mreisner
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It was supposed to be replying to the MwEric post about the Astros, but for some reason didn't quote. Does that make it better?
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BobsYourUncle69
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New arrival from ebay.
Arrived with tonns of surface rust.
Removed as much as I could without sanding , WD40'd the moving parts and painted the handle only. Still works well.
Anyone know what brand this might be ? Has" MADE IN USA " on the handle and "14M" on thr other side.
Arrived with tonns of surface rust.
Removed as much as I could without sanding , WD40'd the moving parts and painted the handle only. Still works well.
Anyone know what brand this might be ? Has" MADE IN USA " on the handle and "14M" on thr other side.
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BobsYourUncle69
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I'd seen this for like $9.98 or something when I did a Google search a few days and clicked on it as it seemed like hell of a deal only to see it revert back to its original price. I'd clearly missed it by a small margin. Nice find !I payed $10 for this 28 piece set at Lowe’s a few days ago. The finish is outstanding. The Green Bay game was getting boring, so I measured the open ends of the SAE side and they were 0.004-0.007 over. Pretty much the same form factor as my Proto’s that are from the 80’s if I remember right. I’m amazed. Works out to $0.36 per piece not counting the decent wrench holder. Selling for $25 now. Pretty much cheaper than Garage sales. The Gedore are from Vietnam, and have a thinner profile European design, but nice finish. The Kobalt are made in India. Crisp stamping I think.
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HD special buy of the day. Had just the metric set on my cart but for only $20 more got the SAE set and bit set. This set will stay in my truck.
PugetDude
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Moved out of there in 1982. No regrets.
Mr. Roboto
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Titan 3 piece carbide gasket scraper. I’ve only ever used razor blades/scotchbrite for gasket removal in the past, so I’m excited to give these a shot.
Cheap set of torx/e-torx off Amazon. I’ve never heard of the brand but they seem decent for the money.
ARES security bit set
Cheap set of torx/e-torx off Amazon. I’ve never heard of the brand but they seem decent for the money.
ARES security bit set
In my curiosity about how good inexpensive tools can be, I picked this set of Duratech off Amazon for $20. They are $27 at the moment which is called a 30% off overstock deal of the $40 original price. I like the organizer. The red lever just pivots to release the wrenches. The finish is extremely good like every tool these days it seems. The open ends are 0.007-0.012 inches over nominal. A nice close range, but a couple mils loser than I like. 90 tooth ratchet end seems good except for the 3/4 where the back-drag is high. I don’t like these non-reversible wrenches, but for under $3 a wrench, I’m happy. Made in China, by a Chinese owned and operated company.
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O RLY
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Today I found the old one. Not sure where, I was using it and went to put it back in my pocket, then realised the new one was already in my pocket. So I guess it was in my hand all along?
Nice I have the same ..
SC Fly Guy
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Having some trouble with my camera …
Picked up a couple of SO items from the local resale shop today. Both were lightly used, but in good condition. The wrench set came in the original red roll.
Also got a ‘handful’ of miscellaneous wrenches, etc. that I’m cleaning up.
Picked up a couple of SO items from the local resale shop today. Both were lightly used, but in good condition. The wrench set came in the original red roll.
Also got a ‘handful’ of miscellaneous wrenches, etc. that I’m cleaning up.
Qualitytools
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Same here, I received mine yesterday. They were on back orderI don't actually remember when I ordered this, though I remember seeing here.
This is related to my question about the world of automotive electrical: how many connector types can there possibly be?! Does it ever end?
Got my BOGO from Astro…….thanks. Always find it interesting when companies include sizes that have no use. I/My company makes large aerospace machines, for some reason the engineers always call out SHCS. Every size from 4mm to generally around 20mm sometimes larger. So i almost only use hex sockets. With that said, this set includes 7,9,16, and 18mm. Obviously every company does it but with SHCS it seems odd.
Have any of you used these sizes?
I believe BMW brake caliper bolts are 9mm.
I'm a fan of no-skips, especially with pro-level tools. A couple of years ago I noticed talk around here along the lines of, "Well, I have a Honda, so we all know all I'll ever need is these four wrench sizes for anything" and people with other brands would say the wrench sizes their brand of car needed and I was just baffled.
Then I thought about it and realized that the reason I had never paid attention to that because no pattern had ever appeared before me because on my old 80's VW, you never know what you're going run into. Strut bolts? Oh those are 19mm... unless it's the factory "crash" bolts, those are 18mm (numbers may not be accurate) and that's the bolt head, the nut is different, and the nut head is different from the bolt head in case you only have one socket set or one wrench set... rear caliper slides, 15mm and thin. Wee cover for the gap between bellhousing and block, near the short side driveshaft? Three little bolts, two of one size, one of another. Electrical accesories/brackets, probably 13mm. Socket head cap screws, probably 6mm, until you try to turn them, then they become a larger size depending on the vintage of cheese.
(Oh, and context: i still have that car, then I got another 80's VW, then I got another German 80's car and that's where I'm at, I'm a bad consumer.)
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Let's just say that with great power comes great responsibility!
(They're awesome! But do go gently into that old crud.)
A story about my dad. He was a man of action. Not patient with the fiddly details, but got a lot done.
One day we drove down to the coast to sail his little sailboat. For that kind of trip, he would put on shorts in the morning, then put trousers over them, so when he got to the marina, he could just drop the trousers in the parking lot. So we drove down, did some sailing, at the end of the day, we were standing by the trunk of the car, and he was putting his trousers on, zip, button, belt, belt... what? "Why am I fastening a second belt?!"
He had dropped the trousers on the floor the night before, and the next morning, in a hurry, put some shorts on, put his pants on, fastened the belt, reached in the closet, grabbed a belt...
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Yeah, I only discovered HF about 12 years ago and they have come a long way in just that time. Now it seems like a better store every year.
Lately I've realized (another post in the past couple of days about wrenches) just what a golden age we live in for the low-income tool buyer. The cheap stuff may not be so bad! I ponder what drives some of us to pursue ze finest of tools here, and of course, professionals always have good reason, but I think it's also that some of us were scarred in the bad old days.
My bad old days tale: so's I'm under my VW GTI in an unheated shed in winter in 1988, about to remove an inner CV bolt, and for that, you need a 12 point/triple-square/XZN tool. And I ordered some from J.C. Whitney! (snicker) And I got a pouch of four sizes of bar stock that had been turned into XZN tips. And those turned out fine! Both for CV's and head bolts, no problem.
I had also ordered from JCW some socket drive adapters, 1/4" to 3/8", etc etc. The XZN/12 point I neeed for those inner CV bolts, I put an 8mm 1/4" drive deep socket on. Then I put a 1/4" to 3/8" adapter on. Then a 3/8" to 1/2" adapter on, and then my Cman 1/2" dr. Ratchet. I pulled to loosen the bolt and... cheese. I'm not sure if those adapters were made in China or in Taiwan's bad old days, but off to Sears I went. I bought a lot of things at Sears in those days, often wondering, "What am I doing, will this really be something I use all that much?" and so many of those purchases turned out to be wise decisions indeed.
This is related to my question about the world of automotive electrical: how many connector types can there possibly be?! Does it ever end?
Unless / until the industry (or consumers) demand it, automotive engineers will continue to try and design a better / cheaper connector.
I too wish it would stop, as I don't own any, and have no desire to acquire specialty tools for this purpose.
I know, I'll just go ahead and ban myself now, LOL...
Mike
You have to work to buy a bad tool these days, at least for normal hardline mechanic's hand tools. You can manage, but it takes effort. The good stuff coming out of Taiwan these days is as good as anything was 30 years ago, and lots better than the perfectly usable craftsman stuff I had then. Better finish, better quality control, better features (gazillion tooth ratchets that still have the anvil as the weak link are one of the amazing improvements.).
there are plenty of tools that I don't like, for various reasons, good, bad, or indifferent. Things like the HF ratchets with a reversing lever that goes the wrong way; makes the mechanism simpler, but annoys the heck out of me; nothing wrong with how the ratchet turns a socket, just a usability problem.
I was unaware of this issue until I found GJ! My new (used) SO Dual 80 ratchets even have "on" and "off" marked on them, but everything else, I've always just given it zero thought and given the ratchet it what it needed to do that thing I needed, testing the direction before using it. (Then again, I don't know what size fasteners are used on my vehicles, maybe I'm oblivious.)
Taiwan has become what Japan was decades ago: What? It's this good? At this price? Wow!
four.cycle
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Astro-Pneumatic 1/4" drive metric universal joint socket set (used)
(I honestly did not think the seller would accept my offer, posted it in the "ebay hot deal" thread, and two minutes later discovered the seller accepted my lowball offer. Go figure.)
Three tiny S-K sockets from @CoogarXR which will complete MY "Carb-O-Mang" set and most likely help another member here complete his as well.
And Don (@d42jeep) was kind enough to send me a care package of Indestro sockets, including two NOS unicorn 2726 13/16" 12-point sockets (which were not included in any of Indestro's sets because ..... you were getting a 13/16" spark plug socket.)
It was the same way with the old air-cooled VWs, you only needed an 8,10, and 13mm to fix just about everything. Until you needed a 6,7,9,11,12,14,15,17,19, 21, 24,27,30,36,46mm.
it´s better to be preparedNice. That looks new; it obviously didn't see much, if any, use.
I have a "regular" 3/4" Dynafile that I also bought on Ebay ~10 years ago. You may be able to change that over to the "full size" model if you have a need, and buy the necessary parts. I bought the standard 3/4" one and emailed them if I could change it over to use a 1/2" belt and got a reply with the necessary PN, or PNs, to do the swap; I think it was only the tensioning bar. Of course, I haven't needed to use the 1/2" belt, but I'm ready
I use the minifile for car body work. For other stuff i have a Bosch electric file (i think it´s from Dynabrade too since the spare arms are made in USA)
Martin 644K body and fender repair tool set
The model # is 9135. It's Wrights 3/8 screwdriver. I got it from ACME Tools. Handle is the same as Mayhew. Channellock also has this handle, but the end near the shank is shaped a little different.
Radio Flyer
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I have a 1/2” drive version at home, but it’s a pain to keep using an adapter every time I need it.
Meursault74
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I was offered a bunch of gifts to choose from online for a service time award from my employer.
They had several tools to choose from among a myriad of other things I can't use or want.
Leatherman multitool............ I have 3 already.
Recip/sawzall............ I have one.
Shop vac.......... I have one.
Cordless drill............ I have 2 corded ones and the cordless one didn't look that great.
A plastic Milwaukee tool box. I don't need that as I have other tool boxes.
I do actually need some better knives in the kitchen. I picked this. Knives made from German steel in China.
Home Depot sells them so then they must be tools
They feel sharp and solid. I'm about to go try them out.
They had several tools to choose from among a myriad of other things I can't use or want.
Leatherman multitool............ I have 3 already.
Recip/sawzall............ I have one.
Shop vac.......... I have one.
Cordless drill............ I have 2 corded ones and the cordless one didn't look that great.
A plastic Milwaukee tool box. I don't need that as I have other tool boxes.
I do actually need some better knives in the kitchen. I picked this. Knives made from German steel in China.
Home Depot sells them so then they must be tools
They feel sharp and solid. I'm about to go try them out.
I got mine yesterday as well. I definitely overpaid from an eBay seller but I didn't fee like waiting.
Stubby1743
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I recently came across my first triangle recess security screw that I needed to remove and so bought this set of bits.
jeffmoss26
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four.cycle
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After no less than ten months passed, I finally got around to placing an order with Associated Buyers True Value Hardware in Fremont, Ohio, where GJ member @DAustin discovered a trove of NOS Indestro. HERE are the photos that DAustin took of the Indestro (they also have a mess of NOS Vaco and some S-K as well.)(Ask for Eddie.)
Indestro NOS chisels, punches, 40607 open-end and 2716UV 3/8" x 1/2" universal joint socket 01/18/24
Indestro NOS chisels, punches, 40607 open-end and 2716UV 3/8" x 1/2" universal joint socket 01/18/24
Meursault74
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That's very odd. I'd assume everyone here when they get a new tool will immediately find something that needs fixing or building with said tool whether it's needed it or not.Well, not exactly new - I bought this in December 2019. But, just got it out and started to setup today. Been boxed up since it arrived.
