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Ran across this Interesting video in my travels on the intrerweb. Check it out and, see what you think.
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Got this this morning. Good thing I have a supply on hand. Letter from the CEO Letter from the CEO – What the heck is going on with Imports? When the pandemic first arrived in February of 2020 and the government began to force closure of private businesses, we knew something different was amiss. Little did we know the sequence of events to follow over the next 14 months would bring us to our current, extremely difficult situation. While we have not raised pricing since October of 2019, that option going forward is not in play. Regrettably price increases are coming, we’ve absorbed the costs as long as we could to avoid impacting our customers, but there is no getting around it any longer. In the past 14 months as an importer, we have faced the following barriers: 1. Ports were slowed to a crawl due to labor shortages in USA, Taiwan, and China. We saw the beginning of these effects are far back as October 2020, and they have gotten progressively worse each month. We expect container delivery delays to extend into the 3rd Quarter of 2022. 2. Shipping companies in March of 2020, due to lack of traffic, placed many vessels in drydock to perform long needed maintenance and repairs. This made perfect sense back then; no containers had left Taiwan in the month of March 2020 as importers stopped all inbound releases while they evaluated the impact of the pandemic and business closures. This contributed to the global supply chain issues as ships became unusable, and containers taken out of rotation. 3. In the same 14-month time shipping costs from overseas have gone up over 350%. These costs have not subsided and must be passed on in the form of a price increase. 4. Although material costs were relatively stable during 2020 (we had a 4% increase in material costs we did not pass on, which was caused by a decrease in the valuation of the US dollar by 8%). Now we are seeing large increases coming for the balance of 2021, mainly caused by raw material costs rising and other inputs like increased costs of cartons, labels, bags, increased labor cost to perform functions such as heading, threading heat treating and plating; which also require their own raw materials inputs that have gone up approximately 4% in the past 14 months. To make matters even more complicated, worldwide demand is exceeding supply now. The increases are going to get large. Very large. 5. We have two primary screw relationships which we have maintained for 30 plus years. Our partners are very worried about the instability of the market combined with pending shortages. Both have warned of future delays and the difficulty in meeting shipping times, along with impending raw material bottlenecks. Combine this with freight overseas time lengthening from a standard of 22 days to the painful time of over 60 days. We are being told to expect price increases starting on orders after June 1. These increases are going to be large. Far more than we normally see on a regular basis, but as explained above, the inputs are undeniably going up, so must the cost of finished goods. We are expecting increases between 15-18%, which will not come into effect fully until the newly ordered product begins to ship and arrive. We will take all of this into account when determining the price increase required. In closing, this has been a painful experience for all of us. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we walk through this path together. We are preparing our price increase to be announced on June 1, 2021. It will go into effect August 1, 2021. This price increase will be valid until Feb 1, 2022. We will have a better handle on the impact of the costs increases to understand what we need to do going forward. We are going to minimize the increases as much as possible, but as stated above, some of those are directly related to costs which we have been paying for over 12 months. Those costs will be the major driver of the upcoming announcement. Respectfully and Humbly Submitted, Gregory M. Wiener CEO/Founder Quickscrews International Corporation
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https://www.finewoodworking.com/2020/04/28/awesome-joinery-for-diy-projects
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My remote vac switches stopped working. I can use it for up to 5 devices, but only use on 2 saws. I removed the remotes and checked the small 12 volt batteries. Both checked fine, even tho they are years old. Next I attempted to remove the back of the receiving unit at the 110 vac receptacle. It had the weirdest screws holding the back on. They were like phillips screws, but had only 3 branches instead of 4. I did get them off and replaced with standard screws. When I put all back in place......it worked fine. May never know why it quit. There were no batteries in the receiving unit, it works off the 110 vac at the plug. My question; Have you ever seen screws like this used before? If so, where?
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Okay I'm running into a couple minor problems. I basically ruined a piece playing with the new jaws but that's okay. I was prepared for that. A new piece is being glued up and getting ready to be worked hopefully for later this evening. How ever I'm running into a slight bit of a problem and am in need of some advice. I've been using short screws with the face place in order to make sure it says tight. That worked for a bit now I'm finding that sometimes the screws are actually getting broken off in the face plate which is not a good thing. meaning the heads snapped off. Probably due to operator error. how ever that was solved. I think I am using too small of screw length wise, the piece doesn't get enough grip I guess and it comes loose from the face plate. What would be the suggestion here to solve this problem. Being safety cautious as I am I don't let it make me jump but I don't want to break a hand or worse hurt someone else with a flying projectile. Suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.
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How big should it be? Answer
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Spent most of the day "screwing around." #8 x 2.75" w/ #2 Robertson needing countersink, #6 x 5/8 w/ #2 Squipps, #1 Squipps, or #1 Robertson, #6 x 1.25" w/ #2 Robertson. Full extension 12" & 14" side glides with 1/2" extra clearance on hinge side, 3.5" from top, 2.75" from bottom, with width +0 to -1/16". 1/2" dovetails 2" on center, 3/4" dovetails 3" on center. Cup hinges, face frame, 3/8" overlay, self closing, w/ one set of four 35mm holes, 22.5 mm from edge 16" on center, 4" from ends, the other 35mm holes, 22.5 mm from edge set so side glides did not hit on the way out and miss face frame on bottom. My head hurts. Last week, I did 140 1/4" shelf pin holes, 32mm apart on the top half of this unit.
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Another Mike Peace Tip-
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Maybe getting old , maybe tired , maybe it just is not that important. Oh you say what am I referring to. One I used wood and find jointery to make shop cabinets and fixtures. Having accumulated a fair amount of counter tops and divider panels from drugstores (MDF and particle board) it is time to use it. Started some cabinets with all screws, not much that could be glued. Various colors and even some covered in Formica. So you be the judge......,.lazy, tired, thrifty, or just don’t care. more later as this is the best materials I had.
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I plan to install 1/4" sheet rock over a wall of wood paneling. About 7 panels of sheet rock. Is there an attachment available to use with my drill driver to drive and set the screws to the proper depth? If so, what is the attachment called ? With 1/4" sheetrock I'm concerned about driving the screws too deep.I'm guessing that thin sheets will be a bit fragile. I know this will require a bit of framing modifications around windows and the entrance door. This will be a better aesthetic choice than painting the paneling.
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I've been trying to orgranize my fastener collections. I found that 12 oz juice containers really work well, roughly accommodating a box of screws (100 or so, I think). Anyway, when the dust settled I found myself the proud puzzled possessor of 6 bottles of fine thread DW screws, 1" through 2.5". What would these be for? Maple studs? I don't unnderstan. Looks nice tho.
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Screws have some a long way from the slotted, soft metal screws I started woodworking with. Lots of (better) choices now. I just wish they'd stop making combo drivers like square+phillips or slotted+phillips. They don't work well with either (yes, I know they squillips drivers, but why?) If you don't have the right driver, maybe you shouldn't be messing with it. http://www.woodmagazine.com/file/14286/download?token=fPSqE4wS
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Went and bought the latch today. And even some holders. The holders had bolts,, need to go and buy some screws for them. About like the "tabs" you turn to replace a screen in the screen door. Will adapt them.. So, I got out that little No.6 eggbeater, and drilled some pilot holes. Had to use the smallest #1 Phillips screwdriver I had handy to drive four screws... I think this will just have to do. i did try to get a better picture of that lid. Camera kept trying to say it is yellow.....adjusted photo to show it more like what it really is in colour.. The only sap wood I had in the shop was either Cherry or Walnut. Might have gotten a little of each. Cherry heartwood for the center stripe.
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That to thr GrandBRATS being here and wanting to go places.....work on the Cherry Box has ground to a halt...almost. Needed to give the brain a rest for a day or two, anyway.... Jig? Well, I needed a way to plough a groove into the frame's skinny and thin parts. Hard to hold onto them AND the Stanley #45......router table? Nah, I'd have to dig it out, set it up and listen to it scream....not. Laid down a scrap of pine. Two screws, countersunk to fix it in place on the bench. Some small brads to add a couple little piece to make a square corner. Used one of the frame's parts to make sure I had clearence along the outside edge... Something like this. The screw sticking up "in the way"? Well, it helps hold things in place... I think I can run a plane along the edge to dress it up a bit. All set up for the short ends. Then I can move the screw a bit, and set up for the longer sides. Should be able to run the 45 along the edge a few times. Not talking a lot of plane effort needed to plough these grooves, Maybe 3-4 swipes per piece. I have to double check to make sure I am grooving the TOP of each piece. When I get back to the shop, we'll see how this goes. Jig is a one time use thing. I will need to build a different one when I am working on the lid's panel. Might take as long to plough four grooves as it did to make the jig. Not that I'm cheap, or anything.....I intend to re-use the jig's parts for the panel work...
