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[ETJ]

Great zot! Those are long hose picks! Like super long screwdrivers, they raise the question for me: then what? If you couldn't get your hand that far/deep in there, after you loosen the hose or the screw, now what?

Of course these kinds of things wind up having so many other uses. I've watched Rainman Ray (YouTube mechanic) use the long version of a Snap On trim removal tool as an all-around pokey-proddy tool for so many other jobs. Like I said above about the Cman/WF cotter pin puller, I'm sure those hose picks will find eleven other uses!

I was planning to use the long flat rounded head hook for guiding cables in areas which are out of my hands reach. I've had plenty of situations where some thing like that would have saved a lot of time.

 

[08h3]

I’m not a big plier user but I did see the need for the flush cuts with zip ties and the others looked useful for something

 

[Meursault74]

Think I've said before that I have absolutely no need for one, but damn it I want one. Can't begin to explain why.

I was part of an autonomous vehicle project several years ago and they just happened to have the only yellow catalog I've seen in the wild. I regret not being able take it home with me before that project ended (with permission of course).

I get it. It's a throwback vintage deal, plus it would look good above a work bench.

I'd give you the older one we have (good clean condition), but you're not close by. Shipping something like that would be a hassle with the costs involved as it's fairly heavy. If you're driving through Los Angeles someday soon let me know.

We must be on a fairly old mailing list with McMaster, as the address format was an old way of addressing us. Way back last century the guys I worked with that ordered from McMaster the most before things were done on the internet had that paper catalog highlighted and bookmarked all over the place. Sure the prices changed over time, but not really the item numbers. He'd toss out the new catalogs that came in. Can't say I really use it at work either these days, but sometimes it is nice to look at book instead of a screen.

 

[Steve_P]

I'm guessing that the only reason that McMaster still prints catalogs is because you need a paper catalog in classified applications where you cannot have an internet connection in the room where engineering and design work is done; that's what we needed them for after the internet existed for many years.

 

[Monte]

Malco locking pliers

 

[wandrur]

Unintentionally new to me.

Grabbed a Craftsman toolbox from an online estate sale, and it had a number of USA Craftsman tools inside. Here are some of them.

 

[fang123]

Not a tool per se, but an attachment to make using a tool better. This is the Shindaiwa Speed-Feed 400 Bump Feed Trimmer Head (currently $29.97 on Amazon). It fits a large number of trimmers (see pictures of manual pages; apologies for the rotated images). The REALLY nice feature of this head is loading the line. Instead of disassembling the head to wind the line and then try to control the line while assembling the head, you simply align the head correctly, feed the line through until there are equal lengths on both sides of the head, and then twist the head to load the line into the head.

I have Stihl FS90AV and FS120 trimmers. While the FS120 is not listed in the manual, I was able to attach the head.

I learned about this head on the Chickanic YouTube channel (she and her husband run a small engine repair shop and post videos showing how to repair common problems).

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I've had a speed feed trimmer head on my Shindaiwa since it was new a long time ago. The bottom cap finally wore through a year or so ago and I had to replace it. The one I have now isn't quite the quality of the original, but there is nothing better than a speed feed trimmer head.

 

[rabakoe]

Unintentionally new to me.

Grabbed a Craftsman toolbox from an online estate sale, and it had a number of USA Craftsman tools inside. Here are some of them.

With a 10 mm, no less!

 

[wandrur]

With a 10 mm, no less!

There's a row of a few sockets in another drawer--also with a 10mm! I should play the lottery.

 

[LXCam]

 

[kudakev615]

Malco locking pliers

no second close up pic of the country of origin??

 

[GarageHobbyist]

Picked this up with the 15% coupon today. I know I’ll have to mess with it and get it set up, but hopefully it’s a good saw for me.

 

[02Xterra]

Won this Athol 624 at a local estate sale for $70. It's dirty and at one point was painted, but I'll get it cleaned up.

 

[Stubby1743]

I've just got a great deal on a load of Wera stainless steel tools. It's a special promotion package 'Icebreaker Set'. Cost me £49.95 postage free, which is less than a third of what I would have to pay to buy the tools individually.

These tools will be going to my nephew for use on his new boat which will be delivered from Finland very soon.

The ice scraper with insulated mit is not made by Wera and is also made in Finland by coincidence. All the other tools are stated as being made in The Czech Republic.

 

[Farmall450]

Woot had the Astro etorx Nano impact sockets (another member had posted it in the Hot Deals section)

 

[Farmall450]

Picked up a few socket sets from my local CAT dealer.

CAT-ON.

 

[Outahere]

New McMaster catalog showed up in our mail room. I don't know how long it's been there since I only go there every few months or so. I wonder if they have a truss in the catalog. I may need one after carrying it back.

How many pages are there in this catalog?

 

[LXCam]

How many pages are there in this catalog?

3 cases of toilet paper worth.

 

[Meursault74]

How many pages are there in this catalog?

That one pictured is at work, the one I have at home which is a few years old, I just checked has 3976 pages.

 

[Meursault74]

3 cases of toilet paper worth.

During the Great TP run of 2020 I seem to recall a catalog go missing.

 

[darkzero]

How many pages are there in this catalog?

Enough that both of mine will work as a step stool for me. And if I dig out my MSC Big Books, heck I may never need a ladder again.

 

[four.cycle]

the "Grizzly" casters showed up at the post office. they actually arrived several days ago but they got "lost" at the post office.


... and I finally found one of these at a reasonable price. more information on this little beauty in the "Bicycle Wrench" thread

 

[Meursault74]

Enough that both of mine will work as a step stool for me. And if I dig out my MSC Big Books, heck I may never need a ladder again.

remember when the telephone book was used for that?......... younger crowd thinking what is a telephone book?

 

[darkzero]

remember when the telephone book was used for that?......... younger crowd thinking what is a telephone book?

Yep, I wish I had kept one around. I also always wanted one of those phone books on the bottom of pay phones, the ones that swiveled down & tucked away with a plastic cover. Don't know why but I suppose without the actual pay phone it would be even more useless.

 

[Meursault74]

Yep, I wish I had kept one around. I also always wanted one of those phone books on the bottom of pay phones, the ones that swiveled down & tucked away with a plastic cover. Don't know why but I suppose without the actual pay phone it would be even more useless.

Well, they were useful way back then.

 

[FigN⋅m]

Well, they were useful way back then.

This scene and the one in Back to the Future looking for Doc Brown are what I always think of when a phone book is mentioned

 

[upgrading]

With a 10 mm, no less!

I actually used the 10mm from that same set to change the oil in my snowblower today.

 

[upgrading]

From Amazon
Got this generic Ryobi clone for $28 with a 30% off coupon
Seems good and coupon still in effect so I will get another


Got this mini chain saw because it was blue.
See how works Monday



Didn't really need this, but since it came with a case I got it to keep everything together.

 

[DAustin]

remember when the telephone book was used for that?......... younger crowd thinking what is a telephone book?

My grandparents always had old Sears and Monkey Wards catalogs in the outhouse.

 

[Meursault74]

My grandparents always had old Sears and Monkey Wards catalogs in the outhouse.

for reading or for wiping?

 

[GarageHobbyist]

Sunex pry bars that were on sale for $13


And for the complete opposite - this guy that was lost in the mail for over a week.

 

[DAustin]

for reading or for wiping?

Both

 

[Monte]

no second close up pic of the country of origin??

you´re welcome






Estwing 24oz hammer

 

[Madjik Man]

remember when the telephone book was used for that?......... younger crowd thinking what is a telephone book?

A telephone book was my booster seat as a kid in my parents' car.

 

[mikeinri]

This scene and the one in Back to the Future looking for Doc Brown are what I always think of when a phone book is mentioned

Superman and War Games also come to mind...

Mike

 

[Blind1]

I never knew those cotter pin tools existed, great another tool to buy.... damn

Aren’t those just called dikes….

 

[mikeinri]

I learned how to remove (and install) cotter pins from an uncle, doing brake jobs in the driveway back in the 80s. All he used was a screwdriver, a pair of needle nose pliers and a hammer (aka common tools already on hand), and that's all I've ever used since. Just need to straighten the pin out enough to slide it through the hole.

We used to save and re-use them (so the trick was to get them out and back in without breaking). I gave up reusing them (or any other hardware) a decade or two ago, but still use the same tools / technique.

Mike

 

[demarpaint]

I learned how to remove (and install) cotter pins from an uncle, doing brake jobs in the driveway back in the 80s. All he used was a screwdriver, a pair of needle nose pliers and a hammer (aka common tools already on hand), and that's all I've ever used since. Just need to straighten the pin out enough to slide it through the hole.

We used to save and re-use them (so the trick was to get them out and back in without breaking). I gave up reusing them (or any other hardware) a decade or two ago, but still use the same tools / technique.

Mike

I learned the same way in the 70's. It still works today.

 

[beefcake]

Red stuff

 

[PelicanPines]

My grandparents always had old Sears and Monkey Wards catalogs in the outhouse.

We had a garden hose in ours...