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    FWIW - New tool box brand at Home Depot

    Was in HD today and was too dumb to snap a picture of their new tool box brand and don't recall the name. Specs as I recall them. Wood top 42" wide 22" by my eyeball $399.** 9 drawers total: 1 full width top drawer, 2 banks of equal width draws, bottom most drawer on either side was deep...
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    Double Flaring Tool set

    Does somebody make a reasonably priced double flaring tool for brake lines or do I have to go the tool truck route? Just drove 40 miles to nearest town with more than a single auto parts store. Four total (Napa, Car Quest, O'Reilly's & Autozone) plus Harbor Freight. Everybody's double flaring...
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    Help: Finding brake springs for 57 Chevy Dump truck

    All the details I currently know. Will update with pictures later in the day. Springs needed for the rear of a 1957 Chevrolet 6400 dump truck 19,000 GVWR 4 Speed MT Vacuum operated dual speed rear axle - Oval pumpkin cover. 15" diameter brake hubs. Brake shoes are 4" wide - mounted upper and...
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    LMAO Everything not to do with concrete.

    Came on while I and my buddy were watching YouTube. POed both of us until we realized it was an April Fools joke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40uCoIgxPC0
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    Drill America 1/2" x 12" long cobalt bit - any good?

    As sold on Amazon. Any input would be appreciated. It is need to drill 8 holes through: 3/16" mild steel (flat bed deck plate). 2" air gap Due to 2"x3" cross supports. 2"x3" square tubing. Not sure of wall thickness - somewhere between 1/4" & 3/8" 1" air gap or fill wood. Due to bend in frame...
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    DIY: HF - Long Handle - 3/8 Drive - Roto Head Ratchet

    3/8" swivel head as sold by HF and as modified by me. The original plastic handle was removed with a twisted wire wheel on an angle grinder. Ground off the chrome and two small flutes intended to keep the OEM plastic handle from rolling on the shaft. JB Welded the red brass cheater handle to...
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    HF 4 Drawer Cart - Easy Assembly

    Not sure this is the BEST assembly procedure, but it beats the h#&% out of the instructions that come with the cart. If you can, unbox the unit before leaving the store lot and check that everything is there. Mine was missing: Both handle attachment bolts. One small drawer liner. One washer...
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    Battery Powered Jack - dumb idea?

    Just wondering why no tool manufacturer has thought to include any sort of jack in their 18v eco-systems - not even a battery operated bottle jack. Any theories?
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    Good creeper for destroyed concrete?

    Destroyed means: More than 30% pockmarked with a few pockmarks up to 1" deep. Cracked into irregularly shaped pieces, some as small as a couple square feet. Yes, I know the proper fix is tear it out and a new pour. The creeper can happen a lot sooner. Here are the two I'm looking at now...
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    Functional (non-cosmetic) plastic welding. Good video.

    Here's the video. My buddy needs a 35 year old HDPE black plastic fuel tank repaired on the cheap. He's got this Heat Gun and this blue 1/8 diameter HDPE rod. He has zero welding experience; I've never welded plastic but have welded and brazed metal and I've agreed to give it a shot for him...
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