Get a set of feeler gauges from Harbor Freight for like 5 bucks, they're the same thing the manual calls for and you'll use them on every tool you fix. Ngl checking blade alignment with your eyeball is how you end up with burned cuts and kickback, so that PDF basically saved your fingers. Tbh old tools are almost always worth saving if you can find the specs, the motors alone on those 90s saws last longer than the new stuff.

Yep, this is just like when a plumber quotes you an hour because the pipe looks normal and then finds out the whole thing is rusted. Thick coarse hair eats time the same way, and honestly I've started quoting 4 to 5 hours for new clients with dense texture and just telling them it might go faster.

Wait, 41 entries about one guy and you didn't notice until you actually sat down and counted them all? That is wild, because it means your brain was basically running a whole side channel about this dude for six months while you thought you were just journaling about your job. Honestly the funniest part is you probably thought you were tracking your anger and it turned out you were accidentally writing a slow burn novel about a coworker. I bet half those entries don't even mention him by name, he's just "the guy" doing whatever annoying thing he does in your dreams. Did you go back and read what he was actually doing in these dreams, or did you just count and then close the notebook out of fear?