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Who is Alex? I've been looking for a good source for general purpose fasteners! I hate being nickel and dimed at the hardware store for a few 1/4 X 4" 7/16 bolts and nuts. UGH! I've been looking for the longest for a good place to buy this sort of stuff in bulk.

07Forester, sorry to hear about that! Having to visit the ER SUUUUUUUUCKS! I hate going to the damn hospital or doc office for anything. But if you are sick, you are sick. And if you feel "not right" and unsure about things, you get a little nervous and desperate sometimes. But, bah, you will be...

98TJ, np man. That backs up what I've heard before about the USGen boxes. Not a bad price either. If you think about it, they can even come in handy for "general storage" for the price! These days, you can't hardly find good cabinets and such for the garage for that price! Unless you are "well...

shampoop and HandyManny, just food for thought... When you start working on modern day engines, you will need 12pt sockets. Even most of the domestics are switching to 12pt fasteners. Or if you did your own engine build and bought good hardware like ARP fasteners, you better have 12pt sockets...

Yeah, you do have to keep both eyes open, man. That one sounded pretty shady...wonder if they were looking to scam or if it was a "wifey made me list it" job to please the wife in tough times. I probably would have gotten a tiny bit agressive-suggestive with him, and told him to either pull the...

BWS, 10-4 on that. That is actually how I used to do it... buying individual taps and dies. But man, that got kind of old real quick! Seems like every time I turned around, the tap I needed, I didn't have. Jumping in the vehicle and beating the pavement and burning gas gets tiring when you JUST...

Looking nice, 98TJ! I don't mean to pry, but are you or your wifey asian? The daughter looks it. Anyway, you are one lucky man, to have a daughter who drools over your tool box! She's a good sport. Now if you can manage to put a screwdriver or drill in her hands and have her exercise some...

98TJ, how is that USGeneral box? And how much was it if you don't mind me asking?

billymade, thanks for the information! I read through your other thread on your experience too. That makes sense; I noticed the red boxed as well as the blue boxed and wondered about that (since, as you pointed out, Irwin and Hanson are now one). Neat how information, little by little, begins to...

Exactly. The devil is in the details. It is the manufacturing processes that make the difference.

Do you know how to tell if a tap and die, drill bit, spiral extractor, etc. is HSS rated, other than documentation? I mean, as you well know, a lot of times the documentation ***** on this kind of stuff! I frankly don't trust it and prefer other knowledge to guide me. You find this approach...

Yeah, the Chinese and their damn imitation and manipulation. They are legendary imitators. Not to be political, but then there is the whole principle of it - their currency manipulation, business practices and how my money is being handed over to another country. As far as I'm concerned...

About his granddad, you got that right! And I too am so impressed, proud and thankful of this generousity and of the people here. To be quite honest, the biggest gift I see in all of this isn't even the tool boxes (though an awesome, big time act of generousity), but this very vibe we have going...

Worry not. It will.

Amen to that. One should never ever give up, and one should see through the thicket of life and keep the good things in sight: your family, your loved ones, your gifts and talents and the very opportunity to live another day to accomplish or enjoy something or someone. Further, following the...