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Not its intended purpose, but I used leftover (tan) 2-part epoxy garage floor paint from Home Depot on large/tiered floor-to-ceiling garage shelves + a wooden step leading inside my house from the garage. It's been at least 15 years, and all of it still looks as new as the day I applied it. It...

Decided it was time to upgrade my tired 20+year-old socket set and jumped on the Tekton bandwagon. -Got the master sets of 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" drive in 6-point, plus another master set of 3/8" drive in 12-point (not shown) for those random aftermarket flywheel/head/manifold/hub/pan bolts. All on...

In order of descending power, Milwaukee has the high-torque, mid-torque, and stubby. I own all three and love them, but I mostly use the high-torque and the stubby. For lug nuts, I use the 1/2" high-torque with the friction ring. My truck's lug nuts are torqued to 140 lbs-ft, and it zips them...

I'm no expert, but the belt track looks 95% identical to that of a Burr King Model 979. Physical layout of the machine is roughly identical. The 979 comes with either a 3hp or 5hp motor. Vertical height-adjusting pedestal is optional -- maybe your pedestal is what you get with the...

I picked up two of them when they were on sale for ~$9 in May. Wish I could offer better advice, but I honestly haven't used them on any projects yet, and I've never used the Swedish style before. They seem fine to me for the price, but I didn't buy them expecting my life to change...

FWIW, I've had the same 56" Husky toolbox for years. That big middle drawer is where I keep random heavier items -- lots of hammers, saws, clamps, crowbars/prybars, tire spoons/levers. I've got it loaded down pretty heavy, and I think as a result, the drawer doesn't wiggle hardly at all -- it...