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[designer485]

DeWALT 3ah 4pk of batteries from HD (Early Black Friday deal).





Bessey 8in Clamps ($13 via crazy Amazon pricing swings)...these are way bigger than you would think if you have never had 8in clamps before, almost comical.

 

[shibertus]

Armstrong flare wrenches, Tekton stubby wrenches, and some Tekton crowfeet to fill out the larger sizes in my set.

 

[Meursault74]

I love that light. I've held flashlights in my.mouth for years, and that one is perfect.

you can get yourself a rubber band like this guy did for his phone



so much better than buying a head lamp.

 

[Kuma601]

This was ordered last week. Disappointed that it has enough wobble in the fasteners I use. Torx is less of a worry when snugging them up but would still like better fitment. Search continues.

 

[JRPAviator]

This was ordered last week. Disappointed that it has enough wobble in the fasteners I use. Torx is less of a worry when snugging them up but would still like better fitment. Search continues.

Have you tried Felo? My Felo drivers are very snug…

 

[GeoBruin]

New (to me) mill.

 

[four.cycle]

Because...... what can you buy any more for a dollar?

Seen at a Dollar Store near you:



TOOL BENCH (PRC) - distributed by Greenbrier Internationanal Inc., 500 Volvo Parkway, Chesapeake, VA 23320 -
14 piece miniature screwdriver set w/carrying case.
The "magnetic base" isn't strong enough to hold the unit in place - even empty - on a flat, level, steel surface.
I was told these are made of only the finest grade of Wisconsin cheese
That notwithstanding, one of these sets is going to serve to save the day for either me or my buddy.
Get 'em while they last!

 

[gatewaysysop]

I suppose this counts. Picked it up over the weekend and repacked the bearings. I believe it's from 1954, based on the tag, and it seems to have led an easy life. Smooth as silk, even more so after freshening up the bearings.

Been looking off and on for a couple years to find one in good shape, so this made my weekend:

 

[LeeG]

Some new, some old. The new Tekton wrench organizers for all.


Metric Combination and 30°/60° Tekton angle wrenches


SAE Combination wrenches - Note the orange paint on some of these. This was from when I worked as an electrician in 1985. Coworkers gave me a hard time about my painting new tools, but I still have every one of that set today.


Ratcheting SAE wrenches, stubby, standard, and flex. Also SAE 30°/60° Tekton angle wrenches


Icon long ratcheting box wrenches in SAE & Metric, plus Icon double box end ratcheting in Metric and a 4 piece SAE set of the double box end wrenches from ADT tools off of Amazon. They seem about the same as the Icon.

Overall, I really like the new Tekton wrench organizers. I had tried the Toolbox Widgets before but for some reason, I just didn't care for them and gave them away.

Lee

 

[alex71]

New (to me) mill.

Millrites are good little machines. Is yours r8 or BS9?

 

[Monte]

Buck Bros. wood chisel set

 

[Chefjpd]

$8.00 at AutoZone on clearance


Star security bits

 

[Shocker]

Dropped by the big NW Indoor garage sale this weekend. Lots of stuff, but not many tools.

PowrKraft angled pliers.



Steven-Walden tool kit. Missing pieces and some Chinesium sockets in place of original. Might try to fill this one out. Pretty cool.



And in the mail. The Gedore chisel set. All the stuff, including the hammer, made in Germany.

 

[GeoBruin]

Millrites are good little machines. Is yours r8 or BS9?

Would you believe I have 1 of each? The one pictured has an r8 spindle. The other, which I acquired a few months back, had the B&S spindle and the smaller table. I had already resigned myself to buying new collets and replacing several of my r8 shank tools with straight shank varieties but then I ran upon this machine. In addition to being r8, having the larger table, and a slightly better motor, the table is in amazing shape. Not a single hole drilled in it, whereas the other has quite a bit of damage.

I had painstakingly honed the surface of the other table and despite all those holes, it is dead flat, but it still kind of kept me up at night.

The old one also has the fine feed on the quill (which I prefer) where the new one has the course feed, but it looks to me like the little module is basically interchangeable so I might try swapping the fine feed on to the new one. Any input on that before I starting taking things apart?

 

[threewood]

Technically my wife's new tool lol. She has been at war with the NM weeds so I bought her this beast. Runs like a top and eats big old weeds for breakfast. I had to test it out for her, obviously

 

[Browens]

Koken 3/8 drain plug socket - I’ve been using ratchet drive ends on my Honda transmission for drain-and-fills and the ball detent makes the task harder than it needs to be.

Facom 440xl 14mm and 17mm - wanted to get my hands on these to see how I liked the brand’s wrenches. It’s a shame they don’t have more sizes available because these seem like they’ll be a pleasure to use. Now to determine if I like these enough to get the full metric set of ratcheting combo wrenches. (Bonus pic with Wright Grip 2.0s to compare size, finish, etc.)

 

[Steve_P]

My NOS SK 47170 3/4 ratchet.
The 1/2 SK, 3/8 Indestro, and the 1/4 Wright are just for tool **** (cough) I mean size reference.

I used to have one of those SK 3/4 ratchets. I can tell you that the handle will bend before anything else fails, including the anvil. I didn't do it, and obviously this will take a long pipe to accomplish, but...

 

[Madjik Man]

Knipex 86 03 180 Plier Wrench
Knipex 87 01 180 Cobras

 

[TheWanderer]

I used to have one of those SK 3/4 ratchets. I can tell you that the handle will bend before anything else fails, including the anvil. I didn't do it, and obviously this will take a long pipe to accomplish, but...

Great information and good to know the internals are rugged. Personally though I shouldn't have to worry about piping a ratchet.



P.S. Harryepstein still has those 3/4 SK XL breaker bars in stock, and give them hell if you don't get your box art!

 

[mikeinri]

I used to have one of those SK 3/4 ratchets. I can tell you that the handle will bend before anything else fails, including the anvil. I didn't do it, and obviously this will take a long pipe to accomplish, but...

4-foot, 6-foot, or longer?

Personally though I shouldn't have to worry about piping a ratchet.



P.S. Harryepstein still has those 3/4 SK XL breaker bars in stock, and give them hell if you don't get your box art!

Have you removed a rear hub nut on a 3rd Gen Ford Explorer? They're torqued at nearly 300 ft-lbs, IIRC.


Mike

 

[KnurledNut]

Knipex 87 01 180 Cobras

Use daily. IMO the most versatile and underrated size.

 

[dhammond]

Some stragglers stuck in shipping finally showed up.

Couldn't leave well enough alone, now I'm done-ish. Side note: best xacto blade holder I've ever used.

 

[M635_Guy]

Knipex 86 03 180 Plier Wrench
Knipex 87 01 180 Cobras

Use daily. IMO the most versatile and underrated size.

Agree - I have the bigger brothers for both, but that size is definitely the sweet spot.

 

[Madjik Man]

Use daily. IMO the most versatile and underrated size.

Haven’t used these yet but I’d imagine these will be my go tos.

I have the 250s in both and they’re often too big for my automotive/home game.

 

[Steve_P]

Agree - I have the bigger brothers for both, but that size is definitely the sweet spot.

Same here. 180mm is the only size Plier Wrench that I have two of- it's the perfect size for home plumbing.

 

[CHI_Tool&Die]

Nice. How many teeth does it have? I've never seen a Proto torque wrench that looks like that, so I assume it's a relatively new release? And yeah, it definitely looks like a Facom.

What's the Proto PN, and where did you purchase it?

72 teeth and I do believe it is new-ish. There is a big brother 1/2” I’ll be buying next. I purchased through Zoro and used a 20% off coupon. Here is the link. J6012FC

 

[M635_Guy]

The Great Ko-Ken Pumpkin arrived today...

The flex extensions are a #GarageJournal thing, though I guess my entire awareness from Ko-ken comes from here. I was already a ratchet *****, and decided to the the 20% SEMA discount to grab a 3/8" flex ratchet, along with a socket set to match. I didn't realize how low-profile they are:

L-->R Koken, Icon, SK (USA), Tekton

 

[Steve_P]

The Great Ko-Ken Pumpkin arrived today...

The flex extensions are a #GarageJournal thing, though I guess my entire awareness from Ko-ken comes from here. I was already a ratchet *****, and decided to the the 20% SEMA discount to grab a 3/8" flex ratchet, along with a socket set to match. I didn't realize how low-profile they are:

L-->R Koken, Icon, SK (USA), Tekton

Are the Icon sockets something "special", or their standard short sockets? Because those are pretty short when compared to the standard "short" Taiwan socket, like the Tekton.

I have the Koken shorties and they're great when they're needed. Some people complain about how the standard Taiwan short sockets, like the Tekton, are too tall, but sometimes that's a good thing. Like you, I have a bunch of lengths from Koken shorties to deep, with several steps in between; but only in metric. I rarely need to actually use a deep socket though.

 

[Monte]

 

[DerekV]

 

[M635_Guy]

Are the Icon sockets something "special", or their standard short sockets? Because those are pretty short when compared to the standard "short" Taiwan socket, like the Tekton.

They're the standard Icon short socket. When I got them I was struck by how few blanks they shared, especially below 14mm (which is why I chose 14mm for the pic above). In this one, Tekton rear, Icon front.

I have the Koken shorties and they're great when they're needed. Some people complain about how the standard Taiwan short sockets, like the Tekton, are too tall, but sometimes that's a good thing. Like you, I have a bunch of lengths from Koken shorties to deep, with several steps in between; but only in metric. I rarely need to actually use a deep socket though.

I only own a 3/8" deep sockets in chrome, and use them rarely (my 1/2" in. impact set has both obv, and they get used).

I'm pretty jazzed about the Ko-Ken set. Given how little I use the long chrome sockets, I wasn't tempted at all by the mid-length Icon set when they came out. But given my love of the MidTorque, I did grab some Husky super-low profile impact sockets.

The Ko-kens are still shorter

 

[Etchase]

That is short. Maybe even shorter than the old snap on ones. The minimum.

 

[Steve_P]

That is interesting how the Icons shrink in length at smaller sizes. I have the Astro version of the Husky in your pic. Yes, sometimes you need a lot of options on transverse engines, which is why I have all the options possible in metric only.

 

[M635_Guy]

That is interesting how the Icons shrink in length at smaller sizes. I have the Astro version of the Husky in your pic. Yes, sometimes you need a lot of options on transverse engines, which is why I have all the options possible in metric only.

Yeah - there are very few, if any shared blanks in the Icon set. That's the opposite of a cost-cutting move, and has endeared this set to me when I'm tight on space (which is often with a Mini, a Mazda3 and a Volvo V70, which ain't small, but is very tight). Guessing the Ko-kens will be similar.

I'm going to compare SK sockets/ratchet, Icon sockets/ratchet and same for Ko-Ken, Tekton and Snap On as well. It'll be fun...

 

[four.cycle]

^ just out of curiosity how do they line up with the low-end (throw-away cheap) "Power Torque" from O'Reilly's ??

(sorry I forgot to measure them first.)

 

[Etchase]

I think those 1/4 inch drive power torque’s are uniquely short. I haven’t found anyone else that makes them. My ability to search, has proven pathetic in the past though. You have everything!

 

[assassin10000]

I got those power torques as well.


I may be off my rocker, but I think I saw some 1/4 drive impact nano sockets on the astro pneumatic table in one of the sema walkthrough vids.

 

[The Critic]

Milwaukee 2967 Gen 3 High Torque Impact. Gotta love those HD “sales.”


Per TTC on YouTube, there is a significant improvement in power:

The size is finally more reasonable. I have it placed next to a 2962 for comparison. Both units are wearing the HO CP 3.0 battery:

Unfortunately, it is still too large to fit into my cordless tool holder:

 

[The Critic]

Snap-On HCP48BCF and TQSG3F250:




The TQSG3F250 has a Dual 80 ratchet head (I believe) and a nicer grip than its predecessor.

 

[M635_Guy]

^ just out of curiosity how do they line up with the low-end (throw-away cheap) "Power Torque" from O'Reilly's ??

(sorry I forgot to measure them first.)

I'll look and taking a pic. Guessing it's pretty close, which is impressive for a 3/8" vs. a 1/4".

EDIT: It's close for 1/4" vs. 3/8", but not that close.

Powertorque 1/4" on the far left (obv.) They only go up to 13mm, so I pulled the 13mm Koken, Husky, Icon and Tekton equivalents.



Ratchets obviously add a lot to the equation too. My SK ratchets tend to have the lowest profile, so here are the two sockets on SK LP90's:

The 1/4" throws off how very-shallow that setup on 3/8" is...