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Replacing my old HF gauge set that is starting to show it's age.

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Needed another work bench, Found this Durham HWB-3672-95 14,000 pound capacity bench on facebook marketplace for $700, Welded on some decent castors, Need to mount a Wilton machinist vise & Kent Moore transmission fixture holder.

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Nice one ! Needing another work bench is a good thing !
 
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In my recent saga with Subaru motor mounts -- at least with CVT units where the motor mounts actually attach to the bellhousing -- I found myself really wishing for 17mm in 1/4" dr

Tekton offers 'em -- albeit in impact only -- so I ordered a 16 and 17. My chromes already go to 15 in 1/4"

Also, more "shop supplies" than "tools": random assortment of torsion springs
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I've always wanted a spool gun and what I really want is one for my Lincoln 256, but they're spendy.

I also have a Hobart 210MVP and stumbled on this today at TSC. Even though it was priced at clearance of $175 I knew it would come up at $125 after a quick web search. So, $125 for a $300 spool gun....I couldn't say no
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this is a very nice set if you have an Amazon account and these are less $ than the harbor freight pull and shoot. but if you're a heavy tool user maybe the hf lifetime warranty is the better deal.

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I got a similar set from Northern Tools 10+ years ago that I have beat the piss out of them doing plenty of suspension mods on Jeeps and yet to break one. Weekend home garage stuff duty cycle of course, but I cannot justify the cost for tool truck brand impact sets.
 
I got a similar set from Northern Tools 10+ years ago that I have beat the piss out of them doing plenty of suspension mods on Jeeps and yet to break one. Weekend home garage stuff duty cycle of course, but I cannot justify the cost for tool truck brand impact sets.
I pissed off the old tool truck vendors at my old job I would tell the vendor you're like my ex only comes around on pay day. I heard there's a name for those trucks (R**e wagon)
 
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