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In theory, you can pretty easily use an angle grinder to bring back the edge of a step drill and remove the rounded corner back to sharpness. In practice, step drills are so cheap at HF that I'll admit to never bothering with this. But yeah, cutting through a mix of weld and heat affected...

I believe you, and I'd sure love one, but my test equipment budget has me using the free apps for this right now. I did just buy a few ultrasonic flow meters, but your Fluke should fetch on eBay 20x what I paid for those.

I use apps in my cell phone to graph 2d and 3d vibration of equipment. It seems to be more sensitive than other accelerometer monitoring devices I have. So far I've found it useful at monitoring belt wear, bearing issues and even pump cavitation.

I strongly suggest not doing that. The step drill is your friend here. Especially when it comes to situations like this, step drills with their long circular wedding cake stair steps drag on the edges of the hole, keeping the bit well centered and the hole round. A regular twist drill is...

That explains why they changed to the screw on battery cap. My older ones both still have the clip on cap/pocket-clip like the original NCVT1. It does beg the question though of why you'd need IP67 for an electrical test tool.

That's just getting started.

It's not all that bad. That Bosch looks to be identical to the Klein that added the flashlight (NCVT3). I have the original Klein NCVT1 and the first multi-mode NCVT2 (no flashlight or other add-ons they're rolling into the NCVT4 series), and you won't get confused by the modes. Basically if...

Yeah, I had a feeling from your location. I've got a friend dealing with his house settling due to it. A quick search found me this: https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1989/1219/1219-010.pdf "Another method is used for the backfill behind retaining walls. The expansive soil mass surface...

If the glass is getting that hot, insulating it will only make the glass hotter. I'd check with the manufacturer before you cause the glass to explode from the heat.

Water behind the wall can cause hydrostatic pressure on the back-side of the wall. Freezing wet soil expands. But then there's the likelihood that he's in the land of expansive soil. Lots of people install drip irrigation around their foundations in the Dallas area to keep the soil from...

It looks like it gets a handle or knob at the "bottom". Maybe it's a shifter?

Nut cracker perhaps?

Not remotely similar. A saddler's hammer needs a flat face able to drive tacks, and doesn't need the pick end. Your picture doesn't make it clear, but the upper end in it is the cross-peen (chisel) end. The Osborne hammer is also fully forged. The OP's hammer is stainless steel (that might...

Funny you mention that. I have a pen light that still has battery club batteries from the early 1990's in it, and the bulb still glows when I turn the knob every few years when I check up on it. Those alkaline AAA's still haven't leaked, so yeah, it's certainly possible to make something...

I'd recommend TEC Power Grout. I'm not aware of a better tool than the MultiMaster for this job.

My round Fluke lasted me about 15 years before the ORIGINAL batteries leaked. It really had nothing else to fail. It was just a solid tube with an LED and batteries. No on/off switch. No noise. Just a Rudolph style red nose that lit up whenever it felt like. Which was quite a bit...

Let us know how more water works. FWIW, I own an ancient AEG 14" electric demolition saw, and it's good for what it is (I've always used it dry with a segmented or turbo blade), but for someone who's used to the power of a gas saw, keep in mind that the electric saws put out about half the...

I had a Fluke back when they were round. It was ok until the batteries in it exploded, but you never knew if the batteries were good until you tested against a known source (always recommended anyway), because it had no on-button or power-on status light. I like my Klein NCVT2 much more...

OMG, now you have me seeing a bearing buddy on the back of a sealed ratchet. LMAO.

Fair point, but there's only so much persuading you can do to an aluminum suspension frame. I've worked on re-welded steel framed recumbent bikes (before the days of suspension) that were run over by cars, and they can take about as much of a beating as the repairs you see on crumpled brass band...