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Couple good ol’ made in the USA drill indexes.

Its hard to go wrong with a 940 👍 FYI, if you’re eligible for GovX pricing, they have the G10 cruwear mini Adamas for $138 right now. Edit: since changing into duty pants tonight I now have a much loved BM full size Presidio II in pocket.

Agreed, I had a full-size Adamas but ended up gifting it to my Dad. Was too big to be practical. The mini on the other hand is darn near a perfect size EDC for my needs. A touch thick but I can live with that. The bonus is the blade length is just under 3" so it's potentially less likely to...

The scales are carbon fiber. It’s relatively light but still a stout folder. Here it is next to a 940. Little bit more blade length on the 940 but it’s overall more compact. A good match for dress pants and khakis.

Benchmade Mini-Adamas. Day to day I’ll rotate between this and a standard 940 Osborn depending on dress and my mood.

I reached out to Benchmark customer service and they said they are made of M2 HSS. They would not divulge who their supplier is though. This is what lead me to ask the question. Can’t be too many US drill bit manufacturers left building extremely similar bits? I can absolutely see cheap...

Anyone know if the Benchmark Abrasives USA drill bits are made by Viking-Norseman? I've been eyeing the 29 pc set at Zoro but a set popped up at Benchmark Abrasives with identical specs and looks. Even with 20% coupon at Zoro they are a fair bit cheaper at Benchmark...

I have 2 M18 impacts I use for everything. The size has been an issue on some recent projects and have been eyeing the M12 compact or subcompact drivers for interior automotive work and the like. If I can't come up with an excuse beforehand I'll scoop one up during the Black Friday sales.

The bare frame ended up sitting outside over the winter so it had a nice layer of surface rust unfortunately. Which fortunately is perfect for POR15. Added their chassis black topcoat over that. Should be plenty durable to sit out in the elements. We will see.

Wrapped up a project that’s been on the back burner for a while. Garden bench for the Mrs. Made of 2x2 square tube and composite decking.

Map gas will struggle on a big heat sink, but if you're just trying to defeat loctite you only need to get the fastener hot enough to melt the loctite. I would weld the nut on and then hit it with some the map gas to get it hotter and give it a twist.

Thanks! $120 is pretty good outside of the Black Friday deals. I haven’t done the Home Depot hack before. May have to try it out. Thanks again.

Any deals on the M18 inflator? Haven’t seen much lately and would like to get one before a trip in August. Thanks!

If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product. I thought the one about Gen X was pretty accurate. Very much mirrored my brother and I’s life growing up.

Primeweld and HTP are two import brands worth considering. They are different price points with HTP being more equivalent to an industrial machine. They have some mig machines that can run aluminum without a spool gun if that is of interest to you. If you want to run 3/8 plate somewhat often...