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[gonmad54]

What brand on the spring compressor? I've been looking into that style lately as I need one for a head rebuild.

This is what I bought. Used it today on a CRF250 head today and worked just fine. I do like the Motion pro one better but for the cost I am happy with the Pit Posse

Pit Posse PP2563 Motorcycle ATV Car Valve Spring Compressor Tool https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005SUXFQS/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Yesmar]

i finally had a chance to get to sears today to replace some busted craftsman stuff i had at home. one of the tools was the standard usa made 3/8th ratchet that was busted and freewheeled in every direction. anyway they didn't have the comparable replacement so they gave me this

pretty impressed with my first impressions. think I'm going to bring it to work and use it for a couple weeks instead of my f80 and see how it holds up.

 

[mfa81]

had to wait a couple of weeks but finally here



and a few bike tools

 

[mkIValh]

My newest pawn shop find $35 out the door.

 

[AmishFury]

 

[BikerDad]

Some new turning tools.

A Henry Taylor Kryo bowl gouge and spindle gouge. A screw chuck and S-curve tool rest for my Jet Mini-Lathe. Versa Calipers and a Groz Wing Compass to round things out.

 

[krc328ic]

had to wait a couple of weeks but finally here



Digging that Wilton Vise! Details on it?

 

[winlinmac]

How do you like those Raptor Pliers?

Knipex Raptor Pliers, Proto USA made offset reversible ratcheting wrenches in 10, 12, and 14 (my most common used sizes), and a Wera ratcheting wrench in 10 mm.

Got tired of the asian sourced gearwrench ****! The Protos are buttery smooth, the Wera is ok, but not quite at the same level of smoothness.

 

[mfa81]

Digging that Wilton Vise! Details on it?

Wilton 75th Anniversary
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=315955

 

[Strouty]

New, but I think old.

 

[PureLeaf]

How do you like those Raptor Pliers?

They seem really nice. They work great so far in just playing around loosening and tightening things that don't need it

I guess the reason they exist is that they can grip at a different angle than the typical knipex pliers wrench? Otherwise they do the same job... from what I can tell. The grips on it are textured more like the cobras which is nice, where as my plier's wrenches all have slick handle coatings.

 

[101% Loko]

Wiha Torx
T08, T10, T15, T20, T25

Bondhus
3, 4, 5mm

Mundial Shear 12"

 

[mjoekingz28]

AmishFury,

How is that ratchet? Is that the 3/8"?



I have a 1/4" ordered that should be waiting for me to pickup.

I wanted to support Armstrong since I got so many Craftsman sockets, ratchets and other items for a very low price. I was also interested to have a tool that was build to spec rather than to a price point!

 

[kunkernator]

50 foot 8 gauge extension cord for my welder, 24" and 18" aluminum Ridgid pipe wrenches.

Paid $120 for the cord, and it seems to be great quality. They even had the rubber printed with "Property of (my name)" about 10 times thru out the length of the cord. I couldnt have built the cord cheaper.




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[K-Dog]

Does your smaller one lock as well? I've looked online for the smaller one and I haven't found one that is locking! My Matco dealer had the one I have and the shorter locking one, I opted for the big one and wanted to hug the short one online! But I can't find a locking one!

No, it does not. It stays fairly rigid and I have never really needed it to lock. The whole thing fits in the palm of my hand.

 

[littleponderosa]

BikerDad, where did you purchase those items?

I just turned my 1st spindle thing this afternoon - started as a 2X2X8 and off I went and made an upside down flower vase. Gotta love poor planning but **** went everywhere, I've got my fingers and nothing broke. And I had fun.

Bill

 

[davethorik]

Got this today

 

[MrSmiley]

50 foot 8 gauge extension cord for my welder, 24" and 18" aluminum Ridgid pipe wrenches.

Paid $120 for the cord, and it seems to be great quality. They even had the rubber printed with "Property of (my name)" about 10 times thru out the length of the cord. I couldnt have built the cord cheaper.




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Where'd you get the cord for?

 

[kunkernator]

Where'd you get the cord for?

Ordered it off Amazon from a third party seller. For my welder.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002D...nsion+cord&dpPl=1&dpID=51wF+KhRDRL&ref=plSrch

 

[wvhillbillie]

$93 from jet.com


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[glendale]

finally picked up a tool box.

 

[AmishFury]

AmishFury,

How is that ratchet? Is that the 3/8"?



I have a 1/4" ordered that should be waiting for me to pickup.

I wanted to support Armstrong since I got so many Craftsman sockets, ratchets and other items for a very low price. I was also interested to have a tool that was build to spec rather than to a price point!

if you're talking about the armstrong it's 1/4" i've had the 3/8" for a while and love it so i figured i'd pull the trigger on the 1/4" since it popped up cheap in my amazon cart... so far i like it... it's nice and slim like the 3/8 so i can get into some tighter spaces my other 1/4" ratchets would struggle with

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

No more ether / propane torch antics:

 

[Strouty]

You don't like the excitement????

 

[Finky198]

No more ether / propane torch antics:

I just made one out of a propane tank there awesome tool and alot of fun in the shop

Heres mine a propane tank a 2" brass valve and 2" PVC barrel

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

You don't like the excitement????

I don't like having my eyebrows singed off!

 

[Fixed]

New Wera screwdrivers. They're the economy kraftform ones, but what I wanted because my Wera with the softgrip look like **** if I use them with dirty hands, plus this set was only $20 CAD (including tax and shipping).

Finish isn't as nice as the Kraftform plus (couple of very, very small defects), but if they hold up and the handles clean up as easily as I think they will, I'm pretty sure they're good value.

 

[AA/FC]

New, but I think old.

Why do you say that? Do you suspect it was a used tool, but sold as "new"?

No more ether / propane torch antics:

Very nice. I've always wanted one. Where did you buy it? How much are they?

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

Very nice. I've always wanted one. Where did you buy it? How much are they?

I bought the "economy" version through Amazon - 99 bucks shipped to my door (on Sunday, no less, after ordering Friday evening after work). The reviews where all good, so I figured what the heck....

 

[BikerDad]

BikerDad, where did you purchase those items?

I just turned my 1st spindle thing this afternoon - started as a 2X2X8 and off I went and made an upside down flower vase. Gotta love poor planning but **** went everywhere, I've got my fingers and nothing broke. And I had fun.

Bill

Craft Supplies USA. I took the Basic Turning Class there at the beginning of the month, highly recommend it. I've been turning off and on (mostly off) for a while, but figured that some real instruction would be handy. Fortunately for me, CSUSA is just down the road, so I was able to take the class w/o any travel expenses. Class includes a discount on purchases during the class. With the exception of the spindle gouge, everything I got was to enable me to do some hollow forms in the future, something I wasn't equipped for previously. Small hollow forms, given that I have a mini lathe.


Here's a video of the venue. The vid is slightly out of date, they've swapped one of the Powermatic lathes for a second Robust Sweet 16. The demonstrator station with the two screens is excellent for seeing what is happening at the tool/wood interface during instruction. Also, it's wonderful to turn all day, making a mess, and leave at the end of the day, only to have a clean workstation the next morning.

 

[littleponderosa]

Thanks for the info. Plan is to try making some duck and goose calls that hopefully will work in the field and not be as ****-ugly as some of the new acrylics out there.

So I'm trying to get used to what I can vs can't do, you know beginner gonna break **** kinda thing.

I did find out that moving the tool rest to a tighter position happened faster than I thought it would. 1st chip out kinda came really damn quick.

Bill

 

[Pipe]

Ordered it off Amazon from a third party seller. For my welder.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002D...nsion+cord&dpPl=1&dpID=51wF+KhRDRL&ref=plSrch

The name and number part is awesome.

I bought the "economy" version through Amazon - 99 bucks shipped to my door (on Sunday, no less, after ordering Friday evening after work). The reviews where all good, so I figured what the heck....

I love mine and used it just last week on two smaller tires that came shipped like triangles.

 

[Strouty]

Why do you say that? Do you suspect it was a used tool, but sold as "new"?

The ones I see now are black and green handles. It is absolutely new, the handles are just different.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Folks here talked me into some mids. Picked up the metrics in 3/8 and 1/4 on a buy one get one.

 

[rocco]

just got a pair of Vampliers - extremely well made.

https://www.vampiretools.com/

 

[Stooge]

^ I really need to stop procrastinating and pick up a pair of those vampliers/ Engineer pliers, seem too damn useful!

I dabble in pinstriping and noticed Mack had new'ish extra thin brushes, so I grabbed one to try along with a new can of thinner/ flow enhancer and some lime green paint to add to the mix, along with keeping my ebay eyes open for an old Kennedy or SK hammer finish box to keep it all in

 

[Strouty]

Some new hammers!

 

[owenst7]

I didn't know Trusty Cook did blue hammers. Great, now I want more hammers.

This guy followed me home last night.

 

[Strouty]

Yup, they do blue from time to time.

I used to have one of those 255s, very good machine, I don't like red, so I went to blue.

 

[mjoekingz28]

Should have taken a side road owenst7. Turned down a blind exit......used the nitrous.....



That is unacceptable......you could've gotten a blue one instead.