Qualitytools
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For club members only, right?1st day of 35% off icon screwdrivers, pliers, and hammers
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Yes until april 11 when it’s for everyone
I think i have spent like $80 total on clamps,spring and worm type. I went size up,it was on the motorcycle radiator hose,it was not my bike so buddy was like " its fine". Personally I hate when there is like one inch of stripe sticking out after you tighten the clamp. I would go with the spring constant tension clamp and coat of sealer on the radiator hoses,but buddy just dont trust em and it was his bike.Wow. Those are better looking clamps than the standard fare. They must be pricey for a stock of em though.
With all the sizes you have, I am surprised you are that worried about going up a size. I doubt your application will notice
For those of you who live near Menards in the midwest: I have bought bags of stainless clamps in a few sizes that were USA production and priced reasonably. They were in the plumbing section. So that was a good compromise. Or at least they were USA production as of about a year ago. They are both much cheaper and much better than standard junky auto parts store stocks. Hopefully these are still available. Seems like most everything gets outsourced with **** year by year though.
That does not sound bad for those worm type clamps of that quality.
You can pretty easily cut down too long bands on the work type clamps. The trouble with that when you snip them off is that the edges can be nasty to snag on. So I would usually work on them a bit with a Dremel type tool with a small grinding wheel or cutoff tool. It is a pain, but works in a pinch to match closer a better fit down size without having long overhangs.
Beerhippie
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Did you explain the spring-type clamps are constant-pressure? As a radiator heats and cools, the spring-type self-adjust to stay tight.
Not all of them. Some spring type clamps are not rated as "constant pressure" they are usually made of thin pot metal,i mean they do work as a "constant pressure clamp" but they don't create enough pressure to be used on pressurized hoses like one found on the radiator. If i remember correctly even Norma have the two types of spring clamps... a regular spring type clamp and constant pressure,they look pretty much the same. Regular spring type clamps i run on carb fuel lines and vacuum lines.
16again
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Beerhippie
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So you told them to Get off my lawn?Had enough of my communities alleged landscapers. Permission to cut my lawn was revoked today. Now it will be done right.
Ruts, holes, etc.Not anymore.
The battery powered Stihl I talked the boss into buying for the pub was worth its weight in gold. I'm almost enjoying mowing the lawn now.
16again
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Yes I did!
3 years ago, when I bought this house, I had the Stihl from my previous house. Sold it to a friend "cheap" as I had no need for it. Boy did that come back to bite me.
16again
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Yes, I would guess the vast majority of it.
They water 3 times a week. Weeds are sprayed for every couple months, however they still freaking grow. Bugs don't appear to be an issue. It seems the speed racer mower brigade runs full tilt from the backyard to the front yard and turns hard right. Smaller and smaller full speed circles. Same path every single time. Complained to the company a few times. They have come and raked and apologized. At this point I'm simply fed up and pissed off. I'll fix it and maintain it myself.
They water 3 times a week. Weeds are sprayed for every couple months, however they still freaking grow. Bugs don't appear to be an issue. It seems the speed racer mower brigade runs full tilt from the backyard to the front yard and turns hard right. Smaller and smaller full speed circles. Same path every single time. Complained to the company a few times. They have come and raked and apologized. At this point I'm simply fed up and pissed off. I'll fix it and maintain it myself.
Beerhippie
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Lighting stand for my "new" photoflood arrived this afternoon:
Cheap Chinesium stand, but it does what it needs to. It folds up to about 18" long--handy.
Funny thing:
It came with two craptainium hex keys--but has not one socket-head fastener on it.
The light is an old ('60s-'70s?) studio strobe head (yard sale) I converted to continuous LED lighting. Tomorrow I start taking pictures of all our menu items and wanted more lighting options. Now I have some.
Of course, the old studio light has a mounting socket that doesn't conform to the "new" Bowens standard for studio lighting accessories. I had to grind the plug on the stand down from about 5/8" to about 7/16". I tried to take the damned thing apart to chuck the bit I needed to turn down in the drill press, but that thing just ain't coming apart, so angle grinder in the vise did the job well enough.
Cheap Chinesium stand, but it does what it needs to. It folds up to about 18" long--handy.
Funny thing:
It came with two craptainium hex keys--but has not one socket-head fastener on it.
The light is an old ('60s-'70s?) studio strobe head (yard sale) I converted to continuous LED lighting. Tomorrow I start taking pictures of all our menu items and wanted more lighting options. Now I have some.
Of course, the old studio light has a mounting socket that doesn't conform to the "new" Bowens standard for studio lighting accessories. I had to grind the plug on the stand down from about 5/8" to about 7/16". I tried to take the damned thing apart to chuck the bit I needed to turn down in the drill press, but that thing just ain't coming apart, so angle grinder in the vise did the job well enough.
Dunno what your guys used, but zero turn mowers driven aggressively will destroy your lawn. When I go out of town, I have to have my lawn mowed, and it's always a mess with tracks and bald spots from the "pros". My lawn is a mess so it's not a big deal, but c'mon, you don't need to do donuts on one effing wheel to turn around. I'm paying you to mow the lawn and not dig it up!
Motorman55
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Picked up a few things today at HF and HD. Purchased the Bauer Battery Kit which came with a choice of a "FREE" tool, so I got the 7-1/2" circular saw. A couple packs of 'D' batteries on sale. One of those mini tool boxes in red just for the hell of it. The smaller 1 gallon size Fortress Ultra Quiet series air compressor and some Merlin fittings. Going to use the compressor on some projects in the house, so I wanted to give the Fortress "Quiet" one a try. Also stopped by at HD for some household stuff and grabbed the Husky 1/4" x 25" hose for the Fortress compressor. 
Madjik Man
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Those handles give my palms PTSD. Normally I love “tool” bottle openers but this one is causing trauma.
I got this today from Amazon - $15. The problem I had was I'd grab my DeWalt Atomic drill and sometimes I need to use a bit that isn't quick release, so I'd have to go back and get my other drill which has a chuck. The adapter here I think will be quite useful.
Nobody-named-Olli
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Weicon punch down tool and proxxon 1/4" hex to socket adapter:
I was hoping that punch down tool is maybe Made in Germany, but unfortunately no trace of COO...
If that is a current production, re-branded, former Krone/ ADC Krone, it was most likely made in Czech Republic.
2004 ADC buys Krone
2010 Tyco Electronics buys ADC
2013 the original Krone Berlin factory set to be closed.
2014 manufacturing re-located to BRNO, Czech Republic.
2015 CommScope takes over ADC products and services, the name ADC is dropped.
Hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Olli
BobsYourUncle69
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UPDATE :1 year later
This is my go to for quick cuts , studs , branches and other cuts where I can't be bothered to set a surface to cut on or dig out a blade and attach it to another saw ( this stores well in a bag with the chain attached while the other saws don't) at home.
Ive also started using it as a file/rasp.
I try oil it before I use it unless it's a quick 2 seconds .
I only discovered a couple of months ago that this fits my Makita 18v batteries so the one complaint i had , being the 2ah batteries it came with, is solved.
This should have broken by now and ive been expecting it to , especially based on the Amazon feedback that it breaks after 2 or 3 uses.
My super was amazed when he saw me cutting maple tree branches with it.
Don't get me wrong , it feels like a cheap toy but it works well for what it is and I'm not suggesting trading in your *insert name here* to get one nor would i suggest starting a tree felling business with it ,Just that something I bought for shits and giggles has actually turned out to be very useful.
16again
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They use zero turn, stand on units.
Ditto. Amazing garage!
I got this today from Amazon - $15. The problem I had was I'd grab my DeWalt Atomic drill and sometimes I need to use a bit that isn't quick release, so I'd have to go back and get my other drill which has a chuck. The adapter here I think will be quite useful.
Too bad that shaft isn't a little shorter.
Mike
I agree! I'm considering cutting the end off and griding a new dip further toward the chuck.
Kasal
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My first Proto tool (made in the USA) was a pair of 8" (20cm) pliers. The price was about €17 ($18.50), which I thought was a good deal.
Two new implements of destruction for a kitchen remodel. The oscillating tool paid for itself when I had to remove the formica countertop from underneath the 4 year old window sill. The circular saw surprised me on how many cuts I was able to get on a 12ah HO battery.
neophyte
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It’s amazing how slight differences in the profile of that type of extruded Cellulose handle, and the contours of the end shaping can make the ergonomics pleasant or not.
My first Proto tool (made in the USA) was a pair of 8" (20cm) pliers. The price was about €17 ($18.50), which I thought was a good deal.
Were these made by Wilde?
four.cycle
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^ They were indeed made by Wilde - that "Flush Fastener" is their design.
Only way to go if you're wanting a pair of slip-joints.
Only way to go if you're wanting a pair of slip-joints.
Of course there is a sale... after I picked up a few of these pliers last week! Oh well... still a fair deal, they are quite nice. I feel better than my channel locks, similar in feel/quality to knipex I have.
KYToolz
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I have a feeling that will be changing soon.
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KYToolz
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The mailman was good to me today. i’d been wanting a way to see into walls and obscured places for quite some time and finally broke down and ordered this last week. I had an ultrasound this morning and decided to take off the entire day off, so I got to experiment with it quite a bit around the house and I really like it so far. I believe that it will be just right for the uses I have in mind for it.
Beerhippie
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Now that you have an endoscope, you'll never need another ultrasound!The mailman was good to me today. i’d been wanting a way to see into walls and obscured places for quite some time and finally broke down and ordered this last week. I had an ultrasound this morning and decided to take off the entire day off, so I got to experiment with it quite a bit around the house and I really like it so far. I believe that it will be just right for the uses I have in mind for it.
Home surgery is good, clean fun!
KYToolz
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Don’t let my wife know that! Otherwise, I’ll never get to go back to the imaging center and all those pretty twenty-something technicians who administer the tests!
Beerhippie
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The leetle gurls in PT are the best! I swear the last time I had to go in, the PT gals were sixteen!Don’t let my wife know that! Otherwise, I’ll never get to go back to the imaging center and all those pretty twenty-something technicians who administer the tests!
Not so sure. I WISH that were true. But you cannot make a plethora of factories overnight and wages are likely too high in the USA unless we go to full automation (which requires a better educated/skilled workforce that mostly comes from abroad in recent years). Plus our population is overwhelmingly willing to buy junk for a bit less whenever they have the option. I strongly endorse more attention being paid to domestic production and manufacturing. But this is something that needs to be thought through carefully with a coherent long-range plan that does not shift hourly. A good example of this point is critical rare earth elements needed for a lot of high tech production. Rare earths are not really that rare (USA and many places have a lot). But refining and processing them is typically expensive, hard, and dirty. Almost all presently come from China. Most replacement sources will likely take a min of 5 to 10 years to develop alternative production outside of China. Somehow lost in the noise of the trade war to date, I believe China banned ALL exports of their rare earth production. I am not confident there are any near term solutions to such problems like this and a plethora of others needed to support high-tech applications and industry. This is not the same thing as finding low value production of trinket type items in dollar stores. It is necessary materials for key strategic uses and is not readily fungible.
If this cycle gets pushed to the limit, I fear that will be heading for a significant recession. It is not possible today to have 50s style manufacturing come back with armies of workers manning machine tools. Things like the chip act to bring back key semiconductor production and more emphasis to such trade can and should be done. But it appears that the new admin even attempted to undo and roll back the chips act in their trade reset. It is like there is no strategic plan other than blow things up and hope something better will happen. Unfortunately, that is likely wishful thinking if there is no coherent strategy.
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CHI_Tool&Die
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Wilde makes better pliers than Channellock, IMHO. They have actually held up better to grabbing tool steel pins and dowels than my Snap-on pliers. Really good stuff!^ They were indeed made by Wilde - that "Flush Fastener" is their design.
Only way to go if you're wanting a pair of slip-joints.
Duster346
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Top left: Tekton 1/4" 12pt SAE impact set. Bought direct from their site. They seem to be the only ones that offer 1/4" 12pt impact sockets.
Top right: Snap on chrome shallow 1/4" 6pt SAE set. Bought used off eBay, but seem to be brand new.
Bottom: Snappy chrome deep/shallow 1/4" 12pt SAE sets, bought off the truck from the BOGO promotion in February. Wife actually bought them for me for Valentine's day.
My recent 2nd hand purchases:
Some Petersen vise grips
More Petersen vise grips
Beta body hammer
Square
Online store purchases
ATI (Made in Taiwan) cleco pliers and 30 clecos
soft DA sanding pads
SK11, made in Taiwan, Air hammer quick release chuck and chinese hammer bit (Not exactly what the picture looked like. It needs chrome removal and sanding and polishing) for my DIY air planishing hammer project.
From my visit to Snap-on guy. Purchases from last two flyers. Why the hell did I order these.
Clearance Blue-point step drill bit for 5 euros:
Some Petersen vise grips
More Petersen vise grips
Beta body hammer
Square
Online store purchases
ATI (Made in Taiwan) cleco pliers and 30 clecos
soft DA sanding pads
SK11, made in Taiwan, Air hammer quick release chuck and chinese hammer bit (Not exactly what the picture looked like. It needs chrome removal and sanding and polishing) for my DIY air planishing hammer project.
From my visit to Snap-on guy. Purchases from last two flyers. Why the hell did I order these.
Clearance Blue-point step drill bit for 5 euros:
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Ultradog MN
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Until it's time to check the colon for polyps...