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Once in a while I encounter the need to deal with a snap ring "in the field", usually a 10mm or 12mm external ring holding a shift or brake lever. There are also larger internal snap rings retaining the wheel bearings in some motorcycle hubs. The usual solution is to prod and pry and squeeze...

I want to carry a Horror Fright roto ratchet in my motorcycle tool kit. These things are insanely handy. I'd like to remove the rubber on the handle to make it less bulky. What's the best/easiest way to attack this stuff? My utility knife would barely make a dent. Maybe I need a better...

It's a long winter and I'm so bored I'm reorganizing the tools I carry on my motorcycles. One thing that would make my life even more peachy keen would be a way to carry sockets (mostly 1/4" drive) and screwdriver bits in my tool roll in a somewhat organized way so they don't spill all over the...

My wee Triplett meter seems to have a terminal case of confusion (perhaps spending half an hour underwater a few years back wasn't good for it), so it's time for a replacement. What's a decent, VERY compact meter that has a tough case and can stand up to being bounced around on a motorcycle? I...

EDIT: The floor jack has been picked up. Thanks! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Free to good home! My formerly trusty Sears floor jack has a case of the droops. It will lift, but it won't hold. It slowly drops under load. It's about 15-20 years old...

We have a Trane heat pump that was installed in 1995, and by all accounts its days are numbered. It's working fine at the moment, but we've had a few component failures and service calls in the last few years, and each time they've told us the end is nigh... next time they might not be able to...

I'm putting this in "Tools" since a cell phone is a much-needed tool these days. What kind of setups do y'all have for holding your cell phones in your vehicles? Like most of the civilized world, I regularly use my phone as a GPS and it would be handier and much safer to have a nice holder than...

My old ratty Black & Decker Firestorm tools are breathing their last, so I've been watching for a deal on a decent cordless set (drill + 1/4" impact driver) for home use. Looks like Menards and Amazon both have what looks like a pretty decent deal on a Bosch setup. 18V Lithium, two 2.0AH...

I've got a bunch of merchandise credit at Meanard's, and I'm thinking about stepping up to a nice drill/impact driver set from the 21st century. 18 volts or more, lithium, etc. Drill, impact driver, two batteries, and a charger. Any extras like flashlights, speakers, bags, rich Corinthian...

After some thought, I figured this sort of fits in the tool section because you use a drill and screwdriver... Let's say you want to drill a regular old hole in a regular old hollow drywall wall, stick an anchor in, add a screw, and hang a picture or whatever. Nothing fancy. Where can I get...

For no real reasons other than: A) Normal switches are boring. :sad: B) I keep mixing up the damn light switch and garbage disposal switch and getting GRARRARARARARARAAARARGGHHGHG when I just wanted a little light. And it's ******* me off. :shocking: I'd like to install some sort of big scary...

I hate painting, but you have to do something to keep Mother Nature from destroying your house. I've always just gotten whatever the store's "top of the line" paint is. I know nothing at all about paint and very little about painting, so I figure I'll spend a few extra bucks and eliminate one...

I have one inconveniently located bolt to remove in the near future -- the crankshaft pulley bolt on a car located in a barn with electricity but no air compressor. I was looking at the HF electric impact gun ($40 with coupon) and noticed they also have a wee 3 gallon pancake compressor for the...

Amprobe RS-3 Meter My Dad was an industrial engineer who did a lot of HVAC and electrical work for fun after retiring (he had strange ideas of fun). I inherited several extra meters. This is the last one. Please make an offer if you think the price is too high! Price is shipped USPS in the...

I have a jug of Prestone antifreeze. It's the kind you mix with distilled water to make a 50/50 mix. Nothing exotic. It seems like it's been opened, but it's been a few months since I bought the stuff and I can't remember for sure whether I already mixed it or not. I usually mark the jugs...

As with any pre-medieval pursuit, metalworking seems to have a strange language of its own. I think all I need is the correct term for what I want, and Google and I can take it from there. Anyway, what I'd like to find is a blunt chisel, or a set of them. Imagine a large cold chisel with a...

< RANT > Time to get this off my chest. It's bothered me for quite a long time. Here's a free, guaranteed business-expanding hint for manufacturers of US-made tools (or any manufacturer, for that matter): SELL YOUR STUFF ON YOUR WEB SITE OR TELL US EXACTLY WHERE TO GO TO GET YOUR STUFF. And...

I work on a lot of metric motorcycles, and I'd love to find a source for decent quality metric thin wrenches. All the sets I've seen are dodgy no-names stamped out of sheet metal, or they only include oddball sizes. Either no one makes these, they're really called something else, or my...

A couple of years ago, I got fed up after paying a machine shop $40 to destroy an $80 bearing (the dumb %$#@ pressed it in backwards), and I bought a 20 ton hydraulic shop press. I've used it quite regularly since then with excellent results, pretty much just figuring stuff out on my own, using...