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I've just got the M12 screwdriver (for now) and I really like it. I use it to cinch down lugs after starting them along with other screwdrivery poo poo and it's awesome. I really appreciate how light it is.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Does Bondus make Whitworth sizes? Not sure, the one I have is good ol' american inches.
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Got the $99 Ryobi Drill + Impact set that was on sale at HD. THe impact was able to get rusty as poo poo bolts out of a 15 year old truck so moderately impressed with it so far.
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BigPaddy posted:Got the $99 Ryobi Drill + Impact set that was on sale at HD. THe impact was able to get rusty as poo poo bolts out of a 15 year old truck so moderately impressed with it so far. That's a pretty good deal. I have the impact and like it well enough for the little I've used it.
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Anyone else get on that Wera deal during black friday? I spent way too much, but I know its going to be completely worth it.
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Just heard an internet radio ad saying Home Depot will warranty Craftsman hand tools for a similar Husky tool through January 14. edit: I can't find a thing online about it thebigcow fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Dec 8, 2017 |
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I broke the tip off of a Craftsman screwdriver using it as a pry bar, is that warrantyable?
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FogHelmut posted:I broke the tip off of a Craftsman screwdriver using it as a pry bar, is that warrantyable? Absolutely. I've got a drawer-full like that, but I'm just too lazy to go to Sears to get them replaced... I'll probably wait around too long and the new owner will rescing the lifetime warranty. meatpimp fucked around with this message at 21:49 on Dec 8, 2017 |
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Go try to get some Husky replacements and report back
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Maybe this is as good of a place as any to ask. For SUPER HIGH TECH RACE CAR stuff (lemons), I’d like to get a tpms unit that will communicate to our dash / data logging stuff. I need a unit that will communicate through serial to a raspberry pi, and it doesn’t need to have a screen. In-tire monitors preferred. Amazon universal units seem pretty shy on details on how to communicate with them.
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thebigcow posted:Go try to get some Husky replacements and report back This caused me to look at Husky screwdrivers.
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I'm a Snap-on industrial dealer and my snap on corporate rep told me to warranty whatever the heck I want, even (or especially) if it's a competitors tool. I can also strongly recommend Bahco and Williams.
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slidebite posted:
I'd hope so because don't they make Snap-On?
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shoncook posted:Maybe this is as good of a place as any to ask. For SUPER HIGH TECH RACE CAR stuff (lemons), I’d like to get a tpms unit that will communicate to our dash / data logging stuff. I need a unit that will communicate through serial to a raspberry pi, and it doesn’t need to have a screen. In-tire monitors preferred. Amazon universal units seem pretty shy on details on how to communicate with them. Let me know if you actually find anything not for megabucks. As far as I can tell, there's the Stack system or more expensive alternatives.
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Colostomy Bag posted:I'd hope so because don't they make Snap-On? Some. They make great stuff.
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Colostomy Bag posted:I'd hope so because don't they make Snap-On? Snap-On has two main markets. Snap-On (the truck guys that sell direct; think highest quality and Made in USA) and Snap-On Industrial Brands (not branded as Snap-On, but as Williams, Bahco, and CDI, and is sold through distribution). While Williams used to be all Made in the US decades ago and comparable to Proto or Armstrong, they sell many imported tools now. Some are made in the US, but I’m not sure what the mix is. Good example: My company stocks the cheap-o Stanley adjustable wrenches because they are a good value for our contractors. Some old guy had us order a Williams adjustable wrench because he remembered the glory days of Williams. Sure enough, it came in and was made in Taiwan and had the same pattern on the handle has the Stanley Expert series we used to carry. But that brand recognition is exactly why Snap On bought them for that market. CDI is all made in the US and they make a ton of torque wrenches as private labels for other brands. Wright Tool torque wrenches are made by CDI.
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slidebite posted:I'm a Snap-on industrial dealer and my snap on corporate rep told me to warranty whatever the heck I want, even (or especially) if it's a competitors tool. Just out of curiosity, how much of a difference is there in price between truck and industrial tools?
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Any thoughts on sub-$500 thermal cameras like the FLIR C2 or Seek Reveal for home and garage use? The C2 looks like a solid product, but the Seek is half the price and that’s cool too. Edit: nevermind. The Seek Compact is on sale for $160. Hopefully it’ll show me how many spots I missed insulating before I drywall my basement. eddiewalker fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Dec 10, 2017 |
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Frank Dillinger posted:Just out of curiosity, how much of a difference is there in price between truck and industrial tools? Industrial tools will cost you more than a new truck. Wait...
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Frank Dillinger posted:Just out of curiosity, how much of a difference is there in price between truck and industrial tools? Keep in mind on some of the hand tools there are not direct, 100% made-by equivalents, however, from my understanding, there is a significant amount of crossover. I *think* Bahco makes the Snapon branded adjustable wrenches, but not their combination wrenches... maybe they make most of both. Pretty sure CDI makes all the Snap-on torque products. Pneumatic is done by Sioux, and the industrial side can sell both the higher end Sioux (snap on equiv) pneumatic and offshore made Sioux. Pretty sure Bahco makes their cutting products. On things like their cabinets, the standard "Snap-On industrial brand" Williams cabinets are not the exact same as their snap on counterparts, HOWEVER, the Snap-On Industrial PROFESSIONAL series is made in the same USA factory, just maybe a different color or aesthetics out of the box, but the industrial will have Williams name plates instead of Snap-on. Even the Williams stuff that is made off shore is really, really good stuff. Considering the price point of tools they are competing with they are pretty tough to beat.
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Also bear in mind that a truck will often be selling to individuals or small businesses, while industrial tools - though having a catalogue price - get bought by companies who have agreements for pricing discounts on account purchases, and want to source things from one place as much as possible. If I want to buy hand tools, I have a company we have an account with, and I have to get it from them unless they don't have and can't get it. The price it's listed at isn't what we actually pay overall, but often the way it works is we do pay that and there's then a rebate at a corporate level for that month's orders - but we don't see that ourselves. So you can say that Brand X costs more than Brand Y if you're just walking in off the street to the respective dealers and getting something off the shelf, but it's a lot more complicated if it's truly industrial supply.
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What about the snap on branded lights and other crap that you find at Costco and Sam’s? Who makes that?
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Rubiks Pubes posted:What about the snap on branded lights and other crap that you find at Costco and Sam’s? Who makes that? They're just paying snap on for the name, they're licensed products.
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mekilljoydammit posted:Let me know if you actually find anything not for megabucks. As far as I can tell, there's the Stack system or more expensive alternatives. drat, you’re not joking about megabucks. I found something similar to the Stack system that cost like $4k. I fear my best bet is to roll my own. Sparkfun and other places sell 434 MHz and 315 MHz receivers; I could maybe kludge something together. I’d just feel a little more confident with a known quantity, however. I made some input / output boards to take in vehicle data either analog or through serial coms (megasquirt or speeduino) in case our plan needs backups. An arduino mega then lights up LEDs on the dash for appropriate stuff. Car data also gets shoved to a raspberry pi with a GPS receiver that looks for a track side router / ftp to transmit and take in any messages the track side team sends. What’s better than all that complication? Even more! I found some various GUI stuff for python that I could use to make a fancy screen in the car too. I was hoping to make a neat Gran Turismo looking display to show gps, lap time, and tpms and tire temp if I could get a unit to play nice. This will all work perfectly, of course, and not just be an eyesore that fails instantly.
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I know someone has decoded TPMS signals, but I think the garden variety ones are pretty slow and I wasn't real clear on what the hardware/software to talk to it would look like. I had some pretty ambitious DAQ stuff designed out but... too many projects. Probably just feeding stuff into an AIM logger. Izze Racing's tire temp stuff looks pretty well executed, for example though yeah, I know, you can always kitbash something together for cheaper.
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 Picked one of these up. It rocks. So nice to just zip nuts and bolts out. Much like most things in Harbor Freight I think they are being generous with the 60 ft lb rating. I'd bet its half that. But its cheaper then the Strap on one and feels like a solid tool. Battery seem to charge pretty fast too.
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KennyLoggins posted:
Pictured actual size, even!
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I was looking at the Milwaukee one of those, it is about $180 with the battery and charger. I wish Ryobi did once since I have some of those batteries already.
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BigPaddy posted:I was looking at the Milwaukee one of those, it is about $180 with the battery and charger. I wish Ryobi did once since I have some of those batteries already. Given that a lot of tools come from the same place. The HF earthquake ratchet looks suspiciously like the one AC Delco offers:  And is $50 more then the HF version. Don't have any M12 stuff so and it seems like Craftsmans C3 which I have a bunch of tools that use the C3 batteries line is stale and not much to write home about.
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KennyLoggins posted:
Using this is likely to put you in the Danger Zone. I'll see myself out.
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BigPaddy posted:I was looking at the Milwaukee one of those, it is about $180 with the battery and charger. I wish Ryobi did once since I have some of those batteries already. you should be able to pick it up much cheaper than that, just wait for a deal i got last years version with the brushed motor, an impact driver and two batteries for 100 bucks plus tax ryobi's version would suck because of the giant shape of the batteries
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BraveUlysses posted:ryobi's version would suck because of the giant shape of the batteries They've got an angle drill that uses the huge batteries and it's not that bad, it stands up quite stable.
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Costco has those LED shoplights in store and on sale again. Finally bought one on impulse.... And will probably get more after Christmas. E: having just set it up, I want three more. These are awesome. briefcasefullof fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Dec 22, 2017 |
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QuarkMartial posted:Costco has those LED shoplights in store and on sale again. Finally bought one on impulse.... And will probably get more after Christmas. I cannot wait to move and set up a new garage with LED strip lighting continuous at knee level like I'm working in a paint booth. And a lighted floor. That should be a thing.
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StormDrain posted:And a lighted floor. That should be a thing.
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QuarkMartial posted:Costco has those LED shoplights in store and on sale again. Finally bought one on impulse.... And will probably get more after Christmas. I had one of the original ones that was just on/off and left it in an ex's garage. I bought one of the new fancy motion-sensing ones to replace it and it's really nice - fully adjustable brightness, motion sensitivity range, timed duration, etc. Definitely worth the $35 or whatever.
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StormDrain posted:
John travolta style? poo poo he even wears a white suit like in a spray booth.
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QuarkMartial posted:Costco has those LED shoplights in store and on sale again. Finally bought one on impulse.... And will probably get more after Christmas. I had three along the back of the garage and just grabbed two more for the front of the left bay where the workin car goes. It is glorious, bright like the sun.
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Anyone have a link for those little clips for storing the m18 batteries on the wall/under a shelf?
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