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On 5/7/2016 at 9:09 PM, Bigmikez said:
Finally!!! I got to come home a lil early today! It's been a hell of a week crew!! But here's a pic of my arsenal in the garage and next week I'll try and post a pic of my others at the shop.
Mike, what's the bent handle?
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I think this is all of them.... maybe.
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Seriously, this stuff.
http://shop.zebcobrands.com/quantum-accessories-htsce-bp12.html
Freed up, and then smoothed up, an ancient Snap On ratchet I found that would hardly turn. I dripped some of this stuff in the cracks of the head and just twisted it back and forth.
Works pretty well on my Shimano spinning reels, too. LOL
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8 hours ago, BMack37 said:
If you've ever handled Obsidian arrows or whatever, you know how sharp this stuff is...and it's easy to make a sharp tool, basically you hit it with another, harder stone and it flakes off. What's left after a strike is a naturally sharp tool, you can literally take it from there and go skin an animal.
Oh, I'm well aware, I have lots of scars from screwing around in the obsidian beds in central Oregon when I was a kid...
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13 hours ago, NicholasShetley said:
Here is my setup. Almost all of my sockets are on some sort of rail. The back six rails are kobalt magnetic rails and the smaller sets in the front are on the rails that they came with. The kobalt rails are magnetic but they are kind of pricey. Somehow I only got charged for half though. Ignore the brake tools and snap ring pliers on the right side.
I was just looking at those Kobalt rails last night, but yeah, they are pricey!
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Air. I can get a lot more tools that I can power with air. I figure I could get a brad nailer, a finish nailer, and maybe a pinner and still have a little money towards a Rolair,,,
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For me, it's come down to which battery platform I'm invested in, which (for some dumb reason) I am into Makita and Milwaukee in 18v and Milwaukee in 12v. When I was first looking at cordless tools, I took a look at Hilti, but a couple of factors made me go with the other red team...
1. I'm a DIY hack, and doubt I use my BRUSHED M18 or LXT drills to their full capability. Probably not even my M12 Fuel.
2. I damn near had an aneurysm when I saw how much a Hilti impact wrench was.
3. Hilti has a very small presence in Portlandia, just a small storefront in inner SE.
4. Milwaukee has a much broader selection of tools that I'm interested.
But that doesn't mean that when I roll up on a jobsite to stake something I'm not oohing and ahhing if a guy has Hilti tools.
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Allright, ya harsh taskmaster, here's my meager selection:
1/4" chrome MM, standard 12 point and deep 6 point, 3/8" MM impact sockets, 3/8" standard XP120 ratchet, and some non-reversible SAE wrenches.
I still want to get a few more XP120 ratchets, and I hope that GW will introduce a bent-flex handle in the XP120 line (otherwise, I guess I'll have to buy the 84 tooth version+. I want to get the two 3/8" drive sets of the pinless universal impact sockets (unless SK finally introduces their upcoming set before I buy) I'd like to get all four sets of the semi-deep chrome sockets (1/4" 3/8" MM SAE). I'd like to pick up a few more ratcheting wrench sets (reversible, probably, and some Gearbox sets).
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2 hours ago, Kato said:
You have Gearwrench tools?
Dammit, you're going to make me go back out to the garage?
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I dunno why I was expecting you to sound like the butler in a couple of Peter Sellers movies... LOL
Nice tools, man. I have a few GW items and will undoubtedly get more.
But, yeah, landscape mode. Us old farts need all the screen real estate we can get. And watch your background music. That second song nearly had me slashing my own wrists. (kidding, kidding!)
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True, but there's NAPAs everywhere, at least in Oregon.
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SO 1/4" MM
Carlyle 3/8" MM
SO 3/8" MM
Sunex 3/8" SAE impact
SO 3/8" SAE
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Compared to my Snap On semi-deeps:
Group shot of mid-length:
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Since I have about a dozen of the locking pliers, I guess you could say I kinda like them... thankfully made in Taiwan, not the PRC... much nicer than anything coming out of Irwin lately.
One of these days I'm gonna go on a locking plier bender, and order a bunch of stuff from Europe... Grip On, Gedore, Knipex, whatever else I can find... maybe some of the Grip On rebrands like Proto or Snap On...
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On 3/20/2016 at 8:51 AM, Craigh9916 said:
Well I ordered my gdr 18 v ec from Korea on eBay and it came in 4 days too which was impressive and I'm tempted to buy the 10.8v gdr v ec too even though I don't need it lol
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Since when has need mattered?
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On 3/19/2016 at 5:47 PM, JimboS1ice said:
Irwin convertible snap ring pliers, you can adjust for internal or external snap rings but they take multiple attempts to get a good grab otherwise they feel cheap and tend to flex due to the way the head only attaches on two posts.
Jimbo
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I pretty much stay away from anything Irwin anymore... they released some re-branded NWS pliers, but knowing how badly Irwin screwed up Vise-Grips, I'll just get the original.
I will buy new Vise-Grips when Ace or somebody else has them for cheap... I'll not pay more than $7 a pop for them.
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16 hours ago, BMack37 said:
HF Pittsburgh ratchet and PRO sockets and PRO impact sockets. These are very highly regarded by all who own them. The ratchets annoyingly have the reversing switch opposite than normal, which may annoy you. The ratchets are strong and of high quality, the pro sockets and the pro impacts are also very highly regarded. The regular impact sockets are considered junk.
Far and away my favorite HF product. Though I'm still making up my mind on the flex versions. The new composite rats are good as well, though my simple mind cant get used to the quick release, but you can't blame the tool for my stupidity...
I have the standard 3 ton floor jack, seems to be pretty good.
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3 hours ago, mohawkdec said:
i do use my to apply surface finishes to shop built cabs, etc. when it is called for, so it is necessary to have a dryer hooked up, especially if you are going to be spraying laquer, any kind of moisture and you run the risk of getting
little 'fisheye' blemish in your finish. if you are setting up a shop use and you have the room you can run two lines, one contains a dryer for coatings, and the other has an in-line oiler for your tools
Yeah, man, good info. The GF and I are planning on moving into a house on a little more property (with a shop). A big 60-80 gallon compressor is on my want list, and this is good stuff.
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I'm a bit of a Snap On honk, but when I get around to getting a decent compressor in my garage, the two main (3/8" and 1/2") standard impacts will be Ingersoll Rand QTi models. I may ad a Proto or two, and maybe an M7 or two, but I don't think I'll invest in much, if any, Snap On.
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I was wearing goggles, so I was okay, but it got my attention...
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14 hours ago, PROTOOLNUT said:
Yes my cut off disks shatter easily too, I don't know if its due to cheap quality disks, or its because they are like 32nds of an inch thick lol. Truth be told, wearing protective gear, they aren't as bad as a 4 and 1/2 inch angle grinder cutting disk shattering at 11,000 rpm's.
The first day I was using my first angle grinder I had a cutoff wheel let go on me. I dunno if I was putting too much side load on it or if it was just a POS DeWalt disc, but it was definitely no bueno....
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Ooooh, pretty....
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56 minutes ago, dwain said:
Hmmm, one could make that argument. Now a 6" Metabo, no one would call you crazy for wanting that...
I like your thinking, sir!
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Thanks, Mike!
To everyone else, I know what it is, I just didn't know what it is, LOL. My next Snap On ratchet is likely to be an FBF80 (I think) 3/8" flex bent handle. If only Gearwrench would come out with an XP120 bent handle, instead of the 84 tooth that they have now.