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[moemc]

A few weeks ago the Hoffman brand Garant was mentioned here and it was new to me. Initially I ordered just some PB Swiss produced ones that were being phased out. 2 items they couldn’t fulfill. I placed another for 2 more of the PB flat blades and added a new T handle 1/4 square to compare to the PB Swiss T handle hex, and new version smaller flat blade. Then later they sent me another flat blade to substitute a discontinued one, and 3 weeks now with no word what they will do with the #2 posidrive they still owe me (edit; this morning I had an email from them with a tracking #, so we will see what shows up!). While on the website I discovered their other brand Holex has something I’ve looked for that nobody else has: NON-ball hex drivers in SAE. I’ve wanted a 5/32 forever.

The new T handle is definitely not PB even tho it is extremely similar. Small details are different and material is slightly different. The new non-PB drivers are still nice but the tips aren’t parallel. I like them pretty good but the PB ones were a little nicer for sure.

 

[moemc]

Lately I have had a new appreciation for T handles and been experimenting with them at my product assembly bench. Needed some longer 5mm hex so got the 200mm long Hazet and Stahlwille.

I got some nutdriver ones for automotive use. The T handles I figure will help keep me from over-torquing and fatiguing the bolts that get removed often.

As soon as I started to use them, I wanted to be able to use Koken nut grip sockets with it. I have a couple T handle square drivers,but needed more length. I found this super long Hazet square drive handle. It seemed like it was too long, but once it arrived, I love it. I had to immediately order another so I have one at assembly and one at automotive. I had no idea such a long T handle would be so nice to use. Used with hex sockets, It might replace some of my longer hex T handles because it’s much more rigid and doesn’t feel spongy when torquing. Like those 200mm long 5mm here, they are nice; but they twist a bit when using.

It’s the Hazet 866-10 and I super recommend it. It’s $18 at KC Tool

 

[Andres26tnt]

Would love some links, or at least some additional info to help googlify some of this stuff. Had zero luck finding matching sockets from "PTW" or "SMT", and did find a "Pro-auto" ratchet, but not the swivel head you show there...

It's from AmazonJP, now I can't guarantee they will ship to the USA or where you are located.


Smart tools(SMT)

Amazon | ノンスリップソケット | ソケットレンチ

ノンスリップソケットがソケットレンチストアでいつでもお買い得。当日お急ぎ便対象商品は、当日お届け可能です。アマゾン配送商品は、通常配送無料（一部除く）。

amzn.asia

PTW

Amazon | PWT ノンスリップ ディープソケットセット 6角 差込角 3/8インチ 9.5mm 14個組 INDS38DR | ソケットレンチ

PWT ノンスリップ ディープソケットセット 6角 差込角 3/8インチ 9.5mm 14個組 INDS38DRがソケットレンチストアでいつでもお買い得。当日お急ぎ便対象商品は、当日お届け可能です。アマゾン配送商品は、通常配送無料（一部除く）。

amzn.asia

Pro-auto(suekage tools)

Amazon | Pro-Auto 3/8"(9.5)DR.フルターンロックラチェット PFR-03 | ラチェットレンチ

Pro-Auto 3/8"(9.5)DR.フルターンロックラチェット PFR-03がラチェットレンチストアでいつでもお買い得。当日お急ぎ便対象商品は、当日お届け可能です。アマゾン配送商品は、通常配送無料（一部除く）。

amzn.asia

Tone rebranded the same ratchet, but it has a different quick release and handle design.

Tone

Amazon | トネ(TONE) スイベルラチェットハンドル(ホールドタイプ) RH3VHW 差込角9.5mm(3/8") | ラチェットレンチ

トネ(TONE) スイベルラチェットハンドル(ホールドタイプ) RH3VHW 差込角9.5mm(3/8")がラチェットレンチストアでいつでもお買い得。当日お急ぎ便対象商品は、当日お届け可能です。アマゾン配送商品は、通常配送無料（一部除く）。

amzn.asia

 

[F-22]

their other brand Holex

Holex can be hit or miss, some stuff is really nice and other can be very generic. I have some older wrenches from them that are made in Germany, perhaps Elora or old Matador. Also some decent German made circlip pliers (maybe NWS). Those were very good for the cheap price (Holex is the budget brand of Hoffmann), but I doubt the new ones are still the same.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Picked up this 1/4" drive Channellock spinner handle while on vacation.

 

[M635_Guy]

It’s thinner than it looks. If it survives tomorrow carting around a couple hundred pounds of tools and hardware I’ll be amazed.

I went to look at the rating for it, and it says 450#, which seems... dubious. It doesn't look nearly as sturdy as the ($130) 30" service cart, and when I looked at that it said 350#. I could maybe see it in a pinch, but that's a lot of weight...

To be honest, even if the steel is up to it both are pretty narrow for me to trust them with that kind of weight.

 

[WWheeler]

Broke the bank on this one.....................................

Always HATED those because they could never be found when I needed one on a jobsite. I've bought multiple 10-packs and put them in the tool kits on every one of our trucks and still never had one where I could find it when I needed it. Seems they were better designed to get lost forever than they were for their intended purpose. I've had MUCH better luck keeping a cheap painter's 5-in-1 tool around and handy to clean out a chainsaw bar groove. I say 'cheap' because good ones can be too thick to fit. They work a little better, faster to clean the crud out and can function as a tool for many other things. Best of all, they don't disappear themselves as fast/easy.

 

[Meursault74]

Picked up this 1/4" drive Channellock spinner handle while on vacation.

may I suggest a lint brush for your next tool purchase.

 

[KnurledNut]

Found some Pferd handles hiding under sheeps clothing at a OPE brick and mortar. $2 ea.
After testing the fit, I am thinking about going back and grabbing a handful more for some of my other small files.


And I didn’t show it in my initial Garant haul because I was using it elsewhere, but here is a file handle I also grabbed in one of my Hoffmann orders. The optional color clips are a well thought out feature. It came with two sizes of retainers. Good heft and feel for medium size files. IIRC it was also only a couple bucks.

 

[JerseyBoatBuilder]

First tool buy in a couple years since down sizing and moving to Florida.
$3.50 on clearance at Lowes. Possible stocking stuffers, or give aways when a neighbor might ask for a bit

 

[NUTTSGT]

may I suggest a lint brush for your next tool purchase.

Nah, that's the floor mat of the truck... that happens with your dog rides with you.

 

[four.cycle]

Nah, that's the floor mat of the truck... that happens with your dog rides with you.

There are people that understand the term "dogmobile", and there are people who do not.

 

[freudianfloyd]

The welding bug hit me again after a several year hiatus. I had a few projects that required some welding and highlighted my need for better equipment.

So I picked up a Prime Weld MIG180 and must say, so far this machine kicks ***. Way better welds than my little 110v multi-process that I had been using.

I then picked up two weld carts, one for the MIG and one for my TIG. Im not real impressed with them, but they will do until I can make a better one.

And then decided to upgrade my little Jegs Cut40 plasma cutter with this Lotos 58 amp unit. I only made a couple test cuts but it feel like a much higher quality machine than the Cut40.


And finally pulled the trigger on these NWS cutters. I have the Irwin version and love them, so picked these up so I could keep one set in the garage and one set in the house.

 

[four.cycle]

After my buddy came over yesterday and fixed up the window regulator on the Ranger, I needed to drive up to O'Reilly's to return the window regulator that we did not use, but on the way there, the new window crank fell apart.
The OEM window crank was attached to the window regulator with a Phillips head screw, but in their infinite wisdom, the manufacturer of the new replacement window crank handle saw fit to use a T15 Torx screw, which is recessed down inside a hole.
So I get to O'Reilly's and discover that my "Vessel" bit set isn't going to work, so I bought this silly little "UltraSteel" (China PRC) kit with longer bits so I could get at the thing. A whole $8.49 + tax.

Task accomplished.

Test Rite / Test Rite Products Corp, 1900 Burgundy Pl, Ontario, CA 91761 / est. 2011 / "Ultra Steel" / importer and distributor of offshore-sourced tools and equipment, not a manufacturer /

 

[cody1325]

Something I budgeted for early on in the month, and kept putting off. I'd purchased a Husqvarna 220iL as a return from Rural King, and had nothing but headaches with it. First of all I made a huge mistake by buying it "as-is" no returns missing some parts. The head wasn't sold in-store, so I ordered one off Amazon. After a couple months of use, early this month, the head started binding for no reason.

Recently came across Walmart's Hart 40V model, which is made by TTi. It also took a wide range of attachments.

Motor in the main tool body, like commercial cordless trimmers. 4 Ah battery, which is pretty sizeable compared to most.

Got a massive amount of power for the size and weight (and it's just a brushed motor!). Battery life is a little more than the 2.0 Ah batteries in most starter kits (as the Toro and Husqvarna all have brushless motors), but I think a brushless motor would definitely improve it.

Bought the brush cutter head alongside it. Easily slices through stuff trimmer line won't touch--typically stuff I'd either grab a hedge trimmer, chainsaw, or use hand tools (pruners, hand saws, machete) on. I later put the steel handle with foam grip that came in the package on the trimmer and left it--even using the trimmer head. It's far better than that tiny loop handle. If I can find a similar one, I'm replacing all my loop handles with them on gas and cordless trimmers.

Eventually, I'm buying more attachments. In addition to the brush cutter and included trimmer--there's also a pole saw, tiller, edger, and snow thrower. Ryobi has a similar model in the lineup--and that power head lineup also includes a gutter cleaner, blower, and sweeper (a few different kinds!)--all things that don't have Hart equivalents. I don't know if they'll work, but Walmart did say the attachments worked with Ryobi tools, so I would assume Ryobi attachments for their 40V power head would fit the 40V Hart.

Will note this--Ryobi's ($50 more) is brushless, while the Hart is not.

 

[BobsYourUncle69]

My $95 haul
-Dewalt drill bits - Germany
-Ace drill bits -china
-Prograde 1/16 wrench to fill a gap and I'll probably never use- China
-Prograde 3/4 drive sockets 1-9/16 -1-7/8- taiwan
-Diablo PH2 impact bit - Malaysia
-Century impact bits -Taiwan

 

[Semi-hole mechanic]

My dad was pre-Boomers and pre-Silent Generation, too, and both he and my mom would worry about every scratch and cut I got. What I considered to be normal - a brown scab - they'd get wound up and say, "Look at that! It's infected!"

I was well into adulthood before the history of it all dawned on me: they grew up pre-antibiotics. It was a scarier time.

I later met an American who had been a POW in Germany after the Battle of the Bulge. On the forced march east through the snow and slush, his pinky toe chafed on the inside of his boot until the skin was worn raw, and that's where his infection started. Towards his last weeks in the prison camp, he said he could feel every beat of his heart as a throb in his entire leg.

V-E day came and it was time for the POW's to be shipped back to American lines. Medical screening was done, an amputation was discussed, but one German doctor told him, no, do not let that happen, when you get back to allied control, they will have antibiotics. He got back to a U.S. Army hospital, and within a week he was doing much better, and kept his leg.

Still, wear those chainsaw chaps! A guy I know recently had some skin cancer removed from his face and you don't want to see those pics, so wear a good sun hat, too!

My maternal grandma was born in 1896, they didn’t have antibiotics but they had mercurachrome, which she thought should still be used in the early 1970s. That **** burns, not to mention contains mercury. Grandma spoiled me, because I was the youngest grandchild (by almost 15 years) but she used that wicked stuff even though it burnt worse than a scraped knee.

 

[Beerhippie]

My maternal grandma was born in 1896, they didn’t have antibiotics but they had mercurachrome, which she thought should still be used in the early 1970s. That **** burns, not to mention contains mercury. Grandma spoiled me, because I was the youngest grandchild (by almost 15 years) but she used that wicked stuff even though it burnt worse than a scraped knee.

Mercurochrome and Merthiolate... the universal cures of our grandparents. Don't forget Castor oil.... Back when mercury was a fun toy for the kids.

 

[Dmsr87]

Mercurochrome and Merthiolate... the universal cures of our grandparents. Don't forget Castor oil.... Back when mercury was a fun toy for the kids.

I had not realized the connection to Mercury. A couple months back when I had a cut that we were using peroxide to clean out I thought about how my Grandma used to paint my boo-boo’s with that stuff. You definitely had the red badge of courage after that got on you. I seem to recall howling in pain a bit as well. My thought a couple months ago was what ever happened to that stuff. Guess I know now.

 

[Squankum]

I went to look at the rating for it, and it says 450#,

On the moon?

 

[NUTTSGT]

The welding bug hit me again after a several year hiatus. I had a few projects that required some welding and highlighted my need for better equipment.

So I picked up a Prime Weld MIG180 and must say, so far this machine kicks ***. Way better welds than my little 110v multi-process that I had been using.

I then picked up two weld carts, one for the MIG and one for my TIG. Im not real impressed with them, but they will do until I can make a better one.

What welding carts did you buy ?

 

[Kasal]

Today's tools: a fence stapler and a pack of 1,000 staples. A 1/2" (23mm) impact socket and 160mm Knipex cutters. I'll be using these primarily for zip ties.

 

[rshadd]

Advent Vice Versa (ATM4-5025VV) METRIC ONLY tape measure...

 

[rshadd]

Upgraded my old Craftsman multimeter.... EEVBlog GW121. also got some new Brymen silicone leds and a case.

 

[Meursault74]

First tool buy in a couple years since down sizing and moving to Florida.
$3.50 on clearance at Lowes. Possible stocking stuffers, or give aways when a neighbor might ask for a bit

Did you say this to the cashier when you checked out?



At that price, will you go pick up more?

 

[jack stand]

These were a pretty big splurge.

Playing around with some timber framing.

 

[rshadd]

Picked up an air duster... kinda silly but it's great for small jobs around the desk.


It's nothing like using compressed air, but can be handy at times.

 

[Meursault74]

Today's tools: a fence stapler and a pack of 1,000 staples. A 1/2" (23mm) impact socket and 160mm Knipex cutters. I'll be using these primarily for zip ties.

wondering if that salki tool could do double duty as a bicycle chain pliers.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Just a couple more things I picked up on vacation.

An older S-K 10" 1/2"drive extension from one of local shops. Then a stop by Keim Lumber yielded this Dewalt USB charger. It was marked down to $69.99 from $109.99 which is like 35-40% off.

 

[rshadd]

Lovin' these Vessel screw drivers for taking apart some vintage HiFi gear...

 

[rshadd]

I was looking for some ultra-low profile sockets and came across these Tite-Reach Extension Clamps. They are useful when you just need to hold on to a nut or fastener. Also handy as a small parts vice.

 

[Kasal]

wondering if that salki tool could do double duty as a bicycle chain pliers.

Perhaps modifying it would be possible, it would be to remove one of the staple clamps (one is to hold and tighten the staple and the other is a support so that it fits well when placing it in the pliers) but perhaps it would have to be modified a little more.

 

[Squankum]

So I get to O'Reilly's and discover that my "Vessel" bit set isn't going to work, so I bought this silly little "UltraSteel" (China PRC) kit with longer bits so I could get at the thing. A whole $8.49 + tax.

I'm no metallurgist but I'd wager their tools are just made out of ... steel.

 

[cody1325]

I'm no metallurgist but I'd wager their tools are just made out of ... steel.

I had a nearly identical set, although my drive handle was rubber-coated (and square). It would ruin most small screws, all the while twisting up the cheese steel bits.

 

[L.Cheapo]

Few new additions to the yellow fleet today...

 

[freudianfloyd]

What welding carts did you buy ?

These from Harbor Freight. They seem like decent carts, but they are a bit wobbly, which could be my assembly job.
Cart

 

[mikeinri]

Nah, that's the floor mat of the truck... that happens with your dog rides with you.

There are people that understand the term "dogmobile", and there are people who do not.

You don't want to see the inside of my back driver's side window...

Mike

 

[Beerhippie]

You don't want to see the inside of my back driver's side window...

Mike

A friend has two Irish Wolfhounds. He drives them around in a Toyota Yaris. A few years back, he loaned me the Yaris to drive to Portland (44mpg!), OR for a medical appointment. I'm still spitting Wolfhound hair out.

 

[zimman]

These were a pretty big splurge.

Playing around with some timber framing.

Got a link or name for the chainsaw hole saw 9000?

 

[Squankum]

These were a pretty big splurge.

Playing around with some timber framing.

Roy Underhill only likes two of those pictures.