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I ended getting the HF box around christmas before they phased to the gloss red. I love mine for the price. There's always a coupon floating around for them (I think the lowest I've seen recently was 359). I've never seen it below $300 any time recently. I've read when they first came out you could use the 20% coupon on them and that would be amazing. Lowest I ever heard of was $250. If you really want it lower, you could try for a scratch and dent model or if they have any of the older paint scheme. Be warned though, they are heavier than they look. I think 306? lbs dry, if I remember correctly on the packaging. I wish it had deeper drawers, but that's my only complaint. For the general home user, it's great. Hell, I've read about quite a few professionals using it. I may look into a used snap on in the future, but I've still got space to fill. Also, the new gloss red is now labeled as (44"), but the box is still 42" wide to my understanding. I think they just added the handle in the measurement.
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Suniikaa posted:Could you explain what this for those who haven't seen the show? Here it is! http://youtu.be/cJNKMjYrnkg?t=11m9s This show reminds me of PBCrunch's thread. BrokenKnucklez fucked around with this message at 04:16 on May 22, 2012 |
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I've got about 400 dollars to spend on tools, I have 4 3ton jackstands and a crappy Walmart hydraulic jack. What should I buy knowing i'll only be doing basic maintenance.
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Mikaelomo posted:I've got about 400 dollars to spend on tools, I have 4 3ton jackstands and a crappy Walmart hydraulic jack. What should I buy knowing i'll only be doing basic maintenance. Costco has a nice Crescent brand tool set that has almost everything you'll need (sockets, deep sockets, wrenches, etc.) for about $100. Get either the Harbor Freight 3 ton floor jack if you'll never move it or the 2.5 ton aluminum one if you need something portable--both are about $80-100. Also get a couple torque wrenches (3/8" and 1/2") and breaker bars (same sizes) from HF for another $50 or so. Save the rest for the random tools you'll need as you go.
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May 23, 2012 06:47
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Here it is!
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May 23, 2012 07:01
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Mikaelomo posted:I've got about 400 dollars to spend on tools, I have 4 3ton jackstands and a crappy Walmart hydraulic jack. What should I buy knowing i'll only be doing basic maintenance. You should get at least one fat rubber wheel chock to go with the stands and jack. $10 or $12 at Harbor Freight, theirs are great. Also, spend $50 on ramps.
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May 23, 2012 14:21
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Who here loves the ratcheting wrenches? I am thinking about purchasing a set at HF. I know the tools there aren't the best, but I have been having awesome luck.
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May 23, 2012 22:52
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I have Gearwrench ones (locking flex-heads) and they're loving tits; I use them more often than sockets, and on every single project. The HF ones have fat rings and the teeth aren't as nice but they're a lot cheaper. I got some real teeny ones there for under  as a "just in case", so keep an eye out for those too.Be warned that the open ends of HF wrenches usually have hilariously sloppy tolerances.
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So I had a blowout the other day on the interstate and had to use the godawful widowmaker emergency Jack on my Jetta. I had the car jacked up almost as far as I needed to put the spare on and the base of the Jack started to bend. Scary poo poo. Given, the angle the car was at wasn't ideal, bit it was close enough to level that I feel the loving thing shouldn't have deformed as much as it did. Oh well. Here's where the question comes in: do you guys think the smaller HF aluminum Jack would work for emergency duty, or should I not bother and step up to a beefier brand?
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May 23, 2012 23:18
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That jack rules, and is good for a lot more than just emergency duty. I've used mine for everything I've done in the last 4 years (on 3500lb station wagons) and it's a champ. VVV Fair enough. Splizwarf fucked around with this message at 23:32 on May 23, 2012 |
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May 23, 2012 23:25
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I have either six or eight of the HF 6 ton jackstands and they do the job quite nicely. Check the welds before using them of course but I've never had a set that didn't pass my inspection.
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May 23, 2012 23:28
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Right on. Thanks a ton. I figured it would probably be just fine living in my trunk. I've already got a large heavy floor Jack (and good stands) for the garage. To that point, the husky brand 2.5 ton jack and stands have been excellent thus far for light oil change duties on various cars and my old 1/2 ton truck. Assholio fucked around with this message at 23:45 on May 23, 2012 |
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May 23, 2012 23:42
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Put it on its side or it'll roll around and be loving annoying.
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May 24, 2012 00:04
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Who here loves the ratcheting wrenches? I'd recommend spending a bit more for the Gearwrench ones. They're a lot thinner, the tolerances are nicer, and the ratchet action on the HF ones jam up if you put any reasonable torque into them. They unjam easily, but for something you'll use all the time (and you will) I think it's worth it to get the good stuff. I think Sears has some reasonable deals on them sometimes.
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Raluek posted:the ratchet action on the HF ones jam up if you put any reasonable torque into them. That sucks, because I beat the loving piss out of my Gearwrench ones with an all-steel 3-pound sledge on a regular basis and have yet to do any damage other than a little cosmetic scuffing. I'm hitting the far end from the bolt, basically using the sledge as an impact cheater pipe. They are built tough as poo poo.
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Went to HF today. I purchased a composite 3/8 ratchet, some U joints and extensions... Then headed out and purchased a set of Gearwrench ratcheting wrenches both metric and SAE. I can't wait to use them this weekend! They look and feel better than HF's. Oh I saw they had these "go through" sockets at HF. Looks kinda like it could be handy here and there. Any one ever play with it? http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/sockets-ratchets/21-piece-saemetric-go-thru-socket-set-67974.html BrokenKnucklez fucked around with this message at 03:54 on May 25, 2012 |
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May 25, 2012 03:33
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Went to HF today. Lowes sold a Kobalt set that was pass through. It's my favorite tool set 
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May 25, 2012 05:20
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e:^^^ I've got something like that I bought probably 10+ years ago. The set is called "The O-Ratchet"  and it is awesome for certain jobs.I have been sort of looking around for a new multimeter to replace my trusty but getting kind of beat Radio Shack fold up one. I was at HF the other day where I stumbled on this one which looked cool so I thought I'd give it a shot. I've only used it a couple times but I already love it. Need to know relative humidity? Or decibel level? Or luminance? Hertz? Temp? I probably will never need any of these things, but it's nice to know that I now have an instrument that will measure all of them for me. When you select a function, it lights up the sockets you need to plug the test leads into, which is a bit  but nice if you don't do this kind of thing every day. Oh, and it makes angry beeping sounds and flashes the correct socket light if you have the leads plugged in wrong.  Nice big display with a switchable backlight, too. The probes have these removable little sleeves on the end of them which are open just at the very tip with a little space around it, so you can probe closely spaced pins without the probes slipping off or risking touching the other pins. Came with batteries even, although it says on the site that they're not included. My only gripe so far is how freakin big it is (think original Gameboy), and that there's no "peak hold" function. All in all, not too shabby for $38.
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How accurate is it? The freebie ones they give away are actually not all that bad! I checked them compared to good ones and its with in 5% of the expensive ones. And I figure for automotive use, its good enough.
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May 31, 2012 06:05
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BrokenKnucklez posted:How accurate is it? The freebie ones they give away are actually not all that bad! I checked them compared to good ones and its with in 5% of the expensive ones. And I figure for automotive use, its good enough. I compared it a bit with my old one (what I could, anyway), and they both agreed with each other at least. Although I don't know one way or another how accurate my old one is though, so v  v
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Thanks! I mean, for the money, that is not bad. I love my Gearwrench ratcheting wrenches. They are the cats god drat meow. Thanks for the tips! I am going to buy the go through ratchet set.
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Black88GTA posted:e:^^^ I've got something like that I bought probably 10+ years ago. The set is called "The O-Ratchet" Son of a bitch, that's a pretty direct knockoff of the Protek 6300.
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Splizwarf posted:That sucks, because I beat the loving piss out of my Gearwrench ones with an all-steel 3-pound sledge on a regular basis and have yet to do any damage other than a little cosmetic scuffing. I'm hitting the far end from the bolt, basically using the sledge as an impact cheater pipe. They are built tough as poo poo. I work on wind turbines and have a sweet set of gearwrench wrenches. They are tits awesome as long as you don't do something stupid like use the closed end as a backer for a hytorc. You use a 36mm for anything over 600nm, consider it hosed. They are worth every penny especially considering I'm not using some special 'industrial' variety of them. Just your generic gearwrench. So don't worry too much about them loving up they are extremely well built and cheap.
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Black88GTA posted:When you select a function, it lights up the sockets you need to plug the test leads into, which is a bit
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Raluek posted:Son of a bitch, that's a pretty direct knockoff of the Protek 6300. Wow that's eerily similar... I'm comparing the spec sheets and can't find a difference. this looks pretty similar too: http://www.amazon.com/Sinometer-Man...d=ISBN4WB3UNEE2
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I'm normally very suspicious of anything from Harbor Freight which has electrons flowing through it, but I've got one of these, used it fairly regularly on motorcycles for a couple years now, and it still works great. Looking at the reviews on HF's website, one guy measured the input resistance of the meter in voltage mode, and it swung between 300k and 500k - way off from the advertised 10M! It's probably fine for automotive use, where you aren't dealing with small current circuits, but I'd still not trust it as a general purpose multimeter.
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I'm considering picking one of the 700 Lbs. Capacity Five Drawer Tool Cart up for general tool storage. I don't have a whole lot of tools and don't really need anything fancy, but it seems like it will fit the bill for a sturdy cart that will last a long time. Anyone have one of these and if so, what do you think of it? After playing with one in store, I think I'd want to disable the drawer lock that's tied to the lid being opened--the drawers all have individual catches so I don't really need that for my purposes. Do you think that would be easy enough to do or would it not be worth the hassle?
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smax posted:I'm considering picking one of the 700 Lbs. Capacity Five Drawer Tool Cart up for general tool storage. I don't have a whole lot of tools and don't really need anything fancy, but it seems like it will fit the bill for a sturdy cart that will last a long time. I have one, and I'm quite fond of it. Assembly was a stone cold bitch, and I never did manage to get it perfectly square, but it's quite sturdy, has plenty of room for the tools that I have, and was dirt cheap since I got it on sale with a 20% off coupon before they put the kibosh on that sort of thing.
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smax posted:I'm considering picking one of the 700 Lbs. Capacity Five Drawer Tool Cart up for general tool storage. I don't have a whole lot of tools and don't really need anything fancy, but it seems like it will fit the bill for a sturdy cart that will last a long time. Do it. Other than having to assemble it yourself (wasn't that bad), it's identical in quality to the service carts that the expensive brands sell. Having an extra person around to lift the main part of the cabinet up onto the frame would be very wise, if not a necessity. Oh and it must be pretty loving strong, because my co-worker was the only guy in the shop when my new 60" rollcab was delivered, and he took it upon himself to stack it on top of my HF service cart with the forklift (empty of course, but still). I came in to work the next day to a note that said "Hey man your top box came in yesterday so I installed it for you."
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Raluek posted:Looking at the reviews on HF's website, one guy measured the input resistance of the meter in voltage mode, and it swung between 300k and 500k - way off from the advertised 10M! It's probably fine for automotive use, where you aren't dealing with small current circuits, but I'd still not trust it as a general purpose multimeter. woah... that's kind of important. Thanks for the heads up, I was just about to buy one. I'll be using it mostly to test/make Electronic Cigarettes so this one is out. Automotive use is a secondary concern.
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My dremel, a wire wheel and I are very good friends. I use it to clean up just about any component I take off of a car. However they are outrageously priced, $4+ for one last time I looked at Walmart. There are multipacks I can buy on eBay but I don't know about the quality. Does anyone know a good source for them? I don't care if they're dremel brand just of working quality.
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penis bandana posted:Do it. Other than having to assemble it yourself (wasn't that bad), it's identical in quality to the service carts that the expensive brands sell. Having an extra person around to lift the main part of the cabinet up onto the frame would be very wise, if not a necessity. I went this past weekend to take another look at it in person and I decided that no, I really don't need anything so big. I've got space for my stuff as it is. I picked up some sets of pliers, wrenches, etc. and went home. Of course I now have no space left over for the stuff I just bought, so I might be going back this weekend to the parking lot sale to pick the tool cart up. It'll be interesting if I can 1: get the box into the back of my GTI, and 2: get it back out alone without messing up my rear bumper.
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Does anyone have experience with products from Raceramps? I'm specifically considering ordering these: http://www.reverselogic.us/ReverseLogicLimited/Adjustable_Height_Wheel_Cribs.html
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I got the Harbor Freight aluminum race jack, but it was too short to lift my truck. I decided to get a bigger one: It's got slightly more lift: 
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I like having a flashlight in my car, but I don't use them often enough and the batteries are usually dead when I need it. Any recommendations on one I can stick into a 12V socket (have a spare one in the trunk that isn't being used for anything) to keep charged for when I need it? Something like this would be okay if no one makes a bigger one with a cord, I guess.
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Nomex posted:I got the Harbor Freight aluminum race jack, but it was too short to lift my truck. I decided to get a bigger one: I bought mine because I didn't really need an extremely high capacity, but the range of height is very useful. The generic cheap 2-tone jacks you normally get won't even touch a Panda's jacking point at full stretch.
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Uthor posted:I like having a flashlight in my car, but I don't use them often enough and the batteries are usually dead when I need it. Any recommendations on one I can stick into a 12V socket (have a spare one in the trunk that isn't being used for anything) to keep charged for when I need it? Something like this would be okay if no one makes a bigger one with a cord, I guess. Check the electrical aisle at Home Depot - they have a great Commercial Electric LED work light that comes with both an AC and a 12VDC charger. They will run for something like 10 hours on a single charge. Cost me $25 last time I got one.
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Uthor posted:I like having a flashlight in my car, but I don't use them often enough and the batteries are usually dead when I need it. Any recommendations on one I can stick into a 12V socket (have a spare one in the trunk that isn't being used for anything) to keep charged for when I need it? Something like this would be okay if no one makes a bigger one with a cord, I guess. I had a lighter socket flashlight just like that. They don't last very long due to the small batteries but they are great for quickly finding something in your car (like the spare batteries for your bigass flashlight)
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Uthor posted:I like having a flashlight in my car, but I don't use them often enough and the batteries are usually dead when I need it. Any recommendations on one I can stick into a 12V socket (have a spare one in the trunk that isn't being used for anything) to keep charged for when I need it? Something like this would be okay if no one makes a bigger one with a cord, I guess.
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