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    Cordless inflators, Milwaukee or Ryobi?

    I have the older version of the larger ryobi, no complaints. I probably use the high volume part of the inflation for pool floats, etc more than anything.
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    Need a long 1/4 drive breaker bar

    Sounds like this is a one use kind of tool. If you can't weld find someone that can, it will take 5 minutes. Take a piece of stock whatever length you want and weld a piece of 1/4 extension at whatever angle you need. You could even weld on a socket and make it even more compact. Or...
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    Ok, so it' a sub-$500 Tire machine.

    I feel like for $500 you can buy a used tire machine that will do a lot more.
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    Need Anti-Fog for Face Shield

    Catcrap. Recommend you google that instead of visiting the litter box.
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    Wall mounted trash bag holder ?

    Typical not what you asked for but I have a 30 gallon brut trash can on wheels that I put a contractor bag in which works well for me.
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    BUILDING GRAVEL FOUNDATION FOR A 10X14 SHED

    Like the guy above me said, definitely not pea stone. Don't know what they call it in your area but here it is called item 4. I've heard it called things like 3/4 minus and lots of other things all around the country. Crushed stone with lots of different sizes that will lock together.
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    Stuck tap

    If the tap breaks cant you just turn the rotor left or right and tap a new hole in the hub? And next time anti seize the **** out of that phillips screw they insist on using.
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    Logan 200 lathe countershaft/bed ways damage

    Ideally you would use a pair of stones that have been precision ground flat but that is probably not necessary for something of this of this vintage.
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    Milwaukee Impact from Amazon, loose in box with manual - keep or return?

    The problem is even if it is sold by amazon they bin things that are the same item form different sellers. Amazon is probably not selling fakes but third party sellers might mix in their stock in with amazons and who knows what you will get. I stopped buying anything expensive from amazon after...
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    Harbor Freight’s ICON Pliers and Ratchets

    One of the snap-on dealers here races Porsche GT2’s for fun. I’m guessing he is doing ok.
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    Keypad door locksets--are any of them any good?

    The most durable by far is going to be access control with magnetic strikes but also the most expensive, even if you do it yourself. Once you set it up it’s great though. Centrally managed uses, set schedules on who can access what, deactivate a user when they leave weather it is a key fob...
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    Adding CaCl to Sack-Crete

    ConCretin speaks the truth. I poured about this time of year a couple of years ago and temps hit like 26 or so overnight. It had hot water in it, I covered with blue tarps that night after it set and I checked a few times with an ir thermometer over the next couple of days. It never came...
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    Lifted shingles - suggestions?

    I bought a house with a roof like that. The roof was 23 years old. I was told by a roofing friend that shingles manufactured around that time had a defect, something with the way the layers were bonded together I think. The plywood underneath was great, only half a sheet needed to be replaced...
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    Ratchet vs Breaker Bar w/ Ratchet Adapter?

    A few decades back we had craftsman tools. If the bolt was tight you put a pipe on it. If it didn't loosen you grabbed a longer pipe. If the ratchet let go you went to Sears and they kept replacement ratchets right behind the register. Handed them the broken one and walked out with a...
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    The end of Starrett

    Same. I have a pair that are probably 30 years old and function as they should. I remember when my father bought them - it was a lot of money for him back then.
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    What Gauge Metal Top for Workbench?

    I have 11 or 12 gauge stainless over a couple of sheets of screwed together mdf. Works great.
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    Proper lathe stand

    For anywhere near that kind of money you should be able to find a nice lathe ready to go, not something that needs work unless it is a 10ee or something. Light enough to get down the stairs presents a problem though.
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    Proper lathe stand

    I had a smaller PM lathe and it was fine. I ended up replacing it with a 5hp Romi and it is a night and day difference though. Give it some thought - you are going to be at 10k by the time you ship it, get a couple of chucks, toolpost with holders, etc. You can buy a really nice lathe for a...
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    Air lines

    I had a bunch of 3/4 pex left over. Ran a ring around the top of the walls and put in drops with 1/2 pex. Super easy to work with and fast to modify.
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