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MetaJew posted:Stop posting all this screw driver porn. I'm going to be tempted to actually buy quality tools and throw away my lovely, free Harbor Freight ones. They both have their place, tbh. All tools are good.
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meatpimp posted:They both have their place, tbh. All tools are good. Yes, but... HF screw drivers are the stuff you hand out to your kids when they ask you they need to assemble something. If it doesn't come back, no biggie. I'm no tool snob, I have plenty of HF stuff but their screwdrivers...yikes. Good screwdrivers otoh are cherished.
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I used a screwdriver to open a tin can this weekend. That’s something you wouldn’t do with a LASER‐etched Wera. 
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Rhyno posted:Craigslist a cheap one? Or buy a new one for inside and move the old one to garage duty?  I bought this cause I like things that come with their own wall brackets, and an 18' hose  . Yesterday when I bought it, was only $63? Went up by $5 overnight.Anyway here's me IRL, soon. 
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I stuck my Craftsman screwdriver into dirt to support my flower pot as I was moving it and now it's a little dirty and has surface rust. I think I should get a set of Wera just in case.
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Platystemon posted:I used a screwdriver to open a tin can this weekend. That's why I got the Wera Chiseldrivers, too.
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Jesus christ it's a 35 dollar multitool that will be handy in my daily carry car/boat Plano box. I'm not trying to come in here and get lauded for my supreme tool knowledge or wealth any poo poo like that. e, for content: Organizing them into heavy/light 
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Crunchy Black posted:Jesus christ it's a 35 dollar multitool that will be handy in my daily carry car/boat Plano box. I'm not trying to come in here and get lauded for my supreme tool knowledge or wealth any poo poo like that. Does yours do the thing where, if you extend the shank just
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I cycled it 5 times first thing once I received it. No such behavior.
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I know I'm mostly preaching to the choir but honestly the laser tips are so much better it's hard to believe. They work in halfway stripped screws, they hold screws for inserting into the hole better, even the slotted ones make slotted screws suck less. The Phillips actually work well in combination screws that you find in electrical things. My only complaint is the most useful slotted ones for me are the larger sizes which came with longer shanks than I like. Just means I'll have to buy more.
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With all this Wera chat I figured I'd give my .02 cents I'm a commercial electrician and have been using my red robbie Wera screwdriver for 4 years now. This is probably the most used hand tool as an electrician and it sees magor abuse on a daily basis. It's been dropped in snow, mud, puddles, kicked around in dirt and gravel, dropped off rooftops and scissor lifts. It's frequently used as a punch with the back of my linesman to tighten lock rings, or open up knockouts on a box. poo poo, it was buried in a trench once but I spent an hour digging the spot back up just to get it back. To this day, the tip is still great on it. It still holds a screw tightly, and I've never had it strip the head of a screw either. I used Klein screwdrivers before Wera and those would usually last me 2 years before the tip was rounded out and the rubber handle falling apart. I also noticed that with Klein or cheap screwdrivers, my hand would be stiff or sore by the end of the day. Wera handles fit my hand like a dream and I've never had issues since switching to them. They are drat good screwdrivers. If I'm doing anything at home that requires screwing in 2 or more screws, I'll walk to the work truck and grab my work tools. And if I had a job where my tools were left onsite or at a workplace, I'd buy a Wera set for home. TLDR: Buy Wera screwdrivers. Photos of my beat up 4 year old Wera   
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I haven't been an electrician in a decade so I'm curious, does Klein still make the Journyman screwdrivers? I still have a set, they're nicer than Wihas, but not quite as nice as Weras, Klein's regular screwdrivers are pretty junky, their regular Linemans and dikes are just o.k., but the 2000 series are my gold standard for lineman pliers, they're made of rock hard tool steel that can cut all day, but they're still huge and hefty so they're good for beating locknuts off still, unlike other high quality cutty tool companies. Knipex loving rock for dikes, need to cut 0000 copper but you left your cable cutters in the truck? Just use like 4 cuts with your diagonal cutters!
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My phillips #2 Wera laser tip has been missing since I moved like 6 months ago and that annoys me at least once a week. I know I could buy another one for $10 but I'm sure I'll find the original once I buy a house and fully unpack. I'll probably end up buying a whole second set of the laser tips so I can have an inside set and garage set since I like them so much. I got that set of those Wera insulated screwdrivers after I nearly blinded myself bridging hot and ground with a screwdriver and now I won't use any other screwdriver for poking at the angry pixies.
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I used mine today for the first time. The maf on my brother's car needed to be cleaned and the screws were actually just a pile of rust. I had to laugh as I effortlessly turned it out with my prime day wera #1 that somehow grabbed something, thanks thread.
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Crunchy Black posted:I cycled it 5 times first thing once I received it. No such behavior. Slow mo video! https://photos.app.goo.gl/CjbFr8CD4GYB9jTf6 I bought mine while I was staying in an AirBnB in Belgium, and the first thing I did upon figuring out how to extend the shank was accidentally launch it into the next room. I thought I was going to have to figure out how to return it in Flemish.
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Yesterday I helped deliver a baby on the side of a road thanks to my Weras.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Yesterday I helped deliver a baby on the side of a road thanks to my Weras. "Relax, ma'am. These are the laser tips. Super grippy."
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Yesterday I helped conceive a baby on the side of a road thanks to my Wera laser tips.
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Big Taint posted:Yesterday I helped conceive a baby on the side of a road thanks to my Wera laser tips. I hope to hell you used the slotted.
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There is a joke here somewhere, but I am not a clever man. Edit: it's real.
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So I want to replace a power window regulator and had the idea to use one of these big suction cups (https://www.harborfreight.com/4-1-2-half-inch-diameter-suction-cup-40993.html ) to hold the glass up while it's disconnected from the regulator. Some videos I saw had folks jamming a shim or doorstop inbetween the glass and door to hold it up, but I thought a suction cup might be a little easier and more secure. Anyone ever tried something like this and had major regrets about it?
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much easier to wedge something in the door or put a dowel under the glass
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I've had good luck just using painter's tape to hold the glass up while replacing the regulator.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I've had good luck just using painter's tape to hold the glass up while replacing the regulator. Yeah just use a lot of tape.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:There is a joke here somewhere, but I am not a clever man. I would have lost my poo poo if I was there in person.
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mod sassinator posted:So I want to replace a power window regulator and had the idea to use one of these big suction cups (https://www.harborfreight.com/4-1-2-half-inch-diameter-suction-cup-40993.html ) to hold the glass up while it's disconnected from the regulator. Some videos I saw had folks jamming a shim or doorstop inbetween the glass and door to hold it up, but I thought a suction cup might be a little easier and more secure. Anyone ever tried something like this and had major regrets about it? It works fine. Tape works fine too. I'm too hamhanded and clumsy to use a dowel inside the door, plus I can't be arsed to cut one to length for such a job.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:There is a joke here somewhere, but I am not a clever man. StormDrain posted:I would have lost my poo poo if I was there in person. IDGI
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EightBit posted:Is that really real? 
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Shaft looks like a used condom.
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Wish you could make the thread title a real picture. I didn't even notice it on the first one.
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wesleywillis posted:Shaft looks like a used condom. turn on your monitor
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I would love to hear the marketing justification for that one. Y'know what will connect us with potential customers? Hot air balloons
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They are German.
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Powershift posted:turn on your monitor Jokes on you pal! I got a laptop, so when its turned on, the monitor is always on! Check. Mate.
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MRC48B posted:I would love to hear the marketing justification for that one. Can't wait for Harbor Freight to enter the hot air balloon market. I assume they would call that product line "Icarus International" or something of the sort.
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They will be cheap, there's going to be a relatively high failure rate, but being able to get a new balloon with no problems will make it worth it to the amateur balloon enthusiast.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Can't wait for Harbor Freight to enter the hot air balloon market.
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Wrar posted:They are German. I know little of German culture but this seems like it makes sense.
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