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    How *to* Ship a 24" Breaker Bar

    Uh, H2HS, could you please be a little more precise in your calculations next time? :bounce: The $10.35 for which my bar did ship is in fact the current standard Domestic Priority Mail rate for any sub-twenty-pound O-FRB2 box. :thumbup: There is moreover a huge cost advantage to getting just...
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    How *to* Ship a 24" Breaker Bar

    I swear the eBayer who shipped me my SN24B is a ****** genius. :bowdown: Whereas another eBay purchase I received about the same time arrived with a SN18A having poked a hole out of a box corner through which it could quite readily have escaped, the application of tape to the corners of the...
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    Protecting Epoxy floor

    An option -- albeit at 55mm surely more expensive than even the thickest hardware store plastic -- is G-Floor® clear floor protector: http://www.bltllc.com/clear_floor_protector.htm "Vinyl flooring protects epoxy, tile, paint, and stains from damage... Helps prevent damage caused by chemicals...
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    good breaker bar

    Ahaha: Nissan "eats" breaker bars like candy! Were they the A, B, or C series Snappies? And what lengths...
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    Bosch 21618 Cordless Impact Wrench

    Regarding the Milwaukee M18 Cordless, does anyone have any insights on the advantages and disadvantages of the "2662-22 [with] a 1/2” anvil with detent pin to achieve superior socket retention" vs. "the 2663-22 [with] a 1/2”anvil with friction ring for quick and easy one-handed socket changes".
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    Monroe Sensamatic shocks/struts?

    A few blurbs on Bilstein: http://www.bilstein.com/tech.php "Bilstein's technically superior, patented monotube gas charged design allows the excessive heat from the oil to transfer to the outer surface of the shock body and dissipate more efficiently. The dividing piston also permits the oil...
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    Good tools make chores a pleasure.

    I was helping a supervisor at work last summer at his lake home, setting up my multi-fold ladders in their extension ladder orientation, ladder jacks, and extensible planks so I could get up to his soffits ~20 feet off the ground... ...and after I had said that the ladder, jacks, and plank made...
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    snapmom, who are you?

    I also dig snapmom's avatar, not to mention the know-how of the gal, hitherto shrouded in mystery, behind it. And speaking of collecting: Seeing how snapmom has changed her cartoon avatar since I started coming here, WHERE DO I GO / WHAT DO I DO TO GET THE WHOLE SERIES??? :drool:
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    Trusty Cook Web Site?!

    I only find Trusty Cook pages on archive.org any more: http://web.archive.org/web/20070517015124/http://www.trustycook.com/about.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20070518233448/www.trustycook.com/about_location.htm...
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    Offset breaker bar

    J.A.F.E. kindly answered just about all my questions about breaker bars at, and noted the 45 degree offset in the image I posted at the time: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=406682&postcount=2
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    Does anyone have these dead-blows?

    gatewaysysop, your pics are incredible, as are the tools they portray. So good in fact that I created a new folder on my hard drive just for them called 'Impact Poly Hammers.' The quality of those beasts is evident: I remembered one of the tool truck brands saying that the little lip they have...
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    Wera Zyklop Ratchet from Shamrock Supply

    I just tried to submit a request for information via Shamrock's catalog request form, but it choked, sigh. Jamestown Distributors also looks like they have good pricing on Wera...
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    Knipex self adjusting Cobras

    Guys, thanks for sharing your experiences, whether good, bad, or ugly. That sort of information invaluable in sorting through the sheer mass of options in tools, as I have been trying to do in deciding which Knipex to order from AK Tools at: http://www.aktoolsonline.com/newplierwrench.html...
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    Which tools you will only buy Snap on

    Volvo good buddy, Has the 36" breaker bar* of which you speak gone the way of Alloy-Artifacts dot com? :headscrat (*) http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/parts/Product_Directory2.asp?Cat_ID=333368 NC
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    Why Pay More For Less?

    Interestingly, Fedwrench's fav little 1/4" ratchet, the 3 1/16" long TK860*, recently sold on eBay for about a ten spot less than truck price (and closer to a fiver less with shipping)... (*) Which ratchet is also endorsed by Uncle Buck. :thumbup: ...AND with its two 'Question and Answer'...
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    How to store large tools?

    I was browsing Home Depot and was much taken by their incredibly tough looking hardware storage bins... ...so I grabbed one that had one large, lone washer in it, tipped it upside down, and read: "KADON CORP. "DAYTON OHIO "937-299-0088" I am 99.99% sure that the box I flipped over is the...
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    Why Pay More For Less?

    Snap-on TMR739 which (a) has 39 teeth and (b) just sold on eBay for $50.50: ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Snap-on TMR860 which (a) has 60 teeth and (b) sells brand new for $38.50...
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    copper anti-sieze?

    Pages 2 through 6 of this Bostik promotional piece contain a good overview of the Never•Seez product line: http://www.bostik-us.com/Files/Catalogs/NeverSeez_catalog.pdf
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    Leather cleaner?

    There seems to be no dye in Leatherique. Here is more about the product and how it works: http://www.autogeek.net/le32ozkit.html "After the ph correct proteins and collagens from the Rejuvenator Oil have permeated back into the pours [sic] and fibers of the leather, strengthening and...
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    Leather cleaner?

    http://www.autogeek.net/leleca1.html "[Leatherique] Prestine Clean and Rejuvenator Oil work with a capillary action. The proteins, cleaners, and conditioners find their way deep into the natural pores of the leather and force out the dirt, perspiration, air pollution, and other toxins that dry...
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