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Rhyno posted:The only thing I dislike about Menards is the one closest to me is frequented by the Amish who are throwing a religious fit about masking and also horse poop in the parking lot. That and whoever designed that parking lot should be shot.
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the spyder posted:I got the coolest loving gift. I'm going to start working on my diesel again and this will be a lifesaver. "Please read the manual before using the inductor unit... We don't need that." "You're Tim the toolman Taylor and I'm Al Borland."
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Krakkles posted:Extension cord chat: Aw hell naw
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Krakkles posted:Extension cord chat: https://twitter.com/thaddeusxmachin/status/1336407114122555392?s=21
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Wasabi the J posted:"Please read the manual before using the inductor unit... We don't need that." The big thing the manual says it to not trigger the inductor for more than 30 seconds at a time. A reasonable warning in my opinion. Firing up that bad boy for more than 30 seconds at a time means you're either biting off more than you can chew or you're going to turn your stubborn fastener into a molten puddle.
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Dec 9, 2020 19:52
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coupedeville posted:The big thing the manual says it to not trigger the inductor for more than 30 seconds at a time. That almost seems like a thing that could be built into the power unit. Or put on a sticker.
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"Holy poo poo, that's awesome!" *checks price* 
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Krakkles posted:Extension cord chat: I used to do electricity distribution at a music festival in Europe, which amounted to lugging out power distros into a field and pulling three-phase cables to them so stages, food trucks, vendors, campground lighting et c could get power. The bigger stages had their own generators - diesel engine in a shipping container producing 450 kVA for the sound and lighting. Our festival had 2 of these shared between 2 stages. Now, you don't always need full power if all you're doing is focusing lights - powering up a light, moving it so it's pointing in the right direction, and if it's a moving light recording it's position in the lighting console - you just need power to run a few lights. So these generators have a "shore power" connection in the form of a 3-phase 63A connection to the grid. If you're not drawing more than say, 32-40ish amps the generator will shut down to save fuel. So I'm sitting around, relaxing, waiting for the next crisis (someone trips a GFCI, a food truck pulls too much from L1 somewhere - it's always L1) and one of the lighting people from the big stage comes by.  "Hey, do you happen have a 3-phase 63A male-male jumper lying around?" "Sounds dangerous, what the gently caress are you doing?" "I know it's against code and dangerous, but we need one to backfeed a dimmer rack for an hour to finish programming. Generator's lost shore power, the generator techs are asleep and it's inputs are Powerlock so i can't just hook up a 63A feed to it" " Cable and 63A plugs are in the shed, tools are over there. I'm going to go get dinner and when I come back i'll expect to find the parts in their original place"
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On the bright side, if the guy killed himself with it, he’d probably be dead before he even realized he touched the cable.
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Motronic posted:That almost seems like a thing that could be built into the power unit. Or put on a sticker. Hey man I'm not a product engineer I just turn wrenches and make bad posts on the internet.
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Motronic posted:That almost seems like a thing that could be built into the power unit. Or put on a sticker. "Made in USA" seems to be the only stickers the comments cared about.
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Induction technology is awesome. We use it for heating up bearings (and other press fit items like gears) all the time. The control we can now get and the built in automatic demagnetize cycle makes it kick rear end. Magnetizing your bearings are not great idea as you can probably imagine and demag was not a feature on a lot of the early ones 
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coupedeville posted:Hey man I'm not a product engineer I just turn wrenches and make bad posts on the internet. Can you make this into a patch please.
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It's that time of year, post your ideas for tool gift ideas I can put on my amazon wish list!
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boxen posted:"Holy poo poo, that's awesome!" Out of curiosity, I found a $200 magnetic induction heater wand on AliExpress. It comes with 10 different coils!
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opengl128 posted:It's that time of year, post your ideas for tool gift ideas I can put on my amazon wish list!
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The new Makita impact driver bits seem cool and I want some. I've been kinda getting into woodworking, so my list is things like router bits and drill guides.
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Safety Dance posted:Out of curiosity, I found a $200 magnetic induction heater wand on AliExpress. It comes with 10 different coils! Yep, I was just about to link it: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...earchweb201603_ If I get around to putting headers or turbo on the Escalade, that'll be the first purchase in the project.
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You can also DIY an induction heater for maybe  in parts. Although at Ali prices it might be justifiable even though I'm only wrenching on the car once or twice per year.
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coupedeville posted:The big thing the manual says it to not trigger the inductor for more than 30 seconds at a time. A reasonable warning in my opinion. Firing up that bad boy for more than 30 seconds at a time means you're either biting off more than you can chew or you're going to turn your stubborn fastener into a molten puddle. Can't be tight if it's liquid...until it somehow brazes itself to everything in the area.
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opengl128 posted:It's that time of year, post your ideas for tool gift ideas I can put on my amazon wish list! Starrett Mercury Filled Plumb Bob  Hammer of Thor  Soviet screwdriver for prying and pounding  Yankee screwdriver  Bell Linesmans Hammer  As far as actually useful stuff, home depot has some good sales on assorted Milwaukee impact bits and drill bits. German tools are always nice, such as the Wera laser etched screwdrivers or Knipex pliers. Decent tapes never go amiss either, can't seem to have too many, and this time of year there's good sales on stuff like Dewalt Fatmax. I've always been a bucket boss fan, but I recently picked up a Tool Tote which has really been quite handy to cart around the stuff I grab 95% of the time. Frees up the bucket for chucking in task specific tools and random stuff I'm working on. I couldn't find any of my drive guides the other day, so I bought a three pack to throw in my bit set, and a set of new milwaukee holiday sale titanium drill bits to replace the ones I've boogered over the past year. Locking socket extenders are great if you don't have them. Recently bought this 4' level set on a really good sale from HD. 25$ is a freaking steal. Gearwrench 120xp flex head ratchets are suuuper nice too, and I'm a big fan of the ratcheting wrenches which you can almost always find dirt cheap anymore. Paint pens, blue masking tape, brother labelmaker, plastic razors, little disposable stuff like that makes great stocking stuffers too, or sawzall blades, hole saws, that kind of thing
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Krakkles posted:Extension cord chat: I’ll admit it took me entirely too long to figure out why this was a bad idea. It took the baby comment for me to figure it out.
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Krakkles posted:Extension cord chat: My favorite thing about these is nobody would "need" them if they just plugged their lights in as they put them up. This will also let you know things like if your extension cord is too short, if a fuse or bulb needs to be replaced to make the set work, or if the colors don't match. But no, everyone wants to be Clark Griswold and dramatically plug them all in at once. Well guess what, it didn't work for him either.
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That's why god invented pre-wired trees with a power bus.
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https://www.tekton.com/3-8-inch-drive-folding-quick-release-ratchet-srh35104 Not sure if I can resist. It's so neat.
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Ziploc posted:https://www.tekton.com/3-8-inch-drive-folding-quick-release-ratchet-srh35104 Reminds me of the Nepro offset Ratchet I’ve been lusting after 
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Holy crap that offset ratchet is expensive. Explains why you're lusting and not buying.
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I need a tool cabinet, and someone offered me this Husky recently. I had already been looking at the usual Harbor Freight choices, with a preference for the 44"x22" cabinet if I had room in my garage, or the 26" one if I was low on room. Is it dumb that I prefer the HF ones (and the fact that you can easily expand them) over Husky? Anything else I should consider at that price point?
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When you said "offered" do you mean at a deep discount/free? Because if so I'd take a high-price item like that at a good discount over a full price one any day It really boils down to personal preference/who you trust to QA their tools coming in from China better. HF offers a 90 day warranty on their product. HD offers 3 years on that particular Husky product. I've been pleasantly surprised with the quality of all the Husky tools I've ever bought, HF ranges from "unbeatable for the price" to "I might as well have paid them to poo poo in my hand" in terms of quality, but their tool chests are supposedly one of the better products they offer.
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mobby_6kl posted:You can also DIY an induction heater for maybe "Hold my beer while I melt this nut off." Grabs an extension cord and coat hanger.
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I've got a big rear end husky tool chest and I'm pretty happy with it. Fit the space I had and holds a shitload of tools. Bearings seem fine thus far. I don't wheel mine around or use the top as a workbench since it's all metal though, so can't comment on that aspect. When I was looking, there was nothing near the size for the price and it seems like a quality box.
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MomJeans420 posted:I need a tool cabinet, and someone offered me this Husky recently. I had already been looking at the usual Harbor Freight choices, with a preference for the 44"x22" cabinet if I had room in my garage, or the 26" one if I was low on room. Is it dumb that I prefer the HF ones (and the fact that you can easily expand them) over Husky? Anything else I should consider at that price point? I have both the 26" Husky and US General boxes sitting next to each other in the shop. The US General is a way better built box.
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Ziploc posted:Holy crap that offset ratchet is expensive. Explains why you're lusting and not buying. https://ktcos.jp/urushi/index.html
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Elviscat posted:When you said "offered" do you mean at a deep discount/free? Because if so I'd take a high-price item like that at a good discount over a full price one any day It's a brand new Husky that will get returned if I don't want it, but I can get it delivered for $50 off list price, so $25 cheaper than the HF one. Suburban Dad posted:I've got a big rear end husky tool chest and I'm pretty happy with it. Fit the space I had and holds a shitload of tools. Bearings seem fine thus far. I don't wheel mine around or use the top as a workbench since it's all metal though, so can't comment on that aspect. When I was looking, there was nothing near the size for the price and it seems like a quality box. ThinkFear posted:I have both the 26" Husky and US General boxes sitting next to each other in the shop. The US General is a way better built box. poo poo, conflicting recommendations. Part of it is I'm not sure if I want the flat work bench top or if I want the ability to add on an upper cabinet (and side cabinets) in the future. I'm losing my large work bench in the garage to make room for my power rack, so while ordinarily I'd go for the ability to expand, it may be nice to have a flat space in there.
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I've had the 26" red box for 7 years now with no issues. 3 moves and dozens of reorganizations, regular use.
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It sounds like they're pretty similar in terms of functionality, so $25 less than the HF (presumably before shipping, which isn't much, but still, $7, so $32 total?) sounds like the choice. Elviscat: I finally actually ordered the welder, and I'm not going to lie, there was a moment spent looking at the total where I debated going with your recommendation to buy the cheaper one 
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