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    Anyone here have experience with 3M EEP-100 Electronic ear plugs?

    The NRR specs meet my needs, I am currently wearing Peltor triple flange ear plugs so I am confident they will fit comfortably. I am more wondering how the electronic part works, is it effective, can you hear conversations, surrounding low level noises, does it lag too much, ETC? Basically...
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    Pneumatic grease gun Question

    90 PSI is the usual specification used for most pneumatic equipment.
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    Anyone here have experience with 3M EEP-100 Electronic ear plugs?

    I am an Auto Mechanic and have developed some annoying and painful side effects from 40 years of shop noises. Playing the pull the ear plug to talk /put it back in thing is wearing thin and I am considering buying some 3M™ PELTOR™ Electronic Earplugs, EEP-100. I just am wondering if they...
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    TruCraft Ratchet

    I have been using one of those for over 30 years and it has been no trouble at all, still works like new.
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    Another "What is it?" thread!

    I second that.
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    SK Fans?

    No just the standard old Snap-On ratchets. I own a bunch of the S-K Tuff-one ratchets and several of the professional series, they are almost bullet proof, I have only broken a few and those were while in abuse mode.
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    SK Fans?

    I have 30 year old S-K ratchets that work like new, I have a few Snap-On that I have warrantied so often that I stopped using them.
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    Name that Tool!

    I agree old wire type hose clamp pliers. The ring was used to lock the pliers holding the clamp open.
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    Buy a used torque wrench?

    I measure the rotating torque and add 5 in lbs when re tightening the nut.
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    Homemade Tools

    It works on the exact same principal as an Air Lift. The difference is that the pipes act as a tank that draws coolant from the bottom of the radiator tank, then I have a home made manifold attached to an old radiator pressure tester head. The "tank" is made from 8, 2"' sections of 2" schedule...
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    Convert Drawer Slides to Ball Bearing?

    I did this to an old craftsman box of mine. I went to the local big box store and bought some kitchen cabinet roller slides, they look just like the ones on the tool boxes. I had to cut the old friction slides off of the drawers and then drill the drawers for the new slides, but in the end it...
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    Unusual Tips and Tricks

    A little piece of paper towel placed on top of a hex bolt will hold it into the socket for hard to get at places. Water is the best rust penetrant ever made. No, I am serious, what made the rust? Placing an aspirin inside an automobile thermostat to hold it open will make the cooling system...
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    Homemade Tools

    I call it the Coolantator 2012, my old one broke last week so I started over and made some improvements. It is a coolant drain and fill machine, it runs on vacuum and can do the job in under 15 minutes. The last pic is the coolantator 2000 which is the one that bit the dust.
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    another, "what is this tool,"

    You are holding the wrong end!:lol:
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