Actually Canadian Tire have a few interesting items on sale this week. I am becoming a little disappointed with some of the quality though. I have a number of bar clamps I bought on sale about a year ago which I have successfully broken by squeezing too hard and as you know, I am not a big man. That is an under statement, I am a small man.
I did pick up the Accu-rip saw guide on my way home from the barber shop yesterday, probably really good value at $19.95 but at 50 bucks probably a little too much. I had hoped to do a little cutting for the carcass of the router table today but it is still snowing and although not a lot below freezing the wind is blowing like mad. very difficult on bare fingers and metal tools. I'll have to go out and pick up a few things still in the yard, my chipper is out there filling up with snow and I haven't put my little water feature to bed yet and I have a roller full of water which I hope hasn't frozen through too much to drain a substantial amount of the water out of. I expect we will get a bit of a thaw yet, I don't remember ever having to do trick-or-treat in the snow, I do remember sleet coming down and very cold . We don't usually get snow that stays before Remembrance day but the plows are out this morning so this year might be an exception. Right now there is probably 4 inches of snow laying on the ground. So much for global warming and the "greenhouse effect". I went up town yesterday in my cowboy boots, they do have rubber on the souls but that was only marginally better than leather, there wasn't a lot of snow but wet enough to be really slippery. I will probably wear them down to Houston just to be "in the spirit" of the city but I will have to bring the winter boots up from the basement today and give them a good coat of Dubin for the leather, silicone spray for Janet's suede. I really like low leather boots with sheepskin lining. Most however have zippers up the side which generally fail after a season or two and it is getting hard to find a shoe repair to mend them. They are expensive enough that I hate to discard them and generally they wear really well. The sheep fleece is wonderful stuff compared with synthetic and even when I visit the city where it is warm your feet don't get wet with sweat. The Australians and New Zealanders make pretty good boots and I will probably order some Ugg boots, I found a supplier in Quebec just the other day. Only thing with them is that they use the hide alone which has a suede sort of finish. This is fine in the cold weather but in the spring when things get wet and buddy a little difficult to keep nice and I am not one to spend too much time working on things like that. They don't have zippers though which is a good thing, one thing less to fail and the price looks pretty good, about a hundred bucks. I also like sheepskin mitts, they keep your hands really warm and when you push them into a pocket form a good deep pocket for a folded cane thus preserving the inside lining of the jacket pocket. Some day I am going to have a leather or heavy canvas pocket made up specifically for holding folding canes which can be zipped or hooked or pinned onto or into jackets and coats. I continuously destroy pockets with my canes. A few years ago I found and bought Janet a purse in England which had a pocket under it for keeping an umbrella. Worked wonderfully for sliding a cane into instead of the umbrella and more secure too, no risk of something falling out of your purse when withdrawing a cane. Good to see you posting again Geoff, haven't heard from you in a long time. Sorry, I sort of drifted from the handyman theme. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Eden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] On sale at Crappy Tire Dale, I'm sure my wife could hate you for this. She dreads it when I get my hands on the weekly flyer. Now, you know darn well where I'm going to be tomorrow. I just cannot seem to walk out of that store without something in the basket. Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:09 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] On sale at Crappy Tire Good evening, Our Canadian subscribers might be interested in the following items lifted from the Canadian Tire flyer. There are of course a load of other items. So far as I can tell the rip fence is just a much improved version of the little ones which often come with a circular saw except that it will extend up to 24 inches and follows the edge of the sheet as you cut along. Another item I saw this week is a Wolf brand strap clamp. My son bought me one a couple of years ago, it is an inch wide fabric strap 13 feet long, don't think mine is that long, it has four corner brackets made of plastic which slide along the strap allowing you to very securely clamp frames or boxes or drawers. They can be slid off to be used as a standard strap clamp. half price for ten bucks. I really love mine, works well. Accu-Rip® Circular Saw Guide Product #54-1007-2 Make accurate rip cuts in any material you would normally cut with a circular saw Sale: $19.99 Reg :$49.99 Save 60% Mastercraft Maximum Grab-IT 4-piece Set Product #54-3838-2 Titanium-tipped Power Driven Extractor Sale: $19.99 Reg :$29.99 Save 30% Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. 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