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Madjik Man
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I see the videos on my iPhone using Safari.
I can play the video in the post or click on it and have it take me to Imgur and play it there too.
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Fedwrench
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PRC SK 1/4 drive 90 tooth ratchet SK01006AE. Since this is PRC SK, you can't find it on the SK Tools website only on Amazon. Measures approximately 5 inches long overall, has some heft to it. Backdrag is pretty high. Not Craftsman V series high but, close 
I think if Great Star wanted to copy a Gearwrench ratchet, this is what it would look like. I think the direction switch looks much better than that ugly pot metal looking switch on the US Made LP90 series. I'm not sure how durable the green SK band on the handle will be. Floating pawl design. Gear cover secured with snap ring. Comes in a plastic tray inside a brown cardboard box. Less than $16 after applying a 12% off coupon off Amazon. Perhaps the backdrag will decrease with use 
I think if Great Star wanted to copy a Gearwrench ratchet, this is what it would look like. I think the direction switch looks much better than that ugly pot metal looking switch on the US Made LP90 series. I'm not sure how durable the green SK band on the handle will be. Floating pawl design. Gear cover secured with snap ring. Comes in a plastic tray inside a brown cardboard box. Less than $16 after applying a 12% off coupon off Amazon. Perhaps the backdrag will decrease with use Attachments
It’s working for me now too. Odd.
6869704X4
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I hope the girls showed their appreciation
four.cycle
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ANY idea of brand name on that orange thing?
littlebean
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must resist, musssst resssisssssssst, muuuuuuuuuuuussssssssssssst reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssiiiiiissssssstttttttt -nope, ordered
BobsYourUncle69
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Went to Home depot yesterday evening to get some shelving and saw these Dewalt impact screw bits.
Got home and it dawned on me that it's tough case has the same stack as the craftsmam veristack cases.
I house my bits in a different container so this case will come in useful.
This shouldn't come as a surprise as Dewalt is also Stanely Black&Decker so makes sense it all fits but didn't realise at the time of purchase so it was a pleasant surprise.
I feel I should post this on the Dull mens club Facebook page rather than here.
Got home and it dawned on me that it's tough case has the same stack as the craftsmam veristack cases.
I house my bits in a different container so this case will come in useful.
This shouldn't come as a surprise as Dewalt is also Stanely Black&Decker so makes sense it all fits but didn't realise at the time of purchase so it was a pleasant surprise.
I feel I should post this on the Dull mens club Facebook page rather than here.
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Prospecter
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I've had one of for maybe 40 years. I love it. The original seals are getting a little dried out now, after all that time, and need to be replaced, but everything else works as it should.Safety Seal tire repair kit
I bought one on the advice of an old timer who either had it happen to him or a friend with the cheap, Megalomart plastic-handled kind, where the plastic handle broke under pressure and the metal shaft tore through their palm. Quality handle version SOLD!
I never thought to even try without a funnel! I don't like making messes. Easiest way to clean up is not have to in the first place.
You do know about the anti-glug position, right?
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Knipex anvil shears.
For metal? Hoses? Garden?
(My mind wanders to garden because my parents once had a pair of garden shears kind of like this.)
Madjik Man
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Update: thanks to GJ fueling my addiction I was able to procure the exact precision pliers needed to grab the graphite out of the pencil from the tip.
Then pushed on the mechanism a few times…felt something tiny “dislodge,” loaded in a new stick of graphite and the pencil works.
I never thought to even try without a funnel! I don't like making messes. Easiest way to clean up is not have to in the first place.
You do know about the anti-glug position, right?
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Yes (although not when they first came out, LOL).
I need the added height of a funnel on some engines; otherwise, I can't get a full bottle close enough to the fill port without tipping it enough for oil to start pouring out.
I've even tried holding the bottle horizontally on the approach (flat vs. upright), to try to manage the "glugging." Mixed success with that method.
I just carry a funnel in each vehicle.
Mike
How sturdy (drop-proof) are those clear covers? I've had horrible experiences with clear (acrylic?) plastics in the past, so I've been avoiding these (and Milwaukees).
But for all I know, the plastics might be better now.
Mike
Meursault74
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Now why would you want to do a thing like that?Ya, the large ones are pretty big. I may trade them.
Meursault74
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I'd bet as soon as you do trade them in, you'll come across a situation where they'd be ideal.Ya, the large ones are pretty big. I may trade them.
We had a clean out at work. "We" threw out stuff. I said watch, someone will ask for that in a month or so and sure enough someone did. It uncanny how that happens.
Good point, I could see that happening.
GX460DIYguy
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Pawn shop had this matco filter socket set for $50, but they took $30 for it. I figured since that was cheaper than the same thing from lisle I’d get it. I needed the 24mm but the others will come in handy at some point.
BobsYourUncle69
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I have no idea. The craftsman socket set has survived a couple of drops. I don't know how many more it'll take but I've reused tje boxes for other things so probably won't get to test it out
Kasal
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Pawn shop had this matco filter socket set for $50, but they took $30 for it. I figured since that was cheaper than the same thing from lisle I’d get it. I needed the 24mm but the others will come in handy at some point.
because 35/36. You had to choose between one or the other, it was to save on making more suitcases.
I think it is because when you clean out you realize what you have more fully and how infrequently used tools and supplies might fit applications. So when the applications come up you want what you cleaned out. Human nature.
The best approach may be to clean up and sort and then see if you still do not use in a reasonable amount of time. If not, then cull.
Meursault74
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Could be. But not in this case.
Someone not involved with the clean up asked for a certain chemical. We had it, but it was disposed of in the clean up. Had to order a new one. It never fails. Hadn't been used in a long while or for a research project years ago, but as soon as we dispose of it, it will be needed. It's happened way too many time over the years. It boggles my mind how it happens.
I've personally benefited from this myself. My boss is a Lean Nazi...
One of my coworkers had to buy new racking materials, because he wasn't around when my boss said, "Purge this area!" referring to a general storage area (that admittedly, had turned into a dumping ground, abused by multiple departments).
I said, "Are you sure about those racks?" He said, "Give it another week, if they're still there, take them home, or put them in the dumpster before I do." I took them home a week later.
Couple of months go by, I was in my coworker's locked lab, he had a shiny new set of racking jammed in a corner. He seemed pretty upset by the experience, sounded like he thought we threw them away without asking him.
He still hadn't labeled the new ones, so he didn't completely learn from the experience, LOL.
Mike
One of my coworkers had to buy new racking materials, because he wasn't around when my boss said, "Purge this area!" referring to a general storage area (that admittedly, had turned into a dumping ground, abused by multiple departments).
I said, "Are you sure about those racks?" He said, "Give it another week, if they're still there, take them home, or put them in the dumpster before I do." I took them home a week later.
Couple of months go by, I was in my coworker's locked lab, he had a shiny new set of racking jammed in a corner. He seemed pretty upset by the experience, sounded like he thought we threw them away without asking him.
He still hadn't labeled the new ones, so he didn't completely learn from the experience, LOL.
Mike
GX460DIYguy
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Scored these snap on 87acf cutters for $12 today. They were pretty dirty, but the edges aren’t all chewed up so I figured it was a deal. I feel like I need to start a pawn shop tools thread.
scooby074
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Those are interesting. Do they replace the bleeder screw or something? How do you tighten the screw after bleeding to prevent air from getting in?I'll be taking a break tomorrow from working on repairing my sunroom windows and doing a brake bleed instead...
I'll be using my new brake bleed tooling... Seems well made...
Beautiful Cornwell USA made 1/4” - 1”, 13 piece angle set, the rep made for me by breaking up a massive 19 piece set. Very nice wrenches, the beam reminds me of the old school knuckle savers. These are nice, love the profile.
I also got a Cornwell Ltd edition crawler too, I’m shallow AF and think it will look better in my garage than the much better value HF version.
I also got a Cornwell Ltd edition crawler too, I’m shallow AF and think it will look better in my garage than the much better value HF version.
They do not replace the bleeder screw...
They each come with a built in socket, sized to fit the flats on the bleeder screw on the caliper...
The socket has a built in rubber gasket that snaps onto the ****** of the bleeder screw, forming a liquid tight seal...
As you turn the wrench handle, you loosen / tighten the bleeder screw... The ****** on the socket attaches to a length of silicone hose...
The hose has a one way check valve... Allows bleeding without sucking air back into the caliper...
scooby074
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They do not replace the bleeder screw...
They each come with a built in socket, sized to fit the flats on the bleeder screw on the caliper...
The socket has a built in rubber gasket that snaps onto the ****** of the bleeder screw, forming a liquid tight seal...
As you turn the wrench handle, you loosen / tighten the bleeder screw... The ****** on the socket attaches to a length of silicone hose...
The hose has a one way check valve... Allows bleeding without sucking air back into the caliper...
Interesting. Thanks for the writeup