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To put you all out of your misery - I know you've been waiting all week for the update - here is the washing line fixing.

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It was a good game of guess what it is, well storm prove at that depth

I mean our garden does get some savage wind.

But yeah I can definitely imagine whoever put it there posting on a forum about how it wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Why not power one continuous run with one LED driver?

Another paint question:

What’s the best product to use for painting stairs (treads and risers)? Obvs gotta be very hard wearing and washable. Ideally easily available mixed in RAL colours.

Gonna be doing a lot of wood cutting soon, any recommendations for a track saw? Was going to buy a milwaukee as I have all the batteries and stuff but festool seems to be a better option apparently.

I've watched a few YouTube videos so I know what I'm talking about.....

But seriously, I've even seen a few festool fanbois saying that if they were buying a tracksaw again, they wouldn't necessarily go for festool. They still reckon it's the best but not worth the premium. With a bit of set up, even the budget saws are able to get good, repeatable cuts. I have a Titan, and once I worked out the way to remove play in the track (that's one thing the festool does out of the box, apparently), it has been great. Biggest difference I found was just using the right blade for the cut. Low tooth count for just making one piece of wood into two pieces of wood, high count (I have an 80 tooth blade) for anything that needs to be nice. The saw marks are barely visible on a careful 80t cut.

Tl;Dr, I would go Milwaukee. I'd love a cordless saw track saw.

Mafell for the brags? Whatever you can find for the wins.

Do you need battery? Cordless has uses but corded if diying in the garden, just works without the concern of losing power mid cut

Good work!

I just never buy anything corded if I can afford it now, not that I have millions of power tools because I dont.

I have a drill, impact,grinder and a multi tool as thats all I need to do most jobs.

Again from watching YouTube, one thing I'd double check before any purchase is track cross compatibility. My understanding is that you can use lots of saws from brand x, with brand y's tracks, but some have fittings that prevent this.

Worth looking at just in case Milwaukee's long or replacement tracks have especially egregious pricing.

Otherwise if you're not price constrayed I'd go with what you have batteries for.

In the long term I don't think the cordless tools are worth the hassle. I have the Mafell corded and Festool corded. If you are using a track saw you need dust extraction just to keep the blade housing clear of debris so you're going to have a hoover and power nearby most of the time amyway.

I would look for a second hand corded Mafell MT55 or Festool TS55. Mafell works on the Festool tracks and they keep their value if you come to sell them.

Yeah for sure, was the same on the rip saw when I use one just though about a tracksaw as Im going to be making cabinet for something new and dont want to fuck about myself and get shit off.

Might end up just buying the milwaukee

so you're going to have a hoover and power nearby most of the time amyway

You are infinitely more qualified than me but I FUCKING HATE when the power cord of the track saw gets hung up on the edge of the track and I have to stop mid cut to free it. I find that this doesn't happen with the dust hose anywhere near as much. It is also very likely that if I used it more I would be more used to making sure it was in a position to not get caught when I'm about to make the cut.

See thats similar to my thoughts when coring a hole and the lead for the drill is in the way.

Maybe festool has some magic levitating cord or fucking magnets or some shit that just makes sense. But the cord of my cheap Titan catching on the sharp end of the track is probably my only real gripe with it. That and me not properly setting it up before my first cut and ruining the zero clearance strip. I might one day get around to replacing that.

Tape cord to hose?

Y’all need internal cable routing

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Limiting/faff. I have a basic draper wet&dry vac that I stick on to rubber adaptors that are on all the tools that might need dust extraction.

Dreamy

Do you need battery?

I find corded stuff adds so much overhead it pushes a difficult job in to the 'why should I fucking bother' territory. Straw, camels back etc. But that's just me.

Cool idea getting the power cable to behave like a dust extraction hose though, i.e. rigid and large enough just get out the fucking way.

FWIW I have the MW tack saw and rails. Ended up getting the individual bits from a couple of different suppliers as it worked out a fair amount cheaper. It's brilliant and it is usable without extraction but obvs. extraction is far better. The rails aren't cheap, but they are nicely annodized...

This is very neat. Well done.

tool talk is so much better than someone actually wanting to do something

Needs more info (existing paint & condition). It's usually done 4-5" in for a runner carpet - standard oil eggshell even full gloss is fine, trendy would be scuffx (benjamin moore) - tbh i really wouldn't worry about what the paint is (designer brands will not mix to ral) more can you handle it for the finish you want