Recent content by bigd2203

Picked up a 7" baldor grinder with new wheels for $10. From the same guy a 3/4" drive socket set. USA brand sockets with a snap on 3/4" ratchet. $20 for the sockets and ratchet.

I purchased a PB Swiss pry bar from a garage sale. It sells new for $100. I payed the guy two dollars for it. The company produces top quality tools.

All returns from Costco get sent to the compactor. A couple years ago I took a load of aluminum to Las Vegas to recycle. Sitting in the yard was about twenty or so pallets of random items. Chainsaws, ladders, bikes, you name it it was there. All scrapped for minor issues. The chainsaw was...

got them as a birthday present. small one is a joke, its ratchet mechanism is rough and catches. the big one is in my junk drawer for household repairs. only there because i don't want to go get the makita from the garage. it speeds up putting on a switch cover or such... not for heavy use.

i have one with wood planks that the pump and motor mount to. got it for free from my landlord. the motor was scrapped by the landlord. i bought a house a year and a half ago and haven't had time to fix the beast. i recently found a large enough 220 motor for it. time to start the cleaning...