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As the title says, I wondering if anyone has any personal experience with Unior combination wrenches? I have an opportunity to buy a set for a reasonable price and am curious about real world experience. Unior manufactures their tools in Slovenia and, in the USA, seem to be mostly known for...

One room of house on 2nd floor, southwest corner has around 75 sf of glass and lots of solar gain. Even with solar film and thick curtains, the room is too warm, especially when it's sunny. Would like to spot cool the room. A minisplit would probably be the best option, although it would...

Saw the post on new Tekton german-made hammers and people asking about utility of cross-peen hammers. I picked up three small hammers recently, two are cross-peen and one is a G.W. Mount upholstery hammer. In trying to figure out the use case for cross-peen hammers, I did see that they're...

I recently unearthed this SK toolbox in my collection. I've always found this style appealing but not terribly practical for the way i work. I'm thinking about giving this box another try for my bicycle tools as I'm outgrowing my plastic box and this box has the small bins that may work for...

Picked up a 17" Ridgid Hex wrench for a song ($3). Beyond the obvious of big hexagonal pipe connections, are there any other places this style of wrench is really useful? It will likely languish along with my other pipe wrenches but I thought i'd ask anyway. Thanks in advance for sharing your...

Want to install ceiling fans in upstairs bedrooms. The bedrooms do not have ceiling lights but do have a switched outlet. The electrical service for the upstairs rooms comes down from the attic so wiring for the switched outlet is available to tap in the attic for the ceiling fan. There are...

Any recommendations for a home use tool for breaking and riveting chain saw chains?

Growing up we always cleaned and saved brushes and rollers for the next paint job. I have probably used thousands of gallons of water cleaning brushes over the years and more than a few gallons of paint thinner or turpentine when using oil paint. Though quality brushes and rollers aren't...

This is a repost of sorts since I appended this to an old longish thread but it didn't attract any views so I'm trying again. I unearthed in my Jungle of Junk(tm) a Quincy X2 that I picked up a few years back. When I picked it up, I guessed it was for an HVAC application but I really don't...

I really like Cutco scissors other than the price. The older Cutco scissors were also available from Case **. I haven't found a duplicate of their current model. Anybody aware of one?

While looking for lawn mowers manufacturers in Europe I ran across this contraption to mount a hedge trimmer to your lawn tractor. I've seen the big units mounted on tractors used to control brush near roadways but nothing like this. https://bras-porte-outils.com/

I'm looking to install two minisplit heat pumps, one to serve the ground floor and the other to serve the upstairs. I'm going to install the upstairs system first but I'd like to do electrical prep for the second system while installing the first. I'll have to run service to from the panel to...

My ongoing quest through my jungle of junk unearthed a Marquette Jet Star 21-100 torch with several heads/tips(?). I don't remember where I acquired these and I have no experience with oxy/acetylene welding. Looking on Ebay they definitely don't sell for big money. Suggestions for disposition?

Perhaps should be in free parking but it's peak tool abuse.

Saw a video of one being used on a car with it bouncing a wheel up and down. Ruidcar appears to be a Brazilian company. This looks like a piece of equipment that British MOT and German TUV inspections would use. Anyone familiar with these type of systems? Not that I'd buy one for personal...

In my colllection of stuff, i have an older Devilbiss spray gun , P-CGA series 502. Used but clean. I looked to see about parts availability and couldn't easily find anything so perhaps it's not worth messing with. I can't remember when nor how i acquired the gun so i probably have next to...

Tools in the news Meth lab busted on a farm in South Africa. Note in the picture all the locking pliers being used for their cooking equipment

Perhaps this should be in the vintage forum but I think it may be of more general interest. Ran across across a new old stock set of SKIL branded auger bits. The set contains two shanks and four different size auger heads. I haven't used them so I have no idea of how well they work. I'm...

I picked up these made in USA Crescent branded. "Dura Plyers" probably 15 years ago, likely on clearance at Sears. I have this unopened set in packaging that is deteriorating. The other set i bought resides in a household tool box that doesn't get much use. Yet, when i have used the Dura...

Cruising through a local thrift shop found this old dremel set, Model No. 2 KIT CAT. NO. 222 for $6.99. I passed on it because I have too much stuff. Wish modern dremels came in such a nice metal box.