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CloFan posted:sell me your m12 inflator so that you can upgrade
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# ? May 31, 2024 02:56 |
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I have the m12 and the dewalt 20v. Because of reasons. And the dewalt 20v is significantly better, I think. I assume with the 18v milwaukee it'll now just be a question of which ecosystem you're already bought into. Anyone have a preferred supplier for wire? I want to rewire the speakers in my van and then run some wire to the back before I put up walls.
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# ? Jun 1, 2022 18:01 |
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I left my Makita 18v drill/driver combo in Seattle, and I realized I need an impact driver for the next month while I'm still in New York. What's more bang for the buck, a Makita 12v or Milwaukee 12v driver? Alternatively, if I wanted to get a battery powered tire inflator, should I just get that, one of the little black Makita 18v drivers, and a new 18v battery? (assuming I still have a Makita 18v charger in NYC) builds character posted:Anyone have a preferred supplier for wire? I want to rewire the speakers in my van and then run some wire to the back before I put up walls. Kastein always seems to recommend https://www.waytekwire.com/, I think. I generally trust him to know what he's doing.
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# ? Jun 6, 2022 15:43 |
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I can't speak to Makita's 12v impact driver but I can say that Milwaukee's M12 Fuel impact driver is fantastic and that if I hadn't already bought in to the DeWalt 12v infrastructure by the time I found them I might have gone with Milwaukee.
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# ? Jun 6, 2022 16:35 |
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Does anyone have experience ordering from McMaster Carr in Canada? I placed an order that was cancelled because they apparently only ship to Canada for schools and companies. I'm wondering if just putting in a fake company name and purchase number will be good enough or if I'll have to bug someone I know with a company.
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# ? Jun 6, 2022 16:44 |
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Dunno about the Canada part, but they will perfectly happily ship to me in the US with my made up company name, so I'd assume they don't care about Canada company names either. Just make sure it won't raise a red flag at customs if you're importing things and the company they'd charge import duties to (???) Doesn't actually exist.Safety Dance posted:Kastein always seems to recommend https://www.waytekwire.com/, I think. I generally trust him to know what he's doing. I have never bought wire from them, ironically. Only everything else for wiring. So I can't tell you whether they have good wire at waytek wire.
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# ? Jun 6, 2022 17:49 |
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kastein posted:
I have bought TXL, GXL, and Battery cable from them - Quality has been fantastic. I would rank them as an OEM/Top Tier supplier, as they are commonly used by manufactures and aftermarket in the automotive world (Radium uses them for fuel system wiring as an example). I was actually surprised I was able to order without a business/membership when I first started using them for projects years ago.
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# ? Jun 6, 2022 20:32 |
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Safety Dance posted:I left my Makita 18v drill/driver combo in Seattle, and I realized I need an impact driver for the next month while I'm still in New York. What's more bang for the buck, a Makita 12v or Milwaukee 12v driver? The black Makita are my go to. There are a ton of fathers day sales starting, keep your eyes out for a good deal.
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# ? Jun 6, 2022 20:33 |
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I've had good luck with ebay wire for my machine tools etc from https://www.ebay.com/usr/acdcwireandsupply I tend to get high strand count stuff when I can as its MUCH nicer to work with and I use ferrules on everything. For Waytek, much like Kastein I've only ever bought terminals/connectors/heatshrink etc from them.
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# ? Jun 6, 2022 20:35 |
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Safety Dance posted:I left my Makita 18v drill/driver combo in Seattle, and I realized I need an impact driver for the next month while I'm still in New York. What's more bang for the buck, a Makita 12v or Milwaukee 12v driver? Thanks! You can borrow one of my impact wrenches if that’s what you need. I have a drill too.
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# ? Jun 6, 2022 21:28 |
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builds character posted:Thanks! Do you live in NYC? Can I use your driveway for some light automotive work?
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# ? Jun 6, 2022 21:35 |
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Safety Dance posted:Do you live in NYC? Can I use your driveway for some light automotive work? you can hang out near his van and do guerilla repairs in the street
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Safety Dance posted:Do you live in NYC? Can I use your driveway for some light automotive work? Yes, and... echomadman posted:you can hang out near his van and do guerilla repairs in the street exactly this.
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builds character posted:Yes, and... Let me see what my weekend has in store. I might take you up on this.
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# ? Jun 7, 2022 14:28 |
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TerminalSaint posted:Does anyone have experience ordering from McMaster Carr in Canada? I placed an order that was cancelled because they apparently only ship to Canada for schools and companies. For anyone who was curious or might have the same question in the future, I resubmitted with a fake company name and purchase order number after hours on Monday and got my poo poo Wednesday. With their order volume and turnaround I can't imagine they have time to check on every "company" who orders from them. Might be an issue for ordering items with regulatory requirements, but for small stuff it seems fine.
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# ? Jun 9, 2022 00:40 |
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TerminalSaint posted:For anyone who was curious or might have the same question in the future, I resubmitted with a fake company name and purchase order number after hours on Monday and got my poo poo Wednesday. With their order volume and turnaround I can't imagine they have time to check on every "company" who orders from them. Might be an issue for ordering items with regulatory requirements, but for small stuff it seems fine. If you order enough stuff from them under the name "Fake Enterprises inc." or whatever you called yourself, they probably won't even bother to check ever, unless yeah, its some regulatory stuff involved.
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# ? Jun 9, 2022 00:51 |
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Wonder how much stuff they sell to Acme Inc?
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# ? Jun 9, 2022 01:04 |
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I don't know about the US, but here it's usually just about consumer protection laws. They don't care who they sell to, but if they sell to private individuals then consumer protection laws apply and that's something they don't care for (warranties and other poo poo). If you claim to be a company or self employed, they are more than happy to sell to you. Because if you were to then ask for consumer protection in court they can say gently caress off and all is good.
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# ? Jun 9, 2022 06:50 |
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If anyone's in, or thinking of getting in, to the Ryobi ecosystem, there's a good deal on 3 batteries, charger, and your choice of HP brushless tool for $199: https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-O...UkD2sLVAEQx0z40
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meatpimp posted:If anyone's in, or thinking of getting in, to the Ryobi ecosystem, there's a good deal on 3 batteries, charger, and your choice of HP brushless tool for $199: I don't know how it is for anyone else but when I look at this deal on their website they don't show any of the battery combos available to order and the free tools as "sold out" but I was just at a local HD Sunday and there were at least a dozen battery combos along with a variety of tools available. If you want this deal you may want to visit in person or call if interested. I almost impulse purchased this deal with a cordless angle grinder even though I've been mostly switching away from Ryobi to Makita but everything was tied together with security devices and I really didn't feel like trolling the store to find someone who could unlock them for me. Hope those annoying things are cutting down on theft because they definitely cut down on sales, I groan every time I see the item I'm there for locked up in them knowing I've got anywhere from a 5-30min ordeal ahead of me.
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Elem7 posted:I don't know how it is for anyone else but when I look at this deal on their website they don't show any of the battery combos available to order and the free tools as "sold out" but I was just at a local HD Sunday and there were at least a dozen battery combos along with a variety of tools available. If you want this deal you may want to visit in person or call if interested. Yep, looks like it's broken online now. I tried mobile and desktop devices and where I was getting about a dozen HP tools to pick from, now it doesn't give you the option to pick a tool, even though it still says "free hp brushless tool" in the product image. Weird. Sorry. Edit: Weird again, it's working for me now. I've got a list of available HP Brushless tools with the purchase. So keep trying, I guess.. meatpimp fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jun 9, 2022 |
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Old and busted verses new hotness. I think the old steel jack is actually the same design before they introduced the Daytona line.
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# ? Jun 11, 2022 01:39 |
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The difference between my old grey low profile at home and the new regular 3 ton Daytona I have at work is astonishing. Just dragging the Daytona around makes it immediately apparent how much nicer it is.
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# ? Jun 11, 2022 01:45 |
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I’ve got a grey one, and it’s pretty shabby too. They have a coupon for the Daytona right now though. Hmm.
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# ? Jun 11, 2022 02:42 |
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nitsuga posted:I’ve got a grey one, and it’s pretty shabby too. They have a coupon for the Daytona right now though. Hmm. I went to HF and was completely overwhelmed. They have so many models now. Pittsburgh, Daytona, steel, aluminum, long reach, low profile, anywhere from 1 ton to 8. I had to spend 20 minutes assessing whether or not I wanted a 3 ton steel or 2 ton aluminum so I can stick it in the trunk when I go racing. Obviously the steel won out, the tiebreaker ended up being maximum lift height. I think the jack on sale is not a low profile which I absolutely need. Also comes with a year of inside track which was extremely appealing.
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# ? Jun 11, 2022 03:13 |
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um excuse me posted:Old and busted verses new hotness. I think the old steel jack is actually the same design before they introduced the Daytona line. I think that's the one I recently got and am super happy with it (it fits under my BMW and it lifts high enough to get my mom's SUV off the ground) except that i have to pick it up for storage and it's heavier than I expect.
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# ? Jun 11, 2022 03:48 |
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Time to order brake line tools - I put all the Eastwood stuff together and their “Free Shipping!” estimate was $122. That puts me squarely into hydraulic tool territory. I’m seriously considering this Mastercool for $331: https://www.mastercool.com/product/72475-universal-hydraulic-flaring-tool-set/ Any suggestions for a good deburring tool for 3/16” cupronickel brake line?
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# ? Jun 14, 2022 19:48 |
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I'm a cheap rear end and only do brake lines every few years so I carefully use the tip of my utility knife.
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# ? Jun 14, 2022 20:03 |
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Advent Horizon posted:Time to order brake line tools - I put all the Eastwood stuff together and their “Free Shipping!” estimate was $122. That puts me squarely into hydraulic tool territory. Noga or Shaviv make the best deburring tools. They make tiny ones that will do the ID, and plenty of tube OD tools.
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# ? Jun 14, 2022 20:14 |
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Is there a decent alternative to the insanely priced Deutsch crimpers? I just need to crimp a few dtm06-4s, good lord
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# ? Jun 15, 2022 04:13 |
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BlackMK4 posted:Is there a decent alternative to the insanely priced Deutsch crimpers? I just need to crimp a few dtm06-4s, good lord Idk about that particular connector but you can often find knockoffs of expensive crumpets on eBay or aliexpress
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# ? Jun 15, 2022 04:20 |
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BlackMK4 posted:Is there a decent alternative to the insanely priced Deutsch crimpers? I just need to crimp a few dtm06-4s, good lord Are you using the solid or the stamped deutsch terminals? If you have the stamped ones, any double-barrel style crimper will do a good job on them.
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# ? Jun 15, 2022 05:13 |
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I wanted to use the solid ones, but I guess I will give up and buy the poo poo stamped ones given crimper prices. That is irritating
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# ? Jun 15, 2022 05:25 |
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BlackMK4 posted:I wanted to use the solid ones, but I guess I will give up and buy the poo poo stamped ones given crimper prices. That is irritating an aliexpress crimper, or other knockoff, is probably good enough. sometimes there are AF8's on ebay for a reasonable amount, but there don't seem to be at the moment you dont reeeeally need the positioner if you're just doing a few and can be careful. that could save some money for the time being jrdtools has fairly inexpensive "equivalents" to the dmc stuff, but i have no idea how the quality compares
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# ? Jun 15, 2022 06:24 |
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I have /my brother has a few different Daniels closed barrel crimpers. My boss asked me what I'd recommend for doing a few closed barrel deutsch connectors and balked at trolling EBAY for some potentially out of spec units for $$$. He bought one of these https://www.amazon.com/IWISS-Crimper-Impression-Deutsch-Contacts/dp/B07V1C6N2V and seemed to have good luck. I'd suggest a pull test after using it, or run max current through it and see if it gets too hot.
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Commodore_64 posted:I have /my brother has a few different Daniels closed barrel crimpers. My boss asked me what I'd recommend for doing a few closed barrel deutsch connectors and balked at trolling EBAY for some potentially out of spec units for $$$. He bought one of these https://www.amazon.com/IWISS-Crimper-Impression-Deutsch-Contacts/dp/B07V1C6N2V and seemed to have good luck. I'd suggest a pull test after using it, or run max current through it and see if it gets too hot. FWIW I have a couple different IWISS crimpers and they've been great. Advent Horizon posted:Time to order brake line tools - I put all the Eastwood stuff together and their “Free Shipping!” estimate was $122. That puts me squarely into hydraulic tool territory. Also, https://www.amazon.com/Noga-NG1200-Ng1200-Rotodrive-Countersink/dp/B002K075GU Single flute makes it super clean, and it'll do 1-11mm
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# ? Jun 15, 2022 22:12 |
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Anyone have recommendations on entry level 4 post lifts? I am over crawling around on my back to do everything and want to be able to store more cars in the garage/have more space to work in. Got a quote on an Atlas 8000Pro for $4700 delivered and installed after tax. With AZ sales tax it comes in at about $4000 so delivery and install is $700 which seems reasonable.
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# ? Jun 16, 2022 00:25 |
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I went with Direct Lift - a subsidiary of Dover corp, who also makes Rotary Lifts. At the time, it was $2400 for a 9k Pro Park (wide/taller) lift picked up from the local service supply company. I have no reference for todays market. $700 does seem fair.
the spyder fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Jun 16, 2022 |
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Just pulling this out of my rear end, but I don't know you, or where you live, etc. etc etc, but whats your garage floor like? I know this is anecdotal experience from me, but I've seen some service garages where they had to cut out a square or four to mount a lift, if the concrete was in lovely condition, like cracks, pitting and the like. I guess its like adding a footing below the floor if the concrete is lovely. Probably not something that would add a significant amount to the total price, but maybe something that could add to the hassle. I'm not discouraging you as I want to live vicariously through your 4 posts about working on poo poo with your personal hoist.
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House is only a year old and the concrete is 6” standard rebar reinforced rather than prestressed/pretensioned concrete. Main issue will be clearing it out so it can be installed. Model I am looking at comes with wheels to move it around and doesn’t require to be bolted down.
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