Recent content by jalind

This Titan pliers set arrived yesterday. They're smaller pliers, but that's what I wanted for smaller electrical and electronics use. I've got bigger and beefier already if I need it, but you can't use them very easily on small electronics. Grips TPR. They're not soft, squishy, or very...

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Bondhus has long ball end sets with the ball on the long end. Bondhus metric ball end in briteguard finish: set of 15; 1.27-10mm: 17095 set of 9; 1.5-10mm: 17099 http://www.bondhus.com/bondhus_products/tool_categories/l-wrenches/briteguard.html Metric ball end in proguard (black) finish: set...

This Swiss Tool X Plus Ratchet arrived today . . . Not finish flaws but reflections in the high polish chrome that I wasn't going to get rid of without using a lighting tent and I wasn't going to set that up with all the lights required for it. ;-) It will become one of the go-to tools around...

IIRC, and I had one of these decades ago, the rear axle nut and engine gland nut are both 36mm, not 46mm. Nevertheless, they were a bear to remove and replace to proper torque. If the rear axle nut wasn't torqued down sufficiently, the lash in the splines would strip the splines out of the rear...

A number of things I wouldn't replace . . . The lowly Ticonderoga #2 wood pencil. The pencil sharpener to go with it: This Lufkin X46X folding rule with six inch extensions at both ends. Out of production now for some time, only the X46 with an extension at one end is available now. A...

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All the ones I found (a couple decades ago) were made for newer Craftsman saws or other brands such as Delta and would not fit. IIRC, one almost did but was too thick. If there is one that works with this saw I'd like to know as I fabricated one from wood for the dado blade. IIRC - I'd have to...

Just got this used, in excellent condition, Lufkin X46X, with double extensions, one on each end. This model has been discontinued for some time. You can still get an X46 with one extension on one end. What is the extension for? Allows interior measurements. Put one end on one wall or box...

Thanks. The 3/8" and 1/2" S-K sets are about 40 years old. Bought them at AAFES (the PX) when I was in the US Army. Didn't know then what a superb deal I was getting. Supplemented them with some accessories over the next few years. They were SAE. Finally bought complete sets of metric sockets...

There's some bogus information being touted here. The Tekton and HF's Pittsburgh Pro $20 special are not the same. I have the Tekton and have handled the HF. They're miles apart in just how they feel, and in how the micrometer setting adjusts. The Tekton's setting scales are deeply engraved...

I have my father's 1954 version of the same 10" saw. Added the right and left extensions and replaced the original fence with a Reliant, which you cannot find any more, but the Vega Pro appears to be identical. Has a vernier adjustment. If you get it installed dead on, that vernier can help make...

Could be the original 11mm walked off the job and a 12-pt was the available replacement. I've got a couple one-off set replacements. John

With the exception of a few specialized pieces, my 3/8" and 1/2" drive socket sets are S-K. My experience with the "off brand" has been primarily 1/4" drive and other hard line tools. Tekton: A good amount of their stuff was made in China at one time. Everything recent is Taiwan. I've been...

This is the small toolbox that lives in the laundry room. It's there for use on mechanical things inside the house, in conjunction with the hanging tools on the peg board. It's an 18"L x 7"W x 5"H blow molded box that S-K sold some decades ago with a minimalist tool set. I'm not certain who the...