I love BITOG but I want to read up on tools (mainly automotive hand and power tools). Anyone else have any good sites to check out?
Any other good tool forums?
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Besides garagejournal.com try garagehangout.com AKA "the darkside". Most of us are a bunch of toolheads over there.
Garage journal didn't impress me. Seem like a high percentage of guys buying expensive tools, polishing them, and then hanging them on the wall. Sure they can recite the proper use of a tool or the proper procedure for doing X, but they seem a little hands-off.
I posted a video on youtube of me using a portable harbor freight tire changer (for BITOG) and they found it and critiqued it rather horribly. Saying I was a fool for having a car up on a jack without jackstands just for changing a tire. And for not bolting down to the floor a portable tire changer. I was still registered so I found the thread and told them what for.
They are a good resource for dreaming and designing your ultimate man cave garage.
I posted a video on youtube of me using a portable harbor freight tire changer (for BITOG) and they found it and critiqued it rather horribly. Saying I was a fool for having a car up on a jack without jackstands just for changing a tire. And for not bolting down to the floor a portable tire changer. I was still registered so I found the thread and told them what for.
They are a good resource for dreaming and designing your ultimate man cave garage.
Originally Posted By: eljefino
Garage journal didn't impress me. Seem like a high percentage of guys buying expensive tools, polishing them, and then hanging them on the wall. Sure they can recite the proper use of a tool or the proper procedure for doing X, but they seem a little hands-off.
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I'm not a tool enthusiast, I use them to do my bidding. What gets the job done is good enough. Then again I don't get all enthused about oil and I still hang out here
Garage journal didn't impress me. Seem like a high percentage of guys buying expensive tools, polishing them, and then hanging them on the wall. Sure they can recite the proper use of a tool or the proper procedure for doing X, but they seem a little hands-off.
+1
I'm not a tool enthusiast, I use them to do my bidding. What gets the job done is good enough. Then again I don't get all enthused about oil and I still hang out here
Garage Journal is a little 'hoitey toitey' when it comes to tools and brand names. I was asking someone on there about a short socket set and I got flamed for not wanting to spend 300 bucks on a set of Snappy short sockets I might use 2x a year. I shop Harbor Freight, I am not a real fan of some of their stuff, it is cheap, but you know that upfront. The price you pay is whaat you get. My dad told me that a workman is only as good as his tools. Sometimes, I guess I'm not too good.
+1 for cheap tools that get the job done.
+1 for cheap tools that get the job done.
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I have some very good tools, and some cheap ones as well. Both serve me well. The cheap ones have never let me down when used as they are designed for. Yes, there are times when you have to 'make' a tool, or use a tool for something it is not designed for. When the cheap tool breaks, I go buy a new one. When the Snap-on breaks, I take it back to the Snap-on dude, who tells me it was abused/not used as designed, won't warranty it, and I end up buying another one anyway. It's a no-win either way.
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