I'll play with one of my most recent additions. Got tired of my mismatched sockets, they were all various ages and designs of craftsmans and i didn't have this or that. So i figured i would fix it, with the 299 piece socket set of craftsman. it is every 1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" socket craftsman makes in std form. All easy read sockets, then i got the foamfittools organizer for that kit and spent some time going through and organizing it. i love it A place for everything and everything in it's place
Come to think about it, i do have a specialty tool i've used once. It was for a VW, it's a spark plug boot remover. Because if you pull the wire, you can damage the wires. But the handy dandy tool lets you pull the spark plug boots off, which is a life saver for getting the ones under the manifold. there is just enough room to pull the boot and get a socket in for removing the spark plug and installing a new one. It was really handy, maybe one of these days i'll have another friend with a VW that wants help
My bank account has been severely damaged by tool purchases in the last couple weeks. Did you know it’s possible to spend over $1500 at Harbor Freight in less than one hour? Yep, who would’a knew?
What did you do, buy a harbor freight store in it's entirety?
I'll have something new to post here. it's technically a tool, but i need to finish painting it as it came in a natural finish and i want it a little flashier
I was so impressed with the performance of my 3/4-inch drive hydraulic impact that I bought a used 1-inch version.
It has up to 2,500 lb.ft. of torque, so either the fastener comes loose, breaks, or I go for a spin.
Is it a tool? I don't know if it qualifies as one. And I also don't know how I did without a knuckle boom crane. Here used to lift the "tray" I'm making for the camper, for the 3500 C&C.
Fair enough, Loki. If it gets much hotter than it's been here lately (in the 80s), I might just have to do something like that.
Come to think of it, those fans have never come on yet anyway.
Im halfway expecting you to come back with a picture of you holding an industrial fan next to a lawn chair with you having a beer in it. But I feel ya on 80s not quite being hot enough. It's been in the mid to high 90s here lately and I'm tired of it. Weeks like this remind me why I wouldn't make it in Texas. Lol
Reading this reminded my that I do have a small "industrial fan". Then I wondered how the heck I'd get it out from the back of the garage for a photo.
Then I realized that I could...with the crane.
Nothing personal, Loki, but I'm not about to do that for your viewing pleasure. At least not until it gets into the 90s here. Which I sure hope it doesn't.
Heat and humidity? No, I wouldn't survive in Texas, either.
Hello. Merging toward pulling my transmission I had to drop my transfer case. I made a transfer case jig / platform.
Took a floor jack removed the top swivel plate put a piece of plywood on top and spend some time making and attaching some custom sized 2X4 blocks at good support locations (almost nothing is level on a transfer case). When the jig was made I attached it to the floor jack with one bolt where I estamated the center of gravity was. Now with a level flat surface I jacked the jig/plate up and pulled the transfer case. It was a breeze, no tipping etc.. My guess on the center of gravity was off a bit but it was close enough that a 70 year old guy did it by himself. When I re install the transfer case I will use the jig with a transmission jack as it keeps the case level.
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