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On C clamps are capable of exerting more force than F's... Some of you must be using your clamps for a purpose that I can't imagine. I clamp parts together so I can tack/weld. I compress brake caliper pistons. I clamp a workpiece to a bench/table so I can grind/cut/plasma/drill it. I've never...

Fold over antenna masts - https://www.google.com/search?q=fold+over+antenna+mast&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihwOzF95PKAhUOwWMKHfAtBT0QsAQIOw&biw=997&bih=416 I think the simplified answer is the base section, 3-4 ft tall from the ground, is TWO pipes side by side. Top section is...

One handed F vs C clamps... Interestingly enough, I find just the opposite. I can one hand apply an F clamp quite easily. Even upside down, reaching through things, at the extent of my reach etc. But a C clamp requires "something" to hold it in place while I turn the screw. I guess everyone...

Buy a DrillDoctor and sharpen your own bits. Ignore the chest puffers who incorrectly claim that they can do an "as good" or even "better" job with a bench grinder or belt sander. That's an impossibility. Drills need to be sharpened no matter what their quality level or price point. Just like...

I use something similar. Slots cut on closer centers. Flat blades go on one side, facing one direction, phillips on the other side, blades facing the other side's handles. No wasted space. Something like this in monospaced ascii - [===|---- ------|===] Sgt Lumpy

Start with a parts washer instead of a service cart. Then you could just hose off the little guy's pooper. Sgt Lumpy

Any degreasing I might do (brake cleaner, acetone, SimpleGreen, anything) I do on the raw steel parts (sheets, tubes etc) long before I'm ready to weld. Prior to welding I may remove mill scale/rust etc with flap or wire brush. Unless I somehow get oil onto the tacked pieces, I don't have a need...

C vs F clamps... What situations would a C clamp be easier to position and clamp down than an F? Sgt Lumpy

Oil change "experts"? I think if you've changed your oil about twice you're an expert. I know it's frightening, to some, to think that someone can seek and/or achieve expert levels of performance. Particularly in something so technically and intellectually challenging as an oil change. Sgt Lumpy

I don't think "hygroscopic" is the word you're seeking. Sgt Lumpy

Sounds like your inner tip is loose. Unscrew the pink ceramic thing. Unscrew the nickel/chrome dome looking thing. Check the inner "*****" thing. If it's not screwed in tight, the torch will behave as you describe. Also make sure the end of the "*****" is flat or nearly flat. If it's dished out...

I have a 6" vise mounted to a 15" wheel and pipe. A dead brake rotor is bolted, via the original lug nut studs, to the bottom of the wheel. It's as stable as anything within the limits of the vise. I suggest if you're bending steel that's beyond the limits of the vise, with an unusually long...

$100 for a 1/4" ratchet. I will simply never cease to be amazed. Sgt Lumpy

I suspect that the overwhelming majority of problematic repairs of any kind, at any shop, are due to that concept. Changing oil isn't difficult. Any monkey can do it. But ask that monkey to do it 30 times in an hour and he's bound to make a mistake. Thus the DIY concept. Us monkeys don't have...

^^^ This. I've got thousands of $$$ in tools, the latest and greatest shop accessories, outfit my garage with the coolest stuff...But I don't use two simple tools to change my own oil, instead taking it to someone else to do it? No sensa maka to me. Like sending your wrenches OUT to be...

I use the Champion BPs a lot when they come in a set of pilot drill + tap. EXCELLENT drills and excellent taps. I drill into hot and cold rolled mild steel a lot. The BPs are definitely up to the task. Post drilling inspection always shows a bit in better condition than any Ti coated drill, el...

Buy ONE quailty die and a 3 tap set (PTB) for a fastener that you find frequently in your car. You'll rarely need all the sizes in a set. You'll need a M5-0.8, M10-1.5 and that might be it. You'll rarely if ever need anything like 1/2, 14mm etc. M10 is about as big as you'll need in any car...

I've seen a dramatic drop in quailty control in ChannelLock pliers in the past year or so. I've been buying CLs for decades. But the last several I bought went back to the factory for what they called "eCoating over applied". They sent me back replacements that were the same or worse. Does it...

Would there be an advantage to leaving the selector in HOT or GROUND? Sgt Lumpy

Yes, exactly. Start with the jig in the "weirdest", cross handed position so that you can make a complete revolution without having to reposition your hands. Fender washers between the work and a lock nut on the very bottom to keep it from tightening up while you rotate it. And for a...