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Traffic jam on the interstate so I exited over to a US highway that I seldom travel. Some good finds from a couple of resale shops and an estate sale: Snap-On: $1 Thorsen: $1 Plomb: $2 less 20% discount SK: $2 less 20% discount

The 6.3 is definitely a Mexican thing. I have a Urrea combination wrench that says 5/16 on the front and 7.9mm on the back.

Picked up a cheap quality 3 drawer toolbox for $2 at a recent garage sale and found a xerox copy of an article from a 1981 Popular Mechanics magazine and a 1975 map of Texas under the bottom drawer.

There is one near me that also prices Snap-on, Matco, Mac, etc fairly high. But they don't do so on other USA made stuff. They have a bin of wrenches that sell for $1-$3 each, buy 2, get one free. I can usually walk out with 12-15 USA Craftsman, SK, the occasional Bonney, Williams, Proto...

To the OP: You have to remember who you are dealing with here. Most are tool aficionados, connoisseurs of fine tools. I am sure that many of them make a living with their tools, and surely many are collectors. I, for one, enjoy seeing all kinds of tool photos, whether polished and...

Ham radio power supply fits your requirements of 12v DC from 120v AC with plenty of amperage. MFJ makes one that does 22 amps continuous at 13.8v and it sells for around $85. Try mtcradio.com or hamradio.com

Querstion. Love the typo. I am laughing because a lot of folks around here say, "lemme ax you a kwerstion.

I am really happy with one I bought from Northern Tool. It's gas powered and 2600 psi. Regular price is $299 but it was on sale for $199. It is their house brand Ironton.

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I recently placed an order for 7 random sized 1/4 inch drive sockets to fill in some gaps in my set. They were priced very competitively, so I thought I would give them a try. The sockets are not chrome plated. They are a matte silver finish. The stampings on them are not as "precise" as I have...

Maybe some sugru?

The ladder and the support brace in the background are painted the same color. Maybe to hide the manufacturer identity for use on broadcast TV? All the cooking shows put fake labels over the food products so you can't see the brand.

Me too.:thumbup:

I saw what you did there. :thumbup:

Socket wrench was what my dad called it.

The unit works well for me. I use it mostly for knife sharpening and have bought various grit belts from Amazon. I think I used a coupon and got it down to around $40ish....maybe $38. But that was at least 2 years ago.

I like highway measurements in kilometers.....the "mileposts" (kilometer posts) click by almost twice as fast. 😀 I've driven a gazillion miles in Mexico. Down there I estimated about an hour driving for every 100 kilometers of highway. Up here, I usually estimate an hour for every 60 or so miles.

Most of the meat bandsaws I have seen have a table that slides. You situate the meat on the table then slide the table past the blade rather than trying to push the hunk of meat across a surface.

I've had a ton of fun in the last few months rescuing and restoring some rusty tools. I love to approach the vendor at a flea market or garage sale and say, "What do you want for this old, rusty wrench, (axe head, hammer, etc) ? I can hardly keep from smiling when they say 25 cents, 50...

I lived in Monterrey for a few years and acquired a set of Urrea metric long combination wrenches. I think they are quite nice. Bought them a few at a time at the big hardware store near the airport. Also, they have a cheaper line called Foy. Since my maternal grandfather was a Foy I got a set...