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I have that same clamp meter, I think I got it at the ol' Homier Tent Sale ages ago. Like you, I bought it as a "disposable", and it's still going all these years later. It's not a half bad meter for a cheapie.

Make a bracket to wall-mount a soundbar under my TV. Cut some L steel from an old shelf, drilled holes to mount the soundbar, some more holes for the studs, then hung it in a tree and spray painted it black. It's still out there twirling in the breeze.

Well, at least that wire wasn't hidden with chinese copper spray paint, lol. You could tell it was aluminum by looking at it. I guess I should have said, "back in my day, copper-colored wire was solid copper!"

Decided to see why my aux lights stopped working on my truck. All the wiring looked good, fuse is good, power to the relay, relay clicks, output of relay good, still no lights? Wiring to each light looks good... Hmm... Pulled on the ground to check, wire just comes out of crimp. I go to strip it...

In the carport attached to the small garage- Decided to take my old explorer to town, as it hasn't been driven in a month or two. Opened the hood to check the fluids, and a 12" round chew-circle in the under-hood insulation caught my eye. Damn squirrels! My aux lights aren't working either...

In my old house's attic, when I rewired it, I just put in fluorescent shoplights. It was a million degrees up there and they worked every time I needed them.

I still use mine. especially on long jobs when all my rechargeable LEDs run out, lol.

Made up a bag of misc "dirty but good" screwdrivers from a big tub at a yard sale. Got a few Whia 1000v insulated, some Klein, and some Xcelite (even a beryllium driver). $0.25 ea (sorry for the **** pic) A little crusty, but no engravings, they'll clean up nice. Took a gamble on some speakers...

Its weird how some aspects of my hand strength returned pretty quickly (like closed-fist grip strength, lift strength, etc) but things like individual finger strength are totally gone. Like it would be a real challenge to press a spray can nozzle right now. And things that require finess are...

Took my wife's Worx weed eater apart to see why it stopped working. Ahh, one of the wires broke off the motor inside the head. Soldered it back.on, put it back together and she's back in business. ***** trying to do stuff after carpal tunnel surgery. Gotta take it slow...

I'm there, dude.

2 years ago, we bought this house out in the boonies because it was cheap. We weren't really planning on moving, we just thought it would be a good investment (as we have had experience fixing up disaster houses before). After a year of working on it, we decided to move into it. Long story...

Took out my frustrations on my scrap pile. Tore down some old electronics, harvested parts, copper, aluminum, some sheet steel, etc.

But it's not leaking out of the handle, it's leaking out of the spout. Isn't the packing washer for handle leaks? I don't really know anything about rebuilding faucets, and this one isn't branded, it was just a hail-mary shot at it. None of the rebuild kits at the store looked even remotely...

Pulled the guts out of my frost-free hose bib on the house, then took it into the garage to refresh it. Replaced all the o-rings, and had to run to the hardware store to get a weird packing nut that I didn't have in my stock. Surprise, they didn't have it either. But I found a "bathtub" packing...

Not a garage sale, but a FB Marketplace find- 4x of the 7ft tall, 4ft wide, 18" deep heavy-duty Gorilla Racks: 4 of them for $200. $200 seems like a lot to drop on some shelves until you look how much they cost new. I think I paid $150+ shipping for each of the ones I already own. Harbor...

Pulled the van inside the shop early this morning to unload the shelving units I bought yesterday. Trying to beat the heat. Got them unloaded and stacked. I need to add some wood supports between the upright beams of the building so I can secure the tops of the shelves for anti-tip/stability...

I have posted these before, but they are pretty awesome LED "offroad" driving lights for $21 bucks (Their price fluctuates; I have got them as cheap as $16 before). https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KWCFBG1?tag=atomicindus08-20 I have a pair on my work van and my wife's truck. They really light up...

Moved another few loads of stuff from my old/small garage to the new one. I think I'm about 80% moved now. All that is left is one shelf of boxes and about 3 10ft shelves consisting of all my parts bins/cabinets. Probably only about half a van load left, but just so many small things to handle...

Took the seats out of my van and moved a few van-loads of stuff from the old garage to the new garage. I wasn't looking forward to moving all my garage stuff again, seeing as how I just moved into this house almost exactly a year ago. But moving the stuff a couple-hundred feet from one garage...