Jerrys Renovations

What is HVLP? High volume low pressure paint spraying. This is the same kind of spray equipment used to paint cars. We are using this equipment specifically for our kitchen, bath and furniture renovations and the resulting finish is finer than you could ever achieve with a brush or roller. The Fuji has a four [...]

You Know I’M BiG I’M BAD..You know it!! ha ha…yeah..that’s what this saw says to you when you pull it out of the huge box it comes in. We do a tremendous amount of trim work in our remodeling and it was time to add a 12″ saw to our equipment. Like usual, I researched [...]

The Festool RO 90 sander was added after extensive research looking for the “perfect” little detail sander for Kitchen Cabinet remodeling. This little sander delivers in spades, and simply defies its’ size in every way. For the average homeowner this would probably be overkill, especially when you see the price of these German built machines, [...]

This is part three of our precision router table posts. Part one: Triton TRA001 2400Watt Router Part two: INCRA LS Positioner Super System We  now have the  Triton router mounted up in the Incra table top and equipped with LS Positioner and fence. It was time to close it in with a cabinet and get it ready [...]

Second part of our Precision router table posts. Part one: Triton TRA001 2400Watt Router “The world’s most versatile and accurate movable fence for your router table”. INCRA.COM I dug deep into the research for our Precision Router table fence system. There’s some really good ones out there. When I first ran onto the Incra LS system [...]

This is the first of a multi-part post for our Precision Router Table. Part two:  INCRA LS Positioner Super System When you first un-box this big Triton router the first thing that strikes you is it’s “robotic” overall look. Like Bumblebee from the Transformers, you keep waiting on it to transform into something..and it does, [...]

Milwaukee Airless/Fine Finish Paint Sprayer Hub Most of the time you can find me holding a Purdy  brand paint brush or running a White Dove roller cover. Those are my weapons of choice for most paint projects. When it came time to add a spray rig to our tool arsenal I went into research mode [...]

Incredible accuracy. That’s it in a nutshell.  If your a customer this new system allows us the most precise panel goods (plywood) cutting available anywhere!! The new saw also comes complete with the CT36 dust extractor. This extractor is fully HEPA rated and tool activated and works perfectly with our hi-end sanders during in-home renovations. [...]

We’ve needed a bigger compressor for some time now. The larger cfm will allow us to run our framing guns without having to wait for the compressor to keep up and we now have the capability to do drywall texture and run several other larger cfm tools.   The Makita is a very quiet unit, [...]

This is not a tool right ? Well, the best tools in the world won’t do any good if you have no way to get them to the job site..plus, I don’t have a category for vehicles..LOL We’ve operated out of my Ford Explorer and managed to get everything to and from the jobsites…but it [...]

Dual Slide 10″ Compound Miter Saw Mounted to Ridgid MS-UV Mobil Miter saw Stand A miter saw has become a most used machine for my carpentry and flooring installations. For the last two years I’ve used a 7 1/2 inch Craftsman slider for all of my flooring and trim cuts. The Craftsman has served me [...]

Ridgid WD1450 Wet-Dry Vac   Yes, it sucks big time! Nails, screws sawdust construction debris,wet spills and water..and some other stuff you didn’t intend but forgot how much this thing could suck up and pointed it that direction! I used a Ridgid 6 gallon wet-dry VAC for 17 years. It served me well in some [...]

Bosch JS 365 Jig Saw How did the jigsaw come about? An employee working for a Bosch-owned Swiss manufacturing company replaced the needle on his wife’s sewing machine with a saw blade to enable him to make delicate and detailed cuts in wood.   For about 15 years I used a Black and Decker consumer [...]

Dewalt DW 744X Job-site Table Saw   About 70% of the jobs I do are carpentry based. I don’t always have sheet good jobs (plywood)to cut, but when I do, the importance of a good table saw with a wide rip capability comes to the top of my tools list. I chose the Dewalt 744X [...]

I bought these Lithium powered  tools as a set. With the Drill, Saw, Saws-All and Flashlight complete with two batteries, charger and carrying bag. I don’t leave for any job without them, they have become the heart of almost all work I do. The primary tool I needed was the drill, and this one has [...]

(Say that really fast 4 times without messing up.)   Oh Yeah, they soo fine! The Hitachi 15 and 16 gauge pneumatic nail guns are about as close as you can get to perfect trim nail/brad guns. I’ve installed hundreds of feet of Fascia, crown, moldings, baseboards, quarter rounds and used them for thousands of [...]

This is one of those products that comes along and when you first see it you think it’s an over priced gimmick. After owning one of these for months now I can tell you without any reservations, it is absolutely the most brilliant engineered piece of equipment I have seen in a long time!! Who [...]

RIDGID Mobil-Air Compressor Hub We purchased this compressor as a set with the Ridgid 18ga trim nailer.  After a lot of research looking for something that fit our service this unit came to the top of the list. The compressor is mounted on a dolly with a retractable handle, and has a removable tool-box on [...]

The trailer is now finished and ready to work. Graphic Banners were done by 24prints out of Dallas.

Now that I have the frame and box structure completed, it was time to cover it. South Louisiana is usually hot, damp and very wet. Once the metal was on, I used lots of silicone to protect any bare metal. We chose 26 guage white sheet metal for the covering, with galvanized trim pieces. Working [...]

There’s a Bear in the Woodshop! That’s right. The Grizzly Ultimate GO555P Bandsaw (Polar Bear version)  is now installed, and the first test have been nothing less than spectacular as expected. Many people consider the tablesaw to be the de-facto go-to-tool in any woodworkers arsenal. I couldn’t do without mine, however I’m not a full-blown [...]

This is the second part of the Little Work Trailer Post. The Frame has now been assembled. One of the main challenges of this project, was the fact that we were building a 4×8 trailer, but it had to hold 4×8 sheet goods. If you have ever done any carpentry, you will quickly think of [...]

I started by painting the entire frame with several coats of Rustoleum before assembling. Then added a 3/4 sheet of treated plywood to the deck. The top of the plywood is painted with Kilz, and the entire buttom is painted with rubberized truck bed rubber. These added steps will provide years of rust-free service in [...]

Many of the services we offer let me work right out of my downsized suv. There are times though that I need more room for tools, and especially wood. Specifically sheet goods. Since there is no way to get 4×8 sheets of plywood into an suv, we started searching for a trailer. Most of what [...]