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[M635_Guy]

Microfiber towels and other paint friendly towels only for me Bath towels scratch paint. Maybe fine if you dont care about scratches but for nice vehicles you gotta take care of them.

You sound like you may already be aware, but just as a PSA not all microfibers are created equal. Just like many "100% cotton" bath towels, they can use nylon thread, which is what scratches your paint/clear. If you're looking for good MF towels, get ones that have no sewn-in labels and have polyimide thread or have mf binding on the edges of the towel. Good ones cost more, but generally have much better absorption and last longer. While I'm ranting, only wash MF with other MF and throw a cup of vinegar in the rinse cup. If you use fabric softener or sheets of any kind in your dryer, don't put the MF in there - you'll essentially ruin them.

/rant

 

[Smokeshow69]

You sound like you may already be aware, but just as a PSA not all microfibers are created equal. Just like many "100% cotton" bath towels, they can use nylon thread, which is what scratches your paint/clear. If you're looking for good MF towels, get ones that have no sewn-in labels and have polyimide thread or have mf binding on the edges of the towel. Good ones cost more, but generally have much better absorption and last longer. While I'm ranting, only wash MF with other MF and throw a cup of vinegar in the rinse cup. If you use fabric softener or sheets of any kind in your dryer, don't put the MF in there - you'll essentially ruin them.

/rant

Nope, i feel you....I seem to always have the "dont wash mf with other cotton towels" conversation with my wife ....seems to happen about every 2 months or so. Also the "dont put the towels near areas that collect lint or other hair/dust" conversation . I feel like our rants are definetly on the same playing field ...ha ha.

 

[Renegade1LI]

Picked up another powermatic 1150 drill press, 300$ off mp, couldn't turn it down.

 

[zmotorsports]

I ordered this today on Amazon to go with my cable and Knipex hose clamp pliers. I think it will come in handy in some situations.

Hose Remover Plier Fit for Fuel Line, Universal Hose Clamp Plier Metal Multi Directional Automotive Repair Plier. Aramoxnvmu067rby6328

Those look just like my older AST hose clamp pliers. You'll love them as they are my go to pliers for constant tension hose clamps.

New house, new tools. Probably won't snow again this season now.

36" Snowplow Snow Pusher and their 18" Snow Dominator

Like you, when we bought our new home in 2016 I bought a couple of the 36" Snowplow Snow Pusher. For light snow they work great and are lightweight. Mine are now just over 6 years old and show no signs of wear in their use.

 

[Maxcustody]

Snap On 3/8 FHL80G and LN47ACF.

 

[SteadyC]

Just delivered..

 

[NUTTSGT]

Needed, or thought I did, a 24mm wrench to take the hitch off my truck. My largest was 22mm. So instead of buying a single wrench, I bought a set from Menards. Masterforce made in Taiwan. Also grabbed a 32mm.

Turns out, they're captive nuts.

 

[Fedwrench]

Needed, or thought I did, a 24mm wrench to take the hitch off my truck. My largest was 22mm. So instead of buying a single wrench, I bought a set from Menards. Masterforce made in Taiwan. Also grabbed a 32mm.

Turns out, they're captive nuts.

Is it just me, or are those wrenches pretty short?

 

[NUTTSGT]

Is it just me, or are those wrenches pretty short?

No, I just think it's the wide case.

 

[belvedere]

I’d been wanting a neck light for a while, and decided to order a Matco. It didn’t quite meet the $75 threshold for free shipping, so I grabbed a Silver Eagle extension for $8.**. (A guy can always use another 3/8” drive extension, right?) The light is great, and I’m really impressed by the extension for being the “value line”…the machining and finish is flawless.

 

[MWEric]

Currently on the road for work (Florida) and stopped in to HF. Picked up some wrenches.

 

[kudakev615]

I’d been wanting a neck light for a while, and decided to order a Matco. It didn’t quite meet the $75 threshold for free shipping, so I grabbed a Silver Eagle extension for $8.**. (A guy can always use another 3/8” drive extension, right?) The light is great, and I’m really impressed by the extension for being the “value line”…the machining and finish is flawless.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VF9R1PQ/?tag=atomicindus08-20

i have 2 pairs of the OE ez red versions and love them. even gave a set to a fellow tech for our secret santa a while back and he uses them all the time

 

[zmotorsports]

Snap On 3/8 FHL80G and LN47ACF.

Scott, I bought a pair of the Snap-on LN47ACF pliers a few weeks ago and have only used mine once so not sure what to think yet but I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.

 

[Maxcustody]

Scott, I bought a pair of the Snap-on LN47ACF pliers a few weeks ago and have only used mine once so not sure what to think yet but I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.

I saw you picked up a pair. I have been looking at them for a little while. I am going to put them in the line up and see how they perform as a multi use plier.

 

[gleman]

Amazon day for me today.

More Olsa socket rails.



Capri rachets.

3/8 low profile and 1/4 flexhead low profile.




The flexhead was a warehouse sale,so no packaging but I can't see anything wrong with it.

 

[BuffettFan]

An upgrade for the old Cman plastical jig.
More goodies to go with it are due here tomorrow.

 

[Callelle]

Started a new job working HD Diesel so I picked up some things I needed. GearWrench filter band wrenches ranging from 3 3/4" - 5 3/4", Davco filter wrench, Lisle anchor pin bushing driver, an LTI brake spring tool, and (something I never thought I'd need working on big trucks) a HF 3 jaw oil filter wrench.

 

[SteadyC]

Astro 7404

 

[sbyrne92]

Craftsman rebranded Vessel Ball Screwdrivers. Surprisingly picked up at Northern Tool. Must be NOS, was in the big clearance bins.

 

[MLRtime]

Picked up some craftsman drill bits

Blue Point oil filter wrench and socket

Snap On cut off wheel

Snap on Impact Screw Driver

New to me 1/4 Snap On swivel Sockets

 

[four.cycle]

recent arrivals / recently unearthed:
Indestro blue-box D-I set;Chesterman (Sheffield) 100-foot tape; ROE (pat app for) 25-ft tape; very odd dual-marked B&C/Billings adjustable wrench; Bridgeport "Radio-Lectric" wrench set w/leather pouch; fabulous magneto wrench with two fold-out feeler gauge blades; odd mix of what appears to be an early Stevens or Walden handle with an odd assortment of Walden, Yankee, Stanley, and other bits; Bontgen & Sabin (Solingen) folding tool set w/ leather pouch; fabulous General Metals Products Co. "Bowman" (pat D49295) "bread and cake slicer"; Precision-Bilt 1/4" dr. SAE socket set; None Better 1/4" dr. SAE socket set; Star (Clay Center, OH) brad pusher; Martin 18-in breaker; odd mix of New Britain/None Better/Husky 1/4" drive; Elora open-ends.

 

[Shocker]

Picked up a few 3/4" drive items the other day.

Chicago Pneumatic 3/4". Had to redo the air plugs. Works.


KD Impacts, a MAC 3/4 - 1/2 adapter, some misc adapters and 3 large Performance Tool sockets



I do have a bit problem. I keep buying them when I find them cheap. I have over 60 packs I think. Maybe more. These are the Bosch Driven sets and the Crescent bits with the non-marring adapters.

 

[rharman]

An upgrade for the old Cman plastical jig.
More goodies to go with it are due here tomorrow.

You have more patience than I. I had a Craftsman jig probably 50 years ago. Used it once just to see how it worked. Obviously not near as nice as the PC you have. I just gave up. Biscuits or rabbets for me.

 

[Xcursion88]

Knipex mini cobras

Oh eff yeah!!

 

[Xcursion88]

 

[richfinn]

Some new Ko-ken (with freebies) and a high speed 3/8" Milwaukee

 

[f121]

A few bits turned up from recent snap on flyers, wide striking scraper/chisels and another bluepoint metal trim pry tool (which is really handy for door cards):


And a new pocket bit driver:

 

[Carquest]

Picked up a few 3/4" drive items the other day.

Chicago Pneumatic 3/4". Had to redo the air plugs. Works.


KD Impacts, a MAC 3/4 - 1/2 adapter, some misc adapters and 3 large Performance Tool sockets



I do have a bit problem. I keep buying them when I find them cheap. I have over 60 packs I think. Maybe more. These are the Bosch Driven sets and the Crescent bits with the non-marring adapters.

Where did you find a deal on the Crescent driver bits? I've only got about 10 sets and need more LOL

 

[Shocker]

Where did you find a deal on the Crescent driver bits? I've only got about 10 sets and need more LOL

They were hanging on the displays at Lowe's. I think someone posted it in the Lowe's deal before I saw them.

My Lowe's had a ton of them for 3-5 bucks a set depending.

 

[housewolf]

I can’t justify the cost of tier 1 “everything”. My 3/8” impacts are HF Icon but I figure if I need to break out the pneumatic 1/2” I don’t need another socket exploding in my face. Got a decent deal on eBay. I’m trying to fill gaps on the tools that get beat the hardest with higher quality.

 

[AJHD]

I'm curious housewolf, what socket(s) have previously exploded in your face? Did I miss that thread?

 

[housewolf]

I'm curious housewolf, what socket(s) have previously exploded in your face? Did I miss that thread?

It was after I joined but before I started posting regularly so there is no mention of it here. Not sure what it was as most of my impacts were come by one at a time on an as needed basis. Could have come from HD/Lowes, Amazon (most likely), pawn shop etc…I really don’t know. I replaced all the 3/8” with HF Icon & the 1/2 w/snap on. I do have some larger ones, seldom used and usually task specific, but most of those are made in USA from various companies. I did take a pic at the time but must have deleted it

 

[AJHD]

It was after I joined but before I started posting regularly so there is no mention of it here. Not sure what it was as most of my impacts were come by one at a time on an as needed basis. Could have come from HD/Lowes, Amazon (most likely), pawn shop etc…I really don’t know. I replaced all the 3/8” with HF Icon & the 1/2 w/snap on. I do have some larger ones, seldom used and usually task specific, but most of those are made in USA from various companies. I did take a pic at the time but must have deleted it

Well that's vague... What were the circumstances? I'm assuming it was an impact? 1/2" drive?

Did it explode, as in launching bits and pieces of the socket uncontrollably into the air? Or did it just crack? To what degree is the word explode exaggerated?

Yes, I'm genuinely curious. Cracked or otherwise broken sockets/tools happen... But I've never seen something explode.

 

[four.cycle]

^ FTR: We DID have a 1/2" drive HF stud remover literally "explode" down at the shop one afternoon. Damn thing flew across the room and took chunk out of a cinderblock wall. Seriously. We did NOT have a pipe on the breaker bar.
That is the one and ONLY instance of "explode" I have seen.

 

[housewolf]

Well that's vague... What were the circumstances? I'm assuming it was an impact? 1/2" drive?

Did it explode, as in launching bits and pieces of the socket uncontrollably into the air? Or did it just crack? To what degree is the word explode exaggerated?

Yes, I'm genuinely curious. Cracked or otherwise broken sockets/tools happen... But I've never seen something explode.

Excuse me, I don’t usually write the way I talk and explode is not the correct term as there was no “explosion“. If I were verbally telling the story I would say the SOB exploded.

The ~ 19mm socket shattered on the square 1/2 drive end, tearing a chunk off the socket about the size of a small grape. The piece that left was never recovered. I went back and looked, I took one but but no longer have the pic of the socket. I was removing rusted bolts holding a wench mount on a trailer with a 1/2” IR pneumatic impact. I have a few tools I’ve had a very long time. Since I wasn’t much more than a boy. That incident motivated me to go back and evaluate all the tools in my box. If that piece had hit me it could have meant a trip to the ER.

FWIW; I’m 67 years old and don’t recall another instance of this happening, at least not while I was present. I have split chrome sockets in my younger days using them on an impact.

ETA: I stand corrected, like I said… I’m 67 years old, it wasn’t a socket, it was an extension. The fact I had it was very short and in a double socket must have fogged my memory. Found the pic. It still caused me to revaluate the old tools in my box. Particularly impact tools

 

[mikeinri]

I don't know, but a piece that launched itself off the tool and vaporized MIGHT qualify as exploding...

Mike

 

[four.cycle]

^ okay... sorry to jump in here guys.
I processed all of our warranties at the warehouse - I've seen hundreds (if not thousands) of "defective" sockets.
MANY had big pieces missing from the sides. MOST were simply cracked, rounded out, or (obviously) broken by using impact guns on chrome sockets.
but as to "explode" (e.g., pieces of shrapnel flying hither and yon) the above is the only one I've seen personally.

But... I seem to recall a lot of them coming back with a piece missing, and one has to wonder "Where did it go, and how did it get there?"

 

[jlrut]

Some made in USA action today.

 

[ecotec]

I have cracked and broken chunks out of the business end, not the drive end, of a few sockets in my day.

I don’t really sweat it. I just grab another one out of my spares.

I have cracked and split impact and chrome sockets.

I “misuse” one particular socket a LOT. A 3/8” drive 9/16” chrome socket that I need for inside the channel of Unistrut. My 9/16” impact socket will not fit in the channel of Unistrut. Sometimes you have to dance with the one that brung ya…

 

[ThePostman]

I'm curious as to how well the parrot-nose pliers will work on tie rods.