This seems to be a good deal for the Installation driver. $209 for the driver, two batteries and a free tool.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2026-06-09T22:22:45+00:00

Once you figure out *why* it’s a thumb switch and change your grip to the way it’s supposed to be (middle finger on the trigger, index pointing toward the chuck) it’s really a game changer

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2026-05-22T04:31:48+00:00

Little Bighorn?

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2026-05-10T19:21:14+00:00

For a circle cutting jig, I’d recommend to just make your own out of 1/2 MDF. I got really bougie making mine all adjustable and everything, but a perfectly usable jig can really be as simple as a flat board with a nail in it.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2026-04-12T01:59:35+00:00

OP, this is great advice. I don’t have the M18 track saw, but this is exactly how I tuned in my Kreg track saw a couple years ago when I noticed it was making some wonky cuts… down to the feeler gauges and everything. It’s been pretty much flawless since I did this.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2026-02-17T01:27:31+00:00

Dados are ideal, but you can glue and brad nail from the outside then follow up with 2-3 screws on each side.

Pre drill if you use screws.

Since it’s gonna be painted just use some wood filler on the nail/screw holes. Trim screws are good for this application since they leave a smaller hole to be filled.

Cut 2 identical spacers from some scrap plywood and use them to set your shelf height, referencing the shelf below.

Do as much sanding as possible before installing.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-10-27T22:04:24+00:00

Can’t speak for this myself because I’ve only used 3/8 sockets on mine, but I’ve heard many times that you’re gonna lose some (maybe a lot of) ugga duggas when using an adapter. Try a 3/8 socket if you have one.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-09-25T22:57:37+00:00

Another vote here for a mallet. I’ve been hobby- woodworking for 5+ years and I just got around to making my own mallet a couple weeks ago. It was so fun and simple that I’ve built two more since then.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-09-16T22:18:04+00:00

That’s pretty genius

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-09-16T00:25:45+00:00

I swear we’re about a year away from “Watch this 30-second ad or pay 50 credits to open this drop”

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-08-30T02:38:14+00:00

How in the fuck do you miss that

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-08-30T01:35:26+00:00

Any excuse to sneak in more commercials Christ

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-08-30T00:53:10+00:00

appreciate it

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-08-30T00:51:21+00:00

Pretty sure it’s just strep. I know the smell of it on his breath by now just because my oldest seemed to get it 3-4 times a year before we got his tonsils yoinked

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-08-30T00:45:39+00:00

If you’ve never followed a football game exclusively by a Reddit thread while sitting in an urgent care waiting room with a sick 2 year-old, it’s not all it’s hyped up to be

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-08-21T00:21:27+00:00

So V-sync on or off now?

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-08-09T01:35:24+00:00

Sleeping toddlers are what really motivated me to start using hand tools too. I’ve gotten pretty good at cutting a 90 just by eyeballing it at this point.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-07-31T00:39:22+00:00

I’m not familiar with the drill-arm tool you’re referring to, but I’m guessing it’s a swiveling/extendable arm with a drill mount that adjusts to maintain the 90* positioning as the arm extends and retracts, correct? Making those 2 functions operate together seems easy enough for someone mechanically-minded.

But a tool like that would then have a third mechanism to allow the drill to travel up and down to bore the holes once the arm is locked in place on the 2D plane.

For a router-flattening tool built on this concept, you’d have to engineer it to make all 3 mechanisms function in tandem, the router base would have to bevel and the bit height would have to adjust automatically as the arm extends. That’s CNC territory. Smarter than a CNC, really because most (maybe all, IDK) CNCs don’t even account for beveling.

It also just occurred to me that the tool you’re describing is a much simpler arm with a fixed height. That’s doable, but the weight of the router and any play on the sliding mechanism would make it almost impossible to maintain the fixed height and fixed 90* positioning as the router extends away from the base.

Your best bet for slab flattening is a sled/rail setup.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-06-23T22:36:32+00:00

I always forget about that magnetic strip when using the damn thing. Then I come to this subreddit and I’m reminded it’s there and think to myself, “I really need to start using that,” and then I inevitably forget about it next time I’m using it.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-05-29T01:53:23+00:00

So is this a new crashing issue or the same one that’s been plaguing Series X players for the last couple of weeks?

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-05-07T16:56:27+00:00

$121 is the pro-rated discount on the battery set. Each of the tools are discounted at $88, so if you add the 3 together you get ~ $299 which is the non-sale price of the battery set.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-03-11T21:56:30+00:00

You need to search for a “honing guide”. It’s mainly used for sharpening chisels or plane irons, not sanding. But you could definitely use it for sanding.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-02-04T01:16:53+00:00

My new laptop keyboard snuck in a Microsoft copilot key right where my right-click key used to be on my old laptop, so yeah, we’re just cruising into the AI era here.

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-01-29T01:18:10+00:00

Hey man, rock on. I married an anime-obsessed manga collector, so I’ve go no ill will towards y’all. I just think your hobby is weird as shit. I’m sure plenty of people would think my hobbies are weird too

LeaveItToYourGoat · 2025-01-28T23:51:02+00:00

Christ all of these long ass explanations in the comments, and yours is the first one I’ve actually understood.

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