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[Beerhippie]

superglue is handy for all sorts of stuff around the shop. I always had luck with the stuff, but I've discovered the trick is having fresh stuff and using activator/accelerator. When I was a kid, my dad treated it like it was precious. he kept it a special cardboard thing in the fridge, and it never worked. about 15 years ago, I got a job in a building that also housed a superglue distributor. I ran into the owner in the hallway a lot, and one day he asked me and a bunch of my coworkers if we wanted some CA glue. We said sure, and he came back with a couple thousand little tubes of glue. It was a private label product, and they'd lost the contract or something. I'm down to my last 15 tubes, I think. I use enough of it that the tubes are always used up before they go bad.

The accelerator thing is eye opening. you spray it on the joint, and it's set. Or you can spray one side of the joint in advance, and put glue on the other. Put 'em togeher and bang. No long holding, just a scond or so. There's a loss of strength, but for lots of the things I do that either doesn't matter, or is a good thing.

My father was a chemical engineer, among many other things. He was also lead engineer for several different factories over the years. Hence, when someone came up with something cool but didn't quite know what to do with it, they sent samples to him.

One day in the early '70s, Dad brought home a little brown Eastman Kodak bottle. It was simply labeled CA Adhesive with a number. No one had ever seen or heard of CA glue, and we had a pint! My brother and I invented many of the nasty CA glue pranks long before anyone else could buy it.

 

[Snakevz]

Bosch GAS 12-25 PL vacuum and D-tect 120 wall scanner.

Vacuum vas somewhat impulse buy since i'm working in our apartment (plastering some stuff) and wife told me it would be nice if we had that type of vacuum so there wont be so much dust everywhere when sanding... So i bought one, happy wife, happy life

Wall scanner is something I aimed pretty long as i have few spots where i need to drill through wall and it seems potentially pretty busy with electrical
installations so it may help... Actually bought month or two ago but parcel arrived couple of days ago (didnt need it sooner either)...

 

[zimman]

Got the cheap belt sander from HF. Haven't used it yet so film at 11.
Zim

 

[Madjik Man]

I don't want anything to do with Sunex these days and I hesitate to order anything from them because I don't know what I'm actually going to get in return. I really don't like that and I don't think it's fair to the customers either.

They are different tools, depending on COO.

Yup. Sunex has been stricken off my list due to this.

***** because I have some of their early impact sockets and they’re great.

 

[ecotec]

Yup. Sunex has been stricken off my list due to this.

***** because I have some of their early impact sockets and they’re great.

I feel the same way. I will buy a set of the deep 1/4” impact with the magnet on the spring… but only if it is made in Taiwan.

 

[L.Cheapo]

I've never met a wrench organizer I liked. I've tried Craftsman, Tekton, and one of the Snap On styles. Not saying they're bad, just they didn't work for me. The Ernst design seems to be well liked, I'll give those a try. I had a 20% off Zoro coupon and for some reason my credit card company had a 15% cash back deal on Zoro purchases for one week only, so I couldn't resist that Tekton Bit set...

 

[NUTTSGT]

Big Brown dropped these off from the Jungle.

 

[Markoos]

Knipex Cobra 8705250, £36 from ebay.co.uk

 

[Squankum]

@NUTTSGT soon as I saw the new trays... I knew where the story would go.

Seek help my son... Seek help. Or discount codes or coupons.... Either will help.

I once sawed the end of one of those socket racks off. "By gum, I have 8mm in 1/4" dr., I don't need to be filling these 3/8" dr. pegs!" Fast forward a year or so and I'm in the junkyard and need an 8mm socket. I had gone with only my 3/8" socket pegs organizer, had no intention of getting anything small.

 

[Ohio Andy]

I've never met a wrench organizer I liked. I've tried Craftsman, Tekton, and one of the Snap On styles. Not saying they're bad, just they didn't work for me. The Ernst design seems to be well liked, I'll give those a try. I had a 20% off Zoro coupon and for some reason my credit card company had a 15% cash back deal on Zoro purchases for one week only, so I couldn't resist that Tekton Bit set...

That is a really nice set, a good combination of short things and long things and it's packed really well. I left my set in the case.

 

[mooman]

Knipex Cobra 8705250, £36 from ebay.co.uk

I just bought the same ones for my Son's 20th. birthday, He's in an Auto Mechanics program at the local JR. College. These will defiantly stand out vs. the standard red handled ones.

 

[L.Cheapo]

That is a really nice set, a good combination of short things and long things and it's packed really well. I left my set in the case.

That was my thinking. Its tough to store long bit sockets. They used the space very efficiently. And for 30+% off...I couldn't say no.

 

[Markoos]

I just bought the same ones for my Son's 20th. birthday, He's in an Auto Mechanics program at the local JR. College. These will defiantly stand out vs. the standard red handled ones.

Be very careful, it is highly addictive...like a good dealer they got me with free advent calendar sample of Cobra XS, and now...

 

[pfbz]

I've never met a wrench organizer I liked. I've tried Craftsman, Tekton, and one of the Snap On styles. Not saying they're bad, just they didn't work for me. The Ernst design seems to be well liked, I'll give those a try.

I've also tried a bunch of different wrench organizers, and am 100% sold on the Ernst modular style ones... Only problem is now I've gone through 6 boxes of 40 and had to switch to the generic ones ("Makerfire 40PCS Magnetic Wrench Organizer") just for cost. The only thing they didn't work on where my XXL combination wrenches, 32mm and larger. The magnets on the generic ones are pretty weak compared to the Ernst, but the magnets aren't really needed. They don't move around on me at all.

Pro tip, they also work GREAT for in-drawer screwdriver organization!

I also tried a few other wrench organizers:

- Alien space savers (HATED them! nearly useless IMHO)
- Ernst and other "wrench racks" (Decent, but fixed number of slots and less space efficient, replaced nearly all of them with the Ernst modular). You can see i still used a cut-down Ernst for my super jumbo's)
- EZ-Red Magnetic (Love 'em, but more of a special purpose wrench holder. I use them to hold some wrenches on my service cart lid. Also pricey...)
- Harbor freight 4-piece magnetic wrench rack (garbage)

 

[mikeinri]

Those doggone Hansen socket trays.

Does this fall under Cause & Effect ?

Too late my friend, too late.

Either I bought the sockets today or ordered them from The Jungle.... most of the rest will be here tomorrow.

Well that's all well-and-good (and those trays MUST be filled!!!), but...

...Singles? Really? For a minute there, I'd thought maybe @BlakeTheCarGuy hacked your account!

Mike

 

[mikeinri]

Wiha extra-long bit holder:









Polish-made for €12.95 in my local Hornbach? Yes please!

Total length 410 mm, shank length from handle to tip 303 mm, hex bar across flats 6.0 mm.

Initially bought to rebuild a tyre pump, but I often encounter situations where this will be handy. It’s true that removeable bits aren’t ideal in a deep recess for which a long shank is useful, but it’s also true that I can’t afford (money, space) a bunch of extremely long screwdrivers. So this compromise will do for me.

Too bad that doesn't have a square drive in the handle to throw a ratchet on there for leverage!

Mike

 

[mikeinri]

Extension cord reel for the welder and some blades for the new jigsaw. The blades were made in Switzerland, of all places.

I love those reels, I use one for a fresh water hose for my RV.

This just dropped on my doorstep, breaking the step:



I don't have a mill or surface grinder, so what the hell am I going to use this for, other than an F4 tornado-rated paperweight?

Oh my, that's awesome!


Mike

 

[mikeinri]

I think a lot of us post frequently in both. My rationale … new tool purchases in this thread, new to me, but well-loved in the Garage Sale thread.

Ditto for me, FWIW.

Mike

 

[NUTTSGT]

Well that's all well-and-good (and those trays MUST be filled!!!), but...

...Singles? Really? For a minute there, I'd thought maybe @BlakeTheCarGuy hacked your account!

Mike

Yes singles. When you already have sets but they don't fill up the Hansen pegs, you buy singles.... like the ones dropped off by The Jungle truck after the Big Brown did prior.

I'm short 2 sockets, a 7/8 & 20mm. I believe one will be here tomorrow and the other Tuesday of next week.

 

[L.Cheapo]

I love those reels, I use one for a fresh water hose for my RV.

Its my first one. I'm told it'd hold 50' of 10/0. We'll see!

 

[Beerhippie]

Its my first one. I'm told it'd hold 50' of 10/0. We'll see!

You can actually get a near-infinite amount of 10/0 on that reel, since it has no conductors.

 

[L.Cheapo]

I've also tried a bunch of different wrench organizers, and am 100% sold on the Ernst modular style ones... Only problem is now I've gone through 6 boxes of 40 and had to switch to the generic ones ("Makerfire 40PCS Magnetic Wrench Organizer") just for cost. The only thing they didn't work on where my XXL combination wrenches, 32mm and larger. The magnets on the generic ones are pretty weak compared to the Ernst, but the magnets aren't really needed. They don't move around on me at all.

Pro tip, they also work GREAT for in-drawer screwdriver organization!

I also tried a few other wrench organizers:

- Alien space savers (HATED them! nearly useless IMHO)
- Ernst and other "wrench racks" (Decent, but fixed number of slots and less space efficient, replaced nearly all of them with the Ernst modular). You can see i still used a cut-down Ernst for my super jumbo's)
- EZ-Red Magnetic (Love 'em, but more of a special purpose wrench holder. I use them to hold some wrenches on my service cart lid. Also pricey...)
- Harbor freight 4-piece magnetic wrench rack (garbage)

Thanks for the pics, they look great! I'll probably try them out this weekend. I currently just have wrenches laying flat in a drawer in order. Some of the racks would actually get LESS wrenches in the same space. Kinda defeats the point. I'm hopeful for the Ernst. If I don't like them I think I'll just give up and leave the wrenches laying flat in the drawer and use these for screwdrivers!

 

[L.Cheapo]

You can actually get a near-infinite amount of 10/0 on that reel, since it has no conductors.

Sorry, fingers move faster than brain sometimes.

I meant 10/3 extension cord. Flexzilla, to be exact.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Too bad that doesn't have a square drive in the handle to throw a ratchet on there for leverage!

Mike

Aw shucks. I thought it did when I first looked at it on my phone. Now that I see it on the home PC, I can tell it's just a symbol of the 1/4" HEX.

 

[shoggoth80]

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


Smart tools(SMT)

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PTW

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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

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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

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Bummer they won't ship to the USA. I have a set of Powerbuilt Xeon (8 piece), and Mac Precision Torque 1/4" drive sockets with a similar toothed design. Would totally pick up a rail in 3/8 if they were easily available, as they seem very affordable given a currency conversion calculator. Even eBay searching hasn't been very useful this time.

Pretty cool pick ups either way!

 

[Andres26tnt]

Bummer they won't ship to the USA. I have a set of Powerbuilt Xeon (8 piece), and Mac Precision Torque 1/4" drive sockets with a similar toothed design. Would totally pick up a rail in 3/8 if they were easily available, as they seem very affordable given a currency conversion calculator. Even eBay searching hasn't been very useful this time.

Pretty cool pick ups either way!

Yeah unfortunately some stores play hard. Couple that with customs forms, it's a no go. You can always use 3rd party shipping, but I'm not sure if there are any savings to be had.

 

[dwasifar]

New floor jack:



This one is Mr. Project Farm's second choice after the $300 Daytona. He identified the Husky and Pittsburgh 3-ton low profile quick pump jacks as the same item with different brands, and recommended buying whichever was cheaper that day. With the 10% coupon HD sent me last week, that turned out to be the Husky in this garish orange color. Which is fine, because I'm less likely to trip over it than the gray Pittsburgh. I also get a one-year warranty from HD, whereas the Pittsburgh is only 90 days.

Pricing was funny. Black or green, $189; orange, $184. I'm guessing $189 is the normal price and black is $189 because that's the one they stock in the stores. Of the other two colors, they had twice as many orange on hand to ship as they did green, so I'm guessing the algorithm applied a small discount to orange to get them sold faster.

It goes down to 3", which will be useful with my wife's new BRZ. The previous jack has nothing wrong with it, but it only goes down to 5".

 

[moemc]

I went Toolgrid in my new wrench drawer. You can really pack them in tight. This is work in progress pic from couple weeks ago. That’s the tricky part with tool grid it’s taken me 3 orders because as you go you keep needing more bits. Hoping to finish this drawer in the next 2 weeks I have the stuff just not the time.

 

[pfbz]

One toolgrid dealbreaker for me is the loss of drawer depth.... Some of my bigger wrenches *barely* fit even angled back quite a bit, and with the toolgrid system, I'd be having to lay them flat. That of course on top of high. setup time and high price of toolgrid. If I had maybe just one drawer to do, I'd consider it.

 

[moemc]

One toolgrid dealbreaker for me is the loss of drawer depth.... Some of my bigger wrenches *barely* fit even angled back quite a bit, and with the toolgrid system, I'd be having to lay them flat. That of course on top of high. setup time and high price of toolgrid. If I had maybe just one drawer to do, I'd consider it.

you definitely lose some height there! In my scenario it didn't wind up effecting me. I used toolgrid in both my primary socket/ratchet and my this primary metric wrench drawers. Both drawers do have overflow space in other drawers if there was a problem. This box isnt super diverse in tooling because its in a single auto service bay that also has a bunch of other nearby storage. So its pretty flooded with redundancy in the basics.

But even my 100mm long Koken sockets fit standing up in the deeper socket drawer on top of toolgrid board and holders.

I like the Toolgrid in these 2 drawers, thats it. I wouldnt use it for others. They also have a lot of refinement left on the table IMHO if they offered certain pieces of their holders with offsets so you can really dial in your layout.

I did find uses for the cutoffs of toolgrid board which was cool. They went into a single drawer assembly station to organize the smaller more specific toolset there.

 

[Andres26tnt]

you definitely lose some height there! In my scenario it didn't wind up effecting me. I used toolgrid in both my primary socket/ratchet and my this primary metric wrench drawers. Both drawers do have overflow space in other drawers if there was a problem. This box isnt super diverse in tooling because its in a single auto service bay that also has a bunch of other nearby storage. So its pretty flooded with redundancy in the basics.

But even my 100mm long Koken sockets fit standing up in the deeper socket drawer on top of toolgrid board and holders.

I like the Toolgrid in these 2 drawers, thats it. I wouldnt use it for others. They also have a lot of refinement left on the table IMHO if they offered certain pieces of their holders with offsets so you can really dial in your layout.

I did find uses for the cutoffs of toolgrid board which was cool. They went into a single drawer assembly station to organize the smaller more specific toolset there.

I didn't buy tool grid for this reasons, lots of refinement left. Instead I 3D printed my own custom made version. I had no space for a big tool box here in Japan, so I stuck with my DeWalt Tstak. Made a bunch of different pieces to fit low drawer.

 

[moemc]

Satisfying small hauls over the last week.

I have 2 Wiha pliers and I hate them and planned to never buy Wiha again. But I really don’t like how these long bits get swallowed up in the bottomless Vessel and Anex ball grips, and not a lot of bit holders are great with the extended Japanese powershank. The centrofix gets a lot of hype, but I really like it and now the brand is off my ****-list. I even just ordered that 300mm shank bit holder that was just posted here.

Felo stabbers, inexpensive and the handles look like it’s made of jolly rancher. This is a reorder; liked the ergo and value a few weeks back so why not spread a couple more around the shop.

Stahlwille spinner, a shorter length option and the locking detent.

Witte bit holder only $9, made in Germany, strong magnet; and just what I needed… *another* screwdriver brand I am now drawn to. Ergos basically identical to the Wiha.

Then I got 3 Hozan pliers. So cheap on Amazon Japan. I’d put them up against any of my Knipex in precision and quality feel. Another re-order I liked them so much. One set in the automotive bay; now another at wiring station.

You guys can probably live without knowing my entire thought process behind every dollar spent so I’ll wrap it up here.

 

[Jure]

3l pressure sprayer with the wand

 

[zanyad]

All of these + were included in a pair of boxes I bought over the weekend. Basically free since the boxes only came to $60.

Steve

Thanks guy’s. There were a few more items in there too. I watched a bad ad for a few days because I couldnt figure what they were selling. Fri morning it was re- listed with better pics and I was on it asap. Few more items in the box’s…

Steve

You ****! The boxes alone were well written worth the $60, let alone all the tooling! Let me know if you want to let go of some of the tools!

 

[NUTTSGT]

Picked up this Bauer case today at HF...

Perfect storage case for the spool gun.

 

[LeeG]

I don’t know why I had to have this, but I did. Had to get it from England via eBay.

Security and specialty bits

How it ever got to me with the address that was on the package, I’ll never know, but it did.

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

Tsunoda Long Nose Pliers RP-150 (161mm)
Replacement for old beaten up ones. These are really nice and good proportions. The Knipex 25 01 160 are notable daintier by comparison (the "Radio Pliers" name is appropriate) and not to my preference - narrower and thinner body/joint, finer teeth, thinner handles, and lighter.


Eclipse Soft Feel Mini Saw [junior hacksaw] 6"/150mm EPMS150
Blades nowadays have thicker pins it turns out, so didn't fit my old one. This one's all aluminium and absolutely rigid. The offerings on the market didn't generally impress until I found this one; less than a handful of familiar wobbly or half-plastic designs, rebranded by many (not even looking at the bent wire type).

 

[INSP380]

You ****! The boxes alone were well written the $60, let alone all the tooling! Let me know if you want to let go of some of the tools!

Thanks Man! Trying to organize my home shop, using most of these, duplicates of what I use at work, in my home shop / collection. I’ve sourced original cases for the Brown & Sharpe, Last Word & Interapid… I’ll be pulling the trigger on those soon.

Steve.

 

[four.cycle]

The offerings on the market didn't generally impress;

Find an old Lenox aluminum-frame model.

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

Find an old Lenox aluminum-frame model.

I meant in the 6" (150mm) junior size specifically. Plenty of good options in full size.