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How often do you need one? Auto parts stores have them as loaners. The last time I rented one, it was pretty much the second one. Worked fine.

Assuming you have a basic keyless lampholder, you can replace it with one that has an outlet built into it, which would make it easier to remove the lights.

McMaster has them listed under shipping tubes.

@jmarkwolf this. Any 'service' person who can't fix a unit heater, or at least tell you why it can't or shouldn't be fixed, isn't a service tech, they're a salesman, at best. Unit heaters are pretty simple, it should have a wiring diagram on the door, and anyone who knows how to use a meter...

I’m You're wasting your time. No one really believes you need top dollar hand tools to fix an alternator in a durango. He's got a fortune in snap-on tools, and feels the need to justify it every time a thread like this comes up.

Put some water between the build plate and the counter. It will fill in the voids caused by asperities on the plate or counter, and is a good conductor of heat.

You hired the GC, not the electrician. The GC failed to deliver what you asked for, so why should you pay for it? That it's because the guy *he* hired was a lazy ***** isn't your fault. Neither is it your fault he paid the sub for doing **** work. This is one of the things you're supposed...

Yes. The wire won't be hurt if it has pretty substantial overcurrent for a fairly lengthy time (a squareD circuit breaker will pass 2 times its rated current for 100 seconds before it trips, and 5 times for 10. That's on breakers that made their name as "quick open"! The relevant UL standard...

You need to look at the label on the machine, not anything else. Manuals and customer service do not make the rule, the equipment label does. It's very common for the manual, web, and customer service people to say the exact opposite of what the tag says. Barring a reason for something...

I worked in a shop where the owner was a neat freak. It was glorious, could always find shop equipment, the hardware and parts we stocked. Everything got put away, weren't allowed to leave stuff on the benches overnight (there were exceptions for stuff that had to wait until tomorrow), and we...

My kleins are my third favorite linesmans, after the high leverage knipex and a pair of western forge made craftsman ones. Nothing really wrong with them, but the hinge and handles are better on other pliers.

Both salt bath and induction heat treatment can be done well or poorly. Induction is generally preferred in mass production, as it's faster and uses less energy. Salt bath has the advantage of being able to treat anything you can fit in the bath, while induction can require part specific...

Everyone -- even harbor freight -- make linesman's pliers with a fishtape puller.

I am sure the reason they call out a four conductor cable is so when someone decides to add an outlet from the lift, there’s a neutral. You know someone would use the ground.

ive countersunk holes with a die grinder. Good access though, just no countersink

They’re replicable, and not terribly expensive. They’re just sitting on tapers, just need a hammer.

I used to be, and there's no ******* way I'd have gone out of my way to give a tool truck company money, if they weren't in my parking lot. the only thing that made tool truck tools worth the substantial premium was convenience. take that away, and they weren't worth it. That was years ago...

the decent ones are, well, decent. But unless you're packing for the absolute smallest kit, one with its own screen is much handier. You can just grab it and use it, lend it to someone, etc. No worries about messing up a phone, whether you have the right cable, bluetooth settings, software...

A proper bit of this style is really two independent drills, they don't just grind a small diameter bit at the end. So it's not a trivial shape to grind, and not terribly surprising they're expensive. It's also not the sort of thing people who buy cheap cutting tools will buy, because they'll...

There are also many replacements available, that are generally better than what comes with grinders that cost less than a car. The cheap Chinese grinders are all garbage, no power, crappy guards and worse tool rests. The better Chinese ones are better, but I have never seen one with a...