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spog posted:
I am a huge proponent of crimping over soldering. Use Milspec or at least UL listed wire and milspec connectors and you wont have any problems using harbor freight crimpers for things like RBY butt and terminal connections. Counter-intuitively imo (but I've done the tensile testing) the wire is more important than the connectors which is more important than the crimpers. You can make mil spec tensile testing crimps with harbor freight wires but cant with cheap wire and connectors using mil spec crimpers. This applies to both RBY crimpers and specialty like MS22520 for pin and socket.
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I've been hosed by lovely crimps so many times i avoid them at all cost. leave a lot of wire to strip, lineman splice and solder. job done forever.
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Feb 18, 2017 04:24
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spog posted:
Second this. I'm searching for a setup to crimp electrical connector pins (MQS, MCP) in an automotive application. Needs to crimp pins and seals. So far my choices are princess auto set (barely OK but cheap) and dealership/factory tool kit, which is literally thousands of dollars.
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Powershift posted:I've been hosed by lovely crimps so many times i avoid them at all cost. You want some of these. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d83XuNDnHLI Wasabi the J fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Feb 18, 2017 |
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Feb 18, 2017 06:23
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That looks like the worst of both worlds. combined with the need for a lovely splice.
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Feb 18, 2017 06:32
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Powershift posted:That looks like the worst of both worlds. combined with the need for a lovely splice. You can do a lineman splice before???
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmkpPZ13S80&t=229s Dave Jones tries to use solder sleeves with a heat gun. It doesn’t go well. I want to try them, but I’d do it on something non‐critical (not on my car) first. It seems like it would be hard to apply enough heat without melting everything else under the dash.
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Feb 18, 2017 06:44
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Mercedes uses solder connectors as an acceptable repair method, so if it's ok with them it's probably not that bad?
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Feb 18, 2017 06:54
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Bwd makes heat shinking, crimping, solder filled butt connectors. I keep a box of 10 of each size on hand because they own for wiring jobs in tight spots. 
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eddiewalker posted:Is there anything to consider when buying a shop-vac other than price and capacity? The biggest one ridgid makes at home depot is decent. I have been abusing mine since 2010 and it still lives. It sat in my yard for an entire winter full of water with a few feet of snow on top of it melting and dripping directly through the motor and sounds like it has gravel for bearings as a result but I think it could still suck the chrome off a trailer hitch. (I left it out one night while working on the roof and we got several feet of snow. It all slid off the roof and buried the vacuum and I forgot it existed until it emerged scarred but unbowed from the snowbank in the spring.) kastein fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Feb 18, 2017 |
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Feb 18, 2017 15:21
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Cop Porn Popper posted:Bwd makes heat shinking, crimping, solder filled butt connectors. I keep a box of 10 of each size on hand because they own for wiring jobs in tight spots. Do you have a link? My Oreillys can order them for me. I have some MGS gave me for secret Santa but they aren't the kind you crimp. There the kind you western union slide over and melt the solder over the union. They work amazing and hold up to being wet snow covered and road grimed
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Platystemon posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmkpPZ13S80&t=229s You need a high temp heat gun for these to chooch. We used them regularly for coax in robots. We busted out the paint stripping heat gun.
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Feb 18, 2017 16:19
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What paint should I use to clean up the surface rust on my Toyota Echo brake booster?
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clam ache posted:Do you have a link? My Oreillys can order them for me. I have some MGS gave me for secret Santa but they aren't the kind you crimp. There the kind you western union slide over and melt the solder over the union. They work amazing and hold up to being wet snow covered and road grimed I'll grab a pic of the part numbers for them tonight while at work. Edit:  Part numbers, ordered as a box, sold individually. Roughly a buck a shot for shops, but they are nice. Takes around 30-45s to get the solder hot enough to flow with the horror freight special heat gun my buddy has. Edit 2: First set of numbers is standard heat shrink butt connectors, 2nd is like what mgs sent you, 3rd is all 3 Elmnt80 fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Feb 18, 2017 |
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Wrar posted:What paint should I use to clean up the surface rust on my Toyota Echo brake booster? High temp stuff. The exhaust is on the rear of that engine? So in theory it gets pretty hot by it and high temp is only a little more then regular paint. Plus the extra security of heat not affecting the paint is nice.
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Took advantage of the nice weather yesterday to try to unfuck my workbench that has been slowly gathering crap over the course of the winter. I'd apparently acquired more poo poo than initially thought because as I was moving stuff around I realized I had no more available space to put poo poo. So I bought a thing.  Bottom and drawers are already filled. Top's not filled yet. Need to figure out how I want to do it. I need to get all of my sockets and wrenches and poo poo together to see what I actually have. I'll probably pick up the folding side tray and a couple magnetic accessories eventually. I need to move my cord winder so I can get the cart right up against the wall when it's not in use.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:
I've been looking at that exact same thing. Would you mind measuring the bottom shelf for me? I'm curious if I could store my jack-stands under there.
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Feb 21, 2017 01:53
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Jonny Quest posted:I've been looking at that exact same thing. Would you mind measuring the bottom shelf for me? I'm curious if I could store my jack-stands under there. Shelf is about 19"x30". 16" high for the most part but about 13" around the edges due to bracing.
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Feb 21, 2017 02:48
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Had to do some soldering on wires in a car and used a Weller Portasol for the first time: https://www.amazon.com/Weller-P2KC-Professional-Self-igniting-Soldering/dp/B000WOHSHM Wow this is a drat nice gas iron! Highly recommend it if you're doing a lot of soldering away from a power source. It heats up just as fast and flows solder as well as my Hakko soldering station. Will definitely be using this thing a lot more for little odd jobs.
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mod sassinator posted:Had to do some soldering on wires in a car and used a Weller Portasol for the first time: https://www.amazon.com/Weller-P2KC-Professional-Self-igniting-Soldering/dp/B000WOHSHM Wow this is a drat nice gas iron! Highly recommend it if you're doing a lot of soldering away from a power source. It heats up just as fast and flows solder as well as my Hakko soldering station. Will definitely be using this thing a lot more for little odd jobs. That is exactly the one I would recommend if someone wanted a decent quality one to use more than once-ish. You can get a variant cheaper outside the kit, too.
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eddiewalker posted:Is there anything to consider when buying a shop-vac other than price and capacity? Don't buy it from wal-mart. They're made cheaper, mine has had a bearing squeal since about a day after the 90-day warranty ran out.
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Feb 23, 2017 07:59
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Milwaukee M18 Fuel impact with a 5.0 battery for $249 at Home Depot online, today only. Looks like the new model is coming out with 2 batteries and a $479 price tag. This is close to bare tool pricing. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwauke...-21XC/301099969 They better stop having sales on this M18 stuff. I picked up the 2797 Impact/hammerdrill kit a couple weeks ago, and my dad got me the M18 hackzall for selling his boat on craigslist (for a couple grand more than he expected). Consider my old dewalt stuff fully replaced. You served me well for a decade, my yellow friends.
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Feb 23, 2017 16:33
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Headlamp chat, Amazon has a nice low end Black Diamond Gizmo lamp for $10 right now: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011K7JN7M/ This is its cheapest price by about $5. Nice upgrade if you're used to $2 Harbor Freight lamps, this one is properly waterproof and better built.
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SPORK08 posted:Milwaukee M18 Fuel impact with a 5.0 battery for $249 at Home Depot online, today only. Damnit, and just about a month after I dropped $320 on a Dewalt DCF899 too 
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SPORK08 posted:Milwaukee M18 Fuel impact with a 5.0 battery for $249 at Home Depot online, today only. Looks like the new model is coming out with 2 batteries and a $479 price tag. This is close to bare tool pricing. HHNNNG. I wonder what the deal with the new one would be? OneKey, maybe? That's not really useful to me right now, debating if I should just jump on this and go bust some nuts. mod sassinator posted:Headlamp chat, Amazon has a nice low end Black Diamond Gizmo lamp for $10 right now: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011K7JN7M/ This is its cheapest price by about $5. Nice upgrade if you're used to $2 Harbor Freight lamps, this one is properly waterproof and better built. This is showing up as $25 now? Deal over?
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boxen posted:HHNNNG. Just did some soul searching between the 2797 kit vs the newer 2897. It boiled down to minor improvements and the larger 5.0 batteries vs the 4.0's. At the $250 price point vs $399 I had to go with the 2797. It looks like the new impact kit comes with 2 batteries but is way too close to five bills. I'm just sitting around waiting on that charging station/led lamp to get a price cut. Also waiting for another Milwaukee box to show up on the porch and hear about it from the Mrs.
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Speaking of cordless tools, the latest AvE video... 
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InitialDave posted:Speaking of cordless tools, the latest AvE video... I don't know why he didn't use a real Hitachi. Hell, even Amazon carries them... And the juvenile giggling was a bit much.
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I use AVE videos to fall asleep at night, 7-8 minutes tops and I'm zonked.
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wormil posted:I use AVE videos to fall asleep at night, 7-8 minutes tops and I'm zonked. I use the HI podcast. 70-something episodes, and I've heard every single one at least 20 times. I put it on a 30-minute sleep timer and out I go. I started listening at Ep 2 when they first came out.
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Seminal Flu posted:And the juvenile giggling was a bit much. I like how he seems to be genuinely a bit embarrassed about the whole idea of sex toys
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Feb 25, 2017 18:23
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Feb 25, 2017 18:25
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Well I just spent $419 on power tools to screw $30 worth of legs onto a $free door to make a desk. Sensible financial decisions!! picked up this Milwaukee 12v combo here. Now I need to find more things to drill holes in! https://sydneytools.com.au/milwaukee-m12cpp2a-421c-12v-2-0ah-4-0ah-fuel-li-ion-cordless-2pce-combo-kit
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Father in law has a camper with a deep cycle battery. He wants to be able to trickle charge it, but also to be able to program the charger to cycle the battery so that it maximizes battery life, addresses any plating issues etc., and also use it as a defibrillator to revive a dead battery. Any suggestions? He doesn't want the Cadillac, but he does expect it to work and work every time. Thanks!
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I just picked up an e-loving-normoust Reed 106 fixed bench vise. The thing is listed at over 130 pounds, and this is every bit of that. It was a bastard to maneuver through the garage to get on the bench. Needs some sand/paint, but overall, it's a massive, nasty, old monster of a vise.  Now I'll give my 4" bench vise to a buddy and everyone's happy. meatpimp fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Feb 28, 2017 |
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Seminal Flu posted:Now I'll give my 4" bench vise to a buddy and everyone's happy. Except your back. RIP
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Larrymer posted:Except your back. RIP For real. Walking a bit carefully today, back did not appreciate twisting around the garage carrying that bastard. I'm trying to research it, based on design points, it looks like it was made between 1915 and 1930. I'm going to fully take the paint down and POR15 it. Then it should be good for another 100 years.
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Feb 28, 2017 16:23
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bolind posted:Get your wide angle out and post some photos! At work right now, I should have taken full before shots, but I'm an impatient monkey. This is a terrible end-on view, but you can get a sense of scale by looking at the top of my workbench, which is made of 2x6.
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