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M635_Guy

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Grabbed early this AM as this kit is on clearance for $180 (!)
GyYujW.jpgThis will join two other recent M18 grabs - packout vacuum and M18 inflator. I'll put the XC 5.0 that came with the vac and my M12 Hatchet on Marketplace, which will make this pretty close to free. I've liked the M12 a lot, but in the "new" house there's a ton of overgrown stuff to get after, so the extra grump and battery life will be handy...

If anyone is in the market, worth a check of the website for which stores still have stock.
 
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Dig Doug

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Saturday, I needed a single 60lb bag of redi crete concrete, I stopped at a hardware store I haven’t been to in 25 + years
ended up walking around a little bit and I saw this Hammer it’s a Tac hammer $12 bucks !

Had to have it because it looks cool 😎

one end is split to hold a tac ( I guess ) I need to u tube university this little hammer ….

lol

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Ohio Andy

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Saturday, I needed a single 60lb bag of redi crete concrete, I stopped at a hardware store I haven’t been to in 25 + years
ended up walking around a little bit and I saw this Hammer it’s a Tac hammer $12 bucks !

Had to have it because it looks cool 😎

one end is split to hold a tac ( I guess ) I need to u tube university this little hammer ….

lol
Yeah I have a 60 lb bag of quikrete in my garage. I don't need. High strength... If you're in Columbus, Ohio, swing by and get it. But I guess you already got what you needed
 

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Shopping in 🇨🇭Switzerland🇨🇭 today…..

Matador plastic panel wedge (seems to be made out of far superior material to my Hazet panel wedges / trim tools) some sort of polymide (fiber reinforced plastic).

Matador 1/4” long reach T-handle with swivel joint

Bauhaus carpentry pencil

I believe all made in Germany
 

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LeeG

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I love how the example pic they used is a case where a normal-thickness wrench would do the job...

I don't understand why only about half of the jaw length is thin. In cases where I could use these, the jaws need to be thin and long to get into very tight places.

Do those exist?

Mike
 

moemc

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I love how the example pic they used is a case where a normal-thickness wrench would do the job...

I don't understand why only about half of the jaw length is thin. In cases where I could use these, the jaws need to be thin and long to get into very tight places.

Do those exist?

Mike
its a different tool but this is a narrow jaw with a bit more reach that might work

 

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New tools need new home.... I've been working on kitting out the new 56" Icon triple stack, always seems to take forever to lay out a new toolbox in a way that works for me. At any rate, three drawers at least I'm pretty happy with! *Lots* of new tools as well as the new box, what can you spot?

Three drawers:

- The socket drawer with my primary ratchets (metric only, SAE tools are banished to another toolbox)
- Driver drawer, screwdrivers, Torx driers, hex drivers, nut drivers, precision drivers
- Wrench drawer #1 (all non-ratcheting wrenches, ratcheting wrenches live in a separate drawer)


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Squankum

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I’ve needed a bench vise forever. Always thought about picking up a Harbor Freight one because I honestly don’t need anything special… just something that will securely hold something.

I also need it to be relatively small due to limited space.

Came across this one on marketplace for $10. Just picked it up.

Having dipped my toe in the “vises of GJ” thread (it really is kind of ridiculous how many people have deep knowledge of so many things in the community) I know that Wilton is a sought after vise brand.

But as with anything, I don’t know if this is a great find/deal or if this is a lower end quality of their typical vises. I see on eBay there are some going for $85-100. Saw others recently sold on FBM for $50.

Searching the model number on GJ I only see one mention of this model number associated with a Craftsman/Sears vise and they said it’s not very good.

But this one honestly looks unused. It’s pretty damn near flawless. Teeth don’t look like they touched anything.

Anywho… regardless of it’s a deal, it’s a perfect little vise for me.

I might venture into the vise thread and ask some questions about it.

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I declare that to be sooooo much better than no vise!
 

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Not a tool, but I just got "Pat the Cat". My wife had a PetSmart coupon for cat litter, and unbeknownst to either of us, we were pulling up to an animal adoption event. There were around 20 dogs and just one cat with a tag on the crate that said "Pat the Cat, $50". We inquired about his story. The woman hosting the event told us that the window on her SUV broke in the down position, and when she went outside the next morning he was sleeping in the drivers seat. He had been at the animal shelter she operates for several months and was brought along to different adoption events, but nobody wanted him. We took a chance and he's turned out to be a very sweet boy and gets along great with our three other cats. He prefers to stay downstairs in our finished basement and has become my new workshop buddy!

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New shop supplies you will need that have been very popular among my herd:

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Dogs like those chicken hearts, too.

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Squankum

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I love how the example pic they used is a case where a normal-thickness wrench would do the job...

I don't understand why only about half of the jaw length is thin. In cases where I could use these, the jaws need to be thin and long to get into very tight places.

Do those exist?

Mike

There are also the Knipex cycle pliers, which, for Knipex, aren't so expensive:


 
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Squankum

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****-O-MATIC!

A great thing to have. Oil changes, antifreeze from the surge tank (reduce sploosh! at the lower hose), old brake fluid before bleeding, from the reservoir (or, pull it through the bleeder ******, with the right attachments?), power steering fluid, etc.

I've even done gasoline with mine but don't tell anybody.
 

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New shop supplies you will need that have been very popular among my herd:

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Dogs like those chicken hearts, too.

New shop supplies you will need that have been very popular among my herd:

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Dogs like those chicken hearts, too.

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Thanks for the suggestions. He loves toys more so than our other cats. I see those catnip bananas being a hit. My wife added two to her cart.
 

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****-O-MATIC!

A great thing to have. Oil changes, antifreeze from the surge tank (reduce sploosh! at the lower hose), old brake fluid before bleeding, from the reservoir (or, pull it through the bleeder ******, with the right attachments?), power steering fluid, etc.

I've even done gasoline with mine but don't tell anybody.

I'm thinking I'll get a second one, so that I can dedicate one to petroleum products and one to coolants to prevent contamination of either for clean recycling. I have several small juice-suckers, both commercial and home-brewed, for small quantities of such things as gear lubes, power steering juice, etc. And a turkey baster that's great for sucking master cylinders dry.
 

Squankum

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Thanks for the suggestions. He loves toys more so than our other cats. I see those catnip bananas being a hit. My wife added two to her cart.

I sent one via Amazon to a friend in CO. He opened his door to find a neighborhood cat trying to gnaw its way through the bubble wrap envelope.

I sent one to another friend. I ordered one, warehouse employee mis-picked a bag of 10, my friend opened the package and in a flash one of his cats yanked the bag from him and ran off with them.

I don't know how they're growing that stuff nowadays, but I'm guessing its potent.
 

Squankum

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I'm thinking I'll get a second one, so that I can dedicate one to petroleum products and one to coolants to prevent contamination of either for clean recycling. I have several small juice-suckers, both commercial and home-brewed, for small quantities of such things as gear lubes, power steering juice, etc. And a turkey baster that's great for sucking master cylinders dry.

For master cylinders and power steering and some diffs, I like my little Capri power brake bleeder. (Compressed air venturi/vacuum.) The right size scrap of copper tubing fits in the rubbery brake bleeder nozzle just right and becomes a little suction wand.

My baster gathers dust.

I did a little looking into where the waste oil drum goes, and I think Safety-Kleen's refineries can break a lot of stuff down!

 
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Fly Fishing Rick

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Finally replaced my old dinosaur of a drill with something a bit smaller and more substantial. I considered the DCD 801, but chose the 800 after watching some videos and reading about it. The anti-kickback feature on the 801 looks overly sensitive to me, which would make it really inconvenient at times, and defeat the minor increase in power. It's also just one more thing to have fail or malfunction. Sometimes less is more haha.
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Squankum

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Latest addition, Knipex 200mm Hose Gripping Pliers (38 95 200) -

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I have those, they're nice.

HF Icon makes a similar one.

I got some $8 set of cheaply made long hose-tuggy pliers from HF maybe ten years ago and they... keep working! While they're long, I've learned you can squeeze the handles with one hand, but then put the other hand closer to the hose or whatever target for stronger tugging.
 
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mikeinri

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I got some $8 set of cheaply made long hose-tuggy pliers from HF maybe ten years ago and they... keep working! when they're long, I've learned you can squeeze the handles with one hand, but then put the other hand closer to the hose or whatever target for stronger tugging.

I believe I have the same ones. Definitely HF, probably Pittsburgh, have black handles. There have been times that I wish they were shorter.

Mike
 

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