Recent content by coonhunter

Good looking light, I may just order me one. I am a big fan of lights with 18650 Li-ion batteries, they seem to be a great balance between size and capacity. I would like to have removable 18650 batteries in mine, that way I can just swap them and go. As a plus, whenever a cordless...

1/4 in drive universal sockets I am looking for a metric set of 1/4 in drive universal sockets. I haven't decided on brand yet, just a home use set, so doesn't have to be high end. I am thinking gearwrench, or maybe Carlyle. What would you suggest? Also, should I get 6 or 12 point? edit** I...

I am looking for a rebuild kit for my sk 3870 roto ratchet. There seems to be a large swing in price, how do I know which one to get? I want a quality kit, because I don't think I will ever wear it out, so it will most likely be a one time purchase.

I bought a metric 3/8 drive set off amazon and the 13mm was not knurled like the rest. I called gearwrech directly and they just sent another socket. so now I have a matching set and a bonus 13mm socket. I am very pleased with the set and service. Went to sears yesterday, they never have what...

temp drop per hour is going to depend on a bunch of things, are you talking about walking into a shop that is 100+ and turning the a/c on? If your unit is keeping up, your temp drop would be 0/hr. Also, the temp drop per hour is going to decrease as you get closer to your set point. What is...

At my last job our crews were not allowed to have their own tools and we supplied everything. The thought was that it would help to prevent accidents if the employees were using quality tools, and not making due with the cheap tools. If an employee was to leave the company, his toolbox stayed...

through some searching I found the alloy artifacts website. According to their website and the pictures and descriptions that they have, the wrench was made between 1924 and 1927. What should I do with it now? I don't want to cut it to make a coat hook. I have bead blasted it, which is how I...

I found a large wrench on the ground and decided to run it through the bead blaster so I could make something out of it (thinking of a coat hook). When I blasted it, I found some interesting markings on it. First it is a Williams, the large size says 9/16 USS on it and the smaller size says...

If I borrow a tool, I always buy it the next time I get the chance. I hate to borrow, but can't always go and buy right then.

I am reworking a handbox, I have stripped the paint, primered it and put the first coat of hammered paint on it. Should I clear coat it after I get done with the hammered paint? I want the paint to last as long as possible.

Well, I am working with a wire wheel right now to strip the paint off, so I have paint removal covered. I have got the dents to an acceptable level. This will be a working box and will ride in the car all the time, so perfection is not necessary. I am going to try and take all the paint off...

I picked up a few (5) hand boxes from my granddad's shop this past week and I am going to redo them. I am going to start with the smallest one first. I could use some tips on how to go about reworking it. It has a fair amount of dents in the top, and I want to strip the paint and redo it in a...

My sister had her wheels stolen off her suburban, the cop said it happens all the time and Chevy 6 hole is the most popular.

Well, maybe I was doing ok afterall! Dang, now I need to find another reason to go tool shopping. Oh yeah pry bars, I need some of those!

I may have a brake job comming up on my wife's 09 tahoe. I always thought, no big deal, disk brakes all around. Then I watched a member here get flammed for using chanel locks to compress his pistons; which is how I have always done it. So the question is, what does this mess up when you...