Almost done with my Sanford & Son table

[Southerngunner]

2 hours ago, dikman said:

 Yep, I'm the same, much to my wife's dismay. A friend recently asked if I could have a look at a faulty dropsaw that belonged to her cleaning lady. Turned out that one of the carbon brushes had broken off and wasn't making contact with the commutator. Normally this would mean a cheap saw like this would just be thrown away, but I have a selection of carbon brushes salvaged from trashed motors so it was a simple job to grind one to fit.

I'm olde school and enjoy fixing things (I've got quite the reputation as a "fixit-man" at my wife's church ).

McGyver is alive and well, us old guys are packrats and fixin fools