Iirc there are covers made for that.
Gleaming new keyboard, my tool for communication. Silky smooth compared to my last one, which may have had a little too much be...uh...coffee spilled into it.
Now to do something about the "gleaming" part... and modify it to fit me. I always remove the Caps Lock and Num Lock keys, as I never use them and when hit accidentally, drive me nuts. Keyboard is almost too pretty to start prying out keys, but sometimes a man's just gotta make some sacrifices.
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The .05 may match the 1.27mmI recently dove into the world of 1/18th RC rock crawlers, and found I needed a 1.27mm allen for the beadlocks wheels I purchased.
Really only needed the metric set, but the figured I'd use the SAE at some point
Oops, spoke too soooo late.
Tools4Me was ready
Hohn
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New XL Capri breaker. 30" long for a 1/2" drive. No need for a pipe.
They have a 40" long 3/4 drive version that might be useful to own for a handful of cases.
I believe these are made by the same Taiwanese company that makes the Tekton breakers-- the design is nearly identical. I real world use, they are excellent and very reasonably priced for the quality.
A week ago I didn't now what those pliers were. Now I know about yours, and now America's favorite sardonic forklift repairman, Mr. FunkFPV, has purchased a set of cheap speciality pliers, two of which are for fuel line disconnects.
In the video he shows an example of the kind of fuel line connector they're for and it became clear to me: I'm a caveman! Never seen one of those before.
Hell of an upgrade there.
Upgrade complete.
Beerhippie
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I want!All though I showed the box before, I finally set this up with a cordless bandsaw AND got to use it today for some wood sculpturing
Now I regret not buying one a loooong time ago. Man is this setup handy.
Hard to be sure it'll fit a thirty-year-old Porta-Band.
FFA
Well that bandsaw is a fresh design but it will fit the old corded ones too. I almost did one of my old ones and said to myself - self - WTF are you thinking, make your life easy and completely portable and use a battery operated one just like the wife would do.
Beerhippie
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If only it were my budget to spend....FFA
Well that bandsaw is a fresh design but it will fit the old corded ones too. I almost did one of my old ones and said to myself - self - WTF are you thinking, make your life easy and completely portable and use a battery operated one just like the wife would do.
OmegaDPW
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Stopped by a little mom and pop hardware store that had a great selection of tools. Picked up these two Stanley's for work. I'm actually extremely impressed with their quality. Much tighter tolerances than some of my other inexpensive wrenches.
Wait, what are we talking about here? Reminds me of an old Robert Schimmel (RIP) stand-up routine!
Mike
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1/4" extensions
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LWB
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3" is likely the most used, for me.
Beerhippie
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02Xterra
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Huh, I figured they were pretty close, but didn't bother to check the math. I'll have to check mine and see. Thanks for the info!
02Xterra
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HJE order arrived today
Requested a beaver wielding a splitting maul
Requested a beaver wielding a splitting maul
Did you use the coupon ? Should of been 14.99Took the old 1963 Honda CB77 for a ride, run some errands.
Ended up at Horrible freight...
Few new arrivals today...
Since those Knipex are 250mm, aka 10", those are some big tweezers!
They are 14". Sold by Innovative Products of America, called the "Mantus tight access tool". I've had another set of them for a while and find them useful for fishing things out of tight spots. They have roundish jaw ends with little teeth on them and grip rather well. This one is for my home tool kit.
In addition to tweezers, I'm a big fan of forceps. Got my first pair at the local flea market, back when that was a place to go to buy tools. (Still is, I'm sure, but hey, internet... big hardware stores... HF...) HF now carries some for very fair prices and I bet they never even had blood on them.
Harbor Freight | Whatever You Do, Do It For Less
Harbor Freight buys their top quality tools from the same factories that supply our competitors. We cut out the middleman and pass the savings to you!
Sure did.
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Local Snap-On man has a warehouse that has a sales desk. Replaced a crappy pair of small needle nose and bent needle nose pliers this morning as well as picked up another air hose from Menards.
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Innovative / Innovative Products of America, Inc., 234 Tinker St., Woodstock, New York 12498 / https://ipatools.com/ / est. 1996 /
Website says free shipping on orders over $39 - looks like a good portion of their product line is made in house.
I have a few of their tools, and while handy, none were made in USA. These giant tweezers are Pakistan and the tweezer like 3pc diamond terminal file kit is China, I believe. Not my personal preference, but couldn't find anything comparable made here. They are of acceptable quality.Innovative / Innovative Products of America, Inc., 234 Tinker St., Woodstock, New York 12498 / https://ipatools.com/ / est. 1996 /
Website says free shipping on orders over $39 - looks like a good portion of their product line is made in house.
FWIW, You can buy the tweezers on Amazon for ~$21 or Zoro with a coupon for ~$18.
Well I’ll be damned, twice in my life a 9mm saved the day
Ridgid extractor set I ordered came in today. Still waiting on the left-handed drill bit set.
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whats the warranty on those?Some tools from CAT. All super nice as expected - wish their range were larger but it's a great way to get quality sockets at very fair prices.
1/2" 12pt metric socket set
Metric hex bit socket set
Torx bit socket set
All lifetime through CAT - local dealer said they'd warranty anything I needed. Though, I'd guess there may be a slight wait as these tools were all 2 day wait to order in.
Their catalog references a Snap On email for the warranty contact on many of the tools as well, but no first hand experience there.
Yep, I've tried to set up an account with them but waiting to hear back. I'm just a DIY guy, not sure if they'll approve me or not but chance to make some $
MWEric
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Picked these up at Menards. $7.99 for the 10” and $9.99 for the 12”. They also had the Crescent branded ones as well.
Beerhippie
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"AutoBite"? No thanks, I've had enough pliers that bit.Picked these up at Menards. $7.99 for the 10” and $9.99 for the 12”. They also had the Crescent branded ones as well.
If you've got a local dealer it's probably worth a call to them - mine was very helpful.