The Klein Tool addiction thread! :)

[boom_bap]

get the impact 11 in 1 its awesome

 

[jeffmoss26]

From the depot yesterday

 

[jeffmoss26]

got this at Lowe’s today

 

[BrandonV]

I forgot to pick up my coax stripper on the way to a friend's house today so I swung by a Home Depot.

The Klein coax strippers were marked down from $15 to $4. Great deal considering the blades get dull eventually.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Today’s visit

 

[jeffmoss26]

Oops ($10)

 

[LXCam]

Picked up what might be the beginnings of the Klein pack out solution. We’ll see how this bag works out first.

 

[LXCam]

So my jury is in and it’s another f this pos. It’s rare I’m in the field so me being this picky probably isn’t justified. But what ***** with Klein would design a pouch layout that can’t atleast support a complete set of nut drivers in order. It’s not like there wasn’t room.


Ya dropped the rarely used ones in the bottom

 

[genog]

I need the bit holder/shaft (whatever it's called...) for a 10 in 1 handle
Middle piece in the pic (the part that the bit goes into)

 

[jeffmoss26]

Got these at the supply house this morning.

 

[LXCam]

Those flush cutters are excellent Jeff. Just don’t use them on the wrong material

 

[jeffmoss26]

Those flush cutters are excellent Jeff. Just don’t use them on the wrong material

Used them already on some ptouch labels!

 

[genog]

I need the bit holder/shaft (whatever it's called...) for a 10 in 1 handle
Middle piece in the pic (the part that the bit goes into)

Well well well....
I found what I was looking for.
Plus, I got another Multi Driver in the bargain

 

[jeffmoss26]

Well well well....
I found what I was looking for.
Plus, I got another Multi Driver in the bargain

For future reference https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/replacement-parts/driver-replacement-parts

 

[genog]

For future reference https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/replacement-parts/driver-replacement-parts

Been there done that
Way ahead of you

Website was no help
Called and talked to a nice lady who really wanted to help but couldn't
No listing for that part

But I'm good now

 

[decableguy2000]

Try this

 

[genog]

Well.....once more, thanks again.
But I am past that
Way past
I also did the Keyboard Commando thing...that's the first thing that I tried

Please, to be clear....I don't need the hex bit holder (Part #32556)
Klein calls it a bit holder
but.... it holds the small 1/4" bits.

I needed (past tense) the shaft, also a bit holder that holds the reversible screwdriver bits
The shiny metal shaft that's above and to the left in the pic
That shaft holds the reversible screwdriver bit AND can hold the hex holder bit (#32556)

So, my search took me to Klein's website
The only part that is cataloged is part #32556, which is, once again, NOT what I need
Then called Klein customer service and the nice lady only found part #32556 for me

Klein apparently does not sell that Reversible Screwdriver Bit Holder (the shiny shaft) separately.



So, I went a huntin' on my own
No computer, just did things the old fashioned way, put boots to the ground and found the part I need (that shaft on the left) from a local Tool Flipper Dude

So, I am good now
Thanks to all


Please....there's no need for more links
I am good

 

[jeffmoss26]

These are brand new and I believe exclusive to Lowe’s - buddy got me a pair

 

[oldpliers1]

These are brand new and I believe exclusive to Lowe’s - buddy got me a pair

Are they 8 inch or 9 inch ?

 

[jeffmoss26]

9 inch

 

[oldpliers1]

9 inch

You never see this stuff outside North America thanks for the sow & tell

 

[boom_bap]

They've got a new stubby 14 - 1 with the adjustable flip socket set too.

 

[four.cycle]

GJ member @Mr. Roboto posted his D275-5 Klein flush cutters in the "New Tools" thread this morning.
I needed to clean up an install on something and needed a pair - I don't own any - so I drove over to Platt and picked up a pair.
U.S. made. $12 bucks out the door with tax.
I have no baseline to make any comparison with. They seemed to work okay although I was dismayed that the end of the zip tie wasn't actually cut flush. Maybe I'm not using them correctly.

They had some Knipex models for $33, but I only had to cut two zip ties, and I simply could not justify that.

Maybe I'll try that jazzy "Tsunoda" model the guys rave about in the "Tools of Japan" thread.

 

[oldpliers1]

GJ member @Mr. Roboto posted his D275-5 Klein flush cutters in the "New Tools" thread this morning.
I needed to clean up an install on something and needed a pair - I don't own any - so I drove over to Platt and picked up a pair.
U.S. made. $12 bucks out the door with tax.
I have no baseline to make any comparison with. They seemed to work okay although I was dismayed that the end of the zip tie wasn't actually cut flush. Maybe I'm not using them correctly.

They had some Knipex models for $33, but I only had to cut two zip ties, and I simply could not justify that.

Maybe I'll try that jazzy "Tsunoda" model the guys rave about in the "Tools of Japan" thread.

It’s a nice item for the price, but if you go Japanese Fujiya are the go The diagonal cutters and plastic cutters are excellent, as I buy them for our guys who trim a lot of cable ties, the guys all give them the thumbs up,

 

[four.cycle]

Klein 1001 wire crimpers

 

[jeffmoss26]

Found at a sale today

 

[redwrench60]

I swear those older Klein screwdrivers and nut drivers with the yellow letters on the black rubber were better quality.

 

[Beemer]

Looking forward to getting a pair of 8" high leverage dikes.

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[NoahG]

I swear those older Klein screwdrivers and nut drivers with the yellow letters on the black rubber were better quality.

No doubt that M Klein & Sons era was a whole different level of quality.

 

[four.cycle]

1939 Hardware Age Klein ad pp 53

1954 Hardware Age Klein ad pp 805

1956 Hardware Age Klein ad pp 97

 

[oldpliers1]

1939 Hardware Age Klein ad pp 53

1954 Hardware Age Klein ad pp 805

1956 Hardware Age Klein ad pp 97

Thank you for the post it’s great ! Just a question we’re the 201 pliers the first of the Klein linesman with their box head ?

 

[boom_bap]

This thing looks awesome https://www.lowes.com/pd/Klein-Tools-11-in-1-Impact-Rated-Ratcheting-SD/5014400257

 

[four.cycle]

@oldpliers1 - sorry, not a clue....! I only own a couple pieces of Klein and they're all new stuff!

 

[NoahG]

1939 Hardware Age Klein ad pp 53

1954 Hardware Age Klein ad pp 805

1956 Hardware Age Klein ad pp 97

Well, this pretty much settles the debate. “Side cutters” are linesman pliers, and not diagonal cutting pliers.

 

[four.cycle]

^ I think that all depends upon whose catalog you're looking at.

Unfortunately, "black and white" in the world of tool nomenclature is a rare thing... gray being far more common.

 

[oldpliers1]

Well, this pretty much settles the debate. “Side cutters” are linesman pliers, and not diagonal cutting pliers.

Respectfully that’s a hard call, I checked some of my stuff and it differs from manufacturer and Country of manufacturer ( diagonal cutting pliers are called side cutters here even though that’s not what the manufacturer says, a bit like a adjustable wrench being called a Crescent wrench in the USA ) Bahco belzer call them side cutters Crescent calls them diagonal cutting , and the linemen’s and long nose side cutting pliers. But you asked a good question

 

[BrandonV]

Saw this set at Lowes.

These all-in-one nutdrivers always crack me up with their size.

 

[four.cycle]

^ somebody tried a smaller, "all in one" nutdriver, but it didn't sell very well, apparently.

Seaboard / Seaboard Tools, Cherry Hills, NJ / adjustable nut driver / patent 3339439 Sep 5 1967 Leonard Van Dalen & Horace C. Disston, Jr. / (appears later as Stanley 61-125 "Hex-a-Matic" see https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/gimmick-wrenches-tools.428536/page-3#post-9305139) /

here's a video on the Stanley unit which explains how it works

 

[jeffmoss26]

A box showed up from Klein on Friday

 

[BrandonV]

A box showed up from Klein on Friday

I really like those offset locknut wrenches. I don't know how many times they've come in clutch.