Recent content by Nieros

I really wish the flex zeal line wasn't just JIS, but I also understand the realities of their market right now.

Ah, charming. Well it's nice that you're able to add your experience with a regular saw blade to the conversation.

I'm not sure if it's sarcasm or not... but having 90 degree cuts on the end of extrusions the first pass has saved me a lot of time. I felt like an idiot for not checking for a miter blade before. If you're doing it once or twice, whatever. Clean it up with a file. If you've got 30-40 cuts to...

Seconding this. It changed my life with t-track extrusions.

z Ahhh there we go. Somehow infar had slipped past my radar when I went down the ratcheting wrench rabbit hole before.

Interesting - the only place I see 11mm in the major specifications is DIN. Maybe something to do with their global platform development? https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/metric-bolt-head-wrench-size-d_1458.html

I wonder who they got to OEM them. COO is taiwan (no surprise) - Looks sort of like Hi-Five, but they don't have the little retaining spring you see on Tone/Facom/MAC The reversible one doesn't have the kabo switch... so maybe Toptul?

interesting thing to note when I order koken stuff via Zoro, it's all drop shipped from koken USA

just chiming in, I picked up some NOS xframes a couple months ago and one of them was disassembled (13mm ratcheting ring in a 12mm wrench). I submitted a warranty claim on it, it took them a week to respond - but didn't have any stock to replace it... and ended up giving me a gift card to their...