Weird Tolkienish Figure
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Fess up to your latest bonehead mistake
Weird Tolkienish Figure replied to dwasifar's topic in Pub Talk
So many to choose from! Latest is cutting plastic lattice with snips instead of getting a table saw. Came out crappy. -
I love Tool Boss's trips to home depot. Relaxes me for some reason.
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The Reciprocating Saw: Tool of All Trades
Weird Tolkienish Figure replied to regopit's topic in Power Tool News
Anyone notice they have a picture of a guy using one without eye protection? The blades can snap off very easily (if you hit concrete for example). -
HVAC servicing, DIY or not?
Weird Tolkienish Figure replied to Weird Tolkienish Figure's topic in Around The House
Sorry it's an oil boiler. I say furnace because when I say "boiler" I get a blank stare usually. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk -
I have Milwaukee and Ryobi tools. My favorite and most used tool is my 12v lithium B&D drill. Love that thing. I don't get the hate for certain brands sometime.
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I do more and more work around the house, but I just had the furnace guy come and clean the furnace, cost around $240, not a bad price, but felt I may be able do it myself given some google-fu. Nice guy though. I don't see a lot of information on DIY HVAC work and it sort of scares me. Is this a DIY area or not?
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My toy came today.
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Do not use adapter drives with impacts
Weird Tolkienish Figure replied to Weird Tolkienish Figure's topic in Power Tools
There seems to be some similarity between impacts and how the M12 works. I need to take mine apart to see the mechanism. Anyway I tried it using a single socket and using and adapter + socket and there was some power loss. I found it hard to remove a moderately torqued bolt with the thing, when I took the adapter off and used just a single solid socket, I was able to drive a small lag bolt into a block of wood. I feel like when you use an adapter, the "looseness" of it absorbs some of the impact energy somehow. Hard to explain. I could be full of it of course. -
Do not use adapter drives with impacts
Weird Tolkienish Figure replied to Weird Tolkienish Figure's topic in Power Tools
To illustrate, I using one of these: -
I've been disappointed with the performance of various tools over the past few weeks: first my Ryobi 18V impact, then my milwaukee m12 ratchet. I couldn't figure it out, I was getting much less power out of both than I should have been, and the tool would just uselessy rattle the sockets/bits around, not moving the fasteners. Researching online, I began to see a reason why: I was using an adapter drive bit! My guess is that the links absorb too much of the impact energy and render it pretty much useless. I'd like to do a video about this to warn other people who might be disappointed with their power tool performance: do not use adapter drives. I would actually say that the more of your bit/socket that is solid, the more impact energy will be delivered to the fastener!
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http://www.homedepot.com/p/Ryobi-ONE-18-Volt-Impact-Wrench-Kit-P1890/206736695?cm_mmc=CJ-_-4485850-_-10368321&AID=10368321&PID=1225267&SID=d52b4a388b1d11e6863c22c88934a0030INT&cj=true&tifosrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.homedepot.com%2Fp%2FRyobi-ONE-18-Volt-Impact-Wrench-Kit-P1890%2F206736695 $119 on Home Depot
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What's going on with the forum?
Weird Tolkienish Figure replied to jeffmcmillan's topic in Site Help & Feedback
I also was logged in under another user, LOL. -
I have historically not been good with my tools, but this year I have been good. I have treated more than a few with Evaporust and gotten them "in action" again. My power tools get wiped off and the batteries taken out of them in storage. Usually only my Milwaukee Rotary Tool gets filthy. I try to keep it clean. A can of compressed air would probably help it last longer.
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Welding with 110V Welder...
Weird Tolkienish Figure replied to comp56's topic in Welding/Metal Working
Yes me too. Cannot wait but I have badly need tools to buy ahead of line and no immediately need for a welder. But I want one. -
I snagged the M12 cordless ratchet last weekend. Holy crap I cannot wait to use it!
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Tool addiction
Weird Tolkienish Figure replied to Weird Tolkienish Figure's topic in Introduce yourself
Deadbolt is no longer hard to latch into place. For a few weeks in July it was. Heat and humidity maybe? -
Shockwave impact bits
Weird Tolkienish Figure replied to Weird Tolkienish Figure's topic in Milwaukee
Just checking. It's not like I don't know how something works, assume it works a certain way, use pliers to "fix it", then realize I was totally using it wrong. Nope, never done that at all. -
I pulled the trigger and bought these bits, but some of them don't come out of the "long bits" so easily. Am I missing something?
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I recently had to hang drywall, in one section. I screwed in with my drill about 90% in. Then I went around to each screw and hand tightened to I could get the depth just right without ripping the drywall paper. It seemed to work.
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Picked up some Harbor Freight sheet metal snips and a T-square this weekend. The snips are awesome. Did the job great.
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Idiotic thread IMO. Everything on the face of the earth has been tied to cancer in some way. Don't listen to junk science. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2015/oct/30/an-extensive-and-exhaustive-and-definitely-correct-list-of-everything-that-will-give-you-cancer
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Lock picking kit arrived at 7PM
Weird Tolkienish Figure replied to Weird Tolkienish Figure's topic in Power Tools
I work in IT. Someone at work locked a laptop into a docking station and lost the key. I was able to successfully pick it free. So I'm already reaping (legal) dividends from this skill.