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[rharman]

The wife pretty much just rolled her eyes. ..

Years ago, I bought one of those side cabs. Put it on wheels. It slides right around/over the base of my drill press and under the table. Great for keeping all the drilling doo-dads close by.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Hey, an end cabinet was how we did it in the old days! If you were a big deal and had a lot of tools, you hung that little assortment of more drawers off the end of your cab. Nowadays we just buy another cabinet or whacking huge cabinet!

Yeah.....I've that a couple of that already...still have 56" bottom on order...

 

[NUTTSGT]

Years ago, I bought one of those side cabs. Put it on wheels. It slides right around/over the base of my drill press and under the table. Great for keeping all the drilling doo-dads close by.

I bought this one for all the hydraulic press stuff with some room to grow.

 

[four.cycle]

oooo I'd never considered putting one of those on wheels. I'm intrigued. $279 out the door. Just called 6th ave store.
but... I wasn't planning on spending any more money this week....
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in other news....

These were also waiting for me at the post office earlier today:

6 inch brass wheel from China. Looks like a real piece of garbage. Super cheap on Amazon. Hope I don't put my eye out, kid.
S-K Tools U.S.A. LLC graciously shipped me a 42470-2 repair kit for a 42470 1/2" drive ratchet that's frozen up.
They could not have made the process any easier. I was actually a bit surprised that it was so easy.
YMMV

 

[Squankum]

oooo I'd never considered putting one of those on wheels. I'm intrigued. $279 out the door. Just called 6th ave store.
but... I wasn't planning on spending any more money this week....
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in other news....

These were also waiting for me at the post office earlier today:

6 inch brass wheel from China. Looks like a real piece of garbage. Super cheap on Amazon. Hope I don't put my eye out, kid.
S-K Tools U.S.A. LLC graciously shipped me a 40270-2 repair kit for a 40270 1/2" drive ratchet that's frozen up.
They could not have made the process any easier. I was actually a bit surprised that it was so easy.
YMMV

Did you ship them the ratchet, too, or did you just bag it up as a reminder while you waited for parts?

 

[four.cycle]

I emailed them a photo of the ratchet disassembled and told them it was frozen up. That's it.
No receipt.
It's a model 42470 - 1/2" drive RHFT - I got the part number wrong above (now corrected.)
Took about a week for it to arrive. Prepaid. No charge. Could not have been easier. No "back and forth". Just "Okay, on the way!"

(* now I'm wondering... did I get the super fine-tooth version?)

* I bagged it so I didn't lose that clip ring!

 

[Jgaz]

Hey, an end cabinet was how we did it in the old days! If you were a big deal and had a lot of tools, you hung that little assortment of more drawers off the end of your cab. Nowadays we just buy another cabinet or whacking huge cabinet!

I liked my end cabinet when my work box stack was mostly stationary.
When I changed departments and had to move my box at least 75 or more yards each shift it was a loser.

Sold the end cabinet, sold the mid riser section (wish I’d kept it for home), sold the top box, all SnapOn.

Bought a SnapOn KRA roller cabinet and set a machinist chest on the top when doing machine shop work.

 

[Squankum]

I liked my end cabinet when my work box stack was mostly stationary.
When I changed departments and had to move my box at least 75 or more yards each shift it was a loser.

Sold the end cabinet, sold the mid riser section (wish I’d kept it for home), sold the top box, all SnapOn.

Bought a SnapOn KRA roller cabinet and set a machinist chest on the top when doing machine shop work.

Electrically driven wheels have got to be coming someday!

 

[rharman]

@four.cycle - I was worried about the side cabinet toppling over if I just put wheels directly under it. You can see I made a base out of 3/4" plywood to get the wheels slightly outboard all around. It rarely moves but I haven't had any instability issues with it. I do keep close control of it though when moving.

 

[rharman]

Several things over the past couple of weeks....

Cover for the arbor hole of my Kreg Track Saw. Helps with dust collection.
Paint can shaker for the recip saw
Makita impact rated bit set - 60 piece
Setup block set
Pair of 1-2-3 blocks
LED gooseneck light. Going to try it as a shadow light on the miter saw.
A pair of ferrite ring magnets. Keep the metal swarf in check on the drill press.

 

[Semi-hole mechanic]

Motorhead friends would cut them open with various nasty blades--don't want to introduce any shavings--to monitor engine health, especially during break-in and hard track use. A proper can opener like that makes very good sense, and prevents blood contamination during the inspection.

Watched my friend do it to one of their midget motors when he built his and his brother’s “Iron Dukes” in the early ‘90s before they had the money to buy professional built engines ( they run Stanton Mopars now). He was refreshed a motor put it in his car and did a break in and put some hot laps on it. He cut the filter open to check for any large amounts of metal flakes before he pulled it and stuck it in their trailer as a backup motor.

 

[NUTTSGT]

oooo I'd never considered putting one of those on wheels. I'm intrigued. $279 out the door. Just called 6th ave store.
but... I wasn't planning on spending any more money this week....
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$239 Inside Track Price

 

[ETJ]

New Snap-on 312SIMFYA 3/8" SAE deep impact socket set,
And similar shallow set (IMF) missing one (1") socket.

Snap-on metric 1/4" shallow magnetic power socket set (MGMM) missing 10mm and 12mm. All are unused. (For €30)

Barely used 1/4" metric impact socket set (SIMTMM).

Mac tools USA 30mm, 32mm and 36mm deep impact sockets



Old Snap-on TDM-117A Metric tap & die set. They have seen very little to no usage.


Brand new Mac tools SAE Tap & Die set TD41SAES-US.

 

[SC Fly Guy]

I sometimes paint with a chip brush like the one pictured. But as soon as I switch back to a better quality brush, it is immediately clear why this is a bad bad idea if you are doing more than a tiny spot. The brushes shed too many bristles and do not hold paint well. So painting takes much longer with them and does not come out as well.

Cheap me, I also wash and reuse chip brushes. They get worse and worse each use as they shed more bristles. I think more start to break off till they become fully bald.

Been absent with the influx of family for the 4th …

My father-in-law was a painting and wallpaper contractor after serving in WWII. He later opened a paint and wallpaper shop. He refused to sell any cheap stuff … exclusively Pratt & Lambert paint (before the name got bought) and the best brushes - pricy even 25+ years ago. He REFUSED to use foam even for quick projects and gave me an earful when he saw them in my paint cabinet! He’s been gone 30+ years, but I still think about him when I pull out a cheap brush!!

 

[four.cycle]

$239 Inside Track Price

oh! wow! thanks! I never even think about that.

He REFUSED to use foam even for quick projects

I used to be the same way. Had to use all top-end stuff, everything had to be prepped, primed, sanded.
I finally came to the realization that barring large holes or major imperfections in the surface, 99% of the people are not paying one damn bit of attention to what YOUR walls look like in your house.
There are a whole LOT of cases where "good enough" is truly "good enough" and going farther simply doesn't make any sense.

 

[four.cycle]

following up on my post from yesterday:

I put the S-K 42470 1/2" drive RHFT ratchet back together last night with the repair kit that S-K shipped to me.
I believe this must be the "super fine tooth" version, as this baby is so nice now I may well keep it!
They are supplying the ratchet repair kit with Lubriplate "Clear Plex-2" - a food grade lubricant. Not as thick as vaseline, but thicker than K-Y Jelly. This thing is slicker than deerguts on a doorknob now.

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

Stabila Type 81 SV REM W360 torpedo spirit level 25cm (10")
Rotatable vial, gradient lines on the horizontal vial, V groove magnetic base. The magnet is very strong, but for me will probably be mostly a minor nuisance getting stuck to other tools (they have a few variants, but none with my ideal combination of features). It looks removable via two bolts so I might try that. They should make a clip to attach it to their longer ones for when you need the extra vial features. Came with a belt holster.


Knipex Alligator 300mm (12") with plastic grips 88 01 300
Ran into a need for an oil filter wrench, got this instead for not a lot more money, which is much more versatile. I'd always heard the Cobra being superior, but I quickly appreciated some advantages of this design - you can adjust it to size in place on what you're grabbing even with the head in a confined space, and despite the joint being wider than my smaller Cobra 250 (10"), the lack of a button means it's actually narrower overall. The other good thing with the big size is the handles won't be wide open when you have something big in the jaw.

Spoiler: Cobra 250 vs. Alligator 300 comparison

	Cobra 250	Alligator 300
Jaw width at tip	7.6 mm	8.4
Joint width	12.5	15.0
Width including button	16.7	n/a

Hultafors 650120 Dry Marker Refills Graphite/Red/Yellow
For marking things that lead/graphite won't.

 

[lund]

in other news....

These were also waiting for me at the post office earlier today:

6 inch brass wheel from China. Looks like a real piece of garbage. Super cheap on Amazon. Hope I don't put my eye out, kid.
S-K Tools U.S.A. LLC graciously shipped me a 42470-2 repair kit for a 42470 1/2" drive ratchet that's frozen up.
They could not have made the process any easier. I was actually a bit surprised that it was so easy.
YMMV

Chinese wire wheels scare me to death. I imagine forgetting safety glasses at a key moment or picking porcupine quill-like wires out of my body. I try to find USA, European, or Japanese products and run them well below rated rpms.

 

[willf650]

Well I need to stop buying **** after going broke on Epstein's day but these showed up in the past two days.

Trying my hand at RC cars and planes since I'm laid up for about 2 months so I bought some small Vessel bits and a tiny Wera bit driver to keep in a parts organizer.



Then for work I bought a rotary hammer dust extractor via Cripe Distributing as it was relatively cheap. I already had a universal one but this one is specifically made for my hammer and integrates well. It's powered right off the drill where my other one requires a separate M12 battery.



Can you say silicosis. Honestly already been covered in dust for years but osha has been on a bender the past decade.

 

[four.cycle]

Chinese wire wheels scare me to death. I imagine forgetting safety glasses at a key moment or picking porcupine quill-like wires out of my body. I try to find USA, European, or Japanese products and run them well below rated rpms.

I have learned to stand off to the side of the grinder as much as possible when running the wire wheel. Doesn't seem to matter where I buy wire wheels, they throw little pieces of wire everywhere. Maybe I'm not using them properly. I can tell that one is a real POS - I'll be lucky to get 10-15 minutes out of it, from the way it looks. The other one that came in about a week ago looks way better, but it's a brass-coated steel wire wheel, not a straight brass bristle wheel like this one, which is what I was looking for.

 

[Jarhead0408]

A little bit of Channellock goodness from a place I stop at in Pittsburgh.

2x 808W 8" adjustable wrenches. $18.95 Spain.

1x 422 9.5 inch tongue & groove pliers. $12.59 U.S.A.

1x 426 6.5 inch tongue & groove pliers. $7.99 U.S.A.

I try to buy a few pair whenever I'm in town and use them to round out various truck and car boxes. Fair prices from a non-chain hardware store I'd say.

 

[Jarhead0408]

I found a good deal on this General No. 20 Wire Gauge, as well as two more pieces on eBay for what a new wire gauge would have cost me. Not bad...

 

[Jarhead0408]

It's been an expensive couple of weeks sliding around these here United States. Most of these are from various tool trucks, a little HF, and a little eBay.

I stopped to chat with a Mac dealer in Baltimore, Maryland. Ali was her name. A real sweetheart imo. I told her I couldn't warranty the pick I'd found, but I wanted to know if she had another I could buy. I gotta say, hands down she had the best equipped Mac truck I've ever been on. The Mac glass and the three pink pocket screwdrivers were freebies, but I bought the folding trim tool, the KTool 1/4" XD Crowfoot wrench, the MaxAxxis MR990FGR 1/4" ratchet, and the Ez-Red EZR-4SS88 72 tooth 1/4" S-shaped quarter stick (think under dash work) from her.






Then I payed a visit to Mr. Snappy down in Charlotte, North Carolina and picked up the 3 piece trim tool set ASG103BR, the extra long hose pick set SGAL102BG, and two MPBS10A straight blade striking prybars. Green for brake work and black for general usage. The trim tool set has stuck in my craw since around 2013/14 when I bought just the longest one from my local Snap On dealer and immediately regretted not buying the set. 12-13 years later and balance has been restored to the galaxy. The extea long hose pick/spoon set was actually a mistake. I thought I was buying the shorter set, but after I got home I realized these might come in handy down the road. Still need to pick up the shorter set haha.

Also snagged a set of Snap On 5 pc. 6-Point SAE Open-End/ Flare Nut Wrench Set (3/8-5/8") wrenches off of eBay to complement the metric set that I've enjoyed for years now. These are two good sets to have. I love them.







And last but not least, I ran into the Cornwell guy up in Williamsport/New Columbia, Pennsylvania. I didn't really need the JR30 3/8" ratchet, but I'm a Cornwell fan and figured I'd give him a sale. Got the blue mini prybar set from him as well. The Icon pick set came from...Harbor Freight of course.

And the Gearwrench 81030 Extra Long bit and 1/4" ratchet and the Astro Tools 78318 both came from Amazon if I remember correctly.





More pictures to come, but that'll do for now.

 

[four.cycle]

Ez-Red EZR-4SS88

^ I had one of those drop-shipped to my buddy.
He called and asked "What am I supposed to with this thing?"
Fast forward two weeks.
He calls again to say "Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!"
Apparently he had to get at some widget that was under some other widget on a diesel truck engine, and that gizmo was just the ticket. For the price point, it's a pretty handy little device.

 

[Jarhead0408]

^ I had one of those drop-shipped to my buddy.
He called and asked "What am I supposed to with this thing?"
Fast forward two weeks.
He calls again to say "Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!"
Apparently he had to get at some widget that was under some other widget on a diesel truck engine, and that gizmo was just the ticket. For the price point, it's a pretty handy little device.

Yessir. I believe it. The week prior I had just replaced a cup style bearing at the bottom of the steering shaft on our Suburban. Upgraded it to one from Wolff Engineering. I think it could've come in handy there.

I have other, blend door related shenanigans that I'll be using this on at some point too.

 

[MWEric]

Got the Snap on 250th set. Pretty expensive for something that’s probably not getting opened.

 

[MWEric]

Also picked up a Stihl MS 400.

 

[Jarhead0408]

Also picked up a Stihl MS 400.

Good buys on both. Love that saw.

 

[ecotec]

Well I need to stop buying **** after going broke on Epstein's day but these showed up in the past two days.

Trying my hand at RC cars and planes since I'm laid up for about 2 months so I bought some small Vessel bits and a tiny Wera bit driver to keep in a parts organizer.



Then for work I bought a rotary hammer dust extractor via Cripe Distributing as it was relatively cheap. I already had a universal one but this one is specifically made for my hammer and integrates well. It's powered right off the drill where my other one requires a separate M12 battery.



Can you say silicosis. Honestly already been covered in dust for years but osha has been on a bender the past decade.

I have the same Vessel bit set coming on Thursday. I also have the Vessel metric Allen bit set and the ESD (smaller) Wiha Centrofix bit holder coming on Thursday as well.

 

[Squankum]

I, too, spent some dough at Harry Epsteins, made a big order, then realized I should have gotten something else, so a small second order.... later realized I should have gotten something for the missus, why, she'd like a 250th anniversary of America pair of pliers, right? Right? So I snagged a pair at Wal-Mart while I was there for other things.




Paint stirrers, small, for paint $1.18. (China)
Larrrge paint stirrers, which I'll be using one of for a shim on a door project, $1.96. (China)
Terlit brush, for the Ford cargo van door of chicken flesh rot odor door scrub out, $1.24 (Mexico)
Wagner trim paintbrush, $9.44. (USA with global materials)
Linzer trim paintbrush, $7.94. (China)
Patriotic pliers, made by Wilde, also available from HJE with an HJE logo on them for about the same price, $15.98.* (USA)


Much to my surprise, the red white and blue of the handle grips' end appears to be... three layers of heat shrink sleeve, making for a larger and mushier handle, which I can dig. Of course (nose way up into the stratosphere) I won't be using these I have Knipex Cobras.** (heh heh)

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* OK, $15.00 even at at Epstein's, but there is the matter of shipping. Easiest way to reduce plier's share of the shipping cost is to buy a lot of stuff!

** I try not to have opinions about Knipex alligators because I've never owned any. My Knipex addiction started with 10" Cobras. I am content.