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[AJHD]

He is and is the 3/8 version

Happen to have a link? All I can find are Koon videos that I have no interest in watching.

 

[wafrederick]

Happen to have a link? All I can find are Koon videos that I have no interest in watching.

This is one of them,his tool truck is has been down and uses his truck right now.All you do is text Joe and he will get back to you.Every $100.00 payment,in the drawing for a bucket of cash a dollar each out of his pocket.Does ship out too

 

[MWEric]

What's the part number of this kit?

262CTSS01FHV

 

[CoogarXR]

Stopped at the ol' Hoarder Freight and bought the 1/4 torque wrench:



And the backprobe kit that I saw mentioned in another thread (damn enablers, all of ya!):

 

[Caa311]

A giveaway prize I won from youtube subscriber Jethro's Garage and Fab

I ordered that same driver for my daughter's toolbag! I like it alot.

 

[ChefRex]

262CTSS01FHV

Oof!

 

[BobsYourUncle69]

I recently got a Gedore NR7 8 piece 10 -24mm
I then bought a 15,16 and 18mm wrench to fill in gaps between 10-19mm , I haven't got the 11mm yet as in waiting for a sale on those as $20 seems like a lot for a 11mm Gedore NR7 wrench considering the 15, 16 and 18 around $15 each.

Being impatient and wanting a little less mix /match at my bench aswell as wanting to pack the longer craftsmans away, I acquired the 24 pc Gedore red set for around $100 off amazon , and although the colour is a bit off , it's sizing of the wrench lengths is almost the same allowing me to mix /match and still have it somehwat uniform.
I now have 25mm , 29mm and 31mm gaps to plug and will eventually replace the gedore reds with number 7s as I get them on sale.
6-9 , 11 , 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30 and 32mm are Gedore red
10, 12-19, 22, and 24mm are Gedore NR7.

I also need to work on plugging gaps in my Gedore 1b set which are offset combination wrenches.

Onwards to owning every Gedore wrench set made up to 32mm , one day , maybe. Hopefully.

 

[BobsYourUncle69]

Aldi Finds Isle.
Ferrex 4v screw driver with 52 bits
$15.00
I got the 12v rotary tool last year which is a rebagded Scheppach with a 5 year warranty , this screw driver is a rebagded Merotec and has a 3 year warranty. Doesn't feel as good as my Bosch but it cost 5x less.

 

[afazz]

Thrift shop deep fryer for dying small plastic parts. Between my cookie sheets for oil drips, cake pans for brake part rebuilds, Pyrex for clean hydraulic fluid and repairs, toaster oven for warming shrink fit parts, and scale for mixing paint, I almost have a complete (toxic) kitchen in the garage!

 

[LWB]

Stopped by HD and picked up a Leverlock. Didn't they stop making these? They're different but work the same as the old ones. Love these tapes.

 

[vwpieces]

Hunting in the Far back Corner of Horrible Freight, after returning a set of Hanson clone socket racks that were broken out the box.
I spied a purple tag and could not see anything else about the big box. Went to the isle where the tables were and OOOH yeah, the BIG ONE!

Actually been looking for one, even on Fakebook. Score for $161 OTD.



Box blown out and missing hardware but all their hardware goes in the trash anyway.

 

[LeeG]

One of my birthday gifts today. The other was a new baby grand-nephew born today. Pretty awesome.

Lee

 

[tamaraw]

Stopped by HD and picked up a Leverlock. Didn't they stop making these? They're different but work the same as the old ones. Love these tapes.

I have one from a couple years ago that is very similar but orange instead of yellow.

 

[DarryT]

I was one of the testers for that set. It is a really nice set. So nice that someone else decided they needed it more than me. My only negative comment back to sunnex was it needed to include a 1/4” hex to 1/4” square adapter. Did yours happen to include one? Just wondering.

It does not include that adapter.

 

[LXCam]

It does not include that adapter.

Thanks for the answer.

 

[LWB]

I have one from a couple years ago that is very similar but orange instead of yellow.

Cool. They saved all the orange ones for American's. I don't see them available here. They only provide us with the bare necessities lol

 

[cody1325]

Ordered this from Joe's All Star Tools shown in Koon Trucking's youtube video.It is the new one with 550 ft pounds of torque that will take off lug nuts

12V, I assume? I like 12V for its small size, and the tools in that size factor just keep getting better.

One of my birthday gifts today. The other was a new baby grand-nephew born today. Pretty awesome.

Lee

Nice! I'm getting what is, essentially, the 47ACF (there's also a 6", but I've not found any photos to confirm if the OEM is, in fact, Snap-On) from the CAT dealer here pretty soon. About ten bucks cheaper to boot.

 

[cody1325]

Stopped by HD and picked up a Leverlock. Didn't they stop making these? They're different but work the same as the old ones. Love these tapes.

I've got an older one that came from my Granddad--probably my favorite tape. Darn easy to use.

 

[LWB]

I've got an older one that came from my Granddad--probably my favorite tape. Darn easy to use.

I'm glad you have one from your Grandad. Very cool and a nice memento. They were always my favorite tape, and like you say, easy to use. This one feels like a winner so far. It feels a bit smaller in hand though.

 

[wafrederick]

12V, I assume? I like 12V for its small size, and the tools in that size factor just keep getting better.





Nice! I'm getting what is, essentially, the 47ACF (there's also a 6", but I've not found any photos to confirm if the OEM is, in fact, Snap-On) from the CAT dealer here pretty soon. About ten bucks cheaper to boot.

Yes it is

 

[CHI_Tool&Die]

I recently got a Gedore NR7 8 piece 10 -24mm
I then bought a 15,16 and 18mm wrench to fill in gaps between 10-19mm , I haven't got the 11mm yet as in waiting for a sale on those as $20 seems like a lot for a 11mm Gedore NR7 wrench considering the 15, 16 and 18 around $15 each.

Being impatient and wanting a little less mix /match at my bench aswell as wanting to pack the longer craftsmans away, I acquired the 24 pc Gedore red set for around $100 off amazon , and although the colour is a bit off , it's sizing of the wrench lengths is almost the same allowing me to mix /match and still have it somehwat uniform.
I now have 25mm , 29mm and 31mm gaps to plug and will eventually replace the gedore reds with number 7s as I get them on sale.
6-9 , 11 , 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, 30 and 32mm are Gedore red
10, 12-19, 22, and 24mm are Gedore NR7.

I also need to work on plugging gaps in my Gedore 1b set which are offset combination wrenches.

Onwards to owning every Gedore wrench set made up to 32mm , one day , maybe. Hopefully.

I have also grown my Gedore wrench collection over the past few years. Absolutely love them all, especially the 1 B series.

 

[BobsYourUncle69]

I have also grown my Gedore wrench collection over the past few years. Absolutely love them all, especially the 1 B series.

I've been using my late dad's 1 B's since I was a kid , damn good wrenches, they are good , well made , solid wrenches which have taken some abuse over the years/decades.
Since landing in the US , I've acquired the Indian made NR14s, NR 13's , 2 different raised panel (series name unknown , bit the one set is nice while the other is awful) , the NR7s and now the reds. I have double boxed offset in SAE but need in metric I may aquire them here or when I go to SA and collect my 1bs.
They're like Pokémon, gotta catch em all.
Once ive done that, I need to work on my socket sets and Pliers.

 

[dangti6]

My new tool storage solution. Plenty of drawer space to try and reduce the amount of clutter in my garage and become more organised. Attracts finger prints though unfortunately.

 

[AJHD]

Nice! I'm getting what is, essentially, the 47ACF (there's also a 6", but I've not found any photos to confirm if the OEM is, in fact, Snap-On) from the CAT dealer here pretty soon. About ten bucks cheaper to boot.

It will be Snap On (or should), but CAT branded and with yellow handles.

 

[littlebean]

My new tool storage solution. Plenty of drawer space to try and reduce the amount of clutter in my garage and become more organised. Attracts finger prints though unfortunately.

interesting - where did you get (and cost if you don't mind) that from?

 

[mjdarg]

I’ve gotten a few tools in recently, some used and some new.

First is some Snap-On 137ACP 2 position pliers from a user on here. I don’t quite have something like these and they were a pretty low cost to entry. Looks like very minimal use on them.

Also used is a Snap-On set of metric flare wrenches from eBay. Got them at the lowest price I have seen in a while since they have some owners markings. I figured it was time to get a set of wrenches that should be the only ones I ever need.

Last is a Koken 3305PZ-14 spark plug socket. Being a zeal series it is very thin wall, but it is also 12 point and magnetic. This is to change spark plugs on the wife’s BMW B48 powered 530i. It’s around 60k miles, so a perfect opportunity to get a speciality tool like this. Got it from Haus of Tools and had no issues with the order. Took about 2 weeks to get to NC from CA, but they were the cheapest with free shipping and I was in no rush.

 

[dangti6]

interesting - where did you get (and cost if you don't mind) that from?

I bought it via an auction house who get containers full of them come over to the UK. They drip feed them through most of their monthly auctions if you want their details.

These are made for the Canadian market and retail there at $2,550.00 CAD which is approx £1,420.

I paid around £800 with VAT and buyers premium.

 

[NakeDiesel]

My solar wax melter I ordered came in yesterday and got it setup and wax put into it to start melting today with the sun and do the first round of cleaning of the wax from our honey harvest.





Finally got to put to use equipment I've been purchasing over the last couple of years. We did our first honey harvest on our hives and processed about 60 super frames using my decapping tank and then spinning the frames in my motor driven extraction tank. Used my refractomer to test the moisture level of the honey as we went through the frames to make sure they weren't too wet with moisture to keep it from fermenting.









We bottled 106lbs of honey. I used 5 gallon buckets to bottle out of with honey gates, but now I want a big bottling tank to make it go smoother.

 

[littlebean]

I bought it via an auction house who get containers full of them come over to the UK. They drip feed them through most of their monthly auctions if you want their details.

if you don't mind that would be great

 

[will335i]

Thrift shop deep fryer for dying small plastic parts. Between my cookie sheets for oil drips, cake pans for brake part rebuilds, Pyrex for clean hydraulic fluid and repairs, toaster oven for warming shrink fit parts, and scale for mixing paint, I almost have a complete (toxic) kitchen in the garage!

You just need an oven for powder coating now.

 

[ChefRex]

My solar wax melter I ordered came in yesterday and got it setup and wax put into it to start melting today with the sun and do the first round of cleaning of the wax from our honey harvest.





Finally got to put to use equipment I've been purchasing over the last couple of years. We did our first honey harvest on our hives and processed about 60 super frames using my decapping tank and then spinning the frames in my motor driven extraction tank. Used my refractomer to test the moisture level of the honey as we went through the frames to make sure they weren't too wet with moisture to keep it from fermenting.









We bottled 106lbs of honey. I used 5 gallon buckets to bottle out of with honey gates, but now I want a big bottling tank to make it go smoother.

You mentioned fermenting, you making mead?

 

[NakeDiesel]

You mentioned fermenting, you making mead?

No, this honey is to sell, so I had to check the moisture content to make sure it was within the good limits. Too little moisture and it crystalizes real quickly, too much and it ferments. Not good to eat fermented honey unless you make mead out of it.

I will eventually buy the equipment to try my hand at making mead when I have a larger excess of honey since it takes 2.5lbs of honey to make a gallon batch of mead

 

[RichRiddle]

It's time to catch up on posting. A friend provided some items and others came from auctions in the recent past...

Starting with storage, here is a Craftsman machinist box from a former era...



Here is the same box with some SK Sockets/Wrenches....



A few 1/4" socket sets, from the left are Husky, SK, and Craftsman...



Here is a Dayton Parts box with many parts...



And last for this post is a set of Bondhus Hex and Torx/Star T-Handle ...

 

[RichRiddle]

In the spirit of measurement, here are two functional Fluke Meters, one a model 87 and the other a 61-351 that measures HZ...



Measuring distance with the various tapes and a wooden ruler...



A pair of King **** pliers.....



Here is a set of new dead blow hammers by Trusty Cook (even the blue pair is rebranded Trusty Cook)...





Lastly are a large set of chisels, most Stanley #60 that will meet the sharpener...

 

[cody1325]

Nice haul! I've got a quite similar (but sorta rusty--will need to have a new bottom made, and I'd love to source the missing front cover) Craftsman box--but mine has a later logo and round pulls on all the drawers. Got it full of machinist's stuff (including a boatload of Starrett) for $40. Sold the stuff that would only be useful on a lathe or mill, and have been filling it out as a precision tools box (using the Starrett and drafting tools I kept as the base).

I'll probably be picking up the standard Summit-branded Trusty-Cook 26 ounce deadblow to replace my well-worn Pittsburgh. $25 is even cheaper than the manufacturer, and I really like the blue color.

 

[RichRiddle]

Nice haul! I've got a quite similar (but sorta rusty--will need to have a new bottom made, and I'd love to source the missing front cover) Craftsman box--but mine has a later logo and round pulls on all the drawers. Got it full of machinist's stuff (including a boatload of Starrett) for $40. Sold the stuff that would only be useful on a lathe or mill, and have been filling it out as a precision tools box (using the Starrett and drafting tools I kept as the base).

I'll probably be picking up the standard Summit-branded Trusty-Cook 26 ounce deadblow to replace my well-worn Pittsburgh. $25 is even cheaper than the manufacturer, and I really like the blue color.

I will take pictures of the front cover (which is tucked away in its spot).

 

[L.Cheapo]

@L.Cheapo interesting. I just watched a few short videos on them. I assume you need to just replace the tubing after recovery but how would you refill it?

If the system is being repaired and not scrapped, usually a section of tubing is cut out and an "access fitting" gets brazed in its place.

 

[Ohio Andy]

Lastly are a large set of chisels, most Stanley #60 that will meet the sharpener...

It looks like one of those chisels has the mange. I'm curious, does it smell bad?

 

[BmwTechZiggy]

I thought those kind of ear clamp pliers are primarily for boot clamps on CV-axles. I thought it has fully gone out of style to rebuild cv joints. I tried to order new boots for a subaru forester to do so and I could not even find cheaper boots any more. Only dealer orders. So it became pointless to try and rebuild since the cost to do so was about the same cost to order a new CV-axle.

If you plan to rebuild CV axles, perhaps you are the last of a dying breed!!!

we reboot pretty much any axle we can at the shop i work at, but thats mostly euro stuff where the axle is like 1200$ for a aftermarket version

 

[cody1325]

Went in Lowe's today looking at fencing, and (as usual) wandered over to the tools. Noticed a new Kobalt set consisting of copies of Knipex's 125mm Cobra and 6" Pliers Wrench for $15.

I wanted a 6" Pliers Wrench for a toolkit, and the 125mm Cobras (and now 125mm Pliers Wrench) are an EDC essential--so I bought the set.

Quality definitely isn't Knipex, but it's decent. These will be what I buy everyone as Christmas gifts this year--plus a few extras for myself. Every toolbox will be getting the 6" Pliers Wrench clone.