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Posted on January 19th, 2010 by Ryan
Filed under: Hand Tools

You guys are probably sick of hearing me sing the praises of Lee Valley (They aren’t paying me – I swear it!), but his bounced up and I can’t help myself. How many times have you had a piece of hardware that you can’t quite identify?

“Is it a 1/4-28 or a 1/4-20?”

“It looks like a fine thread… I think…”

If you don’t work in the shop every single day and surround yourself with hardware, sometimes it really is a guessing game. No more fellas. I’ve always wanted one of these.

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