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Re: Picked up a cheap vice need suggestions. there is "no" such thing as a useless tool !! the man makes the tool..... think about it, having all the high $ tools in the world can't make a mechanic, the man behind the tool is what makes the tool "worth". there's alot of tools on this site...

hey SPAWNED X, glad to hear you did a good heads up test, thanks from alot of us. like you said "$ wise it's a good back up gun". from an old - old retired DIY type that trys to keep busy it's good to hear from someone else that watches the bottom line when it comes to the cost of tools. i...

now hear meout before you throw me out, ask your friends and co-workers if they got any old tools or any mis-matched stuff they don't use or need anymore. well they sale or kick anything in to help you get started on your tool box (we have all helped one time or another get someone started in...

nice kit, looks to have a good start on every thing. any place to put more bits or do you have to make some where ? any add ons ?

easyest way that i found to keep my tools in place was shown to me by an old "mean *** son-a-*****" equipment mechanic for the land clearing company i worked for many years ago when i was breaking out in the work force. if you lost one of his tools you best have a new one the next day or have...

now that's one hell of a rig you got there son......

damn good job !! looks great, can't beat the cost on the rattle can paint, but the time you put in shows - you did good kid, now get back after it, those odd jobs need to get done too !!!!!!!

DDDAAAANNNNMMMMMMM, boy howdy..... now that's what i call a first rate.... ddaaannnmmmm... well you got me on this one here, now i feel like i have to go back to work just to see something as nice as this, please put up more pics as you get it all lined out, not phone pics but the real yous...

well he said his girl friend/fiance can read through the BS in a min. hun...??? well the big question is 1) where is this guy ?? 2) where is his BS reader ?? 3) is this some kind of game he's trying play on the people from here ?? 4) did she read through his BS and now he's gone MIA because he's...

LA, Calif. has alot...ALOT of breakins so just look at how they HAD to fix there doors & windows !!! wrought iron doors and windows, steel bars well keep them out. a pad lock only keeps an honest man honest, a lieing cheat & thief well get in your shop or home !!!learn from those that have had...

tractor supply should carry what you need to fix your jack at a good price !!

look, the way it works is you start high. no calls after a wk. or two put "$400.00 OBO' on it. you start high and he starts low and you come down a little and he gos up a little. both of you say "no" at first and then you talk about cars, bikes, women, etc.. . he says a little more $ and you...

ha' yes, SPAWNED X you got us all watching and reading, waiting to find out just what we all "would love to try", testing two items under work conditions to see and understand just what in the world can and well happen to these two tools in the work place !!!! this is not staged as a tool on...

great find, its a keeper..... fix it up and sit back, all your friends well love it too !!

rags....rags.....and more rags, put a little solvent on the FRI. nite rag so it can clean up a weeks worth of use, MON. morning as you come in for another week of work you well be glad you did. you'll never get it all off or clean just because the shop is working but you can steal wipe it down...

start at -o- and adjust to find the "touch point" or the begaining of the throw, check the # set to show where the fine tune is on the wrench. in other words - you want a 90 lb. touque, start the scale off at 'o' and turn the handle until you fill it make contact with the insterment (say you...

HF has a good set (for home and DIY) on sale for 25.00 this week, that's about 1/2 off. i think its a 65 pc. i know it's not USA made but for $$ saved and to get over till the next sale........ it's worth a look. beats needing a tap at 12:30 on a sat. nite and no one else to get to help you...

use the blue throw-away rags from the ware house store, would you like it if you, your wife, your kids were to go to the wash and find out that some sorry **** for brains had washed his nasty *** grease rags in the michine ? i would hope you (or anyone else)have a little more going on for...

hold off as long as you can and keep lookin' around for a big box (you well fill it) thats in good condition, alot of guys are losing there stuff right now so it's out there. stay off the tool truck for as long as you can... it adds up quick !! there always tool boxes out there even if you have...

a few $$ spent on parts, a few $$ spent on repair, some time spent on the phone, with all you have learned, you're $$ ahead. the next time someone ask and you can help them with these problem, priceless. now you know more about the part than you did before and how the best fix well work ! (i'm...