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Well, my spa cover has been killed by the Arizona sun and I just bought a new one. The problem is that they will not take away the old cover so I need to cut up the old one to fit it into my garbage can. I've got every saw in the world. Which cut up method do people that have done this job...

I firmly believe it would be easier to crack open a safe than getting a Milwaukee battery out of its factory packaging. My new weapon of choice is aviation shears along with shop knives. On one particularly obstinate one I had to use my table saw. That was touch and go. I can only wish for an...

OK, that might be a little harsh but hear me out here. I own both TIG and MIG (I actually have two MIG's a HTP Propulse 200 and a 110V Century) and I have been practicing my steel TIG welding day and night for over a month. I've used 4 Q tanks of argon, $60 worth of 16 gauge sheet metal, about...

Now that HF is moving upscale it's got to rethink it's replacement parts strategy. Previously the tools were so cheap that if something broke (Let's use the purple HF spray gun as an example) you simply threw it out. Now that they have their SATA 5000 clone the Black Widow spray gun for $200 the...

I like the new ICON reversible ratcheting stubby wrenches that HF has just introduced but I wish the set started at 8mm instead of 10mm. The Tekton set starts at 8mm and is just about equally priced to the ICON. My problem with the Tekton set is that it's six point. I see little point to six...

My old crank K-D ring filer is getting a little tired. Any recommendations for a good piston ring filer?

Has anybody tried swivel impact sockets by Capri Tools. I'm considering this set and would like some feedback if anybody has some: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KWJZJ1F/?tag=atomicindus08-20

With the modern boron steel used in new cars it's damn near impossible to drill out spot welds as the steel is harder than the drill bits. The weapon of choice is the mini belt file. Naturally, since you're trying to get rid of as much metal as possible in the minimum about of time it's temping...

Does anybody else find these annoying. I know how to open a box. Now I do realize that a AvE unboxing video is extremely amusing when accomplished with his miniature Bosch chain saw, but other than that all the rest of these seem like an easy money YouTube scam. Money for nothing and your chicks...

A friend of mine has a Subaru (why people love these cars when their head gaskets last only 60K miles before they blow is beyond me but that's another conversation) and in order to remove the drive shafts you need to drive out 6mm roll pins. The only roll pin punches I've been able to find are...

THE STORY BEGINS: I bought a Makita brushless grinder and this grinder had a parasitic current drain. If you left a fully charged battery in it for a month at the end of that month you would only have two out of four bars showing on the battery power level meter. I figured this is ********...

Just for the hell of it I bought a 12A-h battery that I received today off of EBay sealed in the typical Milwaukee impossible to open plastic shell. Thought I was going to have to go with my Plasma Cutter but after 5 minutes with Aviation Shears I finally got it open. THIS THING IS TOO DAMN...

Need a crimping tool for heavy gauge welding cable. I'm using 2 gauge as that will work for my application but all of my wire strippers and crimpers are for house wiring and now I need something for the big stuff. What's the way to go. I'm open to hydraulic or manual.

I will no longer be selling TOPTUL tools either through EBay or directly after the latest batch of tools that I received are sold out. After four years of trying my best to bring the obvious quality and value of the TOPTUL brand to customers in the United States I'm so fed up with the ********...

As many know I'm Metabo all the way with respect to angle grinders but for use with a cut off wheel I've never been comfortable using one without the guard and in many cases that's a real problem as the guard gets in the way. So, I went in search of what I though would be a perfect angle grinder...

I've been asked to evaluate the welding program at a local community college and in my opinion this program is geared toward 1955. There is a heavy emphasis on stick welding and on Ox-Acetylene welding and to me these are both artifacts of the industrial revolution. MIG and TIG are covered but...

Acme tool just delivered my new Milwaukee M12 Fuel Ratchet and my new Milwaukee M18 Heat Gun. The Heat Gun is a winner the Fuel Ratchet shows me NOTHING. It bigger and heavier than the original and has VERY LITTLE more torque. I torqued a strut bolt on my car to 37 N-m (that's 27.27 Ft-lb for...

Cruised by my neighborhood HF today and looked over the new Vulcan line of welders. They looked pretty nice, however, as we all know you can't judge a book by it's cover. Has anybody actually bought and used one of these. If you can you report back on your impressions of actually welding with...

When I started my little hobby selling TOPTUL I fully expected that most of my customers would be on the West Coast, particularly California and in little towns across America in the boondocks where they had to drive 100 miles to go to a tool store. THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE AT ALL. My number...

There seems to be a phobia around here about having a tight flex head ratchet which puzzles me. I don't like tight flex head ratchets, I don't like flex head ratchets with detents and I don't like locking flex head ratchets. I like semi-floppy flex head ratchets because it enables me to move...