Recent content by rrangus

In my area Duke Energy will install the surge protectors for you at no charge. You have to furnish the surge protectors.

Need to straighten it up a little. The deep 1/2" impacts will not stand up, the drawer needs to be at least 1/4" deeper.

And don't fry bacon while naked.

I have the T&B crimper and the Amp ratcheting crimper. Sends like I use the T&B staycon style 9 times out of 10

When moving to another state my Mac box racked.. Last piece of Mac I bought. And no, it was not the cheaper box but a top of the line box

HF tools are famous for making a 30 minute job into an all day job:shocking::shocking:

Other than the flex head ratchet and the storage box, you set is identical to the one I bought in 1970

Speaking from an auctioneers stand point. I don't see any more value that like new tools. Anything that was sold to be a collectible ain't collectible. They flood the market with these things.

I used 5,000# concrete for the strength and it finishes a lot better than 3,000#. Flame producing heating is a NO NO on the floor of a garage. Need to consult with inspections about the required distance from the floor.

Piece of advice, based on experience, do not carry them in your hip pocket. They will bite

Burned many a pound of 7018 and carbon arc rods with one of them. Great machine in it's day. Can't afford the power bill today to use one of them.

I second these comments. Buy whatever brand that has the best local support

I have been buying Snap On since the '50's and have NEVER had a problem with the salesmen. I just had a soft deadblow hammer replaced for free that I have had over 30 years. They have replaced tools that were over 40 years old with obvious signs of being used on impacts without one comment or...

My in floor lift was installed in 1988. Dumb **** me was walking through the garage last week, brain out of gear or in some other place, and tripped on it and did a face plane. I have bruises on my abdomen in the pattern of the bolts on top of the lift