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    Hill Acme Tool Engine Hoist

    The shop at the rutland VT air port has one, I spent the 4th of July a few years ago changing a PT6A-28 turbo prop engine with it. It freaked me out a bit at first, having close to 100 grand hanging on such a dinosaur, but the whole operation went off just fine. The hoist I used had a chain...
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    Milwaukee vs Makita

    The charger technology in makita is more advanced, unless Milwaukee caught up, makita is the only one to have the charger monitor and charge each battery cell separately. The rest just stop when the first cell in the pack hits full. This limits power and over time causes a lithium to act like it...
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    Anyone have a Hot Dawg in a 1-Car garage? Vertical Concentric box

    I had a water heater with an odball exhaust pipe size, the manufacturer did it on purpose to make you buy stainless exhaust pipe from them, they claimed heat and moisture were too high for steel.
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    Best screw extractor or set

    Of all the removers I've tried, the grabbits are the only tool that is worth the money. I use a #30 bit instead of the drill bit on the end, as this is the part that wars out first. Home depot carries some knock off of the grabbit, it doesn't work...
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Did the annual oil change on my car and van, I love Amsoil and the 25,000 mile oil drain!
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    New Plier Rack

    my matco dealer had racks like this on his truck 5 years or so ago. I bought it but then sold later on. I just hope you aren't stepping on somebodys patent selling these, (not that I think there could be a patent on these)
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    Mechanics tool allowance

    Aviation Industry- my employer gives us a new pair of red wing boots each year (steel toe), and pays all but $3 a week for uniforms from the worst uniform co. I've ever dealt with (unifirst). When I first started 9 years ago they paid to have tool solutions depreciate our tools for us to give...
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