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[66HertzClone]

I went back and deleted all the links out of every post.

Thanks, when I saw someone else had fallen in I decided I was going to delete the link myself

Sorry guys, I didn't know and was asking a question regarding the legitimacy of the site.

 

[66HertzClone]

Well not a new tool but definitely a tool to move my tools.

My Klein cart is now rolling on some 48’s.

You heard that right….i got 4-8” new shoes.

The rubber tread really calms down the noise but my favorite part is the brake setup is way better gooder. The ones on the 6” casters were a pita to engage/ disengage.

I have a cart in my garage that could definitely use that kind of upgrade, please share the source for those casters with us please.

 

[four.cycle]

I went back and deleted all the links out of every post.

Thanks for that. Hopefully nobody else will fall into their trap.
Anticipating a phone call in about 30 minutes from the nice lady at BOA who hopefully will be telling me this is all taken care of.
I just can't get too excited about 50 bucks.
My blood pressure yesterday morning was 130/80 - that's the highest reading in at least a couple years.
I just have to trust that things will be resolved. If not, that's their bad juju, not mine.

 

[four.cycle]

I have a cart in my garage that could definitely use that kind of upgrade, please share the source for those casters with us please.

^ I've got a full box of "Grizzly" 6-inch "casters". Heavy, so shipping to NY would be a killer. Ten bucks a pop + freight.
Ordered them on a crazy impulse and then decided "I don't really want to do that project."

tripped over this box for the last damn time. $10 a pop. You pick up here.

 

[SouthernIllinois]

New generation Milwaukee M12 die grinder.

Came with 5.0 battery, mandrel and cut off wheels.

A lot of times I have a small grinding job and this seems an alternative to dragging an air hose over for a 3-4 minute job.

Bought it online from Techs Choice. The Tennessee based independent tool truck dealer that has a fairly popular YouTube channel.

Very fast shipping - decent price - I’d do business with him again.

 

[Pexto]

I found this cute little Honda tool kit and just had to have it. It wasn't cheap, though - cost well over $2,000 !!!



At least it came with a free snowblower ...

 

[CoThG]

Love Japanese tools...

 

[Squankum]

I found this cute little Honda tool kit and just had to have it. It wasn't cheap, though - cost well over $2,000 !!!



At least it came with a free snowblower ...

I spent a few nights in this little hut village and they keep the lanes cleared with a Honda snowblower.

 

[Steel_Rain]

New generation Milwaukee M12 die grinder.

Did you have the previous version? If so, is it worth upgrading? I have the old one.

 

[GeoBruin]

Well I bought a set of Duratech slim open end wrenches and they wound up missing the one size I actually needed, 15mm. I subsequently filled that void with a single Capri wrench. Maybe should have bought a set of Capris instead.


The Capri is a long pattern wrench in comparison. Without using them they seem to be of similar quality and it fits in the wrench roll.



I was also drinking the other day and bought a Tone 3/8" driver handle simply because I didn't have one. Amazon is dangerous when you're intoxicated.

Duratech makes a 14/15mm. Just in case you have wrench OCD.

 

[51dueller]

Seems they have a 15/16mm and 18/20mm to complete the set but of course the two wrenches cost as much as the set.

 

[AJHD]

I found this cute little Honda tool kit and just had to have it. It wasn't cheap, though - cost well over $2,000 !!!



At least it came with a free snowblower ...

Are snowblowers really $2k?
There is no snow around here.

 

[LXCam]

I have a cart in my garage that could definitely use that kind of upgrade, please share the source for those casters with us please.

Why certainly.

https://www.zoro.com/klein-tools-modbox-utility-cart-8-inch-wheel-4pk-54851mb/i/G916518887/

 

[51dueller]

Are snowblowers really $2k?
There is no snow around here.

Honda's are indeed expensive. While you can get Honda engines on various power equipment, they haven't allowed another brand to use one on a snowblower since they started making them in the 80's.

 

[assassin10000]

Did you have the previous version? If so, is it worth upgrading? I have the old one.

It was worth it for me.

If you're only doing carbide bits, not so much. But with 3" cutoff wheels, roloc sanding discs, etc.

 

[mikeinri]

I found this cute little Honda tool kit and just had to have it. It wasn't cheap, though - cost well over $2,000 !!!



At least it came with a free snowblower ...

Are snowblowers really $2k?
There is no snow around here.

He stole it for that price, they're normally over $3k.

And worth every penny...

Mike

 

[SouthernIllinois]

Did you have the previous version? If so, is it worth upgrading? I have the old one.

I did not. I heard this is a big improvement but have nothing to compare it against.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked up 2 of these knife sets off the Home Depot spring sale for $20 each. Basically each came with free blades!

 

[Pexto]

Are snowblowers really $2k?

He stole it for that price, they're normally over $3k.

And worth every penny...

Yep, that snowblower normally goes for $3,400. Honda dealers in New Hampshire are clearing out snowblowers and it was $1000 off. I've never known Hondas to go on sale before. My others have been purchased used. My new house came with a POS snowblower that throws snow 20 feet on a good day (when it's not just dribbling out the chute), so I've been looking for a good deal to upgrade.

I have two Honda snowblowers at my other house (an old HS1132 and a newer HSS1332, both on tracks). In twenty years of running Honda snowblowers I've had to do almost no maintenance other than oil changes, and they've always started. Yes, they are on the pricey side but that bombproof reliability is worth it to me!

 

[willf650]

Seems they have a 15/16mm and 18/20mm to complete the set but of course the two wrenches cost as much as the set.

Thanks to you I will have a 15/16 on my door tomorrow. My OCD kicked in to have a matching set.




Here's a new one I used yesterday and again this morning that everyone on this forum will probably own by the end of next week.

It's very reasonably priced and I would have probably bought it at twice the price. Everyone is all about the flush cut dikes for wire ties. Why not buy a set of dikes designed explicitly for wire ties.

Tsunoda KBN-150

 

[Skyman]

Tsunoda's KBN-150 simply rocks. It's a great tool.

 

[Jtels85]

Mr. MAC stopped by the shop yesterday. Added some 1/4” metric deeps to my Precision Torque set. These sockets have been very handy!

 

[shoggoth80]

Snagged some inexpensive Amazon specials. They're a little inconsistent in finish, but the ratcheting mechanisms feel decent. 72 tooth. I don't know if there's a set like this out under a more known brand. All the ones I could find were alphabet soup Neat idea, will see how they are in practice.

 

[L.Cheapo]

He stole it for that price, they're normally over $3k.

And worth every penny...

Mike

$3k and you still have to replace shear pins? No thanks.

 

[Ditchdigger]

It is very rare in the Pacific Northwest that you have an opportunity to pick up a Flypress used, so when I was offered this Karachi P6 I jumped on it.

It was quite difficult to extricate it from the back of the blacksmith's shop where it had been for 25 years, Now to clean it up and make some dies and jigs for it.

 

[Ohio Andy]

$3k and you still have to replace shear pins? No thanks.

Why no shear pins? Would rather replace that than something else. Never had to replace one on a snow blower though. Our larger rototiller yes, our smaller rototillers not even once.

Given some of the stuff I've run through a snowblower, kind of surprised. I've never had a replace a shear pin on one of those

 

[L.Cheapo]

Why no shear pins? Would rather replace that than something else. Never had to replace one on a snow blower though. Our larger rototiller yes, our smaller rototillers not even once.

Given some of the stuff I've run through a snowblower, kind of surprised. I've never had a replace a shear pin on one of those

You never know what's under the snow. Have you ever had to replace a broken shear pin that was rusted solidly in place on a snow covered machine? Not fun.

Toro HDs use a heavy duty auger gearbox that is strong enough to not need shear pins. If the auger hits an immovable object, the engine will stall before something breaks. Seems like there'd be room in the BoM for that on a $3000+ machine.

 

[Beerhippie]

Toro HDs use a heavy duty auger gearbox that is strong enough to not need shear pins. If the auger hits an immovable object, the engine will stall before something breaks.

Seems like a good way to get a bent crankshaft. I want a planned failure point between the engine and the moving bits.

 

[Ohio Andy]

You never know what's under the snow. Have you ever had to replace a broken shear pin that was rusted solidly in place on a snow covered machine? Not fun.

Toro HDs use a heavy duty auger gearbox that is strong enough to not need shear pins. If the auger hits an immovable object, the engine will stall before something breaks. Seems like there'd be room in the BoM for that on a $3000+ machine.

The equipment with shear pins was mostly John Deere that we connected to the tractor.

Never had that much of a problem if they seen this year comes... But never had one go on any of the snow blowers.

I think my current Toro uses a belt... Much much smaller than anything we had on the farm. I never checked. If it had a shear pin I probably would have sheared it.

 

[SC Fly Guy]

Yep, that snowblower normally goes for $3,400. Honda dealers in New Hampshire are clearing out snowblowers and it was $1000 off. I've never known Hondas to go on sale before. My others have been purchased used. My new house came with a POS snowblower that throws snow 20 feet on a good day (when it's not just dribbling out the chute), so I've been looking for a good deal to upgrade.

I have two Honda snowblowers at my other house (an old HS1132 and a newer HSS1332, both on tracks). In twenty years of running Honda snowblowers I've had to do almost no maintenance other than oil changes, and they've always started. Yes, they are on the pricey side but that bombproof reliability is worth it to me!

I’ll leave the shear pin discussion to those more qualified than me. But I read an interesting Harvard Business Review article on Honda a decade or so ago. When they asked the CEO what the company’s core competency was, he had only one answer … engines!! As the owner of a Honda lawnmower that has been used and abused over 15 years, I concur!! Just plain solid!!

 

[pubhopper]

Got suckered because it has my team's logo on it. Purchased in store, but popular teams look to be sold out online. Don't really need it and gotta figure out what to put in it.

 

[willf650]

Got suckered because it has my team's logo on it. Purchased in store, but popular teams look to be sold out online. Don't really need it and gotta figure out what to put in it.

Don't have one that fancy but I just have one on my dresser for keys and knives

 

[L.Cheapo]

Seems like a good way to get a bent crankshaft. I want a planned failure point between the engine and the moving bits.

I challenge anyone to show me a belt driven two stage snow thrower with a bent crankshaft.

This isn't a lawnmower hitting a curb with the blade directly coupled to the crankshaft spinning at the same high speed being suddenly and violently stopped. We're talking about a belt driven impeller spinning at maybe 1/5 the speed of the crankshaft and an auger at maybe 1/20th the speed.

Having been a mechanic at a very large outdoor power equipment shop for 6 years of my youth I can tell you out of thousands and thousands of snow throwers that came in for repair, I have never once seen one with a bent crankshaft. Do you know how many people replace shear pins with bolts in a pinch? When they hit the next thing the gearbox cracks. The crankshaft keeps turning happily.

You don't need to engineer a failure point if you engineer the rest of the system to be stronger than the power source. Example: old Toyotas

Sorry for clogging up the tool thread with this. Feel free to PM me or start a new thread and I'd be happy to discuss it further. Thanks!

 

[Pexto]

$3k and you still have to replace shear pins? No thanks.

I carry spare shear bolts, nuts, and a small wrench in a little pouch right on the snow blower. On a Honda it's a 5-minute job max. On my older HS series snowblowers I only busted a shear pin a few times a year. Not a big deal.

And ... if you spring for the HSS1332 it has a "Shear Bolt Guard System" that has a slip plate and a sensor on the auger shaft. If the auger slows down suddenly it shuts off the engine. My HSS1332 has about 120 hours on it and I have never broken a shear pin. The snowblower has shut itself off about half a dozen times, usually from sucking in a rock on my gravel driveway. But I'm still glad that there are multiple shear pins on the auger and impeller shaft in case something goes seriously wrong.

 

[Nobody-named-Olli]

Having snapped some stuck old screws even with a weak impact driver (M12 Surge), what I reach for nowadays is a screwdriver with a hex bolster for a wrench. Gives pressure and control without shock. I guess these hammer impacts are for when you're not worried about shock (e.g. it's a thick screw), and the benefits of shocking it to release are worth the lower risk of snapping it.

I’ve only seen this revisiting this thread, so I apologize for the delay in answering. Your method is spot on and always an option. And if the hex bolstered screwdriver has a through-shank or striking cap it never hurts to give a stuck screw a few taps as well.

It’s just like when we conversed about that screw extractor a while back, another tool in the box, another option when others failed. I bought this with the specific intent of using it - alongside many other tools - on a job were I will be trying to salvage a lot of (really) old hardware/ slotted as well as square screws/bolts. I don’t know when or even if I will be able to share any content from that, but the idea was simply to have another option, knowing what a powerful but also quite delicate tool these manual impact drivers can be.

That said, if a screw or bolt is gone, it is gone. I’ve had heads crumble, heads come of, shafts breaking multiple times/ turning to crumbles ... It really all depends on the situation.

Kind regards,
Olli

 

[KwikFab]

Normally the only magnets that excite me are those from Rock Auto, but these are really nice which helps to keep things square to the tooling.

 

[Steel_Rain]

Thanks to you I will have a 15/16 on my door tomorrow. My OCD kicked in to have a matching set.

Here's a new one I used yesterday and again this morning that everyone on this forum will probably own by the end of next week.

It's very reasonably priced and I would have probably bought it at twice the price. Everyone is all about the flush cut dikes for wire ties. Why not buy a set of dikes designed explicitly for wire ties.

Tsunoda KBN-150

You enabling son of a *****!

How I didn't know about this since I'm Tsunoda fanboy is impossible to me. Mine will be here Saturday.

Thank you!

 

[willf650]

You enabling son of a *****!

How I didn't know about this since I'm Tsunoda fanboy is impossible to me. Mine will be here Saturday.

Thank you!

Well apparently I wasn‘t the first one to post this. I just went through a few pages of this thread and someone posted those pliers a bout a week ago

I didn’t see that post until now, I guess it was on his amazon homepage too.

Actually I bought a set of flush cuts from them a couple weeks ago to replace a pair of Channellock brand flush cuts that are horrible. I was searching to see what else Tsonoda had and these popped up. Bought the smaller size at first but they are too small and are being returned.

 

[Steve_P]

$3k and you still have to replace shear pins? No thanks.

It comes down to cost. You can make an indestructible product for the 0.1% of customers for twice the cost of one that will be fine for the 99.9%.

Which one will 99.9% of people buy?

 

[Beerhippie]

I only replaced one shear pin in our Ariens this winter.

But then, I used it twice this winter.

I carry the tools (2X 10mm combo, small punch) and pins in a piece of PVC pipe secured to the handlebars, along with a 14mm Saltus wrench for changing the skid height. I've memorized (and marked) the location of the auger where the pin holes line up, as finding the damned sheared off pin is the hardest part of the job. It now takes a couple of minutes and I'm back to shooting snow.