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Terra Nova
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Thanks. The cutoff disk was another thought I had, could be handy buying structural steel on market place. Being able to cut it into shorter pieces to get in the truck.
Thanks, good to hear! Will have to give it a try and see.
Terra Nova
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I have that DW235G. It's an animal and doesn't care one bit about your wrist, or elbow, or shoulder...Estate sale about 8 miles from my house. Preview was in-person, bidding was online, pickup was in-person. My wife’s cousin owns the auction company and does a lot of these type sales. Pretty neat actually.
Got this cool grinder for $25
And these 3 DeWalt drills for $25
DW505
DW235G
DW255
But when I absolutely positively need a big hole in something it's the go to choice.
When I buy rebar at Menards, I buy 20' sticks and cut them in half for the ride home. I use my DeWalt grinder and cut off wheel.
Just remember if you do something like that in "their yard" to have some eye protection on so they can't boot you out.
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2" is a big difference...
Yost ADI-6. (Mounted vise is a Yost FSV-4)
Mounted to the bench. Had to chose whether to get the back jaw flush with the side or the front, trying both put a mounting bolt too close to the edge. Went with the side.
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Another old Stanley Leverlock tape for my collection; this is the only 27’ version I have seen so I couldn’t pass it up! New old stock from eBay.
If anyone has a red 25’ or orange 30’ (I’m not sure these configurations exist) I’m ready to buy!
Just wanted to say that I spent years with a Leverlock and love that bottom lever. I forget why I felt like I had to move to less civilzed territory and use the ridged thumblock, maybe because I wanted to buy one tape measure and not a 5-pack.
Needed 3/8 long extension for spark plug work today,i do have one in 1/2 and 1/4 drive. All my spark plug sockets are 3/8 drive and i was using regular long extension with U joint at the end. All i could find and have it today was KS,at least its taiwan made instead of china,kinda ***** when you need something like this and you are in small rural town cuz there is not many brands to choose,its even hard to find it,only one store had it in 3/8 drive and i paid $28. Price is overkill for this taiwan thing,but it did the job.
Price is frustrating for a Taiwanese one. I suspect there's not a lot of production volume for these nowadays. I was shopping for some European ones lately, with specific built-in sockets or Torx bits, to help out a friend, and yep, they cost more. But not a whole lot more. But you sure wouldn't want to buy the set.
Tip for others in your bind: long extensions to go after bellhousing bolts can now be found in some big box auto parts stores. I believe I saw one at O'Reilly's, the 3 footer with a half-inch drive input but a 3/8" drive socket end. That might have worked for you on this job?
EDIT: Ooops sorry I forgot you were in Croatia.
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As long as he's not all stimulated, sweaty, and armed with a sword, that sounds cool.
Not really "tools" but definitely enable work (snow removal, at a minimum) out in the cold weather...
Picked up some winter clothing items at ****'s (Sporting Goods) today. These don't show up clearly on my cell phone camera, so here are the stock pics from their website:
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Ski Mittens with removable liners
I probably wouldn't have posted this recent arrival, but you started it! Also, I have read a review somewhere out there on the intertubes by an older fellow in the Midwest who said he couldn't get past, say, the 45 minute mark doing snowblowing duty no matter what mittens he wore, until he got these.
Made in northern Minnesota. Longer than a FACOM 3/8" extendy ratchet. Mrs. Steger learned her craft back when she was married to an arctic explorer and they walked north, far north, into Canada, and she learned from some Cree women there. She now has a business that is mostly mukluks for the feet, but also has these big overmitts. My hands are large, and this is size large, and I dont' see an XL option on the website, and I called first to clarify. I'll definitely have room for some Smartwool liner gloves (thin wool) on my hands when I put them into these.
Four materials: soft, supple moose hide mitt, canvas gauntlet to block wind and contain the sleeve of a puffy jacket or shell, 300 weight polyester fleece liner mitten, and a small swatch of sheepskin to wipe the snot drooling from your nose.
The moose hide and polyester fleece liner are the same approach they used with their footwear -- they are determined that moisture/sweat be able to escape from the inside. For the boots, boiled wool liners are common, some have a blend of polyester fleece mixed into the boiled wool, for even better wicking. (I'm all about wicking this December, it seems.)
Steger mukluks during an Antarctic lunch break:
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Some Bondhus goodness. Nice handles.
Very nice! I love nutdrivers, and recently expanded my range of Torxdrivers, but I'm going to have to avert mine eyes on these. (Also, I like Bondhus!) I'll just make do with my T handles, I guess.
four.cycle
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Come on man... Sulu as D'Artagnan in "Naked Time" was one of his shining moments! (I still think his best work was as Arthur Takamori, playing opposite Neville Brand in "The Encounter")
We're nearing the end of the search to fill up the Hansen trays.
2 more friends for the lone socket that arrived yesterday.
2 more friends for the lone socket that arrived yesterday.
four.cycle
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^ I also suffer from raging OCD.
Chefjpd
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Lets not forget his riveting performance as Bert Tanaka in Murder She Wrote, "The bottom line is murder" 1987
Worst of all i could add a few extra bucks and get the gedore german one,but they had to order it and it should be in the store for like four days. But i had to have it the same day,heck i would not even mind paying the price if it was a top tul which is taiwan as well.
Well black Friday shopping deals for me (JB Tools).
That Lisle tool is neat! I'm glad I don't need it.
Yeah I'm not sure I need it either but could come in handy some day (said no tool hound ever
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Some astro pneumatic 1/4 UJ sockets.
Some recent purchases…
M12 1/4 inch screw driver on sale for $59
Empty cases from eBay. About $5/ea before taxes.
Lowe’s about $6 ea.
KC Tools. Started with a tool of the day which was the Felo T handle bit driver. Then decided to get some new things to try out to get the free shipping.
M12 1/4 inch screw driver on sale for $59
Empty cases from eBay. About $5/ea before taxes.
Lowe’s about $6 ea.
KC Tools. Started with a tool of the day which was the Felo T handle bit driver. Then decided to get some new things to try out to get the free shipping.
Mike S.
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My neighbor brought the front struts to his Subaru to me to swap out for him. I'm used to Honda's where you just need a box end wrench and an Allen key to remove the nut from the strut. I had never seen one where the nut is recessed so far into the top hat like this.
I figured out this is what pass-through socket sets are for and Harbor Freight came to the rescue. I sent the neighbor to HF to pick up this kit.
He told me to keep it, although I don't know when I'll need to use it again.
I figured out this is what pass-through socket sets are for and Harbor Freight came to the rescue. I sent the neighbor to HF to pick up this kit.
He told me to keep it, although I don't know when I'll need to use it again.
Skyman
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My neighbor brought the front struts to his Subaru to me to swap out for him. I'm used to Honda's where you just need a box end wrench and an Allen key to remove the nut from the strut. I had never seen one where the nut is recessed so far into the top hat like this.
I figured out this is what pass-through socket sets are for and Harbor Freight came to the rescue. I sent the neighbor to HF to pick up this kit.
He told me to keep it, although I don't know when I'll need to use it again.
That's an easy one -- the day after you get rid of it when you've decided you'll never need it.
Beerhippie
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Replacing these damned motors would be a good use of that!My neighbor brought the front struts to his Subaru to me to swap out for him. I'm used to Honda's where you just need a box end wrench and an Allen key to remove the nut from the strut. I had never seen one where the nut is recessed so far into the top hat like this.
I figured out this is what pass-through socket sets are for and Harbor Freight came to the rescue. I sent the neighbor to HF to pick up this kit.
He told me to keep it, although I don't know when I'll need to use it again.
Sometimes those studs are long.
My neighbor brought the front struts to his Subaru to me to swap out for him. I'm used to Honda's where you just need a box end wrench and an Allen key to remove the nut from the strut. I had never seen one where the nut is recessed so far into the top hat like this.
I figured out this is what pass-through socket sets are for and Harbor Freight came to the rescue. I sent the neighbor to HF to pick up this kit.
He told me to keep it, although I don't know when I'll need to use it again.
In my day, we bought a deep 7/8 or 22mm socket and cut a window in the side of it with Dremel cutoff wheel! The we held the Allen key with our Vise Grips! And a bunch of other miserable things, like a regular 7/8" socket with flats filed on the outside, and Crescent wrench... it was all a pain in the keister!
Indexmill
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^^ Mixing brands of sockets on one Hanson tray is NOT OCD. It is just wrong. Worse than empty pegs...^ I also suffer from raging OCD.
I apologize, it's the only place I can find it.
Phil Hartman - The **** Retentive Carpenter
I wouldn't agree with that one bit. Using that logic, a box should only have one brand of tool in it.
Wanting all the same brand of sockets would be considered OCD by some.
A person should buy tools, based on what they can afford, what's available and what they need to do the job.
Fedwrench
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I think buying a socket size you'll never use just to fill a peg is worse. Who is Hanson to tell me which sockets I need?
You're sorely mistaken Fed, Hansen is merely providing positive tool purchasing, enabling and future proofing your tool box. Kind of like GJ but from a manufacturer's perspective.I think buying a socket size you'll never use just to fill a peg is worse. Who is Hanson to tell me which sockets I need?
I'm just spurring the economy one or two sockets at a time.
Ending the 3/8” trays on 20mm must be some kind of April Fools jokeI think buying a socket size you'll never use just to fill a peg is worse. Who is Hanson to tell me which sockets I need?
About that - it seems like you’ve been accumulating singles everyday for weeks now. Why not just buy socket sets?
I did buy a few sets. If I was starting from scratch that would have been the right thing to do.Ending the 3/8” trays on 20mm must be some kind of April Fools joke
About that - it seems like you’ve been accumulating singles everyday for weeks now. Why not just buy socket sets?
I've by adding to a tool collection that started about 35-40 years ago. I've been buying some every payday to spread it out. When I get a few, I update the list of what I need and grab/order a few more.
I agree with this. I want to fill all the pegs with cheap USA made sockets. I prefer for them to be Snap-on, but I still buy plenty of other brands.
Last weeks estate sales displaced 10 Taiwan Grey Pneumatic sockets with USA Bonney sockets.
None of my trays are one brand from end to end, but a few of my trays are high end USA from end to end.
SouthernIllinois
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PugetDude
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1/4" drive x 5/8" shallow and deep doesn't really leave you with many options.
Mine are Westward and Blue-Point... Rest of the rack is older Craftsman.
I sleep OK.
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Snakevz
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Latest purchases from Lidl, 1700w 125 mm (5") grinder, 12V drill and rotary tool ("Dremel")
Drill was bought for this grab 'n go kit (fitted in empty Lboxx I had laying around, need to figure out the insert for it):
Drill was bought for this grab 'n go kit (fitted in empty Lboxx I had laying around, need to figure out the insert for it):
Ending the 3/8” trays on 20mm must be some kind of April Fools joke
I did my own Hanson OCD years ago. Filled out the 1/4" pegs, then on the 3/8" tray I said screw this overlap! And took a miter saw to the two smallest peg sizes on it.
A few months later, there I was at the junkyard, with my 3/8" Hanson tray in the top of my tool box, and... D'OH!!!
Hopefully some lady will not know about framing and take that as an advertisement when she sees that clipped to your belt.
PugetDude
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I tell my wife she is a human stud finder for marrying me.
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