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    Recommend a quality battery charger for D batteries

    BudgetLightForum.com has extensive reviews of chargers for different battery sizes and types. A recent very favorable review of a Gyrfalcon unit is at: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/review-enova-gyrfalcon-s8000-updated-2024-05-18/222729. Liionwholesale.com has introductory pricing on the unit...
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    Round of applause for True Temper Tools

    If you bought the rake with a credit card, you might be able to access old statements and receipts online.
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    Good Penetrating Fluids?

    Like CGarage, I've used Liquid Wrench after viewing Project Farm's tests. Just got a Jacobs 6444 frozen chuck opened after three days. Besides using Liquid Wrench, I put it in the freezer for the better part of a day and then used a heat gun on it for a few minutes. It finally opened up just now.
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    Box Cutter Update

    Reminds me just a little of the Christy Knife, still made in the USA: "The Christy sliding blade knife is the handiest pocket knife ever designed. All parts are manufactured by hand with the original equipment from 1936. The Christy pocketknife is made now, as always, in Fremont, Ohio, USA."
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    PlungeBlaster clog clearing tool

    My copy has no Schraeder valve but a similar hand pump and pressure chamber and gauge. You're right that it uses air, but General Pipe Cleaners says this about how their model operates: "The Kinetic Water Ram uses a burst of compressed air that drives a shock wave (kinetic energy) through...
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    PlungeBlaster clog clearing tool

    General Pipe Cleaners has been selling a Kinetic Water Ram for 50 years or so. You pump it up to the desired pressure and release the pressure into the clogged drain. Supposedly the drain is cleared by a wave travelling through the water to the clog. I have an import copy that works quite well...
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    Old air compressor Reed valve restoring

    I cut a couple of very simple gaskets from gasket material with a tiny pair of scissors. I discovered recently the local library has a Cricut machine that would likely be able to do intricate cutting, but I haven't tried it. Here's a brief description: "The Library's Cricut Explore Air 2 is...
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