was happy. Online reviews and my aunt both said not to run them too long and let them cool off regularly. Keep them oiled well and they should work all right.
I hope to sand the floors with the sanders, build the chicken pen with the palm nailer. I also got a table saw and a drill press from my aunt Sue and I think I'm set for the summer. I have everything I need to get the house in order to live in or sell.
I suppose it's not such a bad idea to get good deals on some cheap tools for my first go around. I'll learn what I like and don't like, then I can spend good money building a set of tools. My goal with these is to get through the remodeling of the house and maybe even sell them with the house. I'm not sure if I will want to take everything on the road or not, if/when we move back to Vancouver. It may be better to travel up on the cheap and buy everything new. It'll depend on what the moving costs are going to be and we may not even have space up there to bring a lot of stuff.
We unloaded the tools from the truck, then Tara scraped the kitchen ceiling and I put the second coat of mud on the bathroom. It's ready for a light sanding and painting. I want to get a paint gun kit from Lowe's and use that. We have about 6 rooms to paint, plus the whole outside of the house. I think $55 for a paint gun isn't bad if it'll save us a lot of time. I think it will!
Update
We called Lowe's and the paint spray kit is actually for cars. We did some more research and watched some videos and a lot of them said that because of the fine mist that is blown everywhere with a paint gun, the prep time takes almost as long as the time that is saved, so we went back to thinking we will paint with rollers.
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5/21/2010 9:10:00 PM
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Went tool shopping today
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tools, home renovation, moving in
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5/21/2010 9:20:19 PM
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