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Thanks. I got the 2485-20 right-angle die grinder for $166.38 shipped. They did charge me for tax in Florida.

I got this last year, as the fulfillment of a lifelong goal. It has turned out even better than I thought it would.

There is a $1M+ home near me, on the water. Recently they had a garage sale, and we stopped by. There was perhaps $4K of clothes, luggage, and old computers in the garage. Parked outside the garage were a newer Lamborghini, and a newer Bentley. I believe each of those cars is well over $200K new.

I just got 1/4 shallow metric and sae, plus 3/8 shallow metric for $35 total, after the 25% coupon above and a $10 speed perks coupon. I'll have to pick up one of the 1/4 sets locally because it was sold out online, but the other two will come here with free shipping. Thanks!

I got my titanium wedding band on Amazon for $2-3 dollars. The shipping cost more than the ring.

I used a rebranded 110v Italian welder (I think Cebora) for years and it did everything I wanted. It died recently, and I replaced it with a 110v Hobart, and it is even better. This is welding steel, and using Stargon gas.

I frequent the woot.com daily deals site, which is now owned by Amazon. It's pretty rare that the tools section has something I want, but today they have a Viper Tool Storage V218MCWH 18-Inch 2-Drawer 18G Steel Mini Tool Chest for $44.73. In purple. The white one is $53.37. Shipping is always...

I took a night class at the vocational high school about 18 (!) years ago. They had good equipment and a good instructor, but the instructor was focused on the young students who were trying to get jobs in the field. I understood why, but the rest of us were also paying students who wanted to...

I watch Mighty Car Mods on YouTube. It's an Australian import car show, and one of the hosts (Moog) wears some interesting looking work pants. This thread reminded me that I wanted a pair, so google turned up a US reseller at http://shop.fxdworkwear.com/ I just ordered a pair in navy blue, hope...

I have one of these. I have only used it for a few hours total, but it's worked well so far. The big lens is really nice.

The Palm Beach County surplus store has 24 similar lifts coming up for auction on Saturday. Scroll down to the bottom of the "Equipment" section. http://discover.pbcgov.org/ofmb/thriftstore/Pages/View-Bid-Lots.aspx

Resurrecting an old thread here because I finally realized the problem with these wrenches is not me. I saw these a few years ago on Amazon, thought they were a great idea, and couldn't buy them fast enough. I only use them a few times a year, and they never seem to work. It's hard to use them...

I finally got back to this after some hurricane excitement. I had mixed results. My repair got the wire feed feeding and the arc arcing, but I still wasn't getting great welds. Then I tried my new Hobart Handler on the same work piece, and wow, what a difference. Big fat sweet arc that made it...

I have this set from Harbor Freight that I bought for a one time project when the quick disconnect heater fitting on my Suburban broke. If it is what you need, I can mail you the 1" tap. https://www.harborfreight.com/6-piece-pipe-taps-42432.html

I had to go back and confirm, but that is just a dot that looks like a hole. It doesn't go all the way through.

I brought the circuit board home today and did some amateur soldering on it. I'll put it back in when I get back to the garage next time, and see if I get a working welder, or a big flash.

At first I couldn't figure out how to solder to the trace, but after looking at it for a while I guess I can just solder the jumper to the pins as shown below?

So I got back out to the garage tonight, and pulled the cover off the machine. All the caps looked good on the circuit board and the rectifier. No burn marks, nothing melted. I was baffled. Then I pulled the circuit board out of the case and took a closer look, and saw it. Can you guess? See...

I forgot that I filled out a "contact us" form on the cebotechusa.com website last night asking about repair, and I just got an email from them saying the machine was last manufactured in 2000, but they will check with their tech and see what he thinks the "pop" might have been. They are near...

I did call the main store in town this morning. They do repairs, but they weren't interested in this one, and said they couldn't get parts for it. They didn't have anybody else to suggest, either. I suspect somebody, somewhere, could fix it, but I couldn't find them on google last night, and I'm...