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Saw this on craigslist for $40 a few towns over, might be worth it if I could knock it down to $30 or $20. Anyone know anything about this Uniropa brand? I couldn't find anything online.

I just sorted the majority of my loose fractional sockets into a bunch of gallon bags. Two things I learned are A. I need more fractional sockets like I need holes in my head B. I have a decent amount of thirty second (is that even a proper term?) fractional sockets in various sizes. I would...

Was just looking on craigslist to see if there was any cheap ratchets to add to the hoard, saw this ad for a metal box with the junk in it for $10. Most of it looks like the standard import round head garbage, but the pear head on top doesn't look too bad. Can anyone tell what it is?

Due to my sickness not being satisfied from yardsales, I am looking for some more ratchets to buy online. Was thinking either Koken or a Williams B-52EHA, maybe a DT80 kit too. I like the handle design, length and price on the williams, how is the smoothness and backdrag on them? How does the...

I bought some hardware to put my Milwaukee 6365 angle adjustment/shoe back together, but the lever is oversized and needs a 9/16's nut to engage the notches on the lever to tighten and loosen it. Problem is the bolt that fits into the back of the saw has to be 1/2 x 5/16-18 or else it won't fit...

As we know, everyone's favorite ratchet to hate are the 36 tooth raised panel craftsman ratchets, but I never have seen much discussion about them besides them being bad. I am rusty on my timeline of craftsman ratchets, but if I recall, late 50's to early 60's was the flying V selector models...

I have a proto 5249 I bought a few years back off ebay since I never had any luck finding one in the wild. It's got a lot of lateral play in the drive end, maybe like 15 degrees give or take, seems as if the stepped portion where the gear meets the cover plate isn't long enough, causing the...

I did axle seals and rear brakes maybe a month and a half or so ago, used just the tire jack that came in the trunk of the grandma-quis since I thought I could hold off and get a old US or something floor jack at a yardsale. But I realized it's about due to drop the trans pan and change the...

I was at harbor freight yesterday getting a case for my multi meter, this local store doesn't have the 26" boxes on display like the one I used to go to, but I did see they have the tags out showing the new 26" series 2 boxes. I don't recall it being mentioned (then again I don't pay too much...

Maybe 2 or so years back, I decided to cut the cord off the Milwaukee 6365 and put a new cord on since it was very deteriorated. Turns out it had soldered connections and I had to buy a new switch for it too, sat around in a healing bucket for probably 6 months since I forgot about it. Put it...

Okay so I was in HF recently, I haven't really paid close attention to the newer stuff until now. Saw ave's boltr on the hercules stuff, but that's about it. Noticed the new doyle pliers, they looks fairly nice for being in HF, the tongue and groove pliers were chinese, side cutters and needle...

I was getting my dose of cancerous fumes for the month in harbor freight, picked up a 1/2 clicker for lugs. Was taking it all in since I haven't really spent a lot of time in there for a long time. Noticed they are really starting to improve some stuff, nicer hand tools, nicer boxes etc. Was...

Not in desperate need for one at the moment, but since it's getting warm at the moment odds are I'll run into something at a garage sale sometime in the next few months. I have a little experience with all types of welding, just practice stuff. Managed to get some good results out of mig,tig and...

I got a old hang up shop light for use under the hood, bought it years ago, ground plug was already broken off with it. Was thinking about throwing a new one on the end, but then I had the thought of just cutting the cord attached to it to a few feet since I always hook it up to the 50 footer...

I have bundles and bundles old US made SAE wrenches, but when it comes to metric I'm a bit less well off. I got about a set and a half, a mix old craftsman RP, a 3 or 4 snap on and bonney (only if I could get a new set of those) and some mystery steel chinese husky for the less common/small...

I see a bunch of LED ones on Home Depots website, any worth getting? Looking for some sort of small floor unit about the same size as the old halogen's, $30 is the upper limit since I try to avoid working out in the dark. I need something that runs somewhat cool because I need to scrape all the...

I figure now that I got a car that isn't falling apart from rust, I figure it's about time to actually buy some proper metric stuff. I got plenty of the smaller stuff around, but no full sets of 3/8 deeps and 1/2 shallows. I was thinking about picking up some of the HF high vis 3/8's deeps and...

Getting tired of having all mismatched chit, so I am looking to get one set for working on cars/trucks/other chit. I don't want a set full of fluff to raise the piece count, just enough drivers to work on cars and stuff around the garage. Was thinking of those old proto hard handles I used to...

Just spent half and hour typing a post and the damn thing got deleted, fml. Anyways, the outer rockers on my taurus have vanished, so I need to weld some new sheet metal in this summer (as if I didn't have enough to do). I don't want to spend $500 on a new welder and want to spend the least...

So, back in December I decided to put a new cord on my Milwaukee 6365 and considering that it is is still on the healing bench, it did not go particularly well. When I got it back together, I plugged it in and it turned on without using the switch. I got no clue how the switch goes together so...