Cleaning the Garage

I am 3/4 of the way finished with my garage renovation.  4 months ago, I noticed as I was measuring to put plywood across the rafters that two of the 4 I had were deflected at least 2-5 degrees.  Not good.  So $~500 later I have 14 2×6x30 rafters that are doubled up along the entire length of my garage.  I then put reinforcing joists at 90 degree angles and hung them using joist hangers that are heavy duty.  I next installed 1/2 in ply wood on top of this structure to give me a place to store our odds and ends.  I mean with 2 kids and my wife and I, we have alot of stuff!  I mean Christmas takes 12 totes as it is.  We have Halloween and Easter totes and wrapping paper totes.  I have my baseball gear and miscellaneas sporting equipment up there as well.  Next comes the camping gear; tents, stove lanterns, ice chests etc. 

Last comes the baby gear.  Yes, we are expecting our third little bulldawg in May! 

And then I am done.  Fin’.

snip snip!

Cheers,

Dawg

Rotozip Isn’t Zippy

Here is a letter I sent today to RotoZip customer service: 

I received the RZ5 as a gift last Christmas.  I have not had a reason to use it until today to remove some excess sheetrock around twelve 20 foot 2×8 rafters that I installed in my garage.  I want to share with you my experiences with the tool.

1)  Upon inserting the bit into the chuck, it was very hard to get the chuck to lock down tight enough to hold the bit in place.  I thought I had it tight enough on two occasions yet, it fell out of the chuck when I operated the tool.  I am lucky that I was not injured.  I decided to remove the depth guage and tighten up the chuck with the included wrench.

2)  Upon tightening the bit with the included wrench and re-attaching the depth guage, the tool actually worked the way it is supposed to.  Once I was finished, I wanted to try out the abrasive cutoff attachment on some conduit.  I could NOT get the bit out of the chuck!

3)  After muscling up on the chuck, turning it counter-clockwise, I actually removed the entire chuck from the shaft.  (Why isn’t the shaft reverse threads??) So now I have a drywall bit stuck in a chuck that I can’t get out.  Very frustrating.

4)  I can’t believe that the dust hood isn’t included in the kit.  This thing throws dust like crazy.  I had to put on my half face respirator to finish the job.

5)  I really feel that the handle is unreliable.  Because of the removable function of the hard auxiliary control handle, the handle does not fit snug up against the tool housing and rattles when the tool is turned on. The handle does not provide enough stability to use while the tool is in cutting operation. 

I have almost every tool there is.  I am a far more accomplished craftsman than the best weekend warrior.  I am not sure what to do at this point; My father gave me the tool and he said he bought it from Home Depot, but I know they will not do a thing about this as I don’t have a receipt and the tool has been used (let alone the fact that it has been a year).

I would like a replacement kit just like what I have.  I am willing to send you back (at your expense) the tool I have now so you can have you product and manufacturing folks evaluate what I am talking about.  Clearly there is something wrong with this tool.  Maybe it was a faulty manufacturing run? 

To the two people reading my rants, I would not recommend this tool to the most experienced person.  It is junk.  I am just trying to get another one that works, so I can use it somewhat in a limited fashion.

Cheers!