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This is my new favorite thread on this forum. People will say you'll miss all the diapering. You won't. That's what grandchildren are for. You might do one every so often at that point and remember why you don't do them anymore. So much fun with little ones to have outside of diaper duty...

I'm looking to possibly use one for roadside assistance work. Other $100-$150 cordless impacts seem to be less than stellar. So I did a Google search for the part number (17339) and lucky me, I found a GJ thread talking about the exact way I'd like to use it. I'm digging up this old thread to...

This was the plan with our old house until we got an offer from the guy we bought it from, he wanted it back to tear the house down (the same way, volunteer fire department and rent a skid steer and a dumpster to clean up) and build a nice big shop. I bet he's on here somewhere, Jason?

If a new battery charger counts, then I have that and a couple single sockets and a stubby ratchet set, so $100, $40 if the charger doesn't count. I do have a laundry list of things to get, about $350 in tools (mostly replacing worn ratchets and sockets, adding to my range of wrench sizes, a...

That's a good price for a good box. It's what I'll be looking to spend on that size box as soon as I ensure I have enough room to move it around in this tiny 1966 garage.

I've pretty much given up on buying my cheap cars on CL. People don't put a phone in their ad, then repost it every day, and don't reply to emails. So what exactly are you doing? Your thing's for sale. I contact you offering to come see and buy the thing. You ignore me. My money gets spent...

Garage space is at a premium in this house we're moving into. I do think these little angle brackets might come in very handy to hang things up out of the way! Awesome idea!

I just went through the catalog and made a wish list. I'm going to have to do the garage sale and flea market bit for awhile. I do wish I could get that 348 set as a starter kit. Found it in Google shopping for $723 and even at that full list price it's way better than trying to get Snap-On...

My wife says "that ratchet is freaking adorable! Where do you buy them?" I better figure out how to source these things.

Harbor Freight's website a few months back - FAIL It was hard to find items and there were flashy things all over the page and it really didn't like Chrome or Opera. Harbor Freight's website now - PASS Slick interface, easy to search and drill down to what you want, even has reviews on-site...

Hmmm...looks like the KRA3056 top chest. No price on SO's website. http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?item_ID=16778&group_ID=2269 It's worth $100-$150 to me empty like that. That used to be part of the basic apprentice set IIRC. Comparable to the KRA2055 they sell now (with only 5...

I have to build a garage before I can even consider any tool box larger than I can carry in the trunk of my car. And as far as SO box prices, yes, they are expensive, but you also have to figure into the equation how long you intend to own it. A $5000 tool chest looks expensive on the bill...

Not bad at all. You have 3.3x the light and are saving 10% over 4 60 watt incandescents. The question is how well will the CFL's hold up to temperature changes when winter comes and summer again and winter again...

I replace everything that requires a torque setting over 20ft-lbs, whether it is TTY or not. Intake bolts, cylinder head bolts, exhaust manifold bolts, EGR pipe bolts. Just not valve cover bolts unless they look bad or don't roll straight. I've really only replaced one pair of head gaskets in...

I have heard of it, but only recently. I started noticing 811 signs replacing the 1-800-DIG-TESS signs. And then I looked it up to find out more. I haven't had a need to dig anything anywhere but I did have to fuss at my 8-year-old for playing with my shovel. After seeing a couple YouTube...