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[Motorman55]

A 'WEN' Marking and Square Scale. Its a 4 pc tool consisting of 3 different length rulers and an adjustable locking piece. I used it today and it works great. Just lay it on your board, **** it up against the boards edge, put your pencil in one of the little oval holes and slide it down the length of your ply/lumber to create a perfect straight line or use as a square.

 

[zanyad]

I should be done with sockets for now...

As if....

 

[wandrur]

Woot! got me again...

Pair of sawhorses and a 4# blacksmith hammer.

 

[rharman]

RoboGrips were one of the only tools I never saw my Dad open or take out of the package to use. I think he bough them at Sears in the early 90's, tucked them away and never bothered. Now that he is gone, I still have tucked away in the basement, waiting to someday see the light of day:



(Not my pic, but exactly the same as this ^)

I bought a 2-piece set when they first came out. They don't get used often but have come in handy over the years. Usually in conjunction with the plastic jaw covers for something I don't want to mar.

 

[willf650]

RoboGrips were one of the only tools I never saw my Dad open or take out of the package to use. I think he bough them at Sears in the early 90's, tucked them away and never bothered. Now that he is gone, I still have tucked away in the basement, waiting to someday see the light of day:



(Not my pic, but exactly the same as this ^)

I was browsing Ideal’s website a couple weeks ago and see they still make those and they are still called robogrips.

I had a set of them when they were sold at sears. Used them one day at work and immediately returned them.

 

[Squankum]

FLEXIBLE magnetic pickup??? Where has that been all of my life???

Mike

I know! I feel like now that we've seen that, we're all going to have a nut drop into a horrible little place that can only be retrieved by that.

 

[shoggoth80]

I'm a little late to the party on the Astro nano ratchet... But it was 35% off, so I bit. Should work with my quarter inch low profiles. If not, the nano set doesn't break the bank lol.

 

[Pinne]

Couple of little arrivals yesterday.
A Klein digital angle gauge and a Hart screw gun.
I wrote my initial thoughts about this Hart screw gun in another thread here.

 

[SRU1436]

Car door removal/installation tool on Ebay for $115. If you have ever removed and installed a door, you know how awkward it can be aligning the hinges to bolt up, not to mention what it does to your back. Even a small door is at least 50 pounds and no, you can't really bend your knees picking it up. This seems well designed and made.

Do you mind sharing the seller?

 

[atikovi]

Do you mind sharing the seller?

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[shoggoth80]

Yep. They click in and retain.

 

[atikovi]

Yep. They click in and retain.

If you mean the socket rail, wait until you try to remove one with greasy slippery fingers.

 

[shoggoth80]

If you mean the socket rail, wait until you try to remove one with greasy slippery fingers.

No, I mean the Power Torque nano style sockets, and the Astro nano ratchet

I have had the sockets for a good while. They work with the Snap On 1/4 because 11mm hex, but don't retain because Snappy has a proprietary system (still helpful in tight places though)... I bought the Astro ratchet to use with these sockets partly because the price went down, and because looking at it on the website, it looked like it should work.

The pic is just confirmation that they work together. The socket rail... I hate that socket rail, but haven't replaced it yet

 

[rword]

Now that’s a pocket pry bar

 

[atikovi]

The socket rail... I hate that socket rail, but haven't replaced it yet

I went with magnetic and haven't looked back.

 

[Madjik Man]

Local store started carrying Vessel. First time I’ve ever seen it out in the wild.

Though this doesn’t necessarily qualify for this thread - I will soon be adding to it (probably going to be the electric screwdriver)

 

[Jure]

$11 haul... belzer sae. He will sell me a NOS snap on sae wrench set for $15. I dont need a full sae sets,but price is good.

 

[Chefjpd]

The angle head pliers posts made me curious.
Bit the bullet and purchased my first Austrian tool.
Super high quality fit and finish. Now looking for something to use it on........
And fittingly used my metric tape measure from Paris.

 

[Houe]

Proto long flex and snap on regular ratchets.

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

NWS ErgoCombi angled combination plier 1096-69-200
The Gedore 8248-160 caught my eye and I also looked at Orbis,

The angle head pliers posts made me curious.
Bit the bullet and purchased my first Austrian tool.

There's a side by side of these by BZEUG here

 

[Steel_Rain]

Local store started carrying Vessel. First time I’ve ever seen it out in the wild.

Though this doesn’t necessarily qualify for this thread - I will soon be adding to it (probably going to be the electric screwdriver)

Where are you located?!

 

[kyrbz]

Like I needed more pliers, but Epstein's has some really good prices on their latest haul of Japanese tools. All the IPS soft jaw pliers com with an extra set of pads and screws.

 

[Madjik Man]

Where are you located?!

Boulder County CO

 

[Fedwrench]

Tekton 1/4 drive metric semi deep/mid length six-point impact socket set. It's probably the most complete socket set I've seen running from 4-17 mm no skips including 4.5 & 5.5 mm sizes. large gold high vis size marking on one side. Tiny stamped size marking on back with TEKTON and part number. Need a flashlight or highlight it with a bright paint pen to see. Nicely finished, off corner engagement. Sad that Tekton doesn't know after these years that red is for SAE I'll grab a mag rail for the set. I'm happy to see new Tekton products coming out regularly

 

[FigN⋅m]

Haha, I just made myself a much crummier version of these for work a few weeks ago.

Pre-weld, and judging by the Rainier box "C.A.D", likely seemed a good idea at the time...

 

[moemc]

The angle head pliers posts made me curious.
Bit the bullet and purchased my first Austrian tool.
Super high quality for and finish. Now looking for something to use it on........
And fittingly used my metric tape measure from Paris.

I keep telling myself I don’t need these because a CobraES can probably do anything those can do. But I keep seeing them and I think that’s a sign to get them anyway.

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

I keep telling myself I don’t need these because a CobraES can probably do anything those can do. But I keep seeing them and I think that’s a sign to get them anyway.

Thought the same. If it's just for holding things (i.e. not using the cutter), Cobra ES. You can still probably find the NWS is different enough like I did.

 

[shoggoth80]

I went with magnetic and haven't looked back.

Oh one of these months I'm gonna. I've been tempted by all kinds of organizational alternatives. I've been rocking the Wally World socket rails, which really aren't bad, for most of my stuff. Some of it, like the Nano set, is making do with what's been laying around, or left over from other sets etc.
My socket section is where most the tool magic happens I just have such a mix up of sizes, and not everything is a no skip set. The stuff that I've pieced together is my most common sizes. The stuff bought as sets (and some added on to) has shiny stuff that's never been touched (looking at you 9mm).

 

[rword]

Local store started carrying Vessel. First time I’ve ever seen it out in the wild.

Though this doesn’t necessarily qualify for this thread - I will soon be adding to it (probably going to be the electric screwdriver)

what store?

 

[Pinne]

Another BMW specialty tool.
This is 83300493325 which looks to be made by Bosch.
There is also a KS Tools equivalent (or possibly a set) but that seemed harder to find in the US. This is for setting camber angles on a handful of BMW models (which BMW claims are not adjustable).
Video Link on how it's used.

 

[Squankum]

The stuff bought as sets (and some added on to) has shiny stuff that's never been touched (looking at you 9mm).

Hey, you might buy a vintage French car this summer. Who's afraid of hydraulics?

 

[Qualitytools]

Local store started carrying Vessel. First time I’ve ever seen it out in the wild.

Though this doesn’t necessarily qualify for this thread - I will soon be adding to it (probably going to be the electric screwdriver)

Local to where? US, Europe, etc………….

 

[Madjik Man]

Local to where? US, Europe, etc………….

Boulder County, Colorado. USA.

 

[Crazyjake8493]

M18 Quik-Lok articulating hedge trimmer attachment. Had to follow my own rule of "if you need to borrow it more than twice and it doesn't take up a lot of space, then buy it." Got it reconditioned from Acme Tools plus an additional 15% off the recon price.

 

[gatewaysysop]

A few recent acquisitions:

• Jawco made-in-USA 5-piece thread file set from their recent fire sale.
• Knipex 6" and 8" twin grips (birthday gift from my better half)
• Garland US-made, 4 oz. plastic mallet, for thwacking the small stuff.

 

[rword]

Pretty nifty gearwrench bit ratchet

 

[Squankum]

Like many of you, I can never have enough sockets hammers ratchets punches pliers air tools.... etc... also, scissors, shears, snips! So Ryan's front page post about the Knipex electrician's snips got me buying them, then discovering that for $11 less you can get the same at HF, so I got a bunch for people as gifts. Somebody in comments to Ryan's post mentioned their decades-long romance with a pair Knipex shears with offset angle, and I always appreciate another angle of attack, so I ordered them. Also, got an OLFA razor knife so I can defend BOFA.



I got the OLFA because I did need something better than my old X-Acto, and Ryan had a post lauding OLFA a while back. They weren't cheap, a lot more than a similar Fiskars, but I'm going with the GJ conventional wisdom from that post/comment thread. $15.19 Amazon. Made in Japan.



The Knipex are made in Italy, so a rebrand, really. I would describe the plastic handles as "slip." The lock tab works properly. $31.48 Amazon.

Now since we're talking utility shears, here's the best value I've seen. Below I've taken a pic of the new Knipex shears next to some Crescent-Wiss. Amazon, $10.58. I forget the COO. But wait, there's more! HF sells the same danged thing for $8.99, and I have a pair of those in my road bag. (I do not snip things by the side of the highway.)

8 in. Multipurpose Stainless Steel Scissors

Amazing deals on this 8In Multi-Purpose Stainless Steel Scissors at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

At least one of these cheap snips had a locking tab that didn't want to go into position and needed some filing. One blade is serrated, like the other snips discussed so far. Other than that, I can't find any fault with these things, they've been useful so far. And the handles are grippy.

 

[Kurt4440]

I took my daughter to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles this morning. I registered a trailer and she took the test for her motorcycle permit. After we walked out with a registration and a permit we went to Walmart to pick up some oil for the shop. My iron clad memory kicked in and I bought one of the Hart screwdrivers that I saw on here this past week.



Then we stopped at Aldi's for some food shopping and I decided to try this for $13. It is a rechargeable light that has a claimed 2000 lumens and a magnetic base.



The tools seem good for the intended use and price point.

Enjoying time with your adult children is priceless.

 

[a6hux]

Bambu Labs A1 printer for $200. Kids have been enjoying it so far.

Used only once Creality Falcon a1 10w laser for $250. Buying tools is always fun but don’t let my bad habits affect the rest of you!!

 

[Beerhippie]

^Are those NEW prices?