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Mice poop has been my reality the past few days. I am slowly starting to move my stuff from our old house to my grandpa's old garage where we just built a new house. He hadn't been able to maintain it much the last few years of his life, and the mice had a field day in there. I have been...

This is a big one! You hear that, Elizabeth? :ROFLMAO: - Redd Foxx

Awesome thing for you to do. I would love to give one a home.

The set I have I picked up at a yard sale for $35 I believe, and it has more pieces than the ones in the original post. It belonged to the father of the guy having the yard sale. I have to agree, $250 is crazy high.

I have a restored set that I would sell for $250 and ship it. I had it listed on marketplace for a long time at way less than that and never got a single response. Not even a "is this still available" automated message.

Don't worry, the Stanley cup is not functional (read solid), and is only a third the size of a regular cup.

I finally brought my 3D printers over from the old house to set up in my new office. They have been sitting in my old garage for the past couple of years literally collecting dust. I had a particular spot in my office to put a shelf and picked up this cheap wire rack so I could stack them...

For a long time, a Husqvarna 3120 was my holy grail tool, then I got one, and it hurts my back too much to use often. :sneaky: Most holy grail tools I've wanted, I have eventually found and can't think of any at this time, except maybe a top of the line vehicle scanner like a Snap on Solus, or...

I use flex head ratchets all the time. I however do not understand the obsession for roto-head (swivel) ratchets. I have a few, and just don't like them, so I rarely if ever use them.

We have sets of Crescent tools at work, and while they aren't bad, they are really basic in terms of quality and fit and finish. I think my "hate" for them has more to do with what used to be a good reputable brand is now sub-par.

I don't know of any brands I hate, but there is one brand that everybody seems to love that I have never had a good experience with. Knipex :eek: I have a pair of needle nose pliers and one of the ends snapped off with little force. I looked into getting them replaced, but don't have the...

I miss my Millermatic 185.

Best MIG welder I have ever had was my Millermatic 185, which is about impossible to find these days. Even a blind man with no weld experience could lay down a perfect bead with that machine. Unfortunately, I traded it away for a Winchester 9410 and have not found one since. I also sold my...

I have one with 2 stroke oil for when I am pre-lubing piston rings and bearings in my chainsaws, one has cutting fluid and stays by my drill press, and one has run of the mill motor oil for general use.

I really like my micro Titan 1/4" drive ratchet. It's as smooth as a Snap on, but even smaller. I like my Snap on standard as well, but typically grab my Titan first.

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I had a buddy that had never worked on anything mechanical in his life, but was really wanting a Mustang. He finally bought a basket case 5.0 that really should've been scrapped, and he wound up leaving it in my garage and would come over and work on it from time to time. I remember two...

I agree, I would use a wrench in this situation personally. I'm sure there is/was a purpose for them, I just can't imagine how I haven't run across a situation needing a tiny breaker bar yet. Unless it is as AEAdam mentioned above, and 1/4" ratchets were just really weak back in the day.

Does anybody use these? I have one, but have never run across a need for it. Most fasteners I would remove with a 1/4" breaker bar cannot handle much torque and most 1/4" ratchets can handle them. If I needed a bit more torque, I would just step up to a 3/8" drive ratchet. To be honest, I...

Finally has a good weekend of finding yard sales. But first my picks from the Springfield Swap Meet. First, a brand new Klein clamp on multi-meter. I have been having to test capacitors alot lately and my fluke doesn't have that capability. Paid $40 but I needed it so I didn't mind. Then...