Recent content by icthruu74

Metric and “legacy inch based fractional measuring system”? I just use metric and SAE, or sometimes fractional.

How much 4x and 6x are you going to be cutting for a house? Most people will run 7.25” saws for framing, but most aren’t going to cut anything other than 2x and sheet goods. I like a Mag77 or the Skil southpaw sidewinder.

I had an old house that had just a lead flange on The subfloor. The toilet bolts were hanger bolts into the subfloor. But considering the toilet hasn’t been used, I’d start with the supply line and tank to toilet joint.

Maybe Lowe’s can add Dewalt and Milwaukee hand tools too? Seems like they’ve got too many brands. But then if it goes like it has with other B&M retailers of Tekton they’ll only carry them for a year or so. My local hardware carried them for about 2 years and then clearanced them all out and...

I’m on my 3rd VW, and they all have lug bolts. I bought a set of wheel studs designed to replace the bolts. I keep 2 of them and a T-handle allen wrench for them in the car. I just hand tread one in, put the wheel on and once I’ve got a couple bolts started use the Allen wrench to pull the...

I picked up a Tekton on clearance a few years ago. I haven't put tons of torque on it, but the extra reach has been handy.

I much prefer a wood handled hammer, but do have a steel Kobalt hammer in my bags right now. Most of my hammer use now is setting a nail that didn’t fully drive from the gun. I don’t ever see myself using my old 25oz framer again, but I’ve still got it. One of my sons is in a carpentry...

If my wife asked me to buy her something like that, my response would be that I’ve got a nice set of jumper cables in the car and a 5 & 12volt power supply she can use... That said she did spent $150 on a haircut yesterday. So I don’t feel bad about buying a new 1/2” impact.

I’m going on ONE experience rebuilding a diff, so I certainly could be wrong, but it felt to me like you’d have to remove the yolk to get the seal out. At which point I though you’re supposed to change the crush sleeve and reset pinion preload. But I again, my experience is very low on this.

I’ve been using ‘fast orange’ hand cleaner and have been pretty happy with it. Buy it in the 1/2 gallon bottle with a pump.

I’ve used large sockets too (that’s actually how I was taught). Only time I’ve done a pinion seal I was doing carrier bearings too so I’m not sure (on a GM 12 bolt), but can you just replace the pinion seal without having to set preload?

I used to have one in the seat bag of my 10-speed 30 years ago...

I’ve got an old metric set somewhere that I basically never use. I did have a nice 5/16” one somewhere that I loved for side terminal batteries. Otherwise I’m not a big fan of ratcheting wrenches in general.

Maybe the copper is too soft and will crush under the crimps? No idea though really. As for soldering, I’ve had no issues with them, I treated it just like copper.

I lose tape measures so often that I couldn’t afford to buy anything too expensive. I picked up 6 Stanley tapes at a garage sale last spring, and can only find one of them now. I suppose if I’d paid $100ea for them instead of $10 for the lot I might take better care of them.