Been there man, why do we keep putting ourselves through that knee pain when there's a better tool sitting in the truck? I did a similar sized room in Tucson last year and the knee kicker just laughed at me the whole time. Ripples showed up the next day and I had to re-stretch the whole thing. Power stretcher is a game changer even for small spaces, once you figure out the setup it's smooth sailing. My back and knees definitely appreciate the upgrade.

Miller project was a tough one for sure... I noticed something similar with my tools over the last few years. It's not just hammers though, I started seeing it with everything from my drill to my tape measure. Seems like everywhere you look, people are chasing the biggest, heaviest gear thinking it's the toughest, when really it just wears you out faster. My buddy still uses his dad's old 28-ounce framing hammer and his shoulder is wrecked by lunchtime. It's like we all got sold this idea that heavy equals strong, but after a full day on the roof, light and smart wins every time.

Maybe the universe is just teaching you a lesson in resilience.

Yo have you ever had a chip wedge itself under a clamp somehow even when you swear you blew everything off? That happened to me once on an old Fadal and I wasted damn near 3 hours adjusting offsets and even re-probing the part before I gave up and pulled the whole setup apart. Found a tiny little sliver of aluminum that musta shot out from the last operation. Stuff like that makes you feel like a total idiot but it happens to the best of us man. At least you figured it out and didn't scrap the part right?

Holy crap, that's a scary way to put it. Makes you wonder what else we're not seeing.