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[mikeinri]

New today, a Dewalt DCPR320B 20V pruner.
A little worrisome when the wife says "that thing will cut your **** off!"
Out of all my tools that potentially could be used for such a thing, what is it about this one?

As long as your wife isn't named Lorena, you should be safe!

Well, that's probably what Mr. Bobbitt used to be able to think...

Mike

 

[Madjik Man]

Icon? Pfft. Astro? Nah. Snap On? Nope.

Introducing FOGFAR:




Feast your eyes upon the finest Chinesium this side of Guangzhou.

Does the surface of your chrome sockets resemble a golf ball? Doubt it. FOGFAR's does.

Do your sockets still have machining marks on them and mysterious chunks missing from them when brand new? FOGFAR does.

Are your sockets so ****** they don't even have a brand name on them? FOGFAR is all that and more. Well, less:



I don't have my metrology stuff handy so I can't tell you if it's even remotely close to 32mm. And frankly, I don't care. This was delivered to my door for <$3.50. I need to make something and figured out starting with a junk 32mm socket would save me about 75% on materials and an hour or two of my time. So FOGFAR it is!

Did it come with a FOGFAR sticker?

 

[honcho]

New today, a Dewalt DCPR320B 20V pruner.
A little worrisome when the wife says "that thing will cut your **** off!"
Out of all my tools that potentially could be used for such a thing, what is it about this one?

I bought and later returned the DeWalt version and bought a Hotloop branded one on Amazon that takes DeWalt batteries. It seems to work just as well as the DeWalt and is more compact. Plus it came with an extra blade and was only $40. In any case, the DeWalt worked fine, it just was a bit bulky.

 

[GeoBruin]

I've been meaning to get a shell mill forever. I debated for a while about brands/inserts etc but Haas is having a sale right now and I had a 25% coupon code on top of it so I couldn't arge with the value proposition.

 

[SouthernIllinois]

Did you make that? I want one.

I'm not aware of a Snap On fixed bit driver, only the ratcheting variety.

I got this back in 1988. Non-ratcheting. Came with torx bits.

When I went in the Navy I left all my tools with my Dad.

He passed away, we bought the estate, retired and moved back home.

Been going through “his” tools lately, mostly looking for my old Snap-On stuff.

I haven’t seen or touched this bit driver in 37 years!

 

[ETJ]

I bought the cheapest air hammer (Stanley) I could find from local stores. It modified it slightly.

And I bought a Völkel 1/4 NPT tap.

 

[GeoBruin]

I bought the cheapest air hammer (Stanley) I could find from local stores. It modified it slightly.

And I bought a Völkel 1/4 NPT tap.

Lol. Are you making a planishing hammer?

 

[ETJ]

Lol. Are you making a planishing hammer?

That's the plan. I am still missing bunch of tools and parts to make it happen.

 

[L.Cheapo]

Did it come with a FOGFAR sticker?

Sadly, it did not. If it did I'm sure it would have been misprinted, misspelled, or wrinkled. And that would have been perfect.

It is however, close enough to actually work as a socket, even though it looks like it was broached with a roughly hexagonal rock:



Unfortunately the phone rang and I had to go help a family member with a vehicular issue, so FOGFAR shall live another day.

 

[lynx40]

I got this back in 1988. Non-ratcheting. Came with torx bits.

When I went in the Navy I left all my tools with my Dad.

He passed away, we bought the estate, retired and moved back home.

Been going through “his” tools lately, mostly looking for my old Snap-On stuff.

I haven’t seen or touched this bit driver in 37 years!

i have the same one , Also the longer version and a stubby from same era

 

[LXCam]

I know this ain’t a tool but it kinda is.

First off I can’t stand behr paint. But in this case there wasn’t a choice. And just for a double but **** I have to admit this resealable poring spout that doubles as the tool flipping kicks ***! I’ll be keeping that sumbitch for future projects

 

[AJHD]

i have the same one , Also the longer version and a stubby from same era

Fixed shaft bit holder. It's so simple, I don't know why Snap On doesn't still make them.

I'm not really interested in ratcheting screwdrivers. I've had both the full size and stubby versions. I never used them and when I tried, they just annoyed me.

 

[INSP380]

Had to warranty this one out, flaking chrome was getting stuck in my hands. Not much of a fan of the replacement, but no more sore hands.

Steve

 

[Etchase]

I bought ridiculously expensive digital calipers in the early ‘80’s. They were unusable and soured me on these electronic monstrosities until earlier this week, when I grew tired of paying for erroneous inch to mm conversions. $23 for these with three batteries. I measured my 1,2,3 and 4 inch standards, with 0.001” accuracy. I’m impressed and really benefit from the metric readout. I’m surprised.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Picked up a couple small items and they gave me the hat

 

[ChefRex]

Had to warranty this one out, flaking chrome was getting stuck in my hands. Not much of a fan of the replacement, but no more sore hands.

Steve

Chrome in the fingers is never a good time.

 

[Squankum]

Attention fellow tool fiends: I made this purchase today and it's not shipped yet, but I thought I should tell you our Japanese friends at Koken have 25% off sale for Memorial Day, at the Koken USA website. Also, note the shipping and tax:

 

[joel63]

I got this back in 1988. Non-ratcheting. Came with torx bits.

When I went in the Navy I left all my tools with my Dad.

He passed away, we bought the estate, retired and moved back home.

Been going through “his” tools lately, mostly looking for my old Snap-On stuff.

I haven’t seen or touched this bit driver in 37 years!

I have one, I use it quite a bit when I don't want to use the ratcheting one. Has better feel than the ratcheting one.

 

[Squankum]

(deleted because dumb)

 

[rword]

Built up a work bench. $75 in materials

 

[Squankum]

I had never paid attention to the actual model number on the ratchet and realized someone had put a soft grip on a hard handle model

 

[Squankum]

Icon? Pfft. Astro? Nah. Snap On? Nope.

Introducing FOGFAR:




Feast your eyes upon the finest Chinesium this side of Guangzhou.

Does the surface of your chrome sockets resemble a golf ball? Doubt it. FOGFAR's does.

Do your sockets still have machining marks on them and mysterious chunks missing from them when brand new? FOGFAR does.

Are your sockets so ****** they don't even have a brand name on them? FOGFAR is all that and more. Well, less:



I don't have my metrology stuff handy so I can't tell you if it's even remotely close to 32mm. And frankly, I don't care. This was delivered to my door for <$3.50. I need to make something and figured out starting with a junk 32mm socket would save me about 75% on materials and an hour or two of my time. So FOGFAR it is!

Some guys in sandals in a dimly lit shop in Pakistan are disgusted at the lack of craftsmanship.

 

[Squankum]

@L.Cheapo , sounds like you should start the fogfar for life fan club


So where do us mere mortals acquire such mastery of manufacturing brilliance?

I looked and found it on Amazon:



There is a FOGFAR Amazon storefront, but I can't link to it. They have a lot of ****.

 

[GX460DIYguy]

I didn’t feel like digging everything from the past month out so I grabbed a few things. None of it’s in brand new condition, but it was cheap. Let my dad borrow the missing flip socket for some equipment work. The snap on lady foot is a little bent, but for $3 it’ll be fine. Best deal would have to be the snap on tmxk100 extension for $2. The ratchets all seem to be pretty dry so I’ll be tearing them apart to clean and oil.

 

[Squankum]

I didn’t feel like digging everything from the past month out so I grabbed a few things. None of it’s in brand new condition, but it was cheap. Let my dad borrow the missing flip socket for some equipment work. The snap on lady foot is a little bent, but for $3 it’ll be fine. Best deal would have to be the snap on tmxk100 extension for $2. The ratchets all seem to be pretty dry so I’ll be tearing them apart to clean and oil.

That seems like a paradox out of ancient Greek philosophy:

Eubulides: "A pry bar straight and true is obviously a tool. Now the bend of several degrees will not turn straight pry bar into not a tool. And yet it is obvious that a continuation of that process must eventually result in uselessness."

Archimedes: "Will you get back to work? Help me with this stone."

 

[ETJ]

Todays purchases: Makita 11mm drill bit with 1/4" shank. Only one I could find that was close to 7/16" and fits my 14.4V snap-on drill. And a Ruko tap wrench.



One step done. Now I need a tube bender and a welder.

 

[Prospecter]

I didn’t feel like digging everything from the past month out so I grabbed a few things. None of it’s in brand new condition, but it was cheap. Let my dad borrow the missing flip socket for some equipment work. The snap on lady foot is a little bent, but for $3 it’ll be fine. Best deal would have to be the snap on tmxk100 extension for $2. The ratchets all seem to be pretty dry so I’ll be tearing them apart to clean and oil.

When I have too much going on, I soak recalcitrant ratchets in Marvel Mystery Oil for 30 minutes to overnight. So far, it has always served to loosen up and lubricate those ratchets. I have taken some ratchets apart to clean, but the MMO works well enough that mostly, I no longer bother.

 

[66HertzClone]

I have that exact flannel shirt hanging in my closet, a good purchase from LL Bean

 

[L.Cheapo]

I looked found it on Amazon:



There is a FOGFAR Amazon storefront, but I can't link to it. They have a lot of ****.

Strong emphasis on "****".

 

[LXCam]

I looked found it on Amazon:



There is a FOGFAR Amazon storefront, but I can't link to it. They have a lot of ****.

My number one life rule is to never ask questions I don’t want to know the answer too


Thanks squankum, but I let myself down this time

 

[LXCam]

Anyhow. I’m trying to wipe out something this weekend and a portaband was the solution to an issue. Problem was all my portabands are a 4hr round trip away so screw that. I always wanted a toy one but want and need dictated ever buying one. So last night I hoped depot was having a sale but I only found full price available. At that point paying more than I wanted to for the convenience of wasting a 1/3 of a day driving headed off to depot.

Whatta ya fn know!, I caught the last one they had in stock for half off. $110 baby-SCORE!

 

[AJHD]

Built up a work bench. $75 in materials

Nice. Want to build one for me too? I hate wood working.

 

[Squankum]

I have that exact flannel shirt hanging in my closet, a good purchase from LL Bean

Hard to go wrong with LLB flannel. In the winter, I sleep on LLB flannel sheets. They get it from Portugal now, nice and thick.

 

[66HertzClone]

Hard to go wrong with LLB flannel. In the winter, I sleep on LLB flannel sheets. They get it from Portugal now, nice and thick.

Yep, I have those flannel sheets, they are amazing.

 

[lu787a]

Picked up the new Klein Flickblade with the built in scraper. Pretty neat, but a little heavy and no belt clip. For my purposes in a drawer, that's not an issue. The blade storage area is neat, it has a little magnet for the blade to keep it from falling out when you open up this section.

Also wanted to check out the Rapidaptor, so I grabbed a normal and a ringmagnet version. As you can see both were "carded" from Amazon, but only one has "SB" in the part number.

 

[GX460DIYguy]

When I have too much going on, I soak recalcitrant ratchets in Marvel Mystery Oil for 30 minutes to overnight. So far, it has always served to loosen up and lubricate those ratchets. I have taken some ratchets apart to clean, but the MMO works well enough that mostly, I no longer bother.

I just enjoy pulling them apart and cleaning them. I did find that the flf936 is going to need a rebuild soon. Found a couple shards in it and the engagement doesn’t look to be the best.

 

[canuckian]

 

[rword]

My 1st G2. 20% off with inside track until tomorrow

 

[Blue Chips]

Double acquisition:

I decided to install a scissor-type car lift in our new garage instead of a two-post lift, so I ordered a full-rise 3500 kg capacity scissor lift, which just arrived, and I used my newly acquired forklift adapter for my front-end loader to remove the scissor lift crates from the delivery truck. Here you see the largest and heaviest of the crates (about 1700 lbs) sitting on the forklift adapter.

I plan to unpack the lift in the next day or two and post a few photos.

 

[Smokeshow69]

My 1st G2. 20% off with inside track until tomorrow

I did the exact thing with my 20% coupon!