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    What is your preferred vice lube method?

    My vice is whiskey so I need no lube. Last bottle I bought at Trader Joes. Cheap gas tastes better.
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    OFFICIAL Craftsman POLL for 2022- will they deliver

    <<I lay much of the blame at the feet of the Wharton MBA types >> 100% correct.
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    Tool Box Identification

    I'm currently doing a Huot top box. They are cheaply made compared to a Snappy but the company is local and I like that angle.
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    What's the biggest socket size you have ?

    40mm.
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    All Those Unused Tools - A Frugal Boomer's Perspective

    Several of my longtime friends are mechanics by trade. They entered the shop at 19 and are still wrenching today. I'm not yet 60. Two of them went BK just on their Snappy bill. They learned a lot, as did I by watching them try to make a living and support a young family while paying the Snappy...
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    All Those Unused Tools - A Frugal Boomer's Perspective

    Cool story, bro.
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    Single most useful tool for regular joe?

    Whiskey.
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    Tools You Wish You’d Bought In the Past

    Garage sales boys. Especially for the vices. You have to ask sometimes; the older men/widows can't move them and are glad for them to leave.
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    Torx Screwdrivers - PB Swiss or Snap On

    I hope that there is a special corner in hell for whoever decided the world needed torx, pushing all of us to buy yet another set of screwdrivers.
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    My Late Father and Metric Tools

    Man I'd pay $10 to hear that story. God bless your grandpa. Mine was a medic in the army. Bronze star. He sort of saw the path that the Germans had used to lay mines in a field and was able to take a Jeep out there and rescue a bunch of guys from his unit who were injured that the Nazis were...
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    John Deere wrenches rust removal

    John Deere. I don't know how it is on either coast but in the Midwest there are legions of collectors of old tractor stuff. I almost ran out of gas in rural Iowa last Summer and had to tour some rural roads to find fuel. Nearly every home had an antique tractor on display in the yard, has a...
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    Project Farm ratchet comparison - Icon/Snap-On/Tekton etc

    I still have a set of the old stainless Craftsman ratchets. I work on Japanese motorcycles for the most part and typically I only use 1/4 drive stuff until the torque wrench comes out.
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    Snap On Box Warranty

    I'm not ashamed to say that I have called snappy for warranty stuff and when asked if I am the original owner I say that I am.
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    Not Cheap Pocket Knives

    Whatever is nicest at a garage sale for a few dollars. I lose them.
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    HF 10mm socket set

    I bought this set just to appease the lost 10 mm Gods.
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    Snap-On Restoration Thread #145606941651

    Those art deco handles are beautiful.
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    Has anyone seen a tool truck recently? - August 2022.

    We have a nuclear power plant nearby so the Snappy truck was going in there quite often. The owner/driver got a DUI in June and lost his nuclear clearance. BAD.
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    Things that go out of date because of technology get tossed , then years later people want the "old"

    I find it hard to believe that VHS will ever make a comeback but who knows. Once you have seen TV in HD there is no going back I'm afraid.
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    Things that go out of date because of technology get tossed , then years later people want the "old"

    <<When old stuff becomes valuable as a result of nostalgia, sometimes it's better to cash that in and choose a similar modern option instead. >> I'll keep my RZ350 for now.
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    Things that go out of date because of technology get tossed , then years later people want the "old"

    EGA in a motorcycle shop. A lot of dealerships will no longer work on carbed bikes or ATVs.
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