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Yes, on the college education. He did buy a decent amount of it used, but not that much overall. And he was saying that he got 30% off on a lot of the lightly used stuff, which isn't actually that great of a deal IMO. With his $, he ought to be able to walk onto a truck and pay cash and get...

GW 90T rebuild kits are cheap- or they were. I bought a few in each size a year or so ago and they were $6-$12 each depending on drive size. For a warranty, I'd spend $5 in gas, and an hour of my life, driving to HF for a new ratchet, and hoping it was in stock. Yeah, I know, I could bend a...

All 50 states have property taxes; it's how things like schools and the police get paid for. If you rent, the property tax, or your share of it, is included in the rent, so you're not escaping paying them, it's just indirect and not itemized. But if it makes you feel better that you're not...

The position of the box end in that picture doesn't actually help the "USA quality" argument; it looks far worse than the Gearwrench China made wrenches I've seen.

Well, I think he wins the toolbox tour competition. That's gotta be $1M+ worth of tools and boxes at retail.

Ok, but that would cut down the posts and traffic here by 90% :ROFLMAO: I look at it as an easy way to browse the Snap On ratchet catalog! :) Any modern car or truck forum I've been on has plenty of: "OMG look at my new $800 aftermarket grille, that I replaced the undamaged OE one with in...

Wow, I didn't think they made any. I guess they all went straight to HJE and I missed those- but I did buy some of the other styles from them, but they didn't have those at the time. I think I have the "other" six styles that they made, not counting the welding clamp style. If someone had the...

Project Farm has a test on the needle nose locking pliers if you actually want some real data. Short summary, the import Irwin are very good.

There are a few posts about adding the Matco head to the Astro in the new tools thread a few pages back. But yeah, it's an exclusive to Matco and not identical to the Astro.

Last time I was in NYC there were some guys changing a flat tire on a dump truck using a cordless Milwaukee gun that looked like this. It was certainly not a 1/2, so either 3/4 or 1". Whatever it was, it worked; I was watching as I waited for the traffic light to turn so that I could walk.

I've had 1/2" drywall at 24" OC on the ceiling of the main floor of my house for 30 years. No issues. It's not sagging. It is fine. This house is in the county and was built before code enforcement. But since this is GJ, go with two layers of 3/4 LOL.

I never heard of Tekton until they were mentioned here, whenever that was; I guess when they rebranded. From what everyone here says, before that they had a different name and sold junk. But yeah, IMO they're legit and overall sell very good to excellent quality stuff now. Their website is...

Wow, I've never seen an SK ratchet with a plastic handle like that; and in the late 80s I worked at a shop that was actually an SK dealer. We didn't stock anything, or at least not much, but could get anything from their catalog. I could get anything at dealer cost, but of course I had no $ to...

Copper does plate on bare clean steel- I have a tiny Caswell kit and have done it many times. Typical restoration type chrome plating on bare steel is cu+ni+cr. Typical plating of a new item skips the copper.

I can say from experience that you will break a typical impact socket before the bolt head shears off. I have no idea why Honda thinks these have to be so tight because once they're out you can just zip them in with an IR 231, that wouldn't remove it, and they stay put forever.

I have the POS wire hooks for pliers shown above. The fell out for years until I used a hot glue gun in the holes to secure them. Problem solved. Yes, 99% of my pliers are in a drawer, but I have basic pliers and screwdrivers on pegboard at each workbench to keep from walking 10-30 ft to get...

OP is using it as a buffer or wire wheel. I had a ~0.3 HP bench grinder and it was very easy to bog down. I have a 1 HP now and it's obviously a beast. Neither made in the US- electric motors are century old technology and if OP is breaking bases from vibration, it's most likely something...

I've had a 1/2 HP China? made Craftsman import buffer for 20+ years- it's fine. I'd buy something by Jet, Grizzly and not Baldor unless you're using it for a business. If you are getting massive vibrations, that's a warning that something is wrong. And it's most likely not in the motor, but...

I have one friend that bought into Flex because he had to be different. And he will now learn the cost of being different. Following the herd makes sense in a lot of instances, especially when "different" doesn't offer any real superiority. I've NEVER seen anyone using Flex in the real world...

Again, who today is copying the 20-36 tooth Koken or Williams ratchets? Sorry, I know they have their fans, but it's not 1970 anymore. Anyone can go to Home Depot, Advance, Auto Zone, Ace..... and buy something vastly superior at a fraction of the cost. I don't own one, but that Stahlwille...