http://www.milescraft.com/product/1205.html
http://xrl.us/offsetbase
That's right, two dollars & fifty cents, at Lowes on clearance.
This thing has some really cool features, like snapping on and off the
offset base and guide bushings that pop on and off.
This isn't exactly Festool, but I'm sure it would do great for a
hobbyist... heck, for $2.50, the centering bit is worth it, if only for
the fact that it's a tapered one.
I'm going to keep this thing as a spare for out-of-shop jobs.
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
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On 3/31/2010 5:23 PM LDosser spake thus:
> "-MIKE-" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> On 3/31/10 4:00 PM, LDosser wrote:
>>
>>> My Lowes has it for $40, but I already own one! They Are very good and
>>> at $2.50 a definite steal.
>>
>> For what it's worth, it shows up for 40 bucks on the store website where I
>> got it, too.
>> Might be worth a trip to the local store for anyone else interested.
>
> Was out and about. Local Lowes had one left for $9.98. Thought about it for
> a while and figured I really needed one on the extra router and 75% off was
> pretty decent. At the self check the machine wouldn't take the sale sticker
> and told me to seek help. Since help didn't seem available, I snagged the
> kid in the Lowes uniform. He messed with the sales tag a couple times and
> got the same reaction I did. Then he tried the bar code on the back. It said
> $4.99. Kid didn't like that, so he whipped through again and again the
> machine said $4.99. H was going for the tri-fecta when I 'jokingly'
> mentioned I'd have to bash him with my cane if the price came up higher than
> $4.99. I slipped a five in the cash slot and departed with receipt, penny
> change and router base.
But you got cheated outta $2.49!
--
You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it.
- a Usenet "apology"
On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 23:24:53 -0700, the infamous "LDosser"
<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "LDosser" wrote:
>>
>>> We pay a premium for living here.
>> ------------------------------
>> So when did you move to SoCal?
>
>Actually a lot of it moved here starting around 1973.
That's absurd. Nobody moves _from_ CA _to_ Iowa. It's widely known
that the culture shock would frizzle even the stoutest psyche.
--
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change.
-- Charles Darwin
"-MIKE-" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> http://www.milescraft.com/product/1205.html
> http://xrl.us/offsetbase
>
> That's right, two dollars & fifty cents, at Lowes on clearance.
>
> This thing has some really cool features, like snapping on and off the
> offset base and guide bushings that pop on and off.
>
> This isn't exactly Festool, but I'm sure it would do great for a
> hobbyist... heck, for $2.50, the centering bit is worth it, if only for
> the fact that it's a tapered one.
>
> I'm going to keep this thing as a spare for out-of-shop jobs.
>
>
> --
>
> -MIKE-
>
> "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
> --Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
> --
> http://mikedrums.com
> [email protected]
> ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply
>
My Lowes has it for $40, but I already own one! They Are very good and at
$2.50 a definite steal.
On 3/31/10 4:00 PM, LDosser wrote:
>
> My Lowes has it for $40, but I already own one! They Are very good and
> at $2.50 a definite steal.
For what it's worth, it shows up for 40 bucks on the store website where
I got it, too.
Might be worth a trip to the local store for anyone else interested.
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply
"-MIKE-" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 3/31/10 4:00 PM, LDosser wrote:
>>
>> My Lowes has it for $40, but I already own one! They Are very good and
>> at $2.50 a definite steal.
>
> For what it's worth, it shows up for 40 bucks on the store website where I
> got it, too.
> Might be worth a trip to the local store for anyone else interested.
>
Was out and about. Local Lowes had one left for $9.98. Thought about it for
a while and figured I really needed one on the extra router and 75% off was
pretty decent. At the self check the machine wouldn't take the sale sticker
and told me to seek help. Since help didn't seem available, I snagged the
kid in the Lowes uniform. He messed with the sales tag a couple times and
got the same reaction I did. Then he tried the bar code on the back. It said
$4.99. Kid didn't like that, so he whipped through again and again the
machine said $4.99. H was going for the tri-fecta when I 'jokingly'
mentioned I'd have to bash him with my cane if the price came up higher than
$4.99. I slipped a five in the cash slot and departed with receipt, penny
change and router base.
"David Nebenzahl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 3/31/2010 5:23 PM LDosser spake thus:
>
>> "-MIKE-" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
> >
>>> On 3/31/10 4:00 PM, LDosser wrote:
>>>
>>>> My Lowes has it for $40, but I already own one! They Are very good and
>>>> at $2.50 a definite steal.
>>>
>>> For what it's worth, it shows up for 40 bucks on the store website where
>>> I got it, too.
>>> Might be worth a trip to the local store for anyone else interested.
>>
>> Was out and about. Local Lowes had one left for $9.98. Thought about it
>> for a while and figured I really needed one on the extra router and 75%
>> off was pretty decent. At the self check the machine wouldn't take the
>> sale sticker and told me to seek help. Since help didn't seem available,
>> I snagged the kid in the Lowes uniform. He messed with the sales tag a
>> couple times and got the same reaction I did. Then he tried the bar code
>> on the back. It said $4.99. Kid didn't like that, so he whipped through
>> again and again the machine said $4.99. H was going for the tri-fecta
>> when I 'jokingly' mentioned I'd have to bash him with my cane if the
>> price came up higher than $4.99. I slipped a five in the cash slot and
>> departed with receipt, penny change and router base.
>
> But you got cheated outta $2.49!
We pay a premium for living here.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "LDosser" wrote:
>
>> We pay a premium for living here.
> ------------------------------
> So when did you move to SoCal?
>
Actually a lot of it moved here starting around 1973.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> ""LDosser" wrote:
>> Actually a lot of it moved here starting around 1973.
> -------------------------------
> How's that moss growing between your toes coming along?
>
> Lew
Keeps the feet warm ...
"Larry Jaques" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 23:24:53 -0700, the infamous "LDosser"
> <[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>
>>"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> "LDosser" wrote:
>>>
>>>> We pay a premium for living here.
>>> ------------------------------
>>> So when did you move to SoCal?
>>
>>Actually a lot of it moved here starting around 1973.
>
> That's absurd. Nobody moves _from_ CA _to_ Iowa. It's widely known
> that the culture shock would frizzle even the stoutest psyche.
Those that got this far north had one hell of a shock. They got here during
one of the dry decades ...