Time for those after Chistmas tails of new tools?

ryanbp01 · Post by **ryanbp01** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:11 pm

Well, I received a B&D Belt Sander(a.k.a. "The Dragster") from my lovely wife, along with an ottoman with a locomotive motif. The kids gave me a couple of N-scale locomotives, a PRR Railroad Police Badge. But that wasn't all. I'm a fan of "A Christmas Story". The youngest daughter gave me a Red Ryder BB gun, a jar of Ovaltine, and a box of "Ohhh Fudge".

I have worn hard contacts for years. I have to wear readers with them since going into bifocals for glasses. I have found it easier to wear the glasses and take them off for doing close-up work than wearing the contacts and using the reading glasses.

BPR

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:35 pm

john wrote:I'd go for bifocals too. I've had them for years and they are great, especially since I got the "no lines" ones that have a seamless transition from one strength to the next.

John

I had never considered bifocals as I only need glasses for reading up close…my eyes are still great at any distance and I assumed I would only get bifocals if I needed different lenses for different distances…I hadn't ever considered the possibility of clear glass for the non-reading lens portion.

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 9:39 pm

rlkeeney wrote: Setting up Amazon wish lists is the best thing I ever did. I get things I want to own instead of the usual what am I going to do with this kind of stuff.

I had thought the same thing and set up an Amazon wish list and tipped off the Mrs, not just for her but for family members who asked her what I'd want…I didn't get a damn thing off the list

My plan backfired I got stuff I really didn't need. I guess the Amazon list still serves a purpose as I guess I'll just have to buy myself some presents when I feel the urge

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:39 am

[quote="dgale"]I had thought the same thing and set up an Amazon wish list and tipped off the Mrs, not just for her but for family members who asked her what I'd want&#8230]

Perhaps you should have included step by steps instructions on how to get to your wish list. I'm guessing no one knew exactly how to do it and went off on their own.

At one time (in the good ole days) SS customer service people must have kept individual SS customer wish lists. My wife would simply call SS ask the customer service person what I wanted and ordered it. She love it and I LOVE IT! Never got duplicates and never got anything I didn't want.

Almost all my SS except the initial order was bought this way. From time to time I places orders for spare parts and things I needed right away but my jointer, my bandsaw, sharpening center, spare saw blades, table inserts, jointer knifes, Disk sand paper, velco sanding disk system, and many other things were bought by my wife as presents using the recommendations of one dear lady on Shopsmith Customer Service Line.

Often wondered why that stopped. I really don't think Shopsmith knew how really valuable their customer service people were.

reible · Post by **reible** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:05 pm

So I'm now in glasses. Got them yesterday afternoon.

This is going to take some getting use to. When I go to the window to look out at the bird feeder or just to check out the back 40 (feet), I keep trying to look over the glasses as that is how I've done it for a number of years now.

It is nice to have a clearer image where the readers ended and my normal vision started. This will be interesting when I get back to woodworking in the spring. They say it is typical to go 3 to 5 days before your eyes adjust and a little longer to get muscle memory for you to adjust to your glasses. Have to see if this is true for me.

Just another part of the aging process.

Ed

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:51 pm

In my case I adjusted overnight to bifocals. Then a few year later I got talked into the progressive lenses (no line bifocals) now that was a leaning experience.
First pair I took back and got regular bifocals.

But a number of year later they convinced me the progressives had made huge strides and that I should try them again. I did and after about a week or two I learned to live with them.

The thing that is really nice is you have a full range of optics. If you don't need anything to see 100yds you look at the top but if you need something to see at 50ft you move you eyes down a little and you have it. It keeps getting more and more power as you look down and full power kicks in right where you would normally look through the glasses to read small print.

I wear my glasses all the time and I don't know how many times they have prevented something going in my eye but the number is high. I have safety glass in them and I know had I not had them on I would have had a high number of eye injuries.

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 10:03 am

I'm with you, Ed. Mine are safety glasses, also. But, the wife want's me to wear goggles over glasses to protect the glasses. Ain't happenin'.

Ed in Tampa wrote:SNIPPED
I wear my glasses all the time and I don't know how many times they have prevented something going in my eye but the number is high. I have safety glass in them and I know had I not had them on I would have had a high number of eye injuries.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:15 pm

Gene Howe wrote:I'm with you, Ed. Mine are safety glasses, also. But, the wife want's me to wear goggles over glasses to protect the glasses. Ain't happenin'.

Ahhh, but the 'goggles' likely provide protection from the sides also.

I have done the mask/goggle scene, but am more likely to get in the habit of not 'blinking' when incoming is observed while wearing them.

I think that is NOT a good habit to acquire.

Probably better than my 'habit' of not wearing anything!

I am in the habit of keeping my eyes out of potential debris paths.

I know! Tempting fate am I!;)

letterk · Post by **letterk** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:38 pm

Db5 is correct about the cheap online glasses. Sometime you hit the mark and pick good looking frames, sometimes you don't. I had heard Clark Howard talk about Zenni and did the test with the $5 glasses. They worked fine, but the $5 glare coating is worth it. With the online prices, you can afford to pick a bad frame once in a while.

If you want to spend a little more and get nicer frames, plus all the options you have a hard time paying more than $75-$100 online. That includes thinner lenses, the coatings, the auto darkening lenses.

Ok, as for tools, I got a battery powered circular saw so I can breakdown lumber in the parking lot of the lumberyard or my backyard quickly. Also got a belt sander to replace the cheap one I bought to do a counter top. Tracking went bad on the old one and the belt started cutting into the sander itself.

db5 · Post by **db5** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 9:24 pm

[quote="JPG40504"]
I know! Tempting fate am I!]

Close but no cigar. Had you said, "Tempting fate I am" you would have been dead on for Yoda. Syntax is everything if you want to become a JEDI KNIGHT:

Just
Encumbered
Directional
Interference

Knowing
Nothing
Informative
God how I
Hate
This

I have a bad feeling about this.