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LWB
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Gentle, for sure. The plastic ones that I have are so bulky they barely get under the clips or panels.
Maxcustody
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I cut up a lot of cardboard, guess I should stop buying stuff 
I use a box cutter or my knife. Saw a YouTube review on these recently. Due to the shape not blocking the blades it seems this would make the task easier. Used it today and it is wonderful, great purchase for $23
CJET tool multi purpose scissors
I use a box cutter or my knife. Saw a YouTube review on these recently. Due to the shape not blocking the blades it seems this would make the task easier. Used it today and it is wonderful, great purchase for $23CJET tool multi purpose scissors
I use them to break free stubborn radiator hoses on cars with rare parts or parts I know are on back order, or plastic parts that all of which can be ruins if I go at them with hose picks.Okay, what do you use the second from the left for? I looked them up, just curious what you're using them for.
Siphon and Connector Pliersfor traps, tube fittings and connectors
Mit auswechselbaren Kunststoffbacken für empfindliche Oberflächen; bis Ø 75 mm, Für Stecker und Kupplungen mit Schraubverschluss (wie z. B. Cannon-Rundsteckverbind...www.knipex.com
You make a good point about available space in the bay but it is cheaper and takes up less space in my box than a dedicated set of adapters for occasional use. Plus I figure I could always buy an individual adapter or cut a cheap wrench if I really needed to.I had that on my wish list for a year or so, but the price for this (and a similar one) always seemed too high and never dipped. I learned about it on the YouTube channel Heidi & Franny's Garage. Franny was doing work on a 911 motor -- out of the car -- so she had all the room in the world. That's what got me buying torque adapters first, because in today's cramped engine bays, you know...
But what if I need a size I don't have in my metric torque adapter set? Or really need, you know - an open-end wrench? WHAT IF? So I got the cheaper K-Tool recently. No set screws, just bent lips in both directions. No law saying you can't put a stubby wrench in it, too!
I keep it next to my torque adapters.
I also saw the K-Tool and may get that as well, but it's meant more as a heavy duty wrench extender (with a breaker bar) than a torque adapter, although I suppose you might be able to use it as one in a pinch.
The Motion Pro one is a clamp so that you can measure a specific distance from the torque wrench pivot for your math without the wrench moving around.
Persimmons1123
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I use cannon plug pliers for all kinds of applications. I bought one pair at retail price and proceeded to find two more pairs for a couple dollars each at estate sales. I wish that I had not purchased the pair at retail…Okay, what do you use the second from the left for? I looked them up, just curious what you're using them for.
Siphon and Connector Pliersfor traps, tube fittings and connectors
Mit auswechselbaren Kunststoffbacken für empfindliche Oberflächen; bis Ø 75 mm, Für Stecker und Kupplungen mit Schraubverschluss (wie z. B. Cannon-Rundsteckverbind...
Anything that is roundish that you want to turn, but you don’t want to mar.
Shocker
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This is getting too hard to post. Keep trying and either too long or multiple photos of the same thing. Dammit. Got a bunch of new stuff to post!
Oh, in theory, I could set up the cheap one at the right point... add a 1/2'-to-3/8" adapter and... yes, once again the Garage Journal logic flowchart leads to, "Really, you should buy both."
a) do multiple posts, one for each thing?
2) Just copy the photo and paste it? Maybe that's easier on the forum's server's branez than uploading file from drive? (I have no idea what I'm talking about.)
Well, you've just about convinced me! (It's not hard to convince me re. Knipex...)
But what hood is that? 80's Camaro?
I have a pair and a soft jaw regular plyer, they see use most days.
‘86 iroc-z
Received my Knipex 10" Cobras with comfort grip the other day. Ordered from an Amazon seller in England on 10/29, received 11/8. $32.68 + 2.29 tax; also, my invoice reads "shipping and handling $12.06, promotion applied $12.06", which wiped that out, and I'm not sure what happened there. (I do pile up a lot of Amazon credits by choosing slower shipping, but those are only for electronic streaming like movies and music, so I don't know.)
Hanlde width comparisons. Measured as 14.6mm vs. 17.8mm.
The figures for these dimensional differences seem underwhelming compared to how much my fairly large hands like comfort grip Knipexes. (Knipexeces?)
I had my qualms when buying these, but the price had become very low for what they are - normally comfort grips add about $10 any Knipex item. Once I got them in my hands, though... no regrets!
Hanlde width comparisons. Measured as 14.6mm vs. 17.8mm.
The figures for these dimensional differences seem underwhelming compared to how much my fairly large hands like comfort grip Knipexes. (Knipexeces?)
I had my qualms when buying these, but the price had become very low for what they are - normally comfort grips add about $10 any Knipex item. Once I got them in my hands, though... no regrets!
Another tool from across the pond arrived this week. More of a bathroom tool, you might say? But the smashed fingernails originate in the shop down below...
My favorite nail file I used to buy at Wal-Mart for about $1.83, they were kept in a cup in some of the impulse-buy racks at the checkout lanes, "Jonel" brand. Well, those went away. I meandered over to the beauty section and concluded they were charging too danged much... and at some point, I found myself on Amazon paying much more than that for something from Germany, and well, yeah. They're great. Made by Pfeilring in Solingen, and very effective. Like many German things, the value ratio of price/performance may be wack, as the kids used to say in the 90's, but I like it. And I eventually wore my first one out, because I was trying to griow a smashed nail or two back into something human again and was using the nail file almost daily to keep things headed in the right direction.
I like 'em. Can't recommend 'em at this price. Will be sending the worn one downstairs to be in one of the toolboxes there for emergency nail problems. (Been using actual files for that sometimes.)
They use sapphire, a gemstone, and... I have no idea what your average beauty aisle nail file is using nowadays. I do know I prefer longer to shorter.
My favorite nail file I used to buy at Wal-Mart for about $1.83, they were kept in a cup in some of the impulse-buy racks at the checkout lanes, "Jonel" brand. Well, those went away. I meandered over to the beauty section and concluded they were charging too danged much... and at some point, I found myself on Amazon paying much more than that for something from Germany, and well, yeah. They're great. Made by Pfeilring in Solingen, and very effective. Like many German things, the value ratio of price/performance may be wack, as the kids used to say in the 90's, but I like it. And I eventually wore my first one out, because I was trying to griow a smashed nail or two back into something human again and was using the nail file almost daily to keep things headed in the right direction.
I like 'em. Can't recommend 'em at this price. Will be sending the worn one downstairs to be in one of the toolboxes there for emergency nail problems. (Been using actual files for that sometimes.)
They use sapphire, a gemstone, and... I have no idea what your average beauty aisle nail file is using nowadays. I do know I prefer longer to shorter.
Meursault74
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First I've heard of the name "cannon plug pliers". Learned something new. Seen similar pliers, just not the name. Usually, soft jaw something.
I don't have any but see their usefulness. I usually just wrap a piece of scrap bicycle innertube around the jaws or object.
I did that yesterday when I swapped out a faucet aerator.
I got my pliers wrench and bolt cutters with the same grips. Definitely a lot more surface area and nicer on your hands than dipped or heat shrunk handles when applying force.Received my Knipex 10" Cobras with comfort grip the other day. Ordered from an Amazon seller in England on 10/29, received 11/8. $32.68 + 2.29 tax; also, my invoice reads "shipping and handling $12.06, promotion applied $12.06", which wiped that out, and I'm not sure what happened there. (I do pile up a lot of Amazon credits by choosing slower shipping, but those are only for electronic streaming like movies and music, so I don't know.)
Hanlde width comparisons. Measured as 14.6mm vs. 17.8mm.
The figures for these dimensional differences seem underwhelming compared to how much my fairly large hands like comfort grip Knipexes. (Knipexeces?)
I had my qualms when buying these, but the price had become very low for what they are - normally comfort grips add about $10 any Knipex item. Once I got them in my hands, though... no regrets!
four.cycle
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I use a 10-inch single-cut ******* to trim my nails, but it's pretty difficult to counter your claim on the Knipex handles when you have Edith Piaf supporting your argument. 
Madjik Man
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I use my god given nail clippers: my teeth
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Hooray! Monte bought something made in America!!!
(Apologies if I'm confusing you with that other guy.)
Bought a no-name brass drift years ago at AutoZone and am so glad I did.
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ricleh
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I use a 10-inch single-cut ******* to trim my nails, but it's pretty difficult to counter your claim on the Knipex handles when you have Edith Piaf supporting your argument.
Do you also comb your hair with a wagon wheel?
Fedwrench
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Some WIHA goodness from the recent SEMA 25% off, the already reduced SEMA show promo priced items.
From top to bottom: part# 30491, satin finished 12 piece metric standard length combination wrench set, sizes 8-19 mm in a nice wrench rack. part# 33395 a 27 piece satin finished 1/4drive metric socket set. shallows run 4, 5, 5.5-14mm deep run 5, 5.5-14mm, nice 72 tooth quick release ratchet, 3 & 6 inch extension bars, nice foam tray.
Lastly, part# 32081 a five piece insulated screwdriver set, three flats and P1 & 2 in their signature foam tray.
From top to bottom: part# 30491, satin finished 12 piece metric standard length combination wrench set, sizes 8-19 mm in a nice wrench rack. part# 33395 a 27 piece satin finished 1/4drive metric socket set. shallows run 4, 5, 5.5-14mm deep run 5, 5.5-14mm, nice 72 tooth quick release ratchet, 3 & 6 inch extension bars, nice foam tray.
Lastly, part# 32081 a five piece insulated screwdriver set, three flats and P1 & 2 in their signature foam tray.
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four.cycle
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I actually use a little brush, which is really kind of silly. My hair is short enough I just brush it over with my hand. (this is what it looked like exactly a month ago right after I got it cut.) Now and then I'll let it grow out a bit but not if I'm headed out into the woods and even then I certainly don't need wagon wheels, and I don't recall ever having washed my face in a frying pan.
Silly question was the bolt a torx plus not just a regular torx?Attempting to take out some seatbelt bolts, I broke my Lisle T50 bits. I bought another from O'Reilly's to "finish" the job.
Went to Home Depot to pick up my Black Friday order and stopped by HF and picked some more icon stuff to try
I've been eying that dead blow hammer. My 40+ year old one bit the dust some time back. The ball peen end looks like an interesting feature. Maybe when their next 25% coupon comes out...
5/32" Allen head. The replacements were torx.
Here are the three pairs that I own. I paid retail for the Cobra style version and $1 or $2 for the other two pairs. One pair, obviously, doesn’t have the inserts (and they are not designed for inserts). I do not pretend to know if they are really considered cannon plug pliers without the inserts. I would say that they are an alternative to rounded jaw Channellocks.
I found the second pair (with the inserts) within a week of buying the Cobra style at retail. It was a hoarder sale with a **** ton of unused tools. The third pair (without the inserts), I found soon after…
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four.cycle
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w.hansen said:
The seat belt bolts on my Ranger were standard Torx heads. My buddy had to use an impact gun to break them loose.
I have been trying for several years to get him to come over and help me get the passenger side belt re-installed, but he doesn't want to deal with it again.
I might be so inclined one of these days to go at it, but I don't ride on the passenger side much, so it's not a big deal.
From the entire experience, I got the distinct impression that Ford Motor Company did not intend for you (or me) to be able to get those bolts out.
I have been a member here since 2015. I have yet to see a positive review here on "Lisle" brand "bits" of any sort. For that matter, they get worse reviews than the stuff from China.
VIM, Vessel, and Wera seem to have the best reputations among GJ members where it concerns "bits".
YMMV
(* apologies if I've omitted somebody's favorite brand of bit in my very short list there, guys. I'm just reporting what I am seeing. *)
(* oh... and Mr. Hansen - it wasn't your fault. We snapped off THREE T55 bits removing the bed bolts from the Ranger, and there's only six bolts. I am not convinced that the "TORX" fastener was necessarily a good thing. *)
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jwilson645
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Was this deal off tekton.com?Before Tekton’s 20% rewards expired I went ahead and purchased their high torque driver set.
Madjik Man
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Bigblue&Goldie
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No, they're different and not interchangeable in my experience. My 2022 Ford uses both, so you need to pay attention to any Torx hardware.