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Zoro is pretty good at not being terrible and they don't exclude stuff from the sale they should. Not sure how they don't go out of business.
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Elephanthead posted:Zoro is pretty good at not being terrible and they don't exclude stuff from the sale they should. Not sure how they don't go out of business. They're part of Grainger, and 90% of their business is large industrial companies who don't care about pricing. Apparently, Grainger decided to start a more-consumer-friendly site, and thus: Zoro. They've removed a few items that used to be amazing deals. My Thermal Dynamics Cutmaster 42 and Honda EU2000i genset are prime examples. I bought both during the famous 40% off Cyber Monday sale... which was (and probably will be) a one-time deal. Their site sucks, but if you know what you want, you can usually find it. MFR Part numbers work better than anything else. For example, I needed some duckbill pliers. If I search "duckbill", I don't find any other than some awful Westwards. However, if I know Knipex's part numbers, I can search each one and find these: http://www.zoro.com/knipex-flat-nose-pliers-5-12-in-1-764-in-jaw-20-02-140/i/G6063626/
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Jul 28, 2015 14:19
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Whats the current hotness for shop lights? Brother-in-law asked for two 36"-48" shop lights for his birthday. I thought there was something good recommended in this thread, but I didn't see it when skimming the last 70 pages.
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Jul 28, 2015 18:51
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Costco LEDs.
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Jul 28, 2015 18:58
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+1 to that, i have 3 in my garage to replace some track lighting (ughhhh) and I will probably get one more eventually.
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Jul 28, 2015 19:05
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I've got 8 of them in my garage and am happy with them. I'll probably get two more when I build a real workbench to have some task lighting.
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Jul 28, 2015 19:49
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I have 3 of those Costco LED lights and a fourth I need to hang up. They own.
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Jul 29, 2015 17:43
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What do the led lights offer over $15 fluorescent fixtures?
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Jul 29, 2015 17:47
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PBCrunch posted:What do the led lights offer over $15 fluorescent fixtures? no buzzing, no dimming in the cold, you can run 40some of them on a single circuit.
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PBCrunch posted:What do the led lights offer over $15 fluorescent fixtures? No bulbs to change. Will run for like 40 years straight.
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Jul 29, 2015 18:16
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Significantly more efficient, too, the lumens per watt is several times that of most fluorescents.
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Jul 29, 2015 18:28
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You hit the switch and they are instantly on and you don't have to keep feeding them ballasts.
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Jul 29, 2015 19:13
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Does anybody Maka a bar like that with the light changing stuff like modern light bulbs? Because oil change rave party sounds awesome
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PBCrunch posted:What do the led lights offer over $15 fluorescent fixtures? Also far less heat output. Our shop can be nice and pleasant on a hot day when you walk in but turn the lights on and uuugh it gets hot. It's also fairly pleasant in the winter after the lights have been on a while so give and take...
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Does the Harbor Freight bearing packer work OK? There are a lot of comments on the HF page about modifying it in different ways.
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Any other place besides Costco that would have something similar? I don't have a membership but my shop badly needs upgraded lighting and so does my garage.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:20
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A friend can give you a Costco cash card (well you give them the money, then they load the card) and buy em that way. Or just go with a friend to the store and buy them a hot dog. It's win win
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sharkytm posted:They're part of Grainger, and 90% of their business is large industrial companies who don't care about pricing. Tell me about it; my job spends tens of thousands of dollars a month on supplies from Grainger, ranging from CR123 batteries that are about $9.37 each to bottles of Squincher (basically Gatorade concentrate) that is $14 per quart bottle (you'll note Amazon is selling a case of four 1 gallon bottles for that same price). Grainger is a bunch of bloodsucking leeches.
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HotCanadianChick posted:Tell me about it; my job spends tens of thousands of dollars a month on supplies from Grainger, ranging from CR123 batteries that are about $9.37 each to bottles of Squincher (basically Gatorade concentrate) that is $14 per quart bottle (you'll note Amazon is selling a case of four 1 gallon bottles for that same price). I was asked to price check some supplies we order for our company through Uline to see if we could cut some costs, and loving Grainger was over twice as expensive for the exact same goods as Uline on literally everything I looked at. And, they're basically the same kind of business to business company I just don't get it either.
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God I hate Squincher so much.
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The orange flavor is vile
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Hypnolobster posted:God I hate Squincher so much. If you drink enough of it your poo poo turns bright green.
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PBCrunch posted:Does the Harbor Freight bearing packer work OK? There are a lot of comments on the HF page about modifying it in different ways. Haven't used it, because for only a little more money you can get the Lisle one at Pep Boys, and it's pretty great. v  v
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What happened to squirting it your hand and scooping it in as god and lucas intended?
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"Well, long story short: that's why I can't go within 100 feet of a school anymore."
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fknlo posted:If you drink enough of it your poo poo turns bright green. StormDrain posted:What happened to squirting it your hand and scooping it in as god and lucas intended? I hope that I've got two conversations mixed up here.
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spog posted:I hope that I've got two conversations mixed up here. Bearings! Squincher is not a tool so I skimmed past that part.
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StormDrain posted:What happened to squirting it your hand and scooping it in as god and lucas intended? That's kinda what I was thinking. - Put on rubber gloves - glob of grease in palm - jam bearing down onto grease until fully penetrated  - repeat as necessary
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Or just go with a friend to the store and buy them a hot dog. It's win win This is correct.
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Reviews seemed to indicate that HF's impact wobble extensions are fine, and that it's just the chromies that are garbage. Anyone had any experience otherwise? I've been meaning to buy their impact wobbles for general use and am curious if anyone's got any firsthand experience.
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Jared592 posted:Reviews seemed to indicate that HF's impact wobble extensions are fine, and that it's just the chromies that are garbage. Anyone had any experience otherwise? I've been meaning to buy their impact wobbles for general use and am curious if anyone's got any firsthand experience.
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sharkytm posted:I've got a set of 1/2" ones. They absorb lots of torque, but haven't broken or distorted. These are like 4 years old, which is worth mentioning because they change their suppliers without changing part numbers or telling anyone. I thought they changed catalog numbers when they changed OEMs for a given product, even if the appearance / specs stayed the same? Example - there are 3 different catalog numbers for the freebie multimeters. I once opened up two of the free meters with different cat numbers and definitely found differences in the electronics between the two. I assumed it was because they changed suppliers. Anyway, I can verify that the chrome wobble extensions are poo poo. I have a set that I've been meaning to exchange due to breakage but haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Splizwarf posted:Haven't used it, because for only a little more money you can get the Lisle one at Pep Boys, and it's pretty great. v I used a coupon code at Advanced Auto, got the Lisle bearing packer for cheaper the HF one. It worked great for injecting cherry red grease into the bearings on my Toyota pickup.
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Nice! I am a big Lisle fan.
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I love any lisle tool I have ever used. My matco impact screwdriver would budge these stuck Honda set screws. I borrowed my bosses lisle and it made those screws its bitch. Also lisle carries most specialty automotive tools and isn't $texas
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Psycho Donut Killer posted:I saw a great deal on the Hitachi Lithium Ion 12v drill / impact driver set I got at Lowes. I ordered two of these sets for $55 each, one for my brother in law and one for me. My set had two bad batteries out of the box, but Lowe's swapped them for me for no charge. The other set was perfect. The drill is pretty good for household stuff, and is a lot lighter than my Ryobi 18V stuff. I like the little impact driver. It worked well for deck screws and for turning little bolts with 10 and 12mm heads. Thanks for the heads up.
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Rubiks Pubes posted:Any other place besides Costco that would have something similar? I don't have a membership but my shop badly needs upgraded lighting and so does my garage. ~ $15 more on Amazon Prime.
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If you're getting 6 or more @ +$15, that's more than the price of a Costco membership iirc.
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Shop presses--is harbor freight the way to go here? Is it also worthwhile to spend an extra hundred bucks and get a 20 ton H frame press vs 12 ton A frame? Or is a bench top 6 ton press good enough for most things? First thing I need it for is to replace a wheel bearing, and then probably just miscellaneous automotive stuff, for reference.
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OSU_Matthew posted:Shop presses--is harbor freight the way to go here? Is it also worthwhile to spend an extra hundred bucks and get a 20 ton H frame press vs 12 ton A frame? Or is a bench top 6 ton press good enough for most things? My 20 ton HF has been great so far. It's beefy and simple enough that even they couldn't gently caress it up (other than not having the bag of hardware in the first one I bought). The only lovely part is the jack itself but it seems to be holding up, although I have plans of putting an air over hydraulic one in there eventually.
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