I have a couple of their ratchets, I hear ya about the thought of scratching it.
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I had a tiny 1/4” set that belonged to my grandfather. It included metric sockets, extensions, ratchet, and little 1/4” breaker bar. Lost everything minus the ratchet. I would have been 10 or so when I lost everything. Probably in my parents woods somewhere.
Replaced 2 cheap tape measures with 3 new Lufkins that all have the Nite Eye (high contrast) tape. They are super easy to read and feel great.
Got some Home Depot gift cards for my birthday, so I just ordered these Makita 1/2" SAE impact sockets to add to my small but steadily growing Makita tools collection. Paid way more than I normally would for them, but the gift cards ate it. Should last me a lifetime. If I ever find a Makita metric deep well 1/2" impact set, I'll probably pick it up.
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I love finding forgotten tools! Over the past couple of years, I found my Craftsman pass thru socket/ratchet set and my Craftsman C3 1/2" impact wrench, both of which were in storage and I had forgotten about.
I took advantage of Harbor Freights 1 day flash sale on their Quinn digital torque wrenches. I bought the 1/2" and the 3/8" ones. 40% off. I saved $140 on both of them. https://www.harborfreight.com/flash-deal
That's hilarious, I actually gave away my Northstar wp socket when I left the shop, I let my "protege" have it. I figured he had a lot better shot at using it again than I did, I think I used it twice in 15 years. Then again... I wasn't planning on playing Russian Roulette with another one, yet here I am.
Luckily, the WP in the '95 looks like it was replaced relatively recently, along with the belt.
Managed to haggle with the seller and got this for under 170 after tax. Not a complete steal but less than on the truck or website. I favor these bent spark plug ratchets for usual maintenance, brakes, oil changes, etc. I have a couple jcpenny(sk) and champion ones that see a lot of use.
Also snagged one of these slightly under msrp. Dont have a use for it exactly. It does look nice in the toolbox.
Matco 2885 2" grinder kit. $80 out-the-door at pawn (used)
I already have a Sunex (now discontinued) and CP, both shown at top....but I have a particular job where these are necessary so I like redundancy.
As fancy as the Matco blow mold is, it's so impractical and has to go in the trash
I already have a Sunex (now discontinued) and CP, both shown at top....but I have a particular job where these are necessary so I like redundancy.
As fancy as the Matco blow mold is, it's so impractical and has to go in the trash
Picked up a Corghi ET66 balancer and Coats 1010 for $800, which seemed reasonable and was 10 rural miles from me
I'm open to any input from "good deal" to "those are junk." I know nothing and hope they work ok. Figured ya gotta take a chance eventually and this seemed decent and very close to home
I'm open to any input from "good deal" to "those are junk." I know nothing and hope they work ok. Figured ya gotta take a chance eventually and this seemed decent and very close to home
The 1010 is a real old timer, we had one at the trade school in 1971. Super reliable and solid as a brick toilet not very friendly to chrome and alloy wheels. I know nothing about the balancer, I never used one by that make.
I think I learned on a Coats 1010 when I worked at the Mobil station after school and weekends. The bubble balancer was a joke. At least when I was the operator.
We have a Corghi tire machine and everyone hates it. Finding parts is a pain because apparently anything that lists "fits all Corghi models" excludes ours.
@The Critic is to blame
Loving my new Hercules 1/4 cordless ratchet from Harbor Freight. Made pulling my intake/valve cover on my truck this morning a breeze
