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It's not just "buying a few extra wrenches", to get every brand imaginable and 30x of each. It'd take him multiple times as long to do the testing. Why would someone with a formula that works for getting views, want to reduce his video production rate to a fraction of what it is, in order to...

You might want to mention that in a reply to a PF youtube video instead of here, including some brands you'd like tested. I'd wonder how he would rate those that have tight tolerances so can't even fit on a rusty nut without cleaning it off first. Some will think that is bad but I prefer a...

Doesn't appear to be brushless, spec'd as 187W, nothing special just a slow little inflator that is selling for the price you'd expect under a contractor grade tool line. Could still be very handy to own if already invested in Milwaukee's 12V line, so doesn't matter as much that it's a bare...

This doesn't matter nearly as much when putting a thin coating on something, opposed to a larger volume container where gravity (assisted by heat) allows the thickener to settle to a higher concentration and the oil to pool.

Looks a bit like the sodium grease everyone used to use for wheel bearings a half century ago. https://www.hjoilgroup.com/2020/10/31/sodium-soap-grease/ However if there's a bit of rust in it for the orangish tint, or they added dye to get there, then it could be the low grade lithium grease...

It depends on the specifics of the cylinder design and the environment, as well as the reason to lube. If someone has already sprayed in grease, oil, or WD-40 and it's getting gummy, WD-40 is useful to dissolve some of that and flush it out, but the cylinder has to be in a situation where a...

^ If you have various adhesives and the stones lying around anyway... Then there are some people who always have a SHTF mindset, what would I ever do if suddenly there were a pandemic or something and supplies were scarce, especially those who grew up before there was amazon and a walmart...

^ Stones are porous, I bet if it were washed in strong detergent solution first, the adhesive would stick to the stone as well as the metal... might even want to scuff up the metal to improve adhesion, or maybe not, not knowing how good it'll be yet, maybe want to be able to get it back off...

Epoxy doesn't soften that much with heat, usually would have to apply enough heat to make it brake down chemically which could work, unless the metal is heat treated then that is an issue. On the other hand, with different coefficients of expansion, a very brittle epoxy might release from heat...

I'd skip that idea, (or just go with a 5V USB power bank/lantern-USB as others have already mentioned, and if they have enough power outages/duration to bother going larger, consider getting them a gas generator instead.

If warranty won't cover it, I'd at least open it up to see what the cells voltages are, and also whether it looks like a battery form factor you can replace yourself at much lower cost than an entire new jump starter, or maybe the cells aren't low and there's some protection diode pack that failed.

DC clamp meters can be very handy, but there are usually workarounds. For example measuring voltage drops across the fuses, as long as they are major brand (so trustworthy of being precision made/accurate) fuses not generic Chinese garbage. Compare mV reading to a chart, for example...

^ Yes it's definitely easier to do with the laptop packs due to the outer casing, "usually", also being the primary holder for the cells. Li-Ion tool batteries larger than 12V are trickier since they tend to have the plastic spacer/holder/whatever (I'm sure there's a proper name for it but I...

When I wrote this I was only envisioning one possible way this could be designed. I'd be a lot more comfortable with this assumption if I had a sketch of the circuit or were able to measure it myself with a meter.

Check whether there is a low ohm connection between the heatsink plate and negative, OR the positive jumper cable clamp. I'd guess negative but electrically it could be done either way. I mean it depends on the initial design, but if that heatsink plate has conductivity to the charger chassis...

As mentioned, you're going to need a multimeter, then you check for a blown fuse (continuity or resistance), then past the fuse to the primary winding and the other primary winding to the other prong on the wall outlet. Next check resistance of the primary winding itself, should read several...

It is easy to overgeneralize, and oversimplify the replies to a topic. I see posts about spending a boatload on a nice spring compressor, and posts about using cheaper parts as if any vehicle a few years older is already trash and not worth bothering. Any vehicle you want to continue using...

I wish Ryobi would produce a newer generation version of their smaller P3200 ~1 gallon cannister vac they made years ago but have long since discontinued, but with more performance enabled by modern higher current/capacity batteries and a larger brushless motor. Rather than used in a profession...

Seems unlikely, as I don't get these types of mailings or phone calls, only unrelated scammers or political/charity for the phone calls. Then again I don't get any HF promotions emailed to me either, must have opted out of that, nor any emails that look like they're from any legit business that...

If I think back far enough, Chinese imports were the worst decades ago (India tool imports were very rare at the time) but since then, every India made tool I've seen, was the worse of its kind. I've no doubt they can do better but seem to be tiered as the lowest cost to get junk made so have...