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Uthor posted:Reminder to only use your angle gauge on a perfectly flat surface or it may slip off and break. 
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Uthor posted:Reminder to only use your angle gauge on a perfectly flat surface or it may slip off and break.
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Is it the Klein angle gauge with the magnets? I need one for doing conduit and was recommended theirs.
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SpeedFreek posted:Is it the Klein angle gauge with the magnets? I need one for doing conduit and was recommended theirs. I just bought one as a replacement! 935DAG Has magnets on the bottom, none on the sides. The one I broke had magnets bottom and sides, not on top. I wasn't using them as I was using measuring the angle of a tape measure I had strung out and was annoyed with it sticking to it.
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SpeedFreek posted:Is it the Klein angle gauge with the magnets? I need one for doing conduit and was recommended theirs. I have a rechargeable iGauging one that's been great, although it looks like they've gone up in price. I imagine they're like digital calipers where the problem isn't accuracy so much as parasitic draw when they're off. I don't have that problem, but worst case with a cheap one is that you need to pull the battery when you aren't using it.
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I’ve been happy with this.
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I bought this a few months ago for a project and been pretty happy with it. No long term info yet though of course. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0933H57TT It measured down to 0.05 degrees with great repeatability to at least 0.1, usually 0.05 degrees. I actually need to find it again and measure my driveshaft and pinion angle because I definitely put the pinion a little too low with my crummy "swiveling plastic piece in a plastic housing" home depot angle finder last spring.
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Pretty happy with this one that some of you may be familiar with: e: are we not doing gifv img tags now? https://imgur.com/XYJitFF.gifv Motronic fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Dec 31, 2022 |
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Motronic posted:Pretty happy with this one that some of you may be familiar with: url tags for videos if you want them to embed e: and change the extension to mp4
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Raluek posted:url tags for videos if you want them to embed Thank you. It's the opposite for Slack and now I'm confusing the two I suppose.
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So I’m looking to buy a tool and can’t for the life of me figure out what to search for and this seems like the place to ask. My dad has a 1/4 to 1/4 socket extension that’s about 1 inch long and has a knurled metal ring sticking out on the top. You put it between the ratchet and socket so you can start finger tightening or apply resistant where the bolt is too loose to do it on its own. I want one but everything I’m finding is a finger ratchet or a knurled 1/4 to 1/4 adaptor without the ring sticking out. Any ideas?
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It's called a ratchet spinner or a spinner disk if I'm understanding you correctly. https://www.amazon.ca/Williams-30010-4-Inch-Drive-Spinner/dp/B00JB5UZEQ
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MrAmazing posted:So I’m looking to buy a tool and can’t for the life of me figure out what to search for and this seems like the place to ask. Buy a cheap socket set, they all include a plastic ring that slips on. Discard the rest of the tool kit.
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Powershift posted:It's called a ratchet spinner or a spinner disk if I'm understanding you correctly. That is exactly what I’m looking for - thank you!
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So far I have found this, is that what you are looking for? Efb lol
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Can anyone help me locate whatever this scraping tool is called for cleaning out corrosion and dirt in the channels that the brake caliper seals sit in? Preferably sold in the US. I'm kicking myself 'cause I just bought a new set of brake caliper pistons from WeBike, and I didn't even know about this tool. Of course, searching their site I can't even find them for sale so  https://japan.webike.net/moto_news/...ols-or-brushes/ Images from that article:     Edit: I found them on Amazon Japan, but I'm not sure how difficult or costly it is to order those to the US vs using something like an allen key https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/STRAIGHT-Caliper-Hojiro-19-3300-Motorcycle/dp/B07ZRBSLCV MetaJew fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Jan 5, 2023 |
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Buy a cheap allen key set or right angle screwdriver and grind to size.
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MRC48B posted:Buy a cheap allen key set or right angle screwdriver and grind to size. I've got plenty of allen keys. I will probably give that a shot.
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Looks kind of like a lockpick but I would think any right angle pick would be able to do it as well.
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yeah i would probably try with a dental pick, or the right angle one from this cheap HF set: that said, the taper means you'll have a hard time getting in the corners compared to the square ones you posted, so maybe the allen wrench idea is better. i wonder if you could use a broken off piece of piston ring in pliers or something like that to approximate it
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They look a lot like tension bars for lockpicking.
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Powershift posted:They look a lot like tension bars for lockpicking. they're thick and not springy, though. i would think a tension bar would move around too much
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Who makes air line quick connects that last a reasonable amount of time before they leak and hiss all the time at a reasonable price? I know there are at least two different shapes. Is one of them better about this than the other?
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I have no experience with the different styles, but ever since I switched from the cheap Home Depot ones to Milton fittings I've had maybe one go bad after probably 10 years of moderate use.
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Get the name brand Milton fittings, the one on my hose reel has been abused for about 10 years and recently has started leaking but only with cheap connectors. If anyone's looking for a creeper northern tool has a decent one on sale. No trays but I like it better than my plastic one. https://m.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200947980_200947980
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Dixon or Lincoln. You are correct, there are way too many standards (remember some of these disconnects are used for other gasses and pressures then just air and even fluids) but some of them are multi-fit. https://dixonvalve.com/sites/default/files/downloadable_resources/product_literature/DQC2021-Catalog.pdf I think I am all Dixon DF now.
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Is there any rule of thumb for choosing between brass and steel? Like use steel female couplings and brass male or vise versa? Pick one metal and use that exclusively?
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SpeedFreek posted:Get the name brand Milton fittings, the one on my hose reel has been abused for about 10 years and recently has started leaking but only with cheap connectors. One of you guys recommended Milton's V type fittings before and I've been using them since. The female couplers accept standard male fittings or V type fittings with the bonuses of slightly higher flow, not hissing when there is sideways stress on the joint, and having the collar lock back so you can insert something one handed. Other brands sell compatible fittings called high flow or something, but I can't speak to their quality. Only downside is that the male fittings don't go into standard couplers, but that gives you an excuse not to loan out your tools.
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PBCrunch posted:Is there any rule of thumb for choosing between brass and steel? Like use steel female couplings and brass male or vise versa? Pick one metal and use that exclusively? I use brass sockets because I got tired of rust issues and they have moving parts, but plugs I don't care really. Pick one style and stick with it, there are like half a dozen worldwide. I decided to go with industrial or I/M style exclusively as most of the tools I bought before realizing there were multiple styles were that kind. Automotive style are different from industrial and others also exist. The great thing about standards is there are so many to choose from.
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Why do all of the storage totes at Menards smell like chemical death? They’re the exact same price as Lowes and HD.
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Cat Hatter posted:One of you guys recommended Milton's V type fittings before and I've been using them since. The female couplers accept standard male fittings or V type fittings with the bonuses of slightly higher flow, not hissing when there is sideways stress on the joint, and having the collar lock back so you can insert something one handed. Other brands sell compatible fittings called high flow or something, but I can't speak to their quality. Only downside is that the male fittings don't go into standard couplers, but that gives you an excuse not to loan out your tools. This. I built an adapter hose to convert to "standard" QDs for loading stuff out. Plus my Vs plug into the standard QD on my CAT compressor, so I don't really care.
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I swapped our plug fittings at work from Steelman T-style to the Milton T-style, because the Milton are steel vs the Steelman that are aluminum. The Steelman sockets are fine, but the aluminum plugs get chewed up by the retainer balls in the plugs, and then the metal shavings trash the seal. Since I swapped to all the Milton plugs, we haven't had any disconnects start to leak, even with the fact that it's been busy as gently caress and thus we're swapping tools all the time. Normally we had to replace the plugs on all the tools at least once every 4-6 weeks.
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This is tool related: Hydraulic jacks vs a hydraulic press. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Riri4vXsO_U E: They aren't all hydraulic jacks. wesleywillis fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Jan 6, 2023 |
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That was interesting. I've never seen a plastic jack like that.
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This link may only work with the fb app installed, but apparently you can use a decent quality hose clamp as a filter wrench too. https://www.facebook.com/reel/432817898824673
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It works on desktop without an account. Probably worth a shot before stabbing the filter with a screwdriver if there's sufficient access.
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wesleywillis posted:This is tool related: I like the methodology - first we break it, then we really gently caress it up.
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I have a 60 gallon air compressor. I have an abrasive blaster. It clogs because of moisture. I am thinking I should add a cooler to the setup to decrease the moisture in the air. I've seen two designs that look like a good idea. The first is basically an air conditioning condenser plumbed in between the compressor outlet and the tank. The other design is a length of copper pipe going up and down with drain valves at the bottom of each "valley". Some people say having a second ("passive") tank between the compressor and its tank and the tool can help get the moisture out of the air? Anyone have experience comparing these different options? AC condenser intercooler:  copper snake moisture mitigation:  Which design works better? I am pretty sure the AC condenser has to be plumbed in between the compressor outlet and the tank. The up-and-down copper pipe style seems to go between the tank and the tool. Does anyone know why? I bought a fancy Makita cordless track saw. It came with two batteries. I am thinking maybe now is the time to jump from Ryobi to Makita. Makita batteries are expensive but they seem fairly plentiful second hand. Is there any decent way to evaluate the health of a used power tool battery someone else is selling? I have a multimeter. I have one of those carbon pile testers for car batteries.
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What are some good options for the DIY diagnose enthusiast? For my 1999 Honda Accord, I use a bluetooth ELM327 adapter and the Torque app, which works well, but is ancient. For my 2007 BMW I have Carly, which is great for coding functions, manufacturer-specific codes and does that too for other brands, but is janky as hell, a subscription service, and will not work on my Honda. I need a tool that is a one-time purchase, can do older OBD2 cars and manufacturer-specific stuff for at least the most popular brands out there. It would be nice if it didn't cost more than two years of Carly, which is what I have spent so far. Does such a unicorn exist?
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