Recent content by Bacon!

I don't want the spring loaded safety pin because that means the whole body tube is hollow and weaker, and in the case of mine, after (granted not a short period of time) 18 years of use, the back end split apart. Even so, I'd have bought the same if I had found one. I got tired of looking...

It's definitely ~6.35mm, measured the chuck pilot hole as well (all measurements using a digital caliper). I saw some generics 6mm/13mm chuck on Amazon but in addition to the size difference, didn't have an expectation of quality. Currently wondering if a Jacobs K32 would work, then saw...

Hate to ****-in with a less than classic CM drill press, but I've been having a time trying to figure out a replacement chuck key. The original key had the safety eject pin so a hollow tube for that, and over time that made it weak and it has failed, bent and cracked. I looked around, searched...

LOL, there is no way to do that. If they come in for an oil change, it's already untrustworthy to charge $180 and piling on the *gravy* looks like a con artist. If someone wants a higher level of service, that's an inspection line item, not something you try to attach to an oil change. An oil...

These aren't cars but... there's usually a middle ground, not getting raped by the OEM pricing structure, and not buying the cheapest junk, either. (the rest of this is not a response to your post, just comments on the rest of the topic replies) I noticed Powersports just fine, and it is not...

This is not a hard one. You can probably find filter and 3 qts oil less than $60 without sacrificing quality. You can probably spend a lot less than 0.75hrs per vehicle checking the things listed, which can be checked in the amount of time it takes to drain the oil. The extra 0.5hrs per...

A shop that does not provide a binding agreement on estimate ahead of time, and get consent before any bill adjustments higher, should not be patronized. Lack of the latter, sometimes past a certain % increase, is also illegal in some states.

Yes they are a great value. However the ones I have, can't get more than half the charge out of a NiMH AA cell before they stop working... which isn't a deal breaker to me when running rechargeables, but it does make the runtime fairly short for the amount of light. It's also nice that many of...

Some of the rods have such a shallow head, that you're tempted to grind off the chamfering on a socket just to get more purchase on it.

I like to have two lights, one a very floody COB like the first pictured, and 2nd light with an aim-able head. For the aim-able, I used to have a cordless tool brand's light but it was quite large. Now I more often grab my Nicron N9: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098LFBTYY/?tag=atomicindus08-20...

I got about 7 years on the original battery, never trickle charging it. Got about 10 years on the replacement (Sams Club something group U1), started trickling it from new but only a top-off in the middle of winter and a top-off right before first spring start. Just bought a new battery...

Upload the mower and I will download, fix and re-upload it. ;) If you just want to disconnect the battery, many with this type of battery terminal, have a wing nut to attack the cables. You can simply disconnect the POSITIVE cable after use. That takes about 20 seconds so would take quite a...

I know it might seem like a crazy idea, but how about just repairing the parasitic drain fault You should measure the available clearance. A switch designed to mount on a round battery terminal, can also be mounted to the flat post with a through hole. You just put the bolt through the hole...

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I have their 3/8"-7/16" # 31614 in black oxide. Figured I'd try it out because it was on sale at Amazon a few years back. Deep, well formed heads, thin shaft. Good tolerances, works great on my rusted brake line nuts and bleeder screws, would buy it again at the current $25 price... though on...