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eBay used knock off was half that. Or about half what it would cost for me to see a doctor for my wrecked hands after doing 200 crimps! I'm sure they'll come down further in price. Just wish DeWalt or Ryobi would make something similar.
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Vevor sells a pneumatic crimper for $200 new that does replaceable dies. It looks like it's supposed to be a benchtop device but it's got a sturdy carry handle on top? I know nothing about this beyond what's in the ad though. https://m.vevor.com/pneumatic-crimp...-p_010864671114
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Hadlock posted:Vevor sells a pneumatic crimper for $200 new that does replaceable dies. It looks like it's supposed to be a benchtop device but it's got a sturdy carry handle on top? I know nothing about this beyond what's in the ad though. Can get the same for $127 on eBay by adding to your watchlist. Did consider it, but the whole not having to walk with a compressor thing swayed me.
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Powershift posted:How is the knock-off still $350. Crimpin ain't easy
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kastein posted:Crimpin ain't easy Lmao, thread title right there
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kastein posted:Crimpin ain't easy
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kastein posted:Crimpin ain't easy But it is necessary.
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kastein posted:Crimpin ain't easy And that's why we pay extra.
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Dupont makes automagic crimpers for stuff like microfit (literally automatic, you insert the wire, it strips and crimps). It's something like $3k. Worth every penny.
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I soldered a joint last night instead of crimping it. But I feel it's acceptable since it's "floating" and not exposed to vibrations.
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Anyone have a DeWalt cordless belt sander? How is it. I realize it won't be as good or long lasting as a corded, this would be for convenience only on small jobs.
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With the below zero temps we've had the 12v battery on the Prius died and the 330i is having issues on a cold start in the morning. Went out and grabbed a NOCO GBX45. It works. The Prius might need a new battery though. It fired right up off the jump starter but the battery isn't holding a charge at all. I drove it around for a bit and got home and it wouldn't start again. I have my NOCO genius 5 hooked up to it for a bit to see if that will help at all.
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Lithium jump packs are so nice to have. The old lead acid jump boxes were huge and had to stay plugged in all the time or they'd be dead within a month. Lithium packs are small enough to keep tucked away in a storage cubby in your car and they'll still have a charge 6+ months later when you need to use it. I've used mine to start:
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yeah mine has saved my rear end a couple times now, but it's really a one and done. like, it might say it still has half of its battery left after a jump or two, but the amount of current it can source is greatly diminished. gotta go charge it back up again before trying, or you'll get half a crank and a lot of beeping from the overloaded battery. so imo, fine for getting out of a pinch, but not good for continued use with a weak battery. maybe it's better in a prius where you're just powering up the electronics so the contactor to the HV battery can be energized.
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I’ve been impressed with my Noco charger - I have the dinky 1 amp charger that I’ve thrown a couple of huge tractor batteries at and while yes, they took forever to charge, it did some desulfation trickery that my bigger charger doesn’t have. If the genius5 doesn’t bring that Prius battery back to life then yeah, it’s definitely toast.
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fknlo posted:With the below zero temps we've had the 12v battery on the Prius died and the 330i is having issues on a cold start in the morning. Went out and grabbed a NOCO GBX45. It works. The Prius might need a new battery though. It fired right up off the jump starter but the battery isn't holding a charge at all. I drove it around for a bit and got home and it wouldn't start again. I have my NOCO genius 5 hooked up to it for a bit to see if that will help at all. If you need a new battery for the 330, Costco should have the right AGM batteries (though inventory might be iffy if there's a rush of other people) and it's either bimmercode or bimmerlink with a dongle that lets you tell the car there's a new battery. The whole thing should be half the price of going to the dealer. I should go put the summer car on a charger now that I think of it.
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For laughs after a couple recent battery escapades with our fleet, having a handheld battery tester delivered and see what it shows on the one I had to yank out of my Jeep WK2 which conveniently went dead at -5F. It appears to be the original Mopar battery. Then I'll slap it on the HF Viking charger repair mode then test after.
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I'm not sure this is the right thread, but it's relatedish - I want to paint a toolbox, but in a slightly weird way - I want to brush a particular color on some parts of it (this will go on basically bare metal), then clear coat over it. The clear coat I've got worked out (spray can), but I'm not real familiar with brushable paints - is a water based latex or an acrylic better for this? Those are the two options I see at my local hardware store in the color I want, but if something else is way better, I'm open to looking elsewhere. Spray paints will NOT work, though. This is either going to look amazing or be dumb, but I want it to be fairly durable. I don't plan to throw this toolbox in and out of truck beds, but I do plan to keep it in my garage and use it for years.
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Oil based paint is what you want
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Awesome, thank you! The only problem I now have is that that lead me to realize that Rustoleum makes a Gold Hammered paint and gosh, that'd be perf ... oh, can't buy it in my state.
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Cat Hatter posted:Lithium jump packs are so nice to have. The old lead acid jump boxes were huge and had to stay plugged in all the time or they'd be dead within a month. Lithium packs are small enough to keep tucked away in a storage cubby in your car and they'll still have a charge 6+ months later when you need to use it. They really are. Mine has saved my bacon several times and requires little to no planning, just top it up twice a year or so. It's always in the glovebox or with me on longer rides on the bike. Another new use case that came up recently- testing trailer light wiring. Just clamp it onto the 4 pin connector and probe one pin at a time to check lights, signals, etc. Much easier than dragging the trailer to a car when I have it out in the yard.
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Anybody got experience with water pumps? I’ve got a backyard pond I wanna flood to surface it for skating, and it’s far enough away from the house that I can’t use a hose. I’ve got a big rear end generator, so if I need to, I could run electric to something. Otherwise, has anybody done this? Is there an easy way to do it?
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Dr. Lunchables posted:Anybody got experience with water pumps? I’ve got a backyard pond I wanna flood to surface it for skating, and it’s far enough away from the house that I can’t use a hose. I’ve got a big rear end generator, so if I need to, I could run electric to something. Where is the water going to come from? Unless the pond is quite large drafting liquid water out from under the ice (usually done with a standpipe installed when it's not frozen) is going to cause problems.
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It’s a half acre pond. The water would be coming from under the surface
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Dr. Lunchables posted:It’s a half acre pond. The water would be coming from under the surface Half acre should be fine. This is typically done with a trash pump, but I suppose you could use something like a sump pump attached to your generator if you don't already have a standpipe and are willing to make a hole and suspend it in there (do not drop it on the bottom for obvious reasons). You just need a hose and a nozzle (like this) https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Tree-Plastic-Fire-Nozzle/dp/B071JP8CWX?th=1 Doesn't have to be anything special.
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You think a 2” harbor freight trash pump would do the job?
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Dr. Lunchables posted:You think a 2” harbor freight trash pump would do the job? Absolutely. Grab some hard sleeve with a strainer (if it doesn't comer with that) to dump through the ice and a whole bunch of soft hose so you can get within 20-40 feet of the area you want to flood/prep (or plan on multiple holes).
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His Divine Shadow posted:Thanks for all the tips about crimp tools. Looks like icrimp from amazon is gonna be the best deal. I did however by one of these tools because I needed something to crimp with ASAP and I was curious to try this style of wire stripper: That style of crimper is aces for small gauge or stranded wires! Weirdly enough, I bought a name brand version first (I want to say Irwin), but it was awful, so I returned it. Eventually I picked one up from Hazard Fraught and it works flawlessly The Klein Katapult also works great on heavier gauge wiring too Krakkles posted:Awesome, thank you! That's weird, I wonder why it would be restricted by sta...  Oh, right Catatron Prime fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Jan 16, 2024 |
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That's why we can't have nice things.
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https://i.imgur.com/GiefmXeh.jpeg Just gonna post this. That's the drawer I was talking about earlier.
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sharkytm posted:https://i.imgur.com/GiefmXeh.jpeg Link no work
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CarForumPoster posted:Link no work Huh, weird. Works just fine in the Awful app on my phone (cached?) but not at all when I tell Chrome to open it on my phone. I'd repost it, but maybe the OP deleted it for some reason.
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The imgur thumbnail links do weird stuff. This is what he posted.  Which is why we must now call him crimp daddy
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Powershift posted:The imgur thumbnail links do weird stuff. drat that is a lot of money worth of crimpers. Fun fact that HX4 is an aluminum forging IIRC that they then machine the critical dims of. I have one myself that I've used precisely once. You made me count the different types of crimpers I own and it's only 6.
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Dr. Lunchables posted:You think a 2” harbor freight trash pump would do the job? But a trash pump is handy for emergency dewatering if you live in a flood area.
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slidebite posted:If you don't want to buy one, those things are very commonly available for rentals. It looks like (via cursory google) that it’s $78/day for a 2” pump, vs $240 for outright buying one. Assuming I’d still need my own hoses, if I flood the ice three times in my life it would make more sense to buy one. Good call on that though, I may end up renting one first to find out how much of a PITA it is to flood the surface.
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The rental place would probably include/have the hoses available. The suction hose (inlet) is the expensive one, it's reinforced to prevent collapse. Typically use a basic fold flat on discharge. Rental places generally have name brand (likely Honda) vs Harbor Freight knock offs, but totally get you, if you need to use it more than 2-3 times, probably better to just buy one. And if you do have a flood event in your area, good luck finding a rental.
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Sooo...long story short looking at getting a manometer to adjust gas pressures for my furnace. Any other uses for a manometer I'm not aware about that might be useful?
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Colostomy Bag posted:Sooo...long story short looking at getting a manometer to adjust gas pressures for my furnace. You can use it to tell if filters are clogged, say in your DIY spray booth. Or if your pressure is even when playing a bagpipe lol.
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Could require some jury rigging to make the joke work but I'd use one in much the same way as people do when they first pick up a stud finder.
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