Skyman
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I used mine just a coupla weeks ago. It made what would have been a cuss-inducing task an easy-peasy breeze. Moments spent instead of ???
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I used mine just a coupla weeks ago. It made what would have been a cuss-inducing task an easy-peasy breeze. Moments spent instead of ???
Skyman
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Shoulda been enough strong young guys in that dorm to help you hump that reefer out of the building and heave it into the dumpster.
Beerhippie
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FIFY.
Skyman
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Yup. That’s even better.
We essentially did: we put the mini fridge outside and told him to get it if he wants but to clean out if he wanted to bring it back. Think guy just left it.
This guy was such a pain so many ways. He also snored super loud. The snoring was so loud that neighbors (who were seperated by cinder block walls) would bang on the door demanding quiet. I went outside some nights to sleep under trees else i was about to murder him. The guy had breathing problems (athsma and more) and was super loud breathing in general. The ***** started smoking at some point ... like that would help? I was so happy when he joined a fraternity mid way through the first term and was rarely in the dorm room after that. I literally wanted to strangle him at one point due to sleep deprivation scrambling my brain. He was a true Roommate from Hell. I was too young to realize that i needed to go and demand a room change so i endured.
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Beerhippie
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I knew that guy. Apneic snoring *****.
I got this about a year ago but see how the people on this forum seem to buy a good tool when they see one so here it is.
If you work on motorcycles, especially dirt bikes, you know one of your main tools are T handles. I have a full set of T handles but bought this to mainly take in the truck for rides and parking lot repairs but use it as much in my garage as anything else.
May I present the VIM 1/4” drive speeder T handle with wobble fix drive.
The green section is movable up and down and contains bearings allowing you to hold it and spin it via a finger flick to make quick work of driving fasteners.
As said in the opening of my long winded praise of this tool, the drives are of the wobble fix variety and there is the obvious one on the end and also one on the “T” section so you can really produce some torque if needed.
I was using this today on a lawnmower and still marvel at this and wish I had it years ago. Best part may be it’s available at Zoro so you may be able to use a 20% coupon. I think it may be available in other drive size as well.
If you work on motorcycles, especially dirt bikes, you know one of your main tools are T handles. I have a full set of T handles but bought this to mainly take in the truck for rides and parking lot repairs but use it as much in my garage as anything else.
May I present the VIM 1/4” drive speeder T handle with wobble fix drive.
The green section is movable up and down and contains bearings allowing you to hold it and spin it via a finger flick to make quick work of driving fasteners.
As said in the opening of my long winded praise of this tool, the drives are of the wobble fix variety and there is the obvious one on the end and also one on the “T” section so you can really produce some torque if needed.
I was using this today on a lawnmower and still marvel at this and wish I had it years ago. Best part may be it’s available at Zoro so you may be able to use a 20% coupon. I think it may be available in other drive size as well.
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At the age of four or so I was dropped off at my grandmother's house for a weekend, and to reassure me, she slept in a bed in the same room as my bed. In case I got scared. I woke up in the middle of the night and was terrified -- GROWLING MONSTER! WHERE?!!! It was her snoring. What doctors call "heroic snoring."
afazz
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Thanks! It’s okay, I like it for this drawer since I’m not shooting for maximum density and need to rearrange it often. I have a mixture of Hansen, Westling, VIM Magrail, and custom machined organizers in my main box and have achieved a little better density without sacrificing accessibility.
LWB
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I have Hansen in my work cart. I have VIM in my personal cart. I'm about to set up 11 rows of sockets and would like to line them up vertically so I have all the same size in the same row. All 3/8 and 1/4 so not a large space. Looking at your setup I think it would work out well.
Markoos
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Todays car boot market score:
MAC Tools pocket pry bars £1
Laser punch set (missing two) £1
I think I did okay
MAC Tools pocket pry bars £1
Laser punch set (missing two) £1
I think I did okay
Last of my Prime Day sales arrived while I was at work.
I have been using those for about 2-3 years at this point and will warn you about something. Even though it will fit and it looks like they are made to take a 1/4" ratchet in the end to spin them that is not the case. The steel cap will simply spin in the plastic handle.Last of my Prime Day sales arrived while I was at work.
If you are in the trades and carry them in a bag tip down I finally took a band saw and cut a crossed kerf in the steel cap of the Phillips and filled it with a dry paint crayon to identify which driver was which.
They are my favorite drivers in my work bag at this point.
Thanks for the heads up on the 1/4" driver receiver. I didn't realize it had them until this morning when I opened the bubble package. . . . although wasn't really figuring I would use it.
landrover bodger
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A new torque wrench to keep in my defender 90 for wheel changing.
From a week or so ago. I bought a paintbrush! I'm fairly certain I own half a dozen paintbrushes somewhere, one of them even nice, but I wasn't finding that when I looked in the usual zone. I did find a cheapass $2.50 Wal-Mart kind of brush (the smaller one on the right) and I painted the door in question with it. Doable, not torture, but I'm patient.
Before coat #2, I was near my nearest (which isn't super convenient) friendly Ace Hardware and bought this one. Coat #2 went on much faster! And it's a nice brush.
Before coat #2, I was near my nearest (which isn't super convenient) friendly Ace Hardware and bought this one. Coat #2 went on much faster! And it's a nice brush.
afazz
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FREEDOM
four.cycle
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"Chip Brush" - $2.50 is WAY too much money for a throw-away. Try Dollar Store next time.
I have no idea what it cost. It was just sitting there in the messy "paint" zone of my shop.
It also worked much better than it looks. And much to my delight, this paint cleans up very easily.
four.cycle
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^ I use them now and then. Very infrequently, as they shed hair like an old dog. My preferred weapon of choice is the throw-away sponge brush. Easy peasy. Dirt cheap. Throw 'em in the trash when done.
If I need a good brush, I've got dozens of them. Still have part of a box of NOS 2-inchers out there in the garage from 1973 - truck driver had six cases of them on the back of the truck and just wanted to get rid of them. Go figure. Also a case of quarts of turpentine.
If I need a good brush, I've got dozens of them. Still have part of a box of NOS 2-inchers out there in the garage from 1973 - truck driver had six cases of them on the back of the truck and just wanted to get rid of them. Go figure. Also a case of quarts of turpentine.
Ohhhh... that makes sense. I just thought it was cat hair coming off of my clothing.
Nobody-named-Olli
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The 250th Anniversary tools are sweet!
Can’t wait to see if someone here snagged a 250th Anniversary Snap-On tool box, that looks killer. DieselCreek is actually giving one of those away …
Kind regards,
Olli
Can’t wait to see if someone here snagged a 250th Anniversary Snap-On tool box, that looks killer. DieselCreek is actually giving one of those away …
Kind regards,
Olli
Neither was I until I came across a situation where I wasn’t man enough to loosen a seized lug.Thanks for the heads up on the 1/4" driver receiver. I didn't realize it had them until this morning when I opened the bubble package. . . . although wasn't really figuring I would use it.
Turns out by the time I got it out it simply ripped the threads out anyway.
You can till use a small adjustable on the shaft.
i bought a set of those Kleins and can't bring myself to use them. I can see the white grips going south quick but can say the are the best Klein limited edition pliers in appearance.FREEDOM
I remember seeing the Klein Y2K chrome linesmen in the supply house way back. That was the first limited edition pliers I remember seeing from Klein. They were $50 at the time, about the same as the 250th now.
Yup. I took a tour with my sons on a WW2 submarine. Looking at crew sleeping rooms with bunks so close and packed, could you imagine what happens with a guy like this in that situation. The crew would probably kill him. Ever since this guy I have been scared thinking about sleeping in rooms with a large group of people like an evacuation center. I would imagine it is near probability unity someone like this is nearby to add to the stress. Ear plugs only do so much. You can still hear it pretty loud.
I think Wal Mart has been selling these, now Harry Epstein's has their own branded version of the Wilde 250th pliers, made in USA.
250th Anniversary HJE 10" Pliers (Made in the ol' USA) #1776
250th Anniversary HJE 10" Pliers (Made in the ol' USA) #1776
www.harryepstein.com
You folks are a bad influence.
(not that I'm complaining)
I'd never thought about buying a portable inflator before... and I'm already a DeWaltite with 20V battery and charger.... but that price deterred me. Smaller than a portable air tank, I'd started shopping for a new one of those. I'll ignore it for now.
20V battery/12V ciggie lighter outlet/120V AC is really neat combo.