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slidebite posted:I am an industrial wholesaler and I have several styles on my shelf, but I am by no means a married to watson.. I just like their stuff. It just occurred to me to check -- I own a pair of Watson #005 Flextime gloves that I bought at a Kent in St. John's Newfoundland. I don't climb onto cargo ships any more, so I use them exclusively for bicycling. You're right, Watson makes good gloves.
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Elviscat posted:If you want nitrile gloves that don't suck, I recommend these guys tough, good non-slip texture, come sized for people with giant mitts. Yep, these are my go-to now for nitrile. They are nice enough to use for a great many purposes but I only use them when I specifically want disposable gloves because most of the year my hands sweat to death in them.
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Glove chat -- I got a few boxes of these: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Grease-...46462656withTHD Gorilla Grips, they're dipped cloth gloves that work really well. Home Depot clearanced them out for $15 per box of 20 pairs. They're not worth full price, but on deep clearance, they are. Elviscat posted:If you want nitrile gloves that don't suck, I recommend these guys tough, good non-slip texture, come sized for people with giant mitts. I'm just about out of nitrile gloves, just put those on my amazon order for next month. Thanks!
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Elviscat posted:If you want nitrile gloves that don't suck, I recommend these guys tough, good non-slip texture, come sized for people with giant mitts. My local OReilly's has been out of gloves so I just picked up a box of these since everyone in the thread seems to like them. I'm on the small side of XL according to their sizing chart, but they only had XL in boxes of 1000 so I'm giving the L a shot.
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cakesmith handyman posted:So what did you nail to what? When I moved into my house there were a few 2x4s in the basement attached at random angles by a ramset gun. I assume the previous owner was
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Copied a good idea and made a compressor combiner with a couple check valves
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Safety Dance posted:It just occurred to me to check -- I own a pair of Watson #005 Flextime gloves that I bought at a Kent in St. John's Newfoundland. I don't climb onto cargo ships any more, so I use them exclusively for bicycling.
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honda whisperer posted:+1 for Ansell hyflex gloves. I use them at work and wash them 3-4 times before they're worn out. Actually same here. When I'd have to pick up saw cut 40+lb with sharp edges to go in a CNC machine, these are what I'd use. Safety Dance posted:It just occurred to me to check -- I own a pair of Watson #005 Flextime gloves that I bought at a Kent in St. John's Newfoundland. I don't climb onto cargo ships any more, so I use them exclusively for bicycling. I crested 30 and now my hands hurt for 1-2 days when I swing a hammer for more than an hour. Getting old is dildoes. Are these good for impact reducing to your hands for stuff like fixing my dock and demoing the previous owners bird poo poo covered aviary? CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 12:50 on May 20, 2020 |
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+1 for Ansell hyflex gloves. I use them at work and wash them 3-4 times before they're worn out.
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# ? May 20, 2020 12:42 |
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Boy I guess I have to get off my rear end and work with my hands more. I have never put much thought into work gloves. I always just bought whatever Worx gloves were available at the hardware store and 100 9 mil HF nitriles.
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https://jalopnik.com/dont-trust-your-life-to-these-jack-stands-1843546730
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I love how the article starts about safety and then just devolves into a rant about not buying stuff from HF.
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poo poo I have a pair of the 6 tons
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I have a quartet of the 3 tons, and apparently no receipt, so I'm not sure if they're the correct item #.
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Krakkles posted:I have a quartet of the 3 tons, and apparently no receipt, so I'm not sure if they're the correct item #. It's on the sticker (if they're still on your stands). Mine are the bad ones. (in yellow n these)
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Motronic posted:It's on the sticker (if they're still on your stands). Mine are the bad ones. You know, as confident as one can be in cheap safety equipment.
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# ? May 20, 2020 18:26 |
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Mine are the old orange and white ones that I've owned for like 10 years, this only goes back 7?
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Rhyno posted:Mine are the old orange and white ones that I've owned for like 10 years, this only goes back 7? They should be fine if the defect was indeed the tooling wearing out. I’ve had a set of the orange ones since 2006 with no issues.
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Orange and white you say?
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# ? May 21, 2020 00:11 |
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The pawl looks intact; no problem there.
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# ? May 21, 2020 00:29 |
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I've got the 6ton ones but already used them for pulling my silverado's transmission and reinstalling after the rebuild a couple years ago. Maybe I got ones that aren't bad?
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NinjaTech posted:I've got the 6ton ones but already used them for pulling my silverado's transmission and reinstalling after the rebuild a couple years ago. Maybe I got ones that aren't bad? If they are covered in the recall I definitely wouldn't trust them.
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um excuse me posted:Orange and white you say? Mine are way more faded in color than that.
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Mine have lived outside for most of the last ten years (or less depending on which set it is, I own way too many of them) and there's ZERO chance I'll be able to read the stickers. Wonder if they'll take them.
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kastein posted:Mine have lived outside for most of the last ten years (or less depending on which set it is, I own way too many of them) and there's ZERO chance I'll be able to read the stickers. Wonder if they'll take them. Throw the stands through their window from your vehicle as you drive by, that way they can't give them back.
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I haven't checked mine at home, but the 4 I have at work (6 ton, and identical to the ones in the picture) are a different number than the two in the recall. There's hope. Also, many things from HF kick rear end and recalls happen to everybody. This doesn't really have an effect on my opinion of their jackstands. I'll take the known-quantity HF stands over some other marginally more expensive stands from likely the same factory any day.
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# ? May 22, 2020 16:11 |
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Cheap Amazon plasma cutter report It kills rusty bolts good. Only issue was my outdoor outlets are on a 15 amp breaker so broke the generator out for a few more chunky amps.
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Hypnolobster posted:I haven't checked mine at home, but the 4 I have at work (6 ton, and identical to the ones in the picture) are a different number than the two in the recall. There's hope. I'm with you somewhat. I worked at AutoZone, and we had recalls for jumper cables with the colored clamps reversed on one end, brake cleaner with a sticky valve, cheap welders that didn't have a cold contactor... poo poo happens. However, Jack stands are a passive safety device, so I'd rate this much higher severity.
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nadmonk posted:Throw the stands through their window from your vehicle as you drive by, that way they can't give them back. Yeah but how am I supposed to get my gift card or new jackstands if I'm banned from the store
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kastein posted:Yeah but how am I supposed to get my gift card or new jackstands if I'm banned from the store Just pay some old lady to do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE1dFHmFCRk
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Just pay some old lady to do it. I knew what this was before I clicked the link. If they aired that today some group would demand they took it down for inciting vandalism.
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sharkytm posted:I'm with you somewhat. I worked at AutoZone, and we had recalls for jumper cables with the colored clamps reversed on one end, brake cleaner with a sticky valve, cheap welders that didn't have a cold contactor... poo poo happens. However, Jack stands are a passive safety device, so I'd rate this much higher severity. lol, I remember the jumper cables and that's pretty drat serious. It can ruin your day.
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Rhyno posted:If they aired that today some group would demand they took it down for inciting vandalism. No
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Rhyno posted:
Same. Last time I watched TV with ads, they still ran that piece once in a while.
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For real? I haven't seen it in 10 years easily.
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I mean it's probably been almost as long since I watched anything with ads other than an Indycar race. But they still even have old Mrs. Tireyeeter on the bottom of their front page.
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Anyone god a decent entry level dial gauge and magnetic base combo? As much as I would love the Mitutoyo option, it's a little rich for me. Looking for options around $100ish total. I just want to measure engine end play and concentricity of spinny bits. Like aligning a lathe.
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um excuse me posted:Anyone god a decent entry level dial gauge and magnetic base combo? As much as I would love the Mitutoyo option, it's a little rich for me. Looking for options around $100ish total. I just want to measure engine end play and concentricity of spinny bits. Like aligning a lathe. Noga bases with the single knob are awesome. There are cheaper knockoffs, search "magic arm". Dial gauge? You mean a dial indicator or a dial test indicator? HF indicators are... Acceptable. If you're buying a DTI, I vote Tessa or Interapid, although Mitutoyo make a decent tenths gauge too. That's not a place to cheap out. If you buy a cheap mag base and arm, make sure it's 3/8" and not 8mm. sharkytm fucked around with this message at 23:46 on May 23, 2020 |
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If you go single knob/articulating, the Noga is the way to go (Tesa/Brown and Sharpe are good as well, and slightly cheaper). The cheap Chinese versions are nearly unusable (or at least, the 2 or 3 I've had are). The old school rod style ones are better if they're cheap Chinese stands (but are also annoying to use). As for indicators, I've had excellent luck with Accusize. They're cheap but well made and nice. It's hard to cheap out on either to a certain degree. A crap stand will make a great indicator useless, and a crap indicator is crap regardless. It's pretty easy to hit minimum-good on indicators if you spend ~$20 or more.
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