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Splizwarf posted:How much of AI is in the greater DC area? Sheesh. We gotta hang out. I am in the Dc area, but had no idea there were more.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:I am in the Dc area, but had no idea there were more. I just moved up here
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FatCow posted:Yours for the low price of I think it's a guy who does storage auctions. I just bought a propane heater from him a week or so ago. Legit dude. I hope he emails me back.
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I bought my obviously stolen sawzall out of the back of a van from a craigslist ad. I forget what I paid but it retailed for $300, I know I paid less than $50 for it.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I think you're missing the obvious solution here. This sounds like a great way to put 1000 little holes in your vapor barrier. I would do plywood or OSB then put french cleats everywhere on everything. http://benchmark.20m.com/workshop/ShopTour_Current/ShopTour_Current.html
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Rhyno posted:I bought my obviously stolen sawzall out of the back of a van from a craigslist ad. I forget what I paid but it retailed for $300, I know I paid less than $50 for it. Congrats! Receiving stolen goods is a crime. And you just admitted to it in a recorded medium. Your parents must be proud.
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revmoo posted:Congrats! Receiving stolen goods is a crime. And you just admitted to it in a recorded medium. Your parents must be proud. I think there is a legal difference between thinking "this item is cheap and the seller seems shady, I wouldn't be surprised if this was stolen" and "this guy just told me it's stolen."
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CornHolio posted:I think there is a legal difference between thinking "this item is cheap and the seller seems shady, I wouldn't be surprised if this was stolen" and "this guy just told me it's stolen." Depends on the state.
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revmoo posted:Congrats! Receiving stolen goods is a crime. And you just admitted to it in a recorded medium. Your parents must be proud. If the person selling it tells you it's stolen, you have to walk out on it. Otherwise, it's used goods sold cheap, and that's that. Rhyno, did he tell you it was stolen? Maybe it is stolen, maybe the guy just wants it the hell out of the house, maybe he's being deported or sent to jail for 30 years. I've bought a couple things from people being deployed who were in base housing and didn't have anywhere to keep extra stuff for 2 years (tools, not Proto so not stolen from the base shop). My first computer came real cheap from a guy moving back to Germany whose better deal had backed out at the last minute. Splizwarf fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Dec 16, 2011 |
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if I have any suspicion that something stolen I don't buy it. buyers of stolen goods are the only reason thieves exist. And I hate thieves.
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kastein posted:if I have any suspicion that something stolen I don't buy it. Better not buy any used parts from an Integra Type R or Civic SiR. 
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kastein posted:if I have any suspicion that something stolen I don't buy it. I disagree, I think a lot of thieves take things for personal use. I think your policy assumes the worst of people. My approach to life says that most people are on the level and if I say "Is this stolen?" and they say "No" then it's not stolen. Suspecting someone stole something because they're selling it too cheap, are a different color, dressed too well or too badly, smelly, have a tremor, or don't speak the your language well is a dick move. v  v
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kastein posted:buyers of stolen goods are the only reason thieves exist. And I hate thieves.
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I am looking at getting my dad a Jaw Horse for xmas. He is always building something out of wood. He is also 85 but still pretty spry. Is the Jaw Horse junk or a pretty useful thing?
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InitialDave posted:Always makes me wonder about car stereos. All cars nowadays have a stereo that's at least halfway decent, and the majority of them are a custom fitting. I've got a suspicion that we're now in a situation where a stolen car radio can only reasonably be sold on to someone who has had their radio stolen... Who the hell buys a radio off a bloke nowadays? I don't understand it at all.
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We're getting off toolchat pretty far, but manufacturers could encode the VIN on some ROM inside the radio and probably stop OEM theft overnight. I don't think OEM radios are stolen very often though... Re: tools. I just got the green cordless Ryobi 200ft/lb impact. I'm thinking on going and swapping it for the plug-in Crafstman 350ft/lb impact at Sears. I'm worried the 200ft/lb won't be adequate in the long run, plus dealing with battery life, age, etc.
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revmoo posted:We're getting off toolchat pretty far, but manufacturers could encode the VIN on some ROM inside the radio and probably stop OEM theft overnight. This would really piss off salvage yards. Some OEM stereos are worth as much as $1000 used.
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revmoo posted:We're getting off toolchat pretty far, but manufacturers could encode the VIN on some ROM inside the radio and probably stop OEM theft overnight. I don't think OEM radios are stolen very often though... I'd give it less than 3 months before you can get the chip bypassed at your local flea market.
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GM does it with their ECUs and there's never been a fix for that, they're unresellable. Salvage yards sell them to circuit board melters. But I guess that's not a stereo.
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Just got this today. Brand new, still had the packing film over the windows. I'm going to be building a deck next Spring and this is exactly what I was looking for. $100? meatpimp is happy.
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Over the course of several days at work I've read through the entire thread, but can't recall anyone commenting on these sets: http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece-flexible-wrench-set-66087.html http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece-metric-flex-head-combo-wrench-set-66286.html Reviews seem decent on their site and I was looking to pick some up as my first ratcheting wrenches.
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I needed a small toolbox to lockup my tools at work. Not finding anything that really fit my needs, I decided to slap some stainless on an old electrical panel from work.  Works perfect (inside, just about every tool needed to apply most insulations - minus my cement stuff, big saws, and spare banding tools). Added a little divider with some aluminium flatbar and some more stainless. 
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metallicaeg posted:Over the course of several days at work I've read through the entire thread, but can't recall anyone commenting on these sets: I've got the SAE set (Minus the goddamn 9/16, which I lost). The ratcheting mechanism feels pretty tight, but it gets jammed sometimes and you have to jerk it the other way to un-jam it sometimes. The fit is OK, it doesn't feel necessarily sloppy, but it's not super finely manufactured either. They're not bad for the price, I use them every now and again, and they're not annoying to use. Nobody else seems to make a swiveling, non-reversible, combo ratcheting wrench like that. Thinking of getting the metric set.
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Raluek posted:Nobody else seems to make a swiveling, non-reversible, combo ratcheting wrench like that. Except for the Gearwrenches that these are the generic knockoff of. 
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Sockington posted:I needed a small toolbox to lockup my tools at work. Not finding anything that really fit my needs, I decided to slap some stainless on an old electrical panel from work. Awesome. You have the very first Square D toolbox.
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Motronic posted:Square D toolbox. Federal Pioneer.
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metallicaeg posted:Over the course of several days at work I've read through the entire thread, but can't recall anyone commenting on these sets: If you can only afford one set, I highly recommend plain ordinary straight ratchet wrenches instead. grover fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Dec 17, 2011 |
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Splizwarf posted:Except for the Gearwrenches that these are the generic knockoff of. And the Gearwrenches are only $5 more for a larger set.... http://www.truevalue.com/product/7-Piece-Flex-Ratcheting-Metric-Wrench-Set/35696.uts edit: if anyone is going to buy this set you can use the coupon code STOCKING5 and get $5 off, making this $25 for a 7 piece ratcheting flex head set. Sex Weirdo fucked around with this message at 15:41 on Dec 17, 2011 |
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I've had the flex head gearwrench set for the past couple years and I've been pretty happy with them overall. The flex head is bit annoying at times but works okay for the most part. If I had the non-flex versions I would probably use those most of the time. They've taken light beatings with my 16oz hammer without breaking so they seem durable enough.
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Splizwarf posted:Except for the Gearwrenches that these are the generic knockoff of. I guess I haven't seen the flex-head Gearwrenches in stores, always the fixed or twisted ones. Looking on their website, looks like they do indeed make them that way. Might have to get a set, although Amazon sells the singles for $17. No way I'm going to pay that to replace my missing 9/16" one.
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Raluek posted:I guess I haven't seen the flex-head Gearwrenches in stores, always the fixed or twisted ones. Looking on their website, looks like they do indeed make them that way. Might have to get a set, although Amazon sells the singles for $17. No way I'm going to pay that to replace my missing 9/16" one. Sears just had a sale on gearwrench flex and nonflex wrenches. Good deals ($27? for 7 piece flex set) and a little lower for nonflex. I love gearwrench stuff but you have to catch it on sale because it retails for way too much. velocross fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Dec 18, 2011 |
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I recommend the locking version flex-heads (locks the angle); they cost a little more but it's been worth it for me. Also, I've heard a lot of good about the unexpected amount of grunt you can put on the twist ones.
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Sockington posted:Better not buy any used parts from an Integra Type R or Civic SiR.  just big banged up rusty trucks.You could encode a serial number or VIN in an OEM stereo easily. Hell, there are premade chips for it - Dallas Semiconductors makes ICs with a 48 bit unique ID number lasered into the die at the factory for this sort of thing, and they're pulled from their MAC address block allocation so you can even use them as MAC addresses if you need to. The only problems: 1. car manufacturers are stupid and will probably use an I2C EEPROM that any retard can read, hex edit, and rewrite with about 5 minutes spent on the reverse engineering and decoding 2. if not, they will use some laser-burned part that has the same footprint and interface as a common I2C EEPROM that any retard can read, decode, write a replacement, and solder in with about 10 minutes spent on reverse engineering, decoding, and soldering large corporation's concept of hardware security is laughable at best. e: oh, I have one flex head gear wrench for a specific purpose - a 15mm for removing torque converter bolts from 4.0L/AW4 equipped Jeeps. Makes the job so easy. I have a stubby 9/16" one as well for removing NP231 transfer cases from the same vehicles, makes it so you don't have to drop the trans down as far before you can get to the bolts at the top.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Pegboard EVERYWHERE! (save the areas where you'll be shelving. Why not put pegboard behind the shelves too, in case you decide to move the shelves? If I ever get enough money to build my ideal shop, it's going to have a wall or two of Madix gondolas (there are a couple of competing brands, but Madix is the best).
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Delivery McGee posted:Why not put pegboard behind the shelves too, in case you decide to move the shelves? If I ever get enough money to build my ideal shop, it's going to have a wall or two of Madix gondolas (there are a couple of competing brands, but Madix is the best). As mentioned, pegboard is murder for your vapour barrier - unless you can space it off the wall a bit. Otherwise, your insulation's vapour barrier will look like the Valentine's Day massacre behind the pegboard.
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Yeah, ideally put up plywood with 3/4 inch spacers, then pegboard.
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Splizwarf posted:Yeah, ideally put up plywood with 3/4 inch spacers, then pegboard. Drywall is cheaper than plywood. And may slow down the inevitable garage fire.
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Delivery McGee posted:Why not put pegboard behind the shelves too, in case you decide to move the shelves? If I ever get enough money to build my ideal shop, it's going to have a wall or two of Madix gondolas (there are a couple of competing brands, but Madix is the best). because I'd most likely use the framing of the garage to build my shelves on. sort of like the ones I already built.  http://gnarlywrench.blogspot.com/2011/11/garage-makeover-30.html
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