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Given the usefulness and popularity of the Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL thread, I'm thinking it might be useful to have a Grizzly PASS/FAIL thread also. Grizzly (www.grizzly.com) is another source of hit-or-miss toolage, IMHO. If the thread's not useful, then may this thread sink straight to the bottom!

I stumbled upon this crow foot set recently and purchased it ($20, added photo and cost since you guys are voyeurs)...it is my first crow foot set...I am wondering, do you think crow feet are a good alternative in tool kits where weight is important (such as the auto kit that stays in the car)...

They're interesting, nothing against them, but there are getting to be so many of them each weekend. How about we have just one thread per weekend, and everybody who has found something cool, post in the same thread??

Here's my method on how to refurbish a vintage wrench: 1. Troll the aisles of garage sales, swap meets, pawn shops, and flea markets. The desirable tools are seldom in plain view, they're hidden at the bottom of bins, camouflaged by a layer or two of cheap Chinee tools. And the bin is on the...

I'm sorry, I can't help myself. I shouldn't be wondering this, but I am. I'm very curious about what tools the Nazis used to work on their war machines. We know that the USA used primarily Plomb, which was the largest provider of tools to the military during WWII. But what was Fritz, your...

Get this. Some guy named Osorio was using a Ryobi benchtop tablesaw (yes one of those $200 portable plastic jobs) at work. Despite being trained how to use it, this particular day he was ripping oak flooring WITHOUT blade guard, WITHOUT splitter, and (I kid you not...) WITHOUT FENCE (!) While...

I was waiting for a sale to come on the double-box metric GearWrench set at Sears. Unless I'm mistaken, I waited too long, looks like Sears dropped the SKU? I can find the DB GearWrench set at Sears.com, but it isn't sold by Sears, which means, no special deals...in fact, probably higher...

If you were going to try to salvage this chainsaw, how would you repair the broken piece near the spark plug hole? Is this a JB Weld fix? The broken piece (shown resting on top) contains a threaded hole for a bolt that keeps the engine located within the shell. It's functioned for many years...

This thread for the collectors. (Merkava, please move along.) I've gotten interested in Challenger gladiator helmet wrenches. I don't know much about them so am looking for information. I think they were a 1950s - 1960s phenomenon (although the type font is not typical for the 1950s, it looks...

All SOLD. Thanks for looking! Pebble Plomb goodies. A. $11 B. $8 C. $12 D. $6 E. $12 F. $8 G. $12 H. $9 Or all for $70. Add + $4.50 for flat rate USPS shipping in USA. (Breaker might be slightly more if it doesn't fit in a small flat rate box.) Paypal accepted.

What's with all the "thumbs down" one-star ratings on threads here in the past day? Traditionally the star rating has been used here to mark vital threads, like the hot deals thread, etc. Seems to me a lot of these so-called one-star threads are interesting, helpful, and popular. Is...

First of all, let's just get this out of the way up front: I'm a chump. Now for the details on what type of chump. A tool chump. I buy used, worn-out tools, thinking there's still life in them. To wit: I was working remotely on a house restoration when I needed to mow the lawn, el pronto...

What are pump wrenches used for? Pumps, obviously, but what kind? Where is a pump wrench the correct tool to use? Why do people want sets of these one-ended open-end wrenches, do they have other uses? I'm looking at them because they seems to be in the larger sizes often used to install plumbing...

Looking to fill in some of my father's set of "helmeted" Challenger (Proto) wrenches. As you can see I'm missing: 13/16 7/8 (for which I advertised earlier...no luck) 15/16 ...and wrenches over 1. (11/16 needs replacing, too!)

Missing the 7/8 from my "helmeted" Proto Challenger set. If you have a spare, please sell it at me.

I could use a small, handheld cutoff/burr/grinding/sanding option, but I'm not sure DREMEL brand is the way I want to go. Can anybody recommend a competing brand?

Where are you guys getting your aftermarket blades for your Fein Multimasters? Can you recommend a good seller of quality aftermarket blades? I can find them on a google search easily. I'm looking for replies from people who have actually purchased aftermarket Fein blades and had good...

I spent a frustrating hour trying to push a roll pin out of a tight hole (pin could not be struck with a punch/hammer) using a punch on one end and a socket on the other, all balanced in a clamp. That required two hands to hold the punch, one hand to hold the socket, two more hands to hold the...

JB Weld confuses me. Sometimes it works OK, other times fails miserably. Just read a post by another guy here who had JB fail on him. What's the scoop with JB Weld? What's it good at? Recently I tried to repair the link that's in the latch of the rear windows of a Toyota extended cab pickup...

Anybody have an opinion on this Enerpac puller, offered at Surplus Center for $14? Seems like a "below swap meet" price to me... D'ya think it's quality or junk? https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=14-1099-2-23&catname=misc