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Picked these up today with a Rebate from Menards, leftover from Black Friday.
KnurledNut
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Nice looking set. Im not surprised they left out 18, but no 12 or 14?Channellock 17 piece metric combination wrench set, made in Taiwan. Ordered through Channellock and shipped free to my local Do-It-Best Hardware Store. Was on sale for $100 during Thanksgiving week.
Renegade1LI
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That deserves a you ****, very niceJust got this moved into my garage yesterday afternoon. A mid-90s Sharp TMV with 2 axis Accurite CNC controller. This came out of our machine shop at work. The y-axis is has been on the fritz for a few years, and after some failed temporary repairs, it was retired from service earlier this year for a new Trak K3 machine.
I have given the lead machinist in our shop a lot of help coordinating efforts with our facility director to get new equipment for the machine shop over the past several years (close to $400K in equipment at this point), and as a token of appreciation for that help, I got this machine for freeHe helped me move it into my shop, and I made sure to pay him well for his time and expertise in relocating it.
freudianfloyd
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Ooops, did not see that. Dumb phone isn't as smart as it thinks it is.
2ndGearRubber
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Wanted some chrome 1/2 extensions for times impact was too thick. Koken wobble plus fit the bill.
Got some koken zeal 1/4 baby torx and a pliers wrench too.
Either a building for the engine at a mine, used for pumping water, winching carts, moving workers, etc:
Or a building for locomotives:
You’re welcome
Mr. Roboto
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A couple of cheap grabs from the holiday section at HD. $20 for a 2 pack of the tape measures, and $10 for the Allen/Torx hex key set.
Jim_No_Garage
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I got this a few weeks ago but finally started on the project I bought it for. It's a Ryobi One+ P326 Finish nailer. I should name it "Breinne" as it's a great beast of a nailer.
I have an 18 gauge Bostitch I use a lot but sometimes I need a 16 gauge nailer.
Cheers
Jim
I have an 18 gauge Bostitch I use a lot but sometimes I need a 16 gauge nailer.
Cheers
Jim
Indexmill
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It does; it really does. A mill for free. You do ****!
Either a building for the engine at a mine, used for pumping water, winching carts, moving workers,
Or a building for locomotives:
You’re welcome
Maxcustody
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WNYflyer
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Yep, don't ask me the reasoning behind it. My store also gave me a $5 off coupon upon checking out so I walked over to the tool wall an picked up the 12 & 14 which luckily they had in stock amongst all the singles.Nice looking set. Im not surprised they left out 18, but no 12 or 14?
CHI_Tool&Die
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Last Black Friday purchase. For home use. Actually it is and will continue to be my garage box. Took longer than I expected to put together and it has some flaws but no dings or dents so I’m content. It’s an upgrade from a small single drawer US Gen I had.
Personally in hindsight, if I had the room at work, I would’ve gotten one of these for the few tools I actually now use at work. My full *** Kennedy, while beautiful and robust, is stuffed for jobs my shop will never do again.
Personally in hindsight, if I had the room at work, I would’ve gotten one of these for the few tools I actually now use at work. My full *** Kennedy, while beautiful and robust, is stuffed for jobs my shop will never do again.
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Hi,
I bought one for just Auto Tools versus General and Machine tooling.
I think it was a bargain and nice to have everything together when working on a car!
CHI_Tool&Die
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Definitely! For $220 I couldn’t pass it up.
Seeing another member quoted you, I realized that I misunderstood your question. I thought you were talking about the bolts for my tonneau cover that I had issues with.
You were referring to the seatbelt bolts. They were regular torx bolts.
SRU1436
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I saw someone else on here got one of these and it was on sale during Black Friday. I don’t have one so I said why the hell not!
Well, I broke down and ordered some of the Ko-ken double-jointed "universal" joints when I discovered Harry J. Epstein's had them at a fair price. I got the 1/4" and 3/8" drive.
www.harryepstein.com
Shown next to ye olde Craftsman U-joints for comparison:
Hey, why does that Craftsman 3/8" have a creepy color to it? Checked the code. Hey, that's too modern. I guess I blew one up real good at some point. I know I did with the 1/4" and I went and got a warranty replacement about five years ago (remember Sears & Roebuck?) but I think I eventually broke down and ordered a "vintage" one to maintain my toolbox's purity of essence.
Angles? You bet!
I must have heard wrong on the intertoobs. These aren't five-sided shapes inside, but six.
The 1/2" drive ones cost... more. And the impacts about double that. I'm not going to bother getting a 1/2" drive unless it's impact. The impact rated version in 1/2" is pin drive, not six-sided lobe. I messaged Jori at HJE and told him that I was enthused that they were now stocking Ko-ken, and he asked me if there was anything else I wanted by them that they didn't have, so I told him about the 1/2" impact double U-joint.
Search results for: 'koken'
Shown next to ye olde Craftsman U-joints for comparison:
Hey, why does that Craftsman 3/8" have a creepy color to it? Checked the code. Hey, that's too modern. I guess I blew one up real good at some point. I know I did with the 1/4" and I went and got a warranty replacement about five years ago (remember Sears & Roebuck?) but I think I eventually broke down and ordered a "vintage" one to maintain my toolbox's purity of essence.
Angles? You bet!
I must have heard wrong on the intertoobs. These aren't five-sided shapes inside, but six.
The 1/2" drive ones cost... more. And the impacts about double that. I'm not going to bother getting a 1/2" drive unless it's impact. The impact rated version in 1/2" is pin drive, not six-sided lobe. I messaged Jori at HJE and told him that I was enthused that they were now stocking Ko-ken, and he asked me if there was anything else I wanted by them that they didn't have, so I told him about the 1/2" impact double U-joint.
Non-floppy, and they appear to be non-binding.
The quick and easy solution to U-joint flop is to wrap them in electrical tape.
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Skyman
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Those double-joint universals are interesting. Wondering how easy or difficult it is to keep the socket placed over the bolt head or not while using them at an extreme angle.
Steve
Steve
gatewaysysop
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Agree they look pretty interesting, I've wanted to try one (of any brand) but haven't given it a go as of yet. Would you be able to post side-by-side shots to compare how much more angle you can get with these vs. standard universals before they bind up and/or reach the limit of their flex?
captain14
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four.cycle
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VAMPLIERS are still on sale for $20 bucks!
Everything else in their product line-up is on sale too! That's why I grabbed the tiny needle-nose pliers and the "Super Solder Sucker" for a buddy (the one who fixes computers and stuff.)
VAMPIRE TOOLS new arrivals 12/05/22
Everything else in their product line-up is on sale too! That's why I grabbed the tiny needle-nose pliers and the "Super Solder Sucker" for a buddy (the one who fixes computers and stuff.)
VAMPIRE TOOLS new arrivals 12/05/22
four.cycle
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GJ member d42jeep (Don) was kind enough to help out with my Indestro collection with some snazzy "Script" wrenches, a 1/4" nutdriver, and a Springfield-manufactured "Neustadt" 5-inch bicycle wrench, presumably manufactured for Neustadt when they were still just the "Neustadt Cycle Supply Company" prior to their venturing into the automotive business after 1900.
I'm assuming the other unmarked unit is also a Springfield, but I'll have to do some comparisons here.
Lovely stuff.
Thanks, Don!
BK
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four.cycle
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SUL (Germany) 7-inch adjustable wrench
I finally managed to score one of these odd little "SUL" adjustable wrenches at a reasonable price.
Mind-bogglingly simple mechanism makes one wonder "Why aren't they ALL like this?"
I'll get some better photos when we get some light and get this up on the "Bicycle Wrench" thread. More than likely belongs in the "Oddfellows" thread as well.
four.cycle
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.... .and now for the Grand Finale....
I was driving south on Pacific Avenue on my way out to Northern Fish when I thought "Hey, let's stop at American Pawnbrokers and see if they've got any good stuff cheap."
Apparently they managed to finagle a deal with somebody on an inventory of U.S. made Vermont-American twist drills, drill sets, router bits, and other assorted Vermont-American items.
They have a fully-stocked 6-foot display rack and every pegboard hook on it is full.
The little 13-piece twist drill sets were $7.99 a pop. (Quick math: 61.4 cents per drill bit.) The other stuff was blow-out priced as well.
CAVEAT: Owner does not want to ship. Meaning: you have to be local, or start driving.
I asked Mike, the owner, to take a photo of the rack and email it to me so you guys could see what he has, but I think he probably assumed I was just yanking his chain. (Can't really blame him for that- he's a pawnbroker - he has to listen to peoples' stories all day.)
American Pawnbrokers 5402 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Wa. 98408 - 13-piece Vermont-American twist drill sets 12/05/22
I was driving south on Pacific Avenue on my way out to Northern Fish when I thought "Hey, let's stop at American Pawnbrokers and see if they've got any good stuff cheap."
Apparently they managed to finagle a deal with somebody on an inventory of U.S. made Vermont-American twist drills, drill sets, router bits, and other assorted Vermont-American items.
They have a fully-stocked 6-foot display rack and every pegboard hook on it is full.
The little 13-piece twist drill sets were $7.99 a pop. (Quick math: 61.4 cents per drill bit.) The other stuff was blow-out priced as well.
CAVEAT: Owner does not want to ship. Meaning: you have to be local, or start driving.
I asked Mike, the owner, to take a photo of the rack and email it to me so you guys could see what he has, but I think he probably assumed I was just yanking his chain. (Can't really blame him for that- he's a pawnbroker - he has to listen to peoples' stories all day.)
American Pawnbrokers 5402 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Wa. 98408 - 13-piece Vermont-American twist drill sets 12/05/22
Which SO model is this....?Over 4 years of shopping finally pulled the trigger. New to me used green triple bank with hutch. Still moving in, I will post pictures soon
zmotorsports
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My Snap-on FB336 feeler gauge set arrived yesterday.
My Snap-on FB336 feeler gauge set arrived yesterday.
Real nice, I'd like to pick this up eventually.
Patrickm82
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Got some Black Friday stuff the past few days. PB screw drivers, stahlwille flex head and sockets, and some wrenches
rockinacummins
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I wrestled with posting this here or in the garage gallery. Hell, I may post it in both. Not really a “tool” per se, but could reasonably be considered a tool “box?” At any rate, it’s gonna be my shop/tool storage space for the foreseeable future. We’ve been saving for a proper shop, but this years feed and hay prices have really eaten into our savings. So we’ll be making do with this 48 foot beauty for now. Got it in an online auction for $1800, borrowed my cousins Freightliner and drove 45 minutes west of my house to get it. It’s got one small leak in the roof and the roll up door needs some work, but the floor is solid and it pulled great. I was planning on taking the axles and landing gear out from under it, but I may just leave them and build a ramp off the back so I can move it easily if I need to.
four.cycle
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went over and picked up a few more of those twist drill sets for "stocking stuffers" ... gave me an excuse to stop at Hong Kong Market and get some spring rolls...
HERE are photos of the Vermont-American inventory this guy is blowing out
HERE are photos of the Vermont-American inventory this guy is blowing out
Motown
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BF special, 10pc Ryobi set at HD $369. now I can sell my mishmash of older stuff
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came with (2) 4aH batteries and (1) 2aH battery
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Haven't had time to do any testing yet, but I suspect the Kokens have no bind in them.
Here's a video which isn't all that useful, partly because this is a pin-drive double jointer, and partly because it's very brief and written by somebody in Japan. But they do claim 60 degrees of offset.
