Pulling old pins out as well as feeding new pins into existing lacing. Sometimes we gotta feed like ⅛" at a time. We recently got some new pin in with a leader on it, but haven't tried it out yet.
He is supposed to be getting a new toolbox as well
He does turn wrenches for a living.
These look nice. I'm never disappointed by Lang/Kastar.
I was thinking of ordering a set of those Lisle mini prybars, because I like how both bars are bent tipped and they have different square shaft sizes. I wanted to verify COO first, because I try to avoid anything that sends money to China as much as I can. Amazon does say they are made in China, but they are wrong about their COO's quite often in my exerience, so I emailed Lisle using the "Questions" link on their website. I was hoping they were going to tell me USA or Taiwan, but they just got back to me and said the COO is in fact China. I guess I will be passing on them.Looks like Lisle jumped on the pocket pry bar wagon.
35170 Pocket Pry Bars, 2 PC.
Pocket Sized Pry Bars with Many Vehicle Applications.www.lislecorp.com
I don't care for the shiny slick plastic handles. I'd rather see some texture or graining like the MAC handles. Amazon shows these as being made in China. However, I do like that Lisle offers a 3/16 & 1/8 inch flat bar stock blade and that they didn't try to reimagine a regular pocket screwdriver.
I think I have that same junk screwdriver. I use it to poke open or unclog caulk tubes.I was thinking of ordering a set of those Lisle mini prybars, because I like how both bars are bent tipped and they have different square shaft sizes. I wanted to verify COO first, because I try to avoid anything that sends money to China as much as I can. Amazon does say they are made in China, but they are wrong about their COO's quite often in my exerience, so I emailed Lisle using the "Questions" link on their website. I was hoping they were going to tell me USA or Taiwan, but they just got back to me and said the COO is in fact China. I guess I will be passing on them.
I might end up buying a Mayhew, Lang, or Snap-on bent tip bar in the future, but for now I figured I would make myself a couple quick prototypes to see how useful I find them to be. I also want to figure out what tip shape or tip angle might be ideal for my uses before going through the effort of making "official" pry bars that are properly heat treated. I took a couple spare pocket screwdrivers I had laying around and heated up the last 1" or so with a propane torch until it was soft enough to bend without snapping. I clamped the base of each shaft into a small bench vise during that process, so the heat wouldn't travel down the shafts and damage the plastic handles. Then I bent the angles I wanted to try and smoothed out the profiles a bit using small metal files and some sandpaper. If I find heat treating necessary for strength, I will remove the handles and heat treat the shafts in the future. I'm expecting it will be necessary on the thin black handled one, but it might not be needed on the two thicker bars.
Mine showed up after 3 months of waiting in the UK, I guess demand has outstripped supply
I would blame garage journal for this problem.
Because the Tektons got their own thread and aren't really pocket sized unless you're talking about a pants leg cargo pocketHow did no one post their new made-in-USA Tektons in this thread yet?
I'll go first.
Well, i pulled the trigger:
shirt pocket, next to your pen/marker.
Now I want one.Well, i pulled the trigger:
I had to wait about three weeks once I ordered. Give the initial demand time to wear off. Im sure another batch is on its way. It was $10. When you’re poor, you get excited about cheap ****.
