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I believe those are Danaher made wrenches. Similar to USA made Armstrong, Kobalt, Allen also manufactured by Danaher. I have a similar set of NAPA NDM wrenches, they were offered by NAPA until the import Carlyle tools line started around the 2010s or so.

My desire for a thin jaw pliers wrench goes beyond bike use, but you're right about modern "better" bikes. As for my fleet of bikes, cartridge bearings are the norm on most of them so, yes, little need for cone wrenches on those. It's all the inexpensive kid bikes I come into contact with...

Trek had a father's day promotion with $30 off a $100 or more purchase so I decided to see what they had in their sale/clearance section. I found a bunch of Unior tools on sale and among them was this Unior pliers wrench. Made in Slovenia, it's not as refined as a Knipex pliers wrench but it...

As the title says, I wondering if anyone has any personal experience with Unior combination wrenches? I have an opportunity to buy a set for a reasonable price and am curious about real world experience. Unior manufactures their tools in Slovenia and, in the USA, seem to be mostly known for...

As mentioned, there is a sliding glass patio style door. The other tall skinny window is fixed in place. Contemporary style townhouse. This room is an outlier because of it's position. 20 years ago it was better because there was a large tree outside but it died and the replacement tree is...

One room of house on 2nd floor, southwest corner has around 75 sf of glass and lots of solar gain. Even with solar film and thick curtains, the room is too warm, especially when it's sunny. Would like to spot cool the room. A minisplit would probably be the best option, although it would...

Of course the Cult of Honda will admonish you for not buying Honda. I own an EU2000 and it's great but I'm sure the Wen and other brands of inverter generators of similar size would probably serve my needs just fine and have saved me some green. However, the one area that Honda definitely...

Like others have posted, I've seen them on old buildings. I distinctly remember them on many door windows of my high school, which opened in 1929 (though I attended much much later!). I recall reading that the embedded wire was for fire protection but I don't know if that is the only purpose...

Electrically, basic chargers are pretty simple electronic devices. Unless the transformer failed, repair shouldn't be difficult nor expensive.

Similarly, I have a Snap-On socket that is dual marked 3/4 and 19mm.

What's the matter with an ancient pair of two-tone golf shoes?

Actually, there are more than a few vehicles running on CNG. Transit buses are very common on CNG and some of the trash haulers around me are CNG. In California, UPS and other companies use LNG (liquified natural gas) tractors for depot to depot operations. LNG is actually not high...

An excellent overview of the Stihl electric pruning shears. For my personal use, I have purchased a chinese made "Hotloop" branded electric pruning shear from Amazon that uses DeWalt 18/20v batteries. For my unsophisticated uses, they have worked great and were a bargain at around $40 USD...

In March of 2025 we put in a very nice murphy bed from a local retailer in Virginia. The company/s website is https://warehouseshowrooms.com/ The bed was manufactured by a Amish company in Pennsylvania. I don't have the manufacturer name handy at the moment, but I will try to unearth it...

CS Osboorne did pop up when I looked for information on the GW Mount hammer. I didn't look very far or perhaps I would have seen they had the small "cross-peen" style hammers in their catalog. I guess I'll put them with my rarely touched leatherworking tools.