New to me 5 dollar estate sale purchase. 3" vise I believe to be a Craftsman. 5246-2 USA. Not sure what it is mounted to but I like it. perfect to bring outside and grind / weld stuff.
This is an old post, but I just went through the struggle of getting the ring out myself. My end result was success. Hoping my idea can help someone else in the future.
I could not move the ring with small ss wire or a screwdriver, so I soaked the ratchet in wd40 and then put the drive side on...
I use my dremel to regularly polish aluminum and clean up other metal items. For aluminum I use the smaller cloth bits and use mothers to clean stuff up. The smaller wire brushes in steel brass or plastic come in handy as well. I tend to use those the most cleaning up light rust . Working on...
Go on a forum specifically for your vehicle. look up what job you want to take on. Make sure you have the proper tools and supplies to finish. Print out anything you need to read. Then get to it.
Other than that, what motivates me to work on my truck is Coffee, beer, or the fear of public...
The standard for fishing In the Ocean for as long as I can remember has been a pair of dikes and Duckies. Typically these were 338 dikes and the 738 duckbill pliers by Channellock. I carry the Duck bills , but replaced the dikes with Claus titanium shears. I find the shears hand to cut line fins...
The majority of my sockets are SAE as I originally bought my box from a retired diesel mechanic. I am still lacking a full set of 6pt 1/2 drive metric sockets , and many 12pt 1/2 drive metric sockets . I only use metric currently. I have been maintaining my toyota pickup from 113k to 255,000...
I've come across the bashing of the Robogrip often on here and feel like I should add my two cents. I tend to reach for it more than most any other larger plier. Mine has the rubber soft grip on them. I do not use them for high torque nuts or bolts or pipe or anything of that sort. I use them...