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DJ Commie posted:I really like my Lincoln Weld-Pak 140 from Home Depot. Its a cheaper machine (got it on sale for $450), but 120V is pretty useful since I have a 220V/250A Miller stick welder for heavy duty stuff. I usually run .030 fluxcore in the 140, I haven't leased a bottle yet and made the move to MIG. I have the next one down and it's decent, even when not quite using it to its full potential because my garage only has 15A breakers. FCAW is perfectly acceptable; it takes a bit more work to make pretty than MIG, but works better in a breeze.
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Just snagged a HF 1/2" clicker torque wrench for 12$, coupons are on the mailing list
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Thinking of buying this small drill press and scroll saw from Harbor Freight to build small enclosures from MDF, birch plywood, acrylic, and maybe aluminum. Anyone used them and have comments? I'm not expecting anything of fantastic quality, but am hoping to get something I can use in a spare room without dropping a ton of money. I don't have a garage or area for a real shop unfortunately.
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Just ordered something from Home Depot to pick up in store, then got a cancellation with a note that if I used a gift card I'll get a second email with a store credit thing. I have not gotten that 8 hours later - and I did not get an explanation of why it was cancelled. What a terrible way to treat my order. I had a whole plan to go pick it up on my way home too. Emailed customer service but haven't gotten a response.
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Dec 30, 2013 23:53
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Home Depot's in-store stock tracking can be a little "fuzzy" sometimes, especially once an item gets to single digits. When the employee went to pull your item, it probably wasn't on the shelf. You might have better luck at a different location.
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Dec 31, 2013 00:11
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eddiewalker posted:Home Depot's in-store stock tracking can be a little "fuzzy" sometimes, especially once an item gets to single digits. When the employee went to pull your item, it probably wasn't on the shelf. You might have better luck at a different location. Thats what I'm thinking too 
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Dec 31, 2013 00:36
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mod sassinator posted:Thinking of buying this small drill press and scroll saw from Harbor Freight to build small enclosures from MDF, birch plywood, acrylic, and maybe aluminum. Anyone used them and have comments? I'm not expecting anything of fantastic quality, but am hoping to get something I can use in a spare room without dropping a ton of money. I don't have a garage or area for a real shop unfortunately. I have that exact scroll saw and what seems to be the same drill press except with a keyless chuck. I use them primarily for cutting and drilling kydex for holsters and making pinewood derby cars. No complaints about either. Both have worked great. Even the blades that came with the scroll saw have worked well for me but once they wear out I would probably buy better quality ones.
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Yeah I ran by a store earlier and was really impressed with both of them. The drill press in particular has nice smooth motion and feels really solid. With coupons each one is a little over $50 which seems like a bargain. Will be picking them up later this week.
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Any recommendations for a 12v portable air compressor I can keep in the car for filling tires? I find them useful from time to time, but I don't think I've ever had a decent one. Most of them I've used struggle and overheat to get to 32 psi. I've got a Slime tire and raft inflater that seems ok, but the connector is one of those right angle with a locking lever things that seems to be a bit too small to go onto a valve stem so you end up loosing 5psi when trying to yank the thing off and the gasket inside appears to be getting torn up on the threads.
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Dec 31, 2013 21:10
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I've gotten this one off of amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012WHBSO/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Haven't picked it up yet but the reviews seemed really positive so I figured I'd give it a go. Once I pick it up I'll try it out and let you know how it is.
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Brigdh posted:Any recommendations for a 12v portable air compressor I can keep in the car for filling tires? The MV50 gets very positive reviews on off-road boards that I frequent. http://www.amazon.com/Industries-MV50-SuperFlow-High-Volume-Compressor/dp/B000BM8RT8
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Kastivich posted:The MV50 gets very positive reviews on off-road boards that I frequent. http://www.amazon.com/Industries-MV50-SuperFlow-High-Volume-Compressor/dp/B000BM8RT8 I really like my MV50. It fills tires super fast, and is pretty rugged (mine works great even after being in a flood). My only complaint is that it's loud, but that's going to be true for any small compressor.
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I am now the proud owner of the Milwaukee Fuel M18 High Torque impact wrench. All I need now are some bolts to break all over the place.
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Put it to a real test and do some junkyard raids with Kastein and the other NEAI goons. The photos they've posted in the past look like Dante's unmentioned 8th level of hell for gearheads.
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Kastivich posted:The MV50 gets very positive reviews on off-road boards that I frequent. http://www.amazon.com/Industries-MV50-SuperFlow-High-Volume-Compressor/dp/B000BM8RT8 I like mine, I tapped out the holes to 1/4"NPT and run it plumbed as onboard air with a 5gal tank. Fills my 32" tires pretty quickly, for what it is.
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Krakkles posted:Which ones are these? I've gotten a TF72 1/4" ratchet from eBay, and an FCF72 3/8" ratchet from Snap-On, both the Dual 80 models. I'm trying to still figure out which 1/2" to get - I was leaning toward the SX80B, but I don't necessarily think I need the Dual 80 for the larger wrench. Are there other (older?) models I should be looking for? (Part numbers would be ideal.) I'm fine with buying used if it's a savings (it was about 30% off with the 1/4", for example) but also with buying new if not (the 3/8"). General use case, this is going to stay in the 4x4 and be used off-road. I have access to other tools (really a full shop) for most maintenance and stuff, but would obviously use this at home/whatever if needed. Would one of the FOD models be a good idea, since it's offroad, or is that overkill? (poo poo, should I have gotten the other two in FOD?)
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I'd say that FOD is overkill for anything non-aerospace.
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Well, have you ever had a ratchet come apart on you? If not, no need for the "indivisible assembly" of the FOD tools, and even if you have, taking out the screws and refitting them with Loctite would probably be sufficient. Why do you think you need them?
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Not overkill, that implies that it's somehow better. It's the exact same tool, just with the cover glued/welded on. FOD control is about keeping your ratchet from dropping bits into a jet engine, not keeping debris out of the tool.
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oxbrain posted:Not overkill, that implies that it's somehow better. It's the exact same tool, just with the cover glued/welded on. FOD control is about keeping your ratchet from dropping bits into a jet engine, not keeping debris out of the tool.
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drat you I just bought a TX72 because you post reminded me how much I disliked the fixed handle on my TL72 and love the flex of my FX80.
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the spyder posted:drat you I just bought a TX72 because you post reminded me how much I disliked the fixed handle on my TL72 and love the flex of my FX80.  These should be a nice change for me. My current 3/8" ratchets are lovely Craftsman (like out of their socket sets), and my 1/4" is a slightly less but still quite lovely Stanley. My 1/2" I'm not as bothered by because it's a decent Craftsman (as in, it wasn't part of a set), but I'd still like to get a nice one.
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I did the same thing, started with the 300 piece Craftsman set, except I bought a Craftsman professional 3/8 and 1/2 before I bought my Snap-On's. I hated the Craftsman and love the Snap-On's, but I never bought a 1/2 because I have impact guns and a breaker bar for anything that large. After using my friends I kinda want an older 936 flex head just because.
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Torque wrenches: should I just get whatever's best rated on Amazon (~$50) or go to Harbor Freight?
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blk posted:Torque wrenches: should I just get whatever's best rated on Amazon (~$50) or go to Harbor Freight? HF all the way. A goon did some really excellent comparison tests of major torque wrenches a few years back and the HF stuff stands up to ones that cost 4 times as much.
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blk posted:Torque wrenches: should I just get whatever's best rated on Amazon (~$50) or go to Harbor Freight? Rhyno posted:HF all the way. A goon did some really excellent comparison tests of major torque wrenches a few years back and the HF stuff stands up to ones that cost 4 times as much. Pretty much this. Some HF hand tools are useful. Mos t are trash, but they all have a lifetime warranty.. even the $3 socket sets.
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West SAAB Story posted:Pretty much this. Some HF hand tools are useful. Mos t are trash, but they all have a lifetime warranty.. even the $3 socket sets. For what it's worth, I've broken more Craftsman sockets than I have HF. And they don't want to replace them half the time.
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West SAAB Story posted:Pretty much this. Some HF hand tools are useful. Mos t are trash, but they all have a lifetime warranty.. even the $3 socket sets. I'd have to see the experiment and data from this before I trusted this advice. I personally wouldn't trust HF for any precision instrumentation or tooling.
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rcman50166 posted:I'd have to see the experiment and data from this before I trusted this advice. I personally wouldn't trust HF for any precision instrumentation or tooling. This thread is 5 years old, it's probably here. Edit: Pictures are gone but here it is http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2788369&pagenumber=67&perpage=40#post378953733 Rhyno fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Jan 6, 2014 |
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My wife got me a Mountain brand one off of Amazon for Christmas since it was on my wishlist. Only downside is that it's 1/2" drive and I don't have as many 1/2" sockets as I thought I did 
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QuarkMartial posted:My wife got me a Mountain brand one off of Amazon for Christmas since it was on my wishlist. Only downside is that it's 1/2" drive and I don't have as many 1/2" sockets as I thought I did http://www.harborfreight.com/3-piece-impact-socket-adapter-set-67936.html
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Rhyno posted:This thread is 5 years old, it's probably here. Thanks for the link. It sounds like what he did was an empirical test to measure inital torque tolerance. As an experiment to measure torque, it seems like it is a decent test, with reasonable room for improvement, but unfortunately as I mentioned before it's not the only determining factor to the quality of a torque wrench.
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What are your criteria beyond "consistently works correctly"? Genuinely curious.
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For lug nuts and suspension bolts my HF 1/2 drive clicker has been fine. Same goes for the 3/8 version. For 10 dollars with a coupon, you can't really go wrong. All three of mine were made in Taiwan, they seem to be of decent quality. If I was building a motor I would buy a CDI, it's basically a Snap-on wrench for less $.
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rcman50166 posted:Thanks for the link. It sounds like what he did was an empirical test to measure inital torque tolerance. As an experiment to measure torque, it seems like it is a decent test, with reasonable room for improvement, but unfortunately as I mentioned before it's not the only determining factor to the quality of a torque wrench. Well I smashed a bunch of windshields with mine and it still works fine.
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For UK goons someone mentioned the halfords advanced professional sets earlier on in the thread. Well they're now better than half price; http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_862463_langId_-1_categoryId_255215 £249.99 socket set for £109.99 I got mine recently and they feel like excellent tools. Lifetime guarantee too; 
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Strawberry posted:For lug nuts and suspension bolts my HF 1/2 drive clicker has been fine. Same goes for the 3/8 version. For 10 dollars with a coupon, you can't really go wrong. All three of mine were made in Taiwan, they seem to be of decent quality. Pretty much this. We have a calibrated electronic torque stand at work at the tool issue station, so I bring in my HF wrenches now and then to check them against it and they're always impressively close. And if you need to torque something more sensitive like building a motor, you can pick up CDI torque wrenches on Amazon for $100-130, and they make torque wrenches for snap-on.
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Cancelbot posted:For UK goons someone mentioned the halfords advanced professional sets earlier on in the thread. Well they're now better than half price; Nice deal! I got the next set down for £80 last month. The quality is great, and Halfords have always been great with me for returns. I had a grade 10.9 M16 nut/bolt seize on me on a site a few weeks ago. I used a 1/2" Halfords ratchet with a 10' length of 2" scaffolding pipe over the end of it. It me standing on the other end of the pipe to shear the bolt head off. The ratchet was fine. These tools are surprisingly sturdy.
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Cancelbot posted:For UK goons someone mentioned the halfords advanced professional sets earlier on in the thread. Well they're now better than half price; Oh man, that is such a nice set for such little money. I really hate that I cannot justify it.
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spog posted:Oh man, that is such a nice set for such little money. I really hate that I cannot justify it. Quoting this. Also, is the advantage of crows-foot wrenches that you can either put a ratchet or your biggest breaker bar on them or do they have a special use?
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