Recent content by garandman

One of our employees went off on his own. He scanned various figures from online games and made molds for custom candles in several sizes on his printer. Sold a lot of them.

Helped a friend do winter tire changeover. He also has an older gun that won’t break loose old installs. Price is $100 now but he’s planning to buy one as well.

Have a number of MATCO tools - purchased used, on eBay, often from pawn shops.

Had a dentist appointment so…. And emergency job - duplicated a wooden sign that was to be used for an award.

As tire shops charge $80 for a winter tire swap, it’s already paid for itself!

My 18V DeWalt (over 10 years old) is rated for 300 ft lbs but won’t break loose lug nuts that have been on the cars a while. While looking for a replacement that realistically only gets used Fall and Spring for winter tire changeover, became an avid Torque Test Channel watcher, one Amazon...

Friend of mine called me in a dither. They wanted to give two retiring board members a going-away plaque. The plaque duplicated their old-fashioned (ie pre internet) sign. Someone else was supposed to take care of it: let him know 4 days before the event! Designed it up in SolidWorks and...

8.4 pounds…. DeWalt DCF896 is 3.5 lbs. Some of the tractor stuff is pretty big but seems the mod-range tools will break it loose.

Planning to buy a 1/2” mid torque cordless impact wrench, mostly for lug nuts but also some tractor parts. So, of course, the Black Friday deals seem to be everything but 1/2” mid torque cordless impact wrench. Have a very complete set of 18V DeWalt but there doesn’t seem to be any real...

Bought a set of Gedore Made-In-India metric combination wrenches at KMart in 1985. Still have an use them.

Printed a part for my boat. The bulkhead is at a 20 degree angle, so the compass is harder to read. Designed and printed a 12 degree wedge.

Going to check this week.

We have a double door with a very old Sears chain drive that stopped working. Did some trouble shooting and still dead. Is it easy to install these yourself in an existing install? Or should ai find an installer? Issue is there probably isn’t an installer within 20 miles in NH.

For three years worked for a division of USM 76-79, after they were acquired by Emhart. Bailey Corp was an OEM molder of large plastic parts for cars and trucks. At one point we needed a machine to use for custom die cutting. One of the engineers suggested I look through the old USM catalog to...