Recent content by davek125

Like Petej80, I am looking for something like this too. I'm in New Zealand and we also get absolutely shafted on tool prices here. I think our NZ dollar and petej80's dollaredoos are almost the same when converted to USD. I would be gobsmacked if I ever saw anyone buy one of those Milwaukee...

I don't hate it. I think it's a good invention. And once you decide who you are going to market it to, you can target your audience better. If your target is tradesmen and pro's - you need to do honest comparisons as others have mentioned. Or keep your current angle that looks like you want to...

Koken - ratchets, for the finish and precise action Sent from my SM-N960F using Tapatalk

With Makita you get what you pay for - consistent trade quality tools and a reputation that is well earned over a long period of time. With Milwaukee you are paying for an expensive marketing merchandising campaign. You are literally paying them to sell you tools. Sent from my SM-N960F using...

Hence the respirator and leather clothes. I've been suffering in a hot workshop all day all geared up and sweating like a dog at a Korean bbq. It's not enjoyable but it's preferable to inhaling zinc and going home feeling like I've got bricks in my lungs... and burns all over my body from the...

Yeah you're right I'm probably just being a tidy freak. I like my tools to be clean. I guess it's more the threads being gunked up and being a pain in the *** to tighten that's the bigger problem. I'm not getting any spatter sticking to them which is a good thing but I don't weld with them in...

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I wear a 3m respirator helmet, leather jacket and spats for my boots. That pretty much covers it doesn't it? I haven't tried anything in regard to cleaning the vise grips yet. Also have a bunch of big c clamps that have the threads all gunked up too. I wasn't sure if paint stripper was a good...

Thank you I'll try it and let you know how I get on Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Hi guys long time lurker here from New Zealand. I've started a new job welding galvanised steel and I have about 15 vise grips that have accumulated years of anti spatter and galv spray all over them. Some I can't do all the way up tight. What do you guys think is the best way to clean them up...