Stercorarius
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Seen a lot of posts about people's screw ups and hack jobs lately. Let's just say I've seen some pretty sketchy stuff from working on old farm buildings. I'll try and contain the carnage to this thread and I'm not sure I'll post everything because some stuff is too sketchy and you never know who's watching.
Did this insulation job last summer. Talk about Frankenstein framing. Not a single stud was spaced the same. No two pieces of insulation could be cut the same. I wish I had a few better pictures because this wall was one of the better ones.
This was how the building was wired (not by me)
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Anybody know if we will ever see a 20v sequential charger like the waukees? Do you European fellas have them there? 2 port don't count.
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If it's an add-on, as was said previously, i'm pretty sure it would be a violation of code to bond nuetral to ground at a sub panel. That's not too big of a deal though. The people who did this may have actually done it safely and just tried to save some coin, but it doesn't look like it. From what I can tell that looks like #6 or #8 wire. I'll go ahead and give them the benefit of the doubt. This is fine as long as the breaker that feeds this panel on the main panel is rated for no more than 50 amps regardless of what the sub panel main breaker is. If it's rated for more, then you have problems. I get the feeling that it is rated for more though just because the panel looks like it has enough circuits on it to draw more than 50 amps.
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No it was at a different autoparts store, carquest. The sale must be through gear wrench itself so it might be worth guys w/o an advance auto parts checking their parts store.
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Posted in another thread but some more tool porn from today's portion of my tax refund.
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50 for metric and 80 for SAE Amazon.. How much u pick that set up for man? congrats on the new tools!
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Just picked a set up at my local carquest, Chinese 50$ lifetime warranty. We good. Thanks man.Just picked them up, they are made in China but that's still a solid price regular price is 99
Jimbo
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I have the rugged waterproof s5 with a pelican case on it and a glass screen protector. It has been dropped from ladders and the only thing that is cracked is the screen protector. It's nice to have the glass because if my boss calls when I'm welding I don't have the foresight to put it back in my pocket under my welding jacket so my screen protector is pitted from slag chunks. The key to getting them on without bubbles is to put them on when it's very warm and then go outside in the cold and let the small air bubbles contract and suck themselves in.
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Hey I thought about this and actually wore safety glasses while cutting concrete yesterday. Forgot hearing protection though, the ringing will never stop.
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Geez I need to up my insulated tool game.
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Is that the just released one?
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They do make saws for when that goes awry. You keep them in your palm and then you can pull out chunks..... luckily haven't had to do that one yet. But when you are up to your shoulder trying to get a calf out you get some serious arm falling asleep action from fighting the contractions. Are you from a livestock background?Nah I'm talking tighter spots than you can get a wire cutter in, the one-arm reach, like a vet up a cow's back end getting a calf turned around, but I like you're approach on that too
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All my specialty tools are for engine work and they're pretty common. The specialty tools that I use at work all share the common factor of cow shit.
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Awwwwwwwwww yeah. These bad boys came yesterday and I didn't even notice.
On a side note I got a quote on the new metabo 115 cordless grinder. Kit with batteries was $560. Metabo won't be able to ship them out till March 15th though. What sayeth the crew? To buy or not to buy?
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Oh I posted something changed my mind and edited it to never mind (nvm) just because you can't delete a reply from Tapatalk
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I'll have to check it out, guess the guys at Siri didn't know that either they listed them as none reversible
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I may be wrong but from what I can tell mine is just a chrome version of yours and the proto catalog lists them together and doesn't include any non reversible note for the black ones. I'd put up a video of them reversing if I had my ratchet with me but I left it in my buddy's shop.
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Hey glad to see you're still around partner. I picked it up at Lowes on my way to work. I'll have to put it through some pretty intensive testing before I can comment on quality. I know that this is more of an entry level product so I won't expect too much. As far as "vertical blade length" goes it is colloquially referred to as "stand out" among tradespeople. I'm confused as to why the self centering feature doesn't go the opposite way so instead of me measuring and it telling me the mid point it should instead tell me what my measure is a midpoint of. E.g. if I wanted to center a 25 1/2" chunk I would measure out untill the self centering side of the tape read 25 1/2" so 12 3/4". It really seems to be more likely to confuse me with two measurements than having to divide by two then add the fraction with the bottom number doubled to get the midpoint.Love it, well done! Hello again friends! So since all my hard work and wonderful posts have been deleted, here is another reminder... 50% off great tools like this at store.apextoolgroup.com
Vertical blade length is a term that defines how long the blade can stand vertically before the tape breaks or bends (since all of you seem so knowledgable about the technicalities in products).
Example: Stanly Fatmax 25ft. has a 8ft length before the tape bends
Example: Lufkin Powercontrol Series 25ft has a 10ft length before the tape bends
So much hate, and yet "a deal is a deal"
Just out of curiosity, Stercorarious, where did you end up purchasing that wonderful Lufkin product from?
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The thing meets demand and goes out fast enough that it can be warrantied. We've added valves to every line around it and unions to all the connections so it can be out and have a new one in within 3 hours.
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Hey hombre, loved the video, but those fine tooth ratchets are reversable. They just take a little more. You don't spin the part with the arrows. You take the outer ring that looks like a thumbwheel and spin it about 180° or so, it's a lot, untill it stops.Craftsman sockets, I have no intention to upgrade them, they've always been good to me and with the lifetime warranty why upgrade now when I'm invested in them... maybe one day if i run into some money.
No, Its a little confusing because it has arrows on it but the way these ratchets are you have to flip the whole gear over to reverse. These are more of a fine tuning tool than anything, you can be very precise with them.
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Lol my middle name is misuse. I mean unless I missed the fine print that says a loader bucket is a manlift, pallet forks on a skidsteer are for when your cheater bar isn't long enough, and everything is also secretly a hammer, and grinder guards are just part of the packaging that has to come off before you can use the product and exposed bare live wires are just there to keep you awake.
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How much? I couldn't tell you in gph but I can tell you that its a lotta water that has to be really hot all the time. Its in a milk house. There are garden hoses hooked to hot water spigots for washdown and heating calf bottles. There are two stainless tanks that hold 3 tons of milk a piece that have to be cleaned with hot water and acid regularly and hundreds of feet of stainless pipe that has to be washed twice a day at a specific temp with detergent and hot water then chlorine and hot water and then aacid and hot water and then just hot water. The heater has no problem keeping up untill it does. The gun I'm talking about is this beast. It has saved us literally hundreds of times.Why 1-1/2" water line? How much water usage are we talking here? And I'm assuming you're referring to the m18 uponor pex expander
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I've replaced an A.O. Smith gas powered unit at work twice in two years. The thing stops holding water after about a year consistently. The heater is a ridiculous lump of cash and works fantastic untill it stopped holding water. First time it wasn't covered, second time they warrantied it. They sent out company reps to inspect the installation and location and said it was ideal so it wasn't on our end. We're talking about 1 1/2" pex lines with the big Milwaukee expansion tool. The worst part is those things weigh a ridiculous amount and you have to drag the old one out to the store and the new one in.
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Holy crap guys it came. I gotta tell you this thing is sorta indescribable.
First things first. It looks cheap and poorly casted. That beats cheap with a cheap flakey chrome though. The thing is awkward and extremely uncomfortable in both formats. From what I can tell the four tools are the wrench, the pliers, the flat pry bar on the handle and the odd cutters in the base of the jaw that look pretty worthless. The slip joint is surprisingly solid. Little play and smooth action. I'm not holding my breath for the quality of the teeth. The pry bar seems to only make it somehow more uncomfortable to use. The jaw of the crescent wrench was machined poorly. The gear seems small and fragile and doesn't rotate well. The major problem with the wrench is that the other handle gets in the way of trying to get it onto fasteners so you have to open the pliers to get it on, leaving you with only one direction to rotate without flipping over the wrench. Overall it is about what I expected. No regrets about this purchase. I'm going to have to make up some uses for these tomorrow and let you guys know how real world application works out.
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Went to do an insulation job....
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Another hack job, thus one I respect though. This was the button for the brake lights on my brother's car that he made using the trunk release button. I went through that car and made some hard core custom wiring. Apparently windshield wiper circuits are really confusing but I managed to get 2 switches in there to control that one and put in a real light switch to the brake pedal. We had that car with a hacked together 16 gauge switch panel to where you flipped two switches and then had a push button start because the ignition switch had burnt up for the PO.