Recent content by 2x_Tom

How do you know? He could be getting the deal of the year, he could be getting ripped off. No one can even begin to make the assessment without knowing all the facts. Is he pulling a permit and how much are permit fees? Permit fees vary widely. Some towns here would charge $50 for that...

We usually just use two or three guys and pick them up onto a ladder or scaffold but I guess that's out. Could you rig up some straps for it and use a chain hoist bolted to a joist? That would probably get you within a foot or two of the ceiling. Is the drywall lift not enough? That's 8.5'...

Amazon took it back without a word of complaint. They even paid the return shipping. Wound up getting the bearing off with a grinder and air hammer. Next time I'll be buying a real kit, that Yukon puller looks nice. I watched a video they have and it seems like it would be perfect for those...

The stuff from China is absolute junk. I've had tons of brass fittings leak through the fitting itself due to a bad casting. I'd guess as many as 1 in 40 of them. Lead free brass too I've noticed requires a little more strength to tighten then the old brass did. The thread depth stays the...

Those 3/8 ******* tend to rot out and get weak. I've been to more then one house where one was broken off at the threads inside the wall because someone bumped I to it. I've also broken a couple myself trying backing Off old supply valves only to find the threads completly destroyed. I would...

I need to order an odd sized die. No one locally has or can get me anything so I found two online. One is by Michigan Drill, the other by Qualtech. They're within three dollars of each other after shipping. Is either one of these brands better then the other...

I have no clue what the original motor was. Currently it's a 3.75" pulley driving a 14" pulley. The 3.75" pulley looks pretty new so it's a safe assumption it was changed. It's a 3450RPM motor on there. So right now I'm turning around 921RPM by my math. It's looking like I should have a...

I had no problem filling a 2nd hand set of bottles I picked up from my neighbor. They had no company tag on them. The exchange ones I got for them do have a sticker with the name of the gas supplier saying "property of". I wouldn't think twice about ripping that sticker off and God help them...

Saw an ad on Craigslist for a non working compressor. I go to check it out and find an old 60 gallon IR compressor with a brand new Northern Tools 2hp motor. Apparently they bought it, couldn't get the motor running, put this new one on, still couldn't get it running so they got fed up and...

I personally don't see the need. I just have the SK 94547 set I drag around as my go to set so I have standard and deep with me at all times. It's rare I have to grab any other sizes. That said, I'm sure their is a place for them and if you want them I don't see why not to get them.

Are you talking about the tiny MC bottle set that Home Depot sells, it comes in a plastic case? It depends what you need them for. It will work exactly the same as a larger set of tanks, you'll just run out quickly especially if you're cutting you'll be emptying that oxygen bottle quickly...

Wow, that Proto one is buck bucks. I went with OTC because I thought they were good while not being as much as the truck brands. I saw a similar puller to the OTC on Macs website for $200 so I didn't think $85 was rediculously cheap for this thing. Now I see Mac has two of the same thing, one...

A 12 bolt.

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I have a couple OTC tools, all made in USA and pretty good quality. Last week I ordered a 4518 puller set to remove a pinon bearing. Usually I use my friends Mac or Matco (can't remember which it was) but he no longer has his tools. It arrived today (Sunday delivery, go Amazon) and the...