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Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:47:15 -0400

VA==65731089732bGl2ZXMh: Apathy and refunds are more dangerous than Piracy.:

I think I can safely say that Super Meat Boy has been pirated at least 200,000 times. We are closing in on 2 million sales and assuming a 10% piracy to sales ratio does not seem unreasonable. As a forward thinking developer who exists in the present, I realize and accept that a pirated copy of…

comedycentral: On last night’s Nathan For You, Nathan put up a...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:44:23 -0400

comedycentral:

On last night’s Nathan For You, Nathan put up a bunch of posters around LA to lure vandals. You can see all those posters here. But here are two more posters that didn’t make it to air.

This guy cracks me up

DeWALT’s DCF885 Cordless Impact Driver, showing LEDs...

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:15:58 -0500

DeWALT’s DCF885 Cordless Impact Driver, showing LEDs around the collar

Review of DeWALT DCF885 Impact Driver

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:14:02 -0500

Check out this new review on one of DeWALT’s newest drivers.

It’s a pretty good driver - lots of power, small size, and typical DeWALT quality. It’s a little on the pricey side, but you get what you pay for!

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Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:35:45 -0400

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Ice Flowers

These peculiar natural phenomena are formed on new layers of sea ice from saturated water vapors that come up from under the ice through cracks. In contact with the cold air, the vapors start to freeze and the salt on the surface of the ice begins to crystallize, serving as a base for the sublimated water to build off of. The ‘petals’ of ice flowers are very delicate and will come off when touched. They usually form in sunlight and typically are visible in the early mornings or in shaded areas.

Impact Drivers the Squidoo way!

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:43:00 -0400

Impact Drivers the Squidoo way!:

This is another lens related to all things cordless impact driver. Info, images, video, etc. Check it out if you’re looking into these cool tools.

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Wed, 23 May 2012 12:05:41 -0400

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Wed, 23 May 2012 11:57:54 -0400

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DeWALT Brushless Impact Driver Review

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:54:50 -0400

DeWALT Brushless Impact Driver Review:

A good description/review of the new DeWALT 20v Impact driver, DCF895

It’s got new “brushless” motor tech that improves power and battery life, so they say.

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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:50:00 -0400

MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY':

murkavenue:

CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:38:08 -0400

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Ten Cool Ways to Use Your Impact Driver

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:00:35 -0400

Not positive if you’ll actually use a powered impact driver too often if you get one? Or perhaps you have got one already but are not working too much with it. Check out these ten ways in which to use your impact driver to get some work done in no time! Construct a deck Save yourself some time and energy when you construct a deck - use a battery powered impact driver . You may set the screws in no time, and regardless of the fastener type you won’t strip the screw heads. Get yourself one with a light weight li-ion battery and your arm won’t be sore the next day! Boring… There’s nothing like curing boredom than making stuff round the house. Like saw dust. Or a hole. A huge hole. Bore some big holes using some huge torque.

If you would like to quickly rough out some massive holes with that auger bit, and you aren’t near a wall plug for your plain drill, use an impact driver to blast through and still have battery power left over. Since the power is not provided simply by the motor, even difficult jobs will not affect a battery as fast as a regular drill.

Change those tires You may probably need at least an 18v model; however if the grease monkey who tightened your wheels wasn’t a wise guy you almost certainly have enough power to take off those lug nuts in no time.

If they’re too tight or rusty or otherwise too tight, use a long bar to loosen them, then switch to your impact driver to make short work of the rest. Then lube everything up, and tighten them right back on.

Another tip: for those of you without a real floor jack, speed up the small scissors-jack that comes with the vehicle and use the impact driver instead of the small lug wrench.

Rock and roll Yes, you’ll be able to put up wall board with a powered impact driver. In fact, the low weight and small size make it straightforward to use and not as tiring, too. Be careful not to become too carried away! Some powered drivers are too powerful to control with a light touch. If you think you may have that problem just grab a drywall screw adapter and go to work.

Pre-drilled holes With a chuck-adapter or a collection of hex-shafted drill bits, you’ll be able to remodel your driver into a drill. Quickly drill out holes near the perimeters or ends of the workpiece. Although the impact driver has the strength to sink a screw al by itself, this will prevent splitting and cracking.

Do not lag behind Driving lag bolts is where these tools show off their power. A cordless drill just doesn’t have the facility to seat long lags while not killing the batteries. You’ll still want to drill a pilot hole to stop the wood from cracking, but luckily you have already got the tool for that job, too…

Make sure you have an impact-rated socket or you might be on the lookout for a replacement set before too long.

What is so screwy? Driving screws, in fact! This is why most individuals obtain a powered driver to begin with. Quick speed, high power, no cam out, easy to handle… should we continue? Yes, you will now have to be concerned with tearing the heads off of a number of the weaker screws. It’s a small price to pay!

If you have ever attempted to put a 4” polymer-coated exterior screw into treated wood, over your head, with a drill, and only got half way before it started to strip… you understand what we mean.

Don’t be dim Many of the recent drivers include a bright LED in the front. This permits you to work in the rear of the cupboard below the sink with ease.
Get one like the Makita with ‘Afterglow’ and you can even see for ten seconds after letting go of the trigger switch - that should be long enough to get to that mini-fridge in the garage without being caught!

Nut job. We’ve already discussed a little about lug nuts, but there are tons of nuts out there. And they all need to be tightened. Or loosened.

Anyway, the point is that with a nut-driver attachment, or with a socket adapter and socket set, you’ll rapidly finish any nut-twisting activities with minimal effort.

Break it down So you’ve already engineered a deck, but now you have got to remove the existing deck first. There’s nothing worse than fifteen year old rusty looking screws that are half-buried in wood. You can tell by looking that they don’t wish to turn. And you know from experience that a drill can end up stripping half of them, if you are lucky.

On the other hand, battery powered impact drivers have the torque to free them without stripping those heads - that you already knew if you were being attentive.

Begin off easy if you are coping with rusty looking fasteners - an excessive amount of power, too fast, and you’ll rip the top off leaving the rest of the screw buried within the wood. And then you have another sort of problem.

Tool review: Rockwell 3RILL

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:32:41 -0400

Tool review: Rockwell 3RILL:

Cool review of the Rockwell “3RILL” 3-in-1 impact driver/drill/screwdriver

More resources for Impact Drivers

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:07:00 -0500

Here is a collection of links to resources where you can find out more information about impact drivers, both powered and manual.

Check back as we will update as we discover more useful sites!

Cordless Impact Driver vs. Cordless Drill

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:27:00 -0500

While a drill and impact driver can be used for similar things, and while the look similar, both tools have strong points and weaknesses. Your personal needs will determine which of the 2 tools is right for your and your project.

By squeezing the trigger switch, a drill rotates the bit using a simple electric motor. Usually implementing a variable-speed trigger, the more you squeeze, the faster the drilling. Many also have a speed setting, allowing you to adjust the top speed/torque settings depending on your needs.

Powered impact drivers also have an electric motor to produce an initial rotation, like a drill. But they also have additional components called the hammers and anvil. When the motor turns, it speeds up the hammers. When they are spinning fast enough, they smash into the anvil and release all their spinning energy in a single impact.

As this repeats thousands of times a minute, the little impacts add up to a lot of torque. This is also why the impact driver has little recoil on your hand and wrist - the energy is built up over time.

Comparisons

Drilling holes
Unsurprisingly, for drilling holes a drill is usually the better choice. With the impact driver it may be harder control to line up and keep precise holes. Additionally, hex-shank drill bits are harder to find and more expensive than the regular round-shaft drill bits.

Driving screws

With smaller screws, a drill will work fine. With soft, brass screws, you may even prefer the drill for better control – the impact action might start up just at the wrong moment and shear off your screw head!

For general screw-driving tasks, the impact driver is almost always the best pick – They are lighter, they have more torque, the impact action prevents cam-out from stripping the screw heads, and the higher torque means no problem working with long screws.

The winner is…

Impact driver, by a nut!

If the focus is on drilling holes and only driving screws once in awhile, a drill will be just right for you. But if your primary task for driving screws then an impact driver wins hands down. The lighter weight, longer battery life, low-recoil, make a cordless impact driver an essential part of your toolbox.

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