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I figured I post this here. Seems no local tire shops can balance anything right, so I set off to do it myself. I've used plenty of balancers at the various shops I've worked at over the years so I'm not new at it.....but I don't have room at home for a big heavy professional unit. Many...

I cut up a lot of cardboard, and recently my weapon of choice has been the Milwaukee Fastback utility knife. This one: https://www.milwaukeetool.com/products/details/3pk-fastback-compact-folding-utility-knife/48-22-1522 It has vanished somewhere, and while I'm certain it will appear in a...

When you buy 2 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BYKVMES/?tag=atomicindus08-20

For years I've had a HF benchtop blast cabinet (the red one) and it has been mostly useless. I recently started a business where I need to blast lots of castings so I ordered the skat blast pick-up tube and gun, which works amazing, when there is abrasive over the end of the tube. It seems...

I shoulda done this years ago...but I guess I just enjoyed getting down and getting back up a bunch of times. My knees and back aren't what they used to be. I called a few equipment dealers who confirmed that these are all the same product and quality excepting a few features, so I found an...

Got rid of a great Ryobi folding table saw a while back and replaced it with a big craftsman that took up half the garage...I wanted the room back, so I sold the big craftsman with the intent of buying a dewalt or bosch that I could fold up and stick in the corner. Decided to check OfferUp one...

I know there are a few here that own the tool. I have had mine for a few years, and have been fairly impressed with it. I use it for Toyota and GM typically. I was able to access all modules previously in my 2003 4runner, but after the last update, it seems to be all screwed up. It won't...

Anyone remember these things? They are excellent quality...pretty sure they’re 20 years old or better...are they still being made by anyone?

I love snap-on sockets because of the shallow broach. It would seem that once you get away from the truck brands, every socket out there is of a deep broach design, which I find to be a pain in the ***. Are there any more reasonably priced shallow broach sockets out there from different...

I killed mine last weekend after 20 years. They were the basic red handled ones that everyone sold back then. Anything new and improved out there or should I just get another of the same?

About 6 months ago I bought another house and moved...its about a mile away from my old house in Long Beach CA. I'm about 5 miles from the water, so I don't think salty air has anything to do with it...old place was about 5.25 miles from the water. I never had a problem with anything rusting...

I decided to upgrade from my 12 year old Ryobi table saw a few weeks ago and ended up with what I believe to be an Emerson built Craftsman 10" saw with cast iron wingplates. Got it for what I thought was a decent price...$150, but it had no fence. The guy had an incra jig on it that he moved...

12 years ago when I bought my first house, I bought the decent-est cheapest table saw I could find...A Ryobi unit with a wheeled folding stand, sliding table, table extentions...etc... It has lived a good life and done everything I've asked of it. The bearings got a bit noisy after I cut a 2"...

https://www.harborfreight.com/12v-max-lithium-cordless-compact-polishersander-kit-64479.html I clicked on the "what's new" link to see what they had...saw this...then I saw the price. Damn, same pricing as Milwaukee. I'm not sure how or why anyone would buy this at $199

Getting the garage organized at the new place and putting things where I think I want them to live...and discovering the electrical is not what I thought it was. Currently I have a 50A breaker on the main panel feeding the sub with #10 wire...through 1/2" conduit. EMT is buried (about 10ft...

https://www.onepiecegarage.com/AB-10P-Rubber-Bumper-2-Pack-p/ab10p.htm Seems they don't exist at any of major big box or hardware stores. WTF? Any ideas to source them locally? I figured these should be as common as garage door handles, which are hanging on every shelf anywhere nuts and...

https://www.grainger.com/product/58JM25?cm_mmc=PPC:+Google+PLA&s_kwcid=AL!2966!3!50916700797!!!g!82166257917!&ef_id=WkvRygAAAHGVgg8g:20180716182445:s

Do any free ones exist?...like the one Ikea has for kitchens? I'm closing escrow on a new (to me) home next week, and I've gotta figure out how I'm gonna set up the shop. I have a 30 x 20 building to work with...like a 2 car garage and a single car garage stuck together, divided by a wall...

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/b/powertorque-tools-4692/tools---equipment-16488/tools-17919/hand-tools-16814/wrench-16658/ratchet-18008/0eabb634d247/powertorque-tools-ratchet/ptt0002/5687998 I saw this on sale for $59 about a month ago at O'reilly and had to grab it. One of my most used...

Warranty has never been a huge deal for me on hand tools, but many here seem to make it a very important part of tool purchases. Why? In the context of decent quality tools, If the right tool is used for the job and the tool is used correctly, there is an incredibly slim chance that it will...