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    Plumbing - tool exist? Name?

    not sure i'm reading the issue right but... you just want to unsweat some fittings? you do it the same way as putting it together. heat up joint till you can pull the fittings apart. will probably have to use MAPP gas. old joints seem to need more heat to get apart in my experience. use some...
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    My 24'x30' attached garage addition progress

    Been a while since i updated. Got the garage all sided and started on the house. Done with that till the spring when i can get the power comp. to change me from overhead to underground service. The meter box and pole is in my way. Got most of the insulation hung and about half the drywall...
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    What I did for drawer mat and welding carts

    Thanks. Slowly getting things in order here. Still don't have all the drywall hung or finished so the more i bring in is just more i will have to move again. Plus i have the mess of siding and other building materials in the way... and the babys toys. Two boxes down, Two more to go. Mess this...
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    #2 pencils

    ...or the whole lead pulls out in one piece when you try to sharpen with a blade.
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    What I did for drawer mat and welding carts

    So i decided to use the precut rolls of this stuff from Home Depot. Think it was 27" x 6' or close to that. Think it was more like 27 1/2''. A roll was just over $12. I tapped the end of the roll on bench to square it up and cut the length of the roll to the depth of my drawers (deepest drawer)...
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    Mechanic friend passed away, wife has to sell tools.

    i don't know about big money... and depending on what it is or what it is used on, speaking of specialty tools anyways, it may be obsolete or more likely most people wouldn't know what they were looking at. Most of my equipment, tire machine and balancer, two table type lifts, drawers full of...
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    Any tool shops in Detroit area worth checking out?

    I was just joking, but that makes it even funnier... OP, from some one that grew up in the area, the best thing to see there is the entrance ramp to the freeway leaving.
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    Any tool shops in Detroit area worth checking out?

    Are you saying there is still a business open in Pontiac? .:headscrat lol
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    Mechanic friend passed away, wife has to sell tools.

    if you want to post or email pictures of any (thought to be) motorcycle related tools that you need identified i can probably help out. been working on most makes from Harley to Honda over 20years...plus working for a shop that started as a Indian dealer in 1939... i know my old stuff as well.
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    FREE GIVEAWAY - Steelman Pro 160-Tooth Cobra Ratchets - Realtoolreviews.com

    Not a football fan but i'll make a guess for a chance at those... Patriots.
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    Calling all cabinet makers/carpenters

    nearly every piece of furniture in my little girls bedroom is put together with those. shouldn't be hard to find.
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    GJ helps out in real life..

    so... did she show any appreciation?
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    Need new clamps for a battery charger

    they had them at the Autozone i used to work at. Located in same section as bulk wire and crimp terminals.
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    Let's see your pliers racks [ homemade & bought]

    After looking through this whole post then looking at the the various racks that can be bought as well as the things that has been used to make some... it hit me. I have a pile of stainless wire shelves from a old freezer laying in the scrap pile behind the barn. Just thought i would share...
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    Tool Box drawer liners

    Fugio, that stuff that tractor supply has by the roll is awesome. i have a friend that has the whole floor in a loft over his shop done with that. reminds me of the outer floor in a roller rink. the TSC by me doesn't carry it though. think i'm gonna go with rubber or vinyl carpet runner they...
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    Tool Box drawer liners

    Just starting to move stuff from the barn into the new garage. Cleaning 4 years worth of barn dirt, chicken feathers, mouse nests, and spider webs out of every thing. Want to replace the creased and tore up black foam liners my boxes came with with something more durable and that can be wiped...
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    Tire changer

    i used a Coats machine at a old shop i worked at. when i went on my own i bought a Atlas mounter and a balancer used but like new. they came from a place called Greg Smith equip. (i think that's the name) had to replace the motor in the balancer at $200 within the first year i had it. also broke...
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    powder coating at home?

    yup, home elec. oven when wife isn't home, but she always comes in and says "i smell chemicals"... just play dumb. i don't smell anything...
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    Can someone tell what this is called and is used for?

    we have something that looks similar as edging on our porch which is some sort of PVC planking, not like the new stuff. looks more like what would be used for docks. it was here when we bought the house though... but maybe try a place that deals with docks.
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    Popup Impact Sprinklers

    The Hunters are ok but the guy i work for is a Toro dealer and their new stuff is pretty nice compared to the older stuff that we replace. i will add that the heads and other parts that he gets are not the same as what you can go to home depot and get.
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