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when i was young, i used to magnetize my screw drivers. i haven't done it in years, and recently, after chasing a screw across the floor, i thought about doing it again. so, is there a reason *not* to do it? i notice you can buy socket extensions with magnetic tips now, so i assume not, but ...

is it me, or are lot of these wrenches going out of stock, and not being replenished. the fractional ones seem to still be in stock (although that may be more an indication of sales volumes than anything else). as an example, 9925M and 9923M, which are the last two i looked up.

i have spent too long looking for two part numbers for a KR650/655 stack. i need a new gas shock for the top lid. there is no decal on it, and the numbers on it (fnn115-035) dont seem to help me locating anything. i know i can remove it and take it to an autoparts store, but . . . . . . i...

i have a KR655 with ball bearing slides. is there a way to get them apart to clean them up and lubricate them? i played with one today for an hour, and got nowhere. any help would be appreciated. advice on what to luibricate them with would also be useful. (it seems to me that we need a...

i just started a new thread. in one message, every image was rotated. some 90 degrees (sideways) and some 180 degrees (upside down). the first posting with images was fine. the second was nothing but bad. any idea on what i could do to fix this? the thread in question is...

first of all, before i get started, i would like to thank BreeStephany, whose thread: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=346953 caused me to really think thru some ideas i had concerning storage of my cordless power tools. while i came to different decisions about what i was...

so, is there such a thing? the seat recliner handle on the passenger side of the pickup broke. whose idea it was to use a plastic piece there? looking at it, it occurs to me that the right answer might be to get a spline socket, and a small fixed head breaker bar and just replace it with that...

i largely have trucks. a tahoe, a suburban, a few 3/4 and 1 ton pickups. i used to have a small saturn station wagon, but a few years ago it gave up the ghost. a week ago i decided to buy a small sedan. all the trucks have small tool kits i put together in them kept behind the seats, along...

while i know you dont maintain the system you use, i would like to see two features. maybe they are configuration options and would be easy to add. 1) sometimes i subscribe to a thread because there is one post in it i want to be able to find later. if i could just save those specific posts to...

so, from all outward appearances, a 4494 and a 14494 appear to be identical ratchets. but if they were, why would there be different part numbers? the wright catalog i downloaded doesnt seem to mention the 14494. is it some government contract number or something? i have seen others with this...

no idea why there isn't one of these. let's see if there is interest enough to sustain one: Milwaukee 48-11-2420 M12 RED LITHIUM 2.0 12-Volt Lithium-ion Cordless Battery 25.88$ FREE SHIPPING (seems to be in the high 30's including shipping on ebay, around 50$ on amazon)...

i am considering buying one of those cordless 1/4" hex impact wrenches. the milwaukee gets great reviews, but there are several different versions, and there appears to be no clear favorite. i am looking at a 2750. this lists itself as brushless right there on the case, but sometimes i see...

i am sure this has been gone over before, but finding it is more work than i can stand today. my work area is in part of a metal storage building. i bought a huge tarp, and have draped it at the back of my area, since i dont want to heat the other two thirds of the space. i have one of those...

there are as many ways to store sockets as there are brands of sockets. magnetic lay down trays, stand up trays, rails, magnetic rails, blocks, both magnetic and not. but what about the ratchets? do you just leave them to roll around? the only ratchet storage technology i have seen are small...

can anyone tell me the job that these are meant for? here is one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LBT3AZU/?tag=atomicindus08-20 the reason i ask is that one is that the neighbors showed up with one, and a case of drivers he got as part of the "deal" (dont know where). he was going to use it to...

so, sometime on black friday, someone ordered (at least) two items that have been delivered to me (so far) this week. on tuesday, i got a package from weldfabulous.com, with an expensive bessey web clamp in it. i tried calling, but it dumped me into voice mail (-1), and suggested i use the web...

so, i have usually associated "black" tools with impact uses, like sockets or "slugging" wrenches. but now it seems like i am regularly seeing "black oxide" tools that dont appear to be for that kinds of service, like this, as an example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121556080890 why would i want...

the subject sez it all. how are the V8 tools wrenches? not fancy ratcheting or anything like that, just standard polished chrome wrenches. worth the price? what other brand(s) would you compare them to? thanx.

the 2003 catalog scan i have shows the "new" style locks, and no old style ones. when did the transition from standard key to barrel style occur? was it part of a major revision, or did they just change it over one year? thanx.

people rave about rhft (round head fine tooth) ratchets here all the time. but, there doesn't really seem to be a culling of the herd, as it were. so, do the best rhft ratchets all have a round, knurled handle? is that part of the mystique? is it the tooth count? is that important at all? i...