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    Show your new tool arrivals

    Early Christmas gift to me... Got me a Cyclops... The unit from Maxxeon has good reviews when compared to the offshore knockoffs... Made in Ottawa Canada... Good enough for me... Damit... Just noticed this...
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    Favorite Multimeter Leads?

    I always look for lead wires made from stranded copper... Many of the offshore brands use some kind of crazy plated aluminum stranded wire...
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    Battery powered lights. What are you using?

    Thanks for the recommendation Zim... Been wanting one for awhile... Order placed this morning on the Jungle site... $27.99
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    Extra light weight car jacks?

    I recently wanted a scissor jack... Checked the price at HF... Decided to go Ebay and got a similar OEM Nissan that can handle 2,755 lbs and is galvanized, with free shipping... No indication it was ever used... This one....
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    Helicoil Repair

    More than likely, its a cost saving step by the manufacturer... Thread forming bolt... I have several on my MINI Cooper aluminum rear trailing arm suspension... Holes are cast smooth without threads being tapped... Point on the bolt helps automated equipment locate the hole prior to insertion...
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Uncle Lenny's house of toys and tools

    Amazing... Beautiful detailed work... What was the reasoning they only offered to pay 90% of the quote? Was it because that was all they had of the money that wasn't in the fiscal year? Or a corporate practice of cutting 10% off of any quote? I had one client that would always do that to my...
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    The eating of lead, messes with your brain cells too... :oops:
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    Gerstner Factory Scratch & Dent Holiday Sale – Dayton, OH

    Saw this on FB Marketplace today... Factory Scratch & Dent Sale
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    How Many Receptacles on Each Circuit?

    I added a run of outlet boxes along opposite walls in my garage... Like larry4406 suggested... I used two circuit breakers for each run... each breaker handled half the outlets in each box... The first box had two GFCI receptacles, each feeding one receptacle along each run on the wall... The...
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    Show your new tool arrivals

    The problem is... I'm not supposed to be allowed to use them...:rolleyes:
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    Show your new tool arrivals

    ebj, here you go... Pardon our interruption
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    Heating up the garage?

    Are you using a carbon monoxide alarm in the garage when running that?
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    The generator / alternator on my JD 330 Garden tractor has been having spotty issues charging the battery... I suspect the main terminal connector block may have some corrosion on the spade connectors... I ordered up the WURTH Diamond Grip terminal cleaner... Not cheap, but seemingly well...
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    The Milwaukee addiction thread! :)

    Held off for the Black Friday special to get this today... Free delivery Sunday...
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    Alright leaf people, what's the best way

    I just got finished doing the same thing today... One acre lot in the city that has a huge amount of well established mature trees... Cleared the beds with the leaf blower... Used the Honda bagger mower to **** up the leaves pushed out of the beds with the blower... Then ran over the whole yard...
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    Huot Toolbox - Drawer / Slide Removal

    I found the same diagram from HUOT when I refurbished my HUOT drill bit cabinet... You can see my DIY tool next to the engineer pliers.. Worked well on the drawer slides...
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    2025 Garage Sale Thread (14th Annual)

    They made two sizes. I believe yours went up to 4" pipe and required a hit with a hammer to mark the pipe... The one I have handles a larger range of pipe and instead of a hammer, the plunger is spring loaded and once cocked, the plunger is released with a trigger release (you can see the...
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    2025 Garage Sale Thread (14th Annual)

    These two characters followed me home today... "Straight Outta Compton"
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