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Majority of the parts are about 5" x10"

I frequently use a torche to drop interference fit parts out of housing and need a fan to cool them down quickly, it would also do double duty to move some air around my bay during the hotter parts of the summer, so a squired cage is less than ideal. I have been borrowing an M18 leaf blower...

I always thought the point of covers was ro make all the welders match the color scheme of the shop so you wouldn't have 50 shades of machines sitting against the walls.

I have the Dewalt 20v inflator in my truck all the time, unless we are taking the wife's truck some where, then it come with us. Never had a problem with the batteries dying from cold or heat. The battery gets run down more often when I steal it to use in a tool because it's always charged...

V series seems pretty reasonably priced for a prosumer brand. It's on par with Carlyle and Sunex price wise, and not far off tekton or capri, and the V series sockets come with a much nicer rail. And I've had very good luck with technical support from SBD and trust them as a brand over most if...

Wright makes the best wrenches, can't say anything about their service though, since I've never broken one.

Snapon is definitely a cut above in quality and service. I have sent corporate an email and had an engineer from a plant call me within the hour. Mac/Proto is also super high quality, and pretty quick to respond to emails and text questions. Mac stuff has a higher level of fit and finish than...

I've broken a lot of hand tools over the years and the warranty definitely factors into my purchase decisions. In general my mantra is to buy the best tool I can afford so I won't need the warranty, but I need it to be there when I need it. Ease of the warranty process is a pretty big deal...

There are 3 strategies for maintaining grip on metal roofs. Strong tread lugs let you hold onto screw heads. Flexible soles let you balance your weight Sticky soft soles let you grip the panels themselves. Most normal boots or tenis shoes will only be able to do one of those. A good roofing...

Industrial sharpies. I end up working with chemicals fairly often, and once they dry it is damn near impossible to erase any mark unless you are using a scotchbrite pad. Alcohol, oil, atf, naphtha, acetone, none of it will screw up your marks.

Fasteners get way more damage from using the wrong size wrench than from using a toothed wrench, and actually damaged fasteners belong in the scrap bin. Of course if people actually tossed stretched or damaged bolts and put in new hardware every now and again, we wouldn't need grip wrenches or...

Hex fasteners have a long life ahead of them in suspension, steering, brakes, and chassis components, and open end wrenches will be needed for a long time. Hell, I work on hybrid and electric vehicle motors and drive trains everyday, and my wrenches get used more than my impact does.

If you see yourself working on hydraulics, then angles and smooth jaws will be extremely helpful. For home gamer automotive you can likely get by without either angle wrenches or grip jaws. But if you are planning on bying angle wrenches as well as combinations, I would get the grip feature on...

The catspaw is smaller the handles are only 5/8" wide.

Picked up the Mayhew Catspaw picket from MSC for $15, wish it would have gotten them with red accents to match my Dominator prybars, but the orange isn't too bad. Very comfortable and well made.

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I use tools for a living, broken tools happen, and ones that don't break can and do wear out. It isn't even the worry that they might go out of business, it is more about what of the current catalog are they going to continue to produce e and support going forward. SK doesn't have a truck...

I use that style of tote at work, and I am in and out of them all the time. Distributing the weight is one of the keys to not destroying them. But the biggest downfall is keeping whatever is in the tote easy to access and find. Lots of small parts are easy to get lost and the angled sides...

I am more concerned with what is being still being produced and what is selling off old stock. I want to make sure whatever I order is replaceable in the future.

The SK website is back online, a lot of the sets are listed as put of stock, but most items seem to be able to be ordered individually right now.