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You can cut aluminum with your miter saw. At least angle aluminum from my experience. I take it you want to cut mild steel. The short answer to your question is no. Here is a video from AvE who is trying to do the same with an abrasive saw but it doesn’t work out.

I think this post was a trick to make me watch MrSubaru videos. For the engine examples he provides he says to remove the air box and battery and you should have all the access you need to remove the spark plugs. I also watched a few other videos on Subaru spark plug replacement and they seem to...

I used a fog machine from Party City as a smoke machine. It was a cheap find on Craigslist years ago. It worked fine for me but then I "upgraded" to a dedicated smoke machine with air hose attachment and it works the same except the smoke smells bad compared to the fog machine. Also, I can use...

This spring that pushes against the pawl is too stiff. Disassemble and work the spring to break it in, the back drag should feel better after compressing it about 100 times or so. Do it more or fewer times to whatever suits you. You may want to stick a pin through the spring so that it won't...

This is the line up HF was showing at SEMA last year. They don't appear to have a 3/8 locking flex in metal handle. That is my preference too but its not a deal breaker for me. No word on when the rest of the ratchets will be released though...

I mention it because over the years I have heard many stories about how SO makes the strongest ratchet, therefore "everything else is junk". I know these stories should be take with a grain of salt but strength was supposed to be one of their selling points and made them worth whatever premium...

Today's Torque Test Channel's vides features Icon G2 ratchets vs Snap On ratchets. TTC shows that the G2 ratchet is stronger than the Snap On (It takes more torque to break the drive square on the G2 compared to the Snap On). To me this shows the extremely good value that Icon ratchets are. They...

Couldn't this be remedied with a longer extension on a shallow socket? Or are you talking about a situation where the stud doesn't have any thread at the top and takes more than the length of the shallow socket to reach the threaded portion?

I recently got the Mellif/ Makita clone blower because of this video. I previously had the Ryobi blower and it was okay. I wanted the Makita but its expensive, so when I saw this Makita clone I jumped on it. Its very powerful and I can use it with my DeWalt batteries. The air moves very fast it...

In my opinion, the benefits of shallow broach sockets are overblown. The main supposed benefit is that you can start a nut in a hard to reach place without having the nut fall to the back of the socket. You can do the same with a shallow socket and an extension. What's the big deal? I have seen...

I use a utensil organizer for my extensions. I think I have way too many to be organized nicely in there but you get the idea.

Do you have a pic? It may be for old school ratchets that only turn in one direction. To go the other direction you would push the anvil through the other side.

Paintless dent repair/removal. It's pretty amazing what some of those guys can do. Idk who this guy is, just did a quick search for an example.

Where? Please share the link!

In my opinion, if you are looking for the best value in sockets, you have a lot of choice with Husky, Duralast, Quinn, Pittsburgh, and so on. The 200 piece Husky kit you posted has a lot of duplication with 6 and 12 point sockets and they don't always give you a deep socket version of every...

I did this with a Craftsman Professional tool box. I built a faceframe out of cedar 2x4 that fit in the C channel that supported the casters. Seems to be fine and now small parts don’t get lost under the tool box.

Are these genuinely dual 80 style with two separate pawls? I saw a video of a scaled up ratchet demo and it looked like it had one pawl but with a gap in the middle. IDK if it was supposed to be two separate pawls or not.

I have two SO hard handle ratcheting screwdrivers and a Williams driver. I prefer the Williams because I prefer the triangular grip and the lower price. I just wish it wouldn’t roll around so much. I thought the triangular body would help keep it from rolling around but it doesn’t.

Yes, 5.5mm. I have both of the PowerTorque low profile socket sets metric and SAE and they don’t the 5.5mm or 7/32. I would take either one.

Damn, that Matco set has the 7/32 that I needed a couple of weeks ago to replace a vent actuator in my truck. I bought the orielly set because I misread that it had a 7/32 socket.