Recent content by mechanical turk

I don't own many SK tools and would love to have more. What GJ member with a pulse would turn down free SK?

I like AvE and have been watching him for several years, probably since his first tool teardown of the M18 oscillating multitool was posted here. I give him money every month via patreon because his tool teardowns are something you almost never get to see. Yes, his shtick has gotten heavier...

I can't think of anything off the top of my head where an impact driver would be at a disadvantage over hand tools for disassembly on a motorcycle, aside from those few parts where you want to keep even pressure on them, like in your clutch or removing the head off the engine. I have a little...

I have a Metabo GEP 710. Variable speed with a paddle. I think it's a 6.4 amp, made in Germany. Can't complain so far but it's the only electric die grinder I have so I can't say if it's better or worse than the others. A little pricey, I got a good deal on mine but I think CPO has them for...

Better yet, glow rods. 1/4" is probably good for this. Glow in the dark so you can kinda halfass see what you're doing. The little hook that screws into the end will be strong enough to hopefully grab the belt clip or, failing that, pull the hook at the end of the tape up. Might be kind of a...

I have this one, the Franklin 710: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064EICKG/?tag=atomicindus08-20 It doesn't tell you if it's wood or metal or whatever but the multiple sensors make it easy for me to tell what's a stud, what's a piece of conduit, etc. I haven't really tried it on lath so for an...

If you have some thick-ish solid wire, say 12 gauge or bigger, you can use that to crush the insulation and easily strip the end without needing another tool. Crimp down on it and then the insulation easily peels away with your fingers. Comes in handy on occasion.

Neat, I had no idea they used friction welding to attach the heads. I guess it must be cheaper to forge and machine the heads separately rather than forging the head and handle as one piece, with all the different configurations they offer. I wonder if they machine down a standard head to turn...

I have the Craftsman and a couple Vessel Impacta screwdriver/impact combos for JIS stuff but generally I've reached for the a cordless impact driver and have had great success with that. It's possible being diligent with a hand impact might have saved me from a few screws where the heads got...

I have both of these. Very good wrenches. The ratcheting mechanism is not reversible, so no good for left hand thread fasteners. I don't run into left hand threads often though, if I did I have a set of the $10 each HF torque wrenches that would be good enough. I just work on my own vehicles...

Yep, Ty-Rap is the best I've used for sure. They're on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DEHZ14/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I'll throw in another vote for Joe's Racing gauges. I picked one up on sale at some point for I think $13, it's seemed very accurate for me. Very consistent, reads about a half PSI higher than my Milton inflator shows. They are still made in USA, too. For $25 you probably can't do much better.

I have the same problem sometimes with my Bosch PS41 (12v brushed impact). Sometimes when I pull the trigger, nothing happens. Pull it a few times and usually it'll go. I bought a PS42 (brushless) to replace it and since then it has behaved. The PS41 worked well for five or six years, I...

I have a PS41 and a PS42. I think the trigger switch in the 41 is going, sometimes I pull the trigger and no worky worky, sometimes it's fine. I've been using the 42 more recently. With the 4.0 batteries it lasts forever, but so does the 41. The 42 doesn't seem to get as hot as the 41 does...

When I think of a center finding ruler I think of something like this: A lot of the heads are interchangeable on some of the older ones but I don't know of anyone making a steel scale for these that only goes down to 1/8".