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I’m a *****. In a hurry yesterday I dropped a philips bit into my hex driver. Can’t get a grip on the bit. Tried two pair of Chanel locks. No go! Any ideas how do I get this thing out?

My neighbor who I am friends with, botched a gate latch install. He be oke the new bolts in the fence post, using an 18” crescent wrench. Due to the layout of the latch and fence it’s become a complete cluster. I’ve spend two hours on it already and I want nothing to do with it. I came up...

Not sure where this post should go but here goes. I have a winter cabin that I just purchased this year. We have valves to shutoff the water and drain the pipes. It’s been very straightforward we shut off water and open drains when we leave during the winter. I had to have someone stop...

My MIL came over and her car has an oil leak. Left a few nice stains in our driveway over the last week. What’s the best way to clean oil spots? Thanks!!!

Well it’s that time of year again. Worried about summer power outages. I have a brand new EU3000 Honda generator I picked up last year. I see people converting them to propane and would much rather store propane tanks than plastic gas cans. Any thoughts on the conversion? Reliability...

I am starting to look at a second career option, and I’m seriously thinking about an ACE Hardware Franchise. I think it would be interesting and challenging and I certainly would think helping customers with DIY stuff would be interesting. Any current or past franchisees here? Any thoughts...

Hello - You all are some of the handiest folks I have access to. One of our cabinet hinges in the kitchen has a stripped hole for one of the hinges. I am worried a bigger screw will just split the wood. Wood could be slightly split from when the painter reinstalled the cabinets. So I need...

Last year I got a big set of Milwaukee Shockwave Driver Bits for Black Friday. It’s seems like when I use them in my m12 impact driver I strip the **** out of screws. Anyone else have issues? Today I was trying to remove some decent quality screws that someone drove in with a dewalt bit just...

Excuse the mess but I have a question. Bought a new house a couple years ago. The garage had an extremely well built storage area. Definitely built by a skilled person. One end the platform is held up by all thread and strut bracing. I’ve shoved a bunch of stuff up there over the years...

I have several Craftsman ratchets from the most basic to the 80th anniversary fully polished. I also have the Gearwrench flex ratchet four pack from severe years ago. The heads are huge and I don’t love flex heads. I’d like a couple newer ratchets please suggest what I should look at...

Well decided to clean out my spare tool bag that usually lives in the trunk of my 67 Mustang. It’s prevented a tow more than once. Turns out almost all of my Craftsman is USA made which was nice to confirm. I am missing a 9/16” 6 pt 3/8 socket. I spent an hour looking for it but with a...

Hey guys. I’ve been loading up on Milwaukee tools with the cyber week deals. I’m torn between filling out everything i need in the M12 line versus having several pieces from the M12 and M18 lines. So far I have the stubby 1/4 and 3/8 impacts the fuel hex driver, the band saw hackzall and...

I picked up the m12 Stubby 3/8” I also looked at the 1/2”, both are rated at 250ftlb so what’s the difference? Any reason I would need both? As a hobby I work on cars and love tools.

Hey all. As many here say I’ve been a long time reader and just recently stated posting. I live in California and don’t really work with my hands at work but I love working in the garage, on cars and around the house. I just moved into a nice big garage, 3 car with 12ft ceilings. I had a...