UPS delivered a **** book today??!!??

[Lassen Forge]

OK, you may not think this belongs here, but it does...

The UPS guy drove up with a "special delivery" this afternoon... comes over and hands me a big, heavy box...

So I opened it up...

And found this.

Of course, enticed, I just had to see what was inside...

And then, lo and behold... just like the centerfolds of yore... color!

4077 or so pages of pure shop ****. I forgot about this evil tome of sin, until after ordering some replacement abrasive wheels, I asked the woman at the order desk "You don't still have print copies of the big book, do you?" to which she answered "It's on the way"... with a chuckle in her voice...

Evil. Just... pure... evil.

I'm sorry if I'll be offline... I think I'll be in the other room... um... "occupied" for a while

 

[L5wolvesf]

Please wear latex free . . . gloves.

 

[Davefr]

Image how big their warehouse must be to stock all that stuff.

 

[48RON54]

This post is a tease

 

[Mr. T]

Oh man, if you think that’s good you should try this new thing called the internets.

 

[Davefr]

Oh man, if you think that’s good you should try this new thing called the internets.

Yea but sometimes a paper catalog can be less frustrating then typing/searching/back and forth comparing.

 

[Musicinabottle]

I saw two guys on the front and then the book open and thought...... Well, this thread ain't going to be around long. Whew, thank gawd it was another deceptive title.

 

[WWheeler]

I saw two guys on the front and then the book open and thought...... Well, this thread ain't going to be around long. Whew, thank gawd it was another deceptive title.

 

[jd_1138]

I was going to say enjoy the book, but then I saw the dudes on the cover (sausage fest).

What catalog is that? That's massive.

 

[Musicinabottle]

What catalog is that? That's massive.

So we can get our own copy secretly delivered!

 

[Dingleburry]

Oh man, if you think that’s good you should try this new thing called the internets.

But you cant find what you dont know exists.

So we can get our own copy secretly delivered!

MSC Direct

 

[Mr. T]

I mean... there is a whole section of reamers and another for lube. Not to mention *******, and all types of unions; male to female, female to female, male to male...

That’s not even getting into the insertion and pulling devices.

And of course, measuring equipment!

 

[OHMS LAW]

I’m up to my ears in Parker’s hydraulic fittings, NPT, and JIC fitting all day long.

 

[Mr. T]

I’m up to my ears in Parker’s hydraulic fittings, NPT, and JIC fitting all day long.

I’ll admit that I use Parker’s catalogs instead of the web. Their site is torture to use even when it works. Of course you also have to know what suffix to add to the catalog part number. I mean they do kind of mention that in the footnotes (sort of).

Also, if you’re interested in a fresh Hell, start trying to order EO adapters from anyone in the US. Maybe throw in a female BSPP gauge swivel for fun!

 

[2oolhound]

Well, looking at the ****** on the bench I give it 2 weeks before the pages are all stuck together from dirty lube excretions on the fingers and such.

 

[woody 73]

Oh tool **** be still my old tired eyes...

 

[Harix]

Booo!

:d

 

[OHMS LAW]

Oh man. When I first started in industrial work learning all the different types of connections out there literally gave me anxiety

 

[dnschmidt]

Big deal. When you get a new McMaster-Carr catalog then you can brag. They just don't hand those babies out to ANYBODY.

 

[Strouty]

I thought you got a McMaster Carr catalog, that is really ****.

I guess I was a couple seconds slow.

 

[bert1913]

i had to tell the wife that i misread your post (i thought it said corn)

 

[Mr.Nutcase]

you sick *******. i may or may not ********** to snap on catalog.

 

[Wamsutta]

I use my MSC book to flatten things out made of paper. It's got individual sections where you can store stuff that you want to keep flat.

 

[rsanter]

I thought you meant a snap on catalog

 

[spike99250]

Image how big their warehouse must be to stock all that stuff.

It is huge. There is one near Lebanon, PA. I worked on the original building, then on the first addition\expansion. The was at least one more if not two additions after that.

 

[Milton Shaw]

My big problem with MSC is that if you need something and order it. It will show up the next day by noon. And in this day and time call them and you get a sale rep that their first language is English and usually by the second ring. Not put on hold with elevator music or worse. Great place to buy from. Will be a little more than other places but them having it, and you having it by lunch the next day makes it one of the cheaper places to mail order from. Call and get their catalog. I have some from 10 years or more old. My wife uses them for flatting flowers etc.

 

[dnschmidt]

Milton, you confused me. You consider it a PROBLEM that whatever you order shows up by noon the next day. Personally, I'd consider that a FEATURE.

 

[Milton Shaw]

The problem is that you keep on ordering stuff. Beats going to stores and not being able to find what you need in the size you need it etc. Gets expensive eventually...

 

[Professional Tool User]

Those supply house catalogs never really interested me. There's usually a cheaper place to buy tools.

 

[coljar]

Don't take it in the bathroom with you or it will be flagged.

 

[PelicanPines]

Ahhh finally someone else here I can share my previous **** industry work with.

Post pictures of any new tools... from your work with that ****.

 

[Lassen Forge]

That plus they have what you need... even if it's some bizarre left handed anti-seize dispensing self-intercooled adjustable pentalobe wrench. And if they don't, you can default to McMaster-Carr or Grainger.

Oh yeah, when I looked at one of the abrasive wheels I got it had a nick in the side (it was out of the box and in a plastic bag, and apparently was a return already)- I called them, they overnighted both the return box and a new one, in my paws (out in BF Egypt) the next day by noon. New, virgin, in the box. And the woman at the order desk told me she put notes all over why I was returning it - and sure enough, those notes really were all over the order slip.

Integrity and Service, to me, are worth far more than Cheap and Slow.

 

[jeffmoss26]

just requested one! mine is a few years old.

 

[metaldad]

never heard of them. free paper catalog?
mcmaster is my go to.
grainger................... avoid like the plague. and their 'new' marketing gimmic/ scheme, i give them the one finger salute.

 

[WWShop]

Looks like you have a bottle of lotion, in background, all ready to go for your new **** book.

 

[Musicinabottle]

Looks like you have a bottle of lotion, in background, all ready to go for your new **** book.

Yeah but there's 2 dudes on the cover. Come on man, that's just wrong! It's wrong. :supergay:

 

[Ancient Iron]

The hell with the book I wanna know about the bike!!???

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

So we can get our own copy secretly delivered!

Probably but not like the plain brown envelope you are used to, this book needs at least a burlap sack.
I started down loading this Catalogue from their website, but that was about 12 hours ago and still isn’t completed.

 

[Davefr]

Those supply house catalogs never really interested me. Here's usually a cheaper place to buy tools.

Only .03% of their line items are generic tools. The other 99.97% are items you will never find except from a couple other industrial suppliers.

Order by 8 pm and have it the next day at a ground shipping rate can be a lifesaver.

If SO had a program like that, there would be no need for dealers.

 

[American Locomotive]

I like MSC, especially since they basically have everything. However I hate their prices. They are downright criminally high on certain items - even with our corporate discount. We basically only use them if we really have to, or for commodity items like basic hand tools. If it's something weird, and ultra expensive for no reason, we usually just try to setup an account with the manufacturer and order directly.