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So, a little bit ago, someone was talking about Giller specifically, and GSA/Gov suppliers loosely. The drawers at work are kind of a fun little trove of various names and suppliers. Slapped this together to sit at my work desk because I felt like it. Various government suppliers/industrial...

So I ordered these in for building boxes at work. E Torx impacts. SK, still marked USA. I ordered them from either Grainger or MSC. Need to double check. Also need to double check the product listing. Because oooh boy, I don't know how these made it through QC. 🤣 Maybe it was a Friday or...

Mostly just sharing. Cleaned them up a little bit. I've owned these for ohhh...20 years or more. Part of the tool kit with my first street bike. I've got a NOS version of this too, but they lack that cool S on them 🤣 They're also common sizes on my dirt bike project, which is also a Suzuki. The...

So, I find myself in a slight pickle. I'm going to be doing a brake job for a friend in the near future... And Google tells me the caliper bracket bolts are held on with a TTY E20 bolt. The replacements that I can find are normal hex heads... But that doesn't mean the OEM bolts aren't E Torx...

So, I put the newest ratchet in my drawer to use today. Snap On FK100. 3/8 stubby ratchet. Higher tooth count, thinner head, and shorter than my Duralast stubby. Jobs used on: thermostat and water pump. I rather like it. There's a couple draw backs, but nothing major. First, I can sneak it...

So, it's been a good while since I went from DIY to paid technician, and then back again. I went from Independent, to working for a government fleet shop, to working in the parts room due to injury. Hence back to DIY. I started with a tool bag, graduated to a cart, went to a supplied top and...

Just sharing. These are the only two Bonney wrenches I personally own. No idea of year range. They feel good in the hand. Though the 17mm sees more use than the 5/8.

Hey all. He's a couple oddities out of my personal box. SAE is the smallest selection of items, as there isn't much I own that requires it. I was reading a little on Alloy Artifacts about SK. Trying to figure out a year range on these for funsies. I know the SK-Wayne is mid to late 60s based on...

As the title says, everything breaks. Lol. I wasn't using this one. One of my coworkers was. Snap-on power steering puller set. The adapter sheared off in the screw. We managed to walk the broken shank out, and now just need the adapter. Both the industrial account rep, and general dealer who...

Frankenratchet is dead. Long live the new Franken! Anyway...after about 3.5yrs of daily use and abuse, one of my cheaper ratchets died. Stripped pawl. It was a Kobalt flex head. Never really liked the flex point after about 2 jobs. The head was modified, and I used a metric bolt to apply joint...

So. I work fleet shop. Inevitably stuff breaks. The past couple weeks seem extra rough though. Some sockets, a jack, jack stand. Yesterday...my GearWrench roto ratchet blew out. On a bolt with a 9/16" head. This was my third one. The first lasted a couple years. The second until this last...

So. It's happened. Finally broke a couple more things. What is supposedly a 3ton jack stand folded on me. Thankfully not while under the car. An OTC Racing jack...watched it warp as the vehicle came off. Stayed warped. And a 10mm SK socket. While I viewed the first tools as questionable (my...

It's been a few weeks since I posted last. Just haven't felt the compulsion to jump on and BS tools lately. Lol. It happens. Anyway. I figured I would share a little info here. Might be useful to some, might not. Depends on who you are, what you do. Here I will briefly compare two diagonal...

Ok. I am not the first to do this sort of thing. I have two general frankenratchets in my collections (work, and home). One was made from a stubby Titan handle, and a Kobalt flex head (the original Titan had a double drive...3/8 on one end, and 1/4 on the other). The Kobalt head was also a...

It happens. Given enough time, and use, stuff breaks. Tonight, I managed to snap off my Snap On 1/2 to 3/8 adapter. I wasn't trying to do anything extreme. Lug nuts, which are only supposed to be 80-85ft lbs. I only had a 3/8" drive 19mm in my road box. Sheared the square right off of it. Going...

Browsing the threads, particularly the destructive test one... I noticed Deen tools. The products look nice on the website/catalog. Is there somewhere to get them other than Factory Gear? Anyone on the boards sell them? Mostly interested in sockets and wrenches. Anyone own any? Got any feedback?

So, I know... discussing the HF stuff always opens a can of worms. However, I do find myself in relative need of gauges. I need to check the AC on my car (something I have done rarely as a pro, and we had the machines for that...). Basically, I have no AC diagnostic tools in my home kit. I...

Ok. I used the search function for this one. Came up with the Cornwell tools **** thread. Not a bad thing, but not exactly what I am looking for. I am sort of putting together a wish-list of sorts out of the catalog, because I effing can. Lol. Managed to chase down a dealer, close enough to me...

Ok. So, I grabbed what should have been a pretty good deal from eBay. Item was listed as very good condition. It doesn't fit my idea of very good condition. It's got a little chrome chipping/peeling. Doesn't affect how the tool works. I could live with cosmetic flaws, I don't care THAT much...

Soooo... I decided to hit eBay. Figured I would see what was on there. Owning a few truck brands of tools, I can say that I do like them. Got nothing against high end tools. I own a smattering of stuff, and kind of a little bit of everything. I figured I would hunt decent used truck brand...