Snagged Some New Grizzly Tools For My Shop

Well congrats, Nice job by the HD Manager, You got some good tools, now if the wife comes out to the shop wearing her t-shirt——-that is your Q to go into the house….

-- What we do in life will Echo through Eternity........

Congrats….you made quite a purchase! All the reports I’ve heard about the new 1023RL have been positive….hope it all goes well. You do realize that you’re now obligated by LJ law to post pics!

-- Happiness is like wetting your pants...everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth....

This makes me want to hang out with @WoodNDust in his shop while all the new “toys” show up and are tuned up! Color me green!

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

Gshepherd – LOL! Thank God I’m young enough to be so lucky, still have a spring in my step.

knotscott – Pics coming as soon as my purchases start arriving.

HorizontalMike – Come on up! Wisconsin is nice this time of year. Toys are a comin’. I’m following my tracking info. Funny thing is that my order finalized yesterday morning and shipped last night. That’s a fast turn around. I’m glad that I got good advice from you and folks like you this past week to order and not wait for a better deal. I think this deal turned out just fine. Thanks.

So, I finalized my order on Monday, 9/24, at 9:45 am. Grizzly sent me six email between 9:56 pm and 10:02 pm on 9/24, confirming that everything had shipped. That’s fast.

Then today (Tuesday, 9/25) I received a call from each of two shippers, confirming delivery of my tools. One batch arrives on Wednesday, 9/26, and balance arrives on Thursday, 9/27.

Is this fast or what?

…”HorizontalMike – Come on up! Wisconsin is nice this time of year. Toys are a comin’…”

Can’t do this time. I did visit my sister up in Burlington a couple of years ago, and before that as well. So I have managed to spend and entire Fall there back in 2008, and had a great time. Many memories. Thanks for the invite.

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

”...Can’t do this time…”

Awwww, Mike! LOL. Well it’s going to be fun.

Today, the first shipment arrived – ambient air cleaner and cast iron router table extension. Now, I need to begin looking at a router for this table, something with table access to the height adjustment. I also need to begin looking at how I’m going to drill the holes for the table top access to router adjustment and the holes in the other cast iron table saw wing so I can attach this router table to it. As you guessed it, I don’t own a drill press. Maybe I need to order a drill press now?

Funny thing. I thought my t-shirts would be here already.

Not sure why you would need a drill press, unless you just need an excuse to justify it to the wife :). Cast iron drills very easily with a hand drill, just use a bit of oil for lubrication.

-- Rex

You’re right about the drilling fairly easy, though I’m not about to make some sloppy holes in my brand new router table or table saw. For me it’s about clean, precise holes. I’m considering a drill guide for my hand drill. Though, I wouldn’t mind just getting a drill press. Considering that tool prices have been increasing each year for the past several years, buying as many large tools as I can afford right now would save me money in the long haul.

Honestly, I’m not trying to talk myself into a drill press!

You’re a lucky man , woodndust! I advice you better keep your wife away from the shop. lol

-- "someone has to be wounded for others to be saved, someone has to sacrifice for others to feel happiness, someone has to die so others could live"

Surfside – thanks. Though I feel fortunate, the truth is that I’ve been saving for these tools for a very long time. Finally I found some tools that have gotten good reviews from satisfied customers from LJ. Then my wife said, “Seems you found the tools you really like. Perhaps you should order them while they’re on sale.” I thought about it a couple more weeks and then decided to take the plunge.

Some more stuff arrived today – Shop Fox mobile base/base extension and some t-shirts. The wife called me to tell me since I was working to afford these darn tools.

Tool gloat it is! Great scores!

Then my wife said, “Seems you found the tools you really like. Perhaps you should order them while they’re on sale.” I thought about it a couple more weeks and then decided to take the plunge.

Whoa!!!!!!!!!! Got the ok from the wife and you took a couple of weeks to think about it…... We need to talk…..

Now to the small stuff, drilling is cast iron is not all that bad if you have some center punches…... You don’t have to hit all that hard but just enough to get a small dimple and medium speed on your bit, oil and take your time.

Now what works well is the breakfast in bed, with the Honey, since I got so many tools from Grizzly, they have offered to extend me a special price on a Drill press but we have to order now…. So while she is eating her corn flakes order the drill press… Send Pics

-- What we do in life will Echo through Eternity........

Rex: …”Not sure why you would need a drill press, unless you just need an excuse to justify it to the wife :)....”

Dag namit Rex! Dusty’s wife mighta been readin’ over his shoulder when you said that! He didn’t mean it Dusty, honest.

;-)

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

Fishinbo – does it sound like gloat? Really? I hope not too much.

Gshepherd – I spent some time in a machine shop during my working years. The cast is fairly straight forward. I would like to get a nice 90 degree hole with a very slight chamfer at both ends of the hole to take off the burr and give a nice finish look to it. I looked at a drill guide online. I’m going to head over to the store tomorrow to check it out. If it will fit on my drill reasonably well, I might give it a go. We’ll just have to see it first. If I get that drill press, though, I’ll definitely post the pics.

HorizontalMike – LOL!!