Recent content by cody1325

Looks like I was looking at the wrong truck brand for something that would fit my Facom ATCL.2 (the Craftsman V-Series version), as I knew Mac had some similar Facom-sourced drivers as it had super long slotted and Phillips reversible bits (and nothing in other varieties; as the other sizes were...

I think I have a couple random wrenches--came from a random box of tools Granddad and I bought together when our Sears was closing in '14.

And this folks is why my tool method of "best, better, good, and 'cheap ****'" usually equates to "main, backup, backup for the backup, backup for the backup's backup. Also, when you put stuff back where it belongs, it usually is there. Unless you end up finding out that a guy who leases the...

Sherwin Williams. Their freebie paint can opener is my favorite pocket prybar. It's cheap (FREE!), decently tough, and has a bottle opener. I try to go there and pick one up about every few months; usually with some spray paint for something. I lose them a lot. They must have finally got the...

I bought my workbench and a few other items Friday. Still haven't gotten the photos taken, but minus a return of $60 in 3/8 impact sockets (bought them for the Hyper Tough 12V impact; but my WM was out), it, the Doyle Hawkbill, and a pair of pruning shears only cost me about $55. I've got...

Harbor Freight. Badlands 48 inch Farm Jack. A replacement to a cheap "Reese" branded one that's a piece of junk. My plans were Hi-Lift and Hi-Lift only, but Rural King has sucked with keeping the things in stock. Also, this was $30 cheaper. PS: also got some 3/8 impact sockets, but will...

Pretty sure my drill's the same age. Note to self--replace cord. The current one probably has 2 feet of MSHA rated tape I put on it ever since Granddad gave me the drill as a teen. Need to get a corded one like this as a "in the meantime" until I get a nice cordless one. I have an air system...

I've noticed you see relatively few Blue Grass carpenter's tools; but even fewer mechanics tools--I wonder why.

I upload just about everything direct to all the forums I'm on. The **************** of Photobucket is well known; but I used Flickr--basically useless once they started to mostly make it impossible to use if you didn't have a subscription. Got tired of IMGUR basically trying to be social...

This is what I'm about ready to do. I've got two sizeable plastic totes (a bit smaller than a 27 gal--I think the 18 Gal ones Walmart sells for like $5 in various colors) full of stuff I was foolhardy enough to rehome from busted cardboard boxes where they'd piled up. So much of it is rusty...

My "Two Speed Reciprocating Saw" cost the equivalent of around $450 or so for a pretty basic, kinda underpowered saw--and the $45-ish or so it was then was what my folks were bringing in a week 60 years ago. Meanwhile, that can buy a couple of Milwaukee corded Sawzalls; or a nice cordless one...

From what I know, I think they were so expensive, only very wealthy businessmen could afford the things. Dad had a StarTAC (which I still have); and that was '96-97. That was the first cellphone anyone around here had; he used it until well in to the '00s. Granddad I think had a Nokia 3310.

So far, the only thing I have found is that, apparently, these were made by SK for a "government contract". I'm also seeing regular "non Tuff-1" ratchets--kinda also looking SK-ish, except the reverser switch is blued, not chromed.

I have the last-gen, and it's done everything I want it to. However, I wish I'd just waited around a year, as the new one is brushless, and has the off-set head the Milwaukee and Bosch ones do. I have the impact, reciprocating saw, installation driver, inflator, and a drill (which I still have...

Wharncliffe/sheepsfoot (sorta), AXIS style lock, and bit driver. Now, we're talking something close to perfect for my uses! Does it lock shut? I've got the hawkbill, and it makes it impossible to open with the thumb slot in the blade--I have to pull the lock bar back and wrist-flick for...