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You could describe them that way and be very precise doing so, but if you asked a dealer for some he'd look at you funny and then say...

Angle wrenches are some of my favorites. They are short, and angled so usefully... Not something you grab every day but they can save so...

I've always had much better luck with triangle files. Thread files never seem to do much of anything for me.

I don't think there's anything wrong with living at home so long as you are contributing, so I'll be interested in seeing how you set...

I'm a junk mender for a company. Hourly pay to raise the dead, in many cases. Last year I rigged the vacuum actuated choke to a hand...

I'm imagining a spectacular crash... Broken change gears.... Flying rotor.... It'd fit well with my department!

I'm still waiting on drills and center drills for the Atlas. If I asked for carbide, they'd probably tell me to buy it myself if I...

Yeah, it's probably not worth the effort. I'm not even sure if you could mount these rotors in a brake lathe. They have a weird shape...

That's my worry. I got caught up trying to get the parking brake working today and that'll probably eat up the rest of my allotted time...

It's an Atlas 12" lathe and the rotors are a badly worn pair from a JD Gator. What are my chances of success with HSS tooling? Before...

We had a motorcycle mechanic at work who had some specialty stuff he used. Said it worked some of the time....

I have quite a few soft grip ratchets. When they get especially grimy I set the handle in the ultrasonic cleaner with a bit of dish...