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    For Those with a 4-Post Lift, How Do You Store Your Ramps?

    For those of you who have a 4-post lift, how do you store your parking ramps? Space is at a premium in my garage. I would like to get the parking ramps for my left off the garage floor. The ramps for my Challenger lfit or a combination of aluminum and steel and weigh 36 pounds each. They...
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    Looking for Experience with the Husky Professional Duty 72" Tool Chest

    Home Depot's Husky tool line has released a 72" Professional Duty Tool Chest. It appears to be going after Harbor Freight's ICON line. Does anyone have experience with this? I have not seen one at my local Home Depot. Here is a link with more details...
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    Can You Identify These Vintage Made in USA Drop Forged Open End Wrenches

    I recent bought an assorted lot of tools. When sorting and cleaning them, I found these open end wrenches marked "DROP FORGED" on one side and "MADE IN USA" on the other side. They are in very usable condition. Any idea who made these? I did not know where to start on Alloy Artifacts.
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    Opinions on Blackhawk Long-Pattern Combination Wrenches

    I bought a set of GearWrench long-pattern combination wrenches (set 81900) and am disappointed in their loose fit on fasteners. My comparison (other wrench sets) are vintage Craftsman (USA), vintage TrueCraft (Japan) and newer Genius (Taiwan) wrenches. I am looking for a better fitting wrench...
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    Venting a Cross Gable Roof on an Addition

    I recently expanded my 2 car garage with gable roof into a 3 car by replacing a wall with an LVL beam and adding on a bay with a cross-gable roof. Before After The roof is vented on each soffit and has a full-length ridge vent on each ridge. The contractor built over the former roof (see...
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    Wanted: Clarke HD Plus Step-Up Middle Tool Box

    I am looking for a 41” Clarke HD Plus CBB-246BLB tool chest step-up middle 1-drawer toolbox In Blue to fit between my existing chest and roller cabinet. Any leads are appreciated. Below is an image of the 41” Clarke HD Plus chest and roller cabinet w/o this step-up box.
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    Where to find 1/2" width "Wide Crown" Staples?

    I have a nearly 30 year old Sears Craftsman manual stapler (most likely made by Stanley) which takes "Wide Crown, Heavy Duty" staples. These staples are 1/2" across the crown. I am currently in the middle of a project and am running low on staples. I cannot find this size anywhere! All of...
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    Expert Tool Box by MAC

    Has anyone here had experience with the Expert line of tool boxes from MAC? These appear to be their entry level line. A slightly used one is available locally to me (42” wide x 18” deep x 40” tall). Unfortunately, I cannot find specs on them. What is your experience with them? What is the...
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    Crow / Wrecking Bar Storage

    I’m reorganizing my tool box and want to get my crow bars / wrecking bars out of the tool box to free up a drawer. I’ve seen pry bar racks (both wall and tool box mounted) but not a crow bar / wrecking bar rack. How do you store your crow bars / wrecking bars?
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    Greg Smith Equipment / Dynamo Tools / Haoyu Industrial Tools 16-Drawer Toolbox Combo HTTB8011

    I have been researching options for affordable homeowner grade tool boxes and stumbled upon this upper / lower combo sold by both Greg Smith Equipment and Dynamo Tools under part number HTTB8011. With some digging I was not able to find the manufacturer but found they are brokered by Haoyu...
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    Toolbox Talk: Are Montezuma and Masterforce (Menard’s) Toolboxes the Same?

    Longtime lurker, first time author on a post. I have been looking at 56” tool cabinets and have noticed the Montezuma and Masterforce tool boxes look identical, other than color. Does anyone know if these are indeed the same tool box? I checked out is Masterforce 56” cabinet at my local...
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