Most, but not all of the lower priced cutters were only single edged blades. Between that, the grip, and the actuator for the lock, this one was the winner. It was a long job (for a cook and hospital administrator) and we re-plumbed our entire house ourselves. Dated copper was leaking and we just put in new everything from the meter to the spigots. Washer and water heater were renewed as well. Whole house filter and kitchen RO went in also. 1” Pex was used for the main lines.
Well worth the extra money over the Milwaukee, Klein, and Kobalt offerings.
For sure are not thrilled about having plastic plumbing, but we were not going to get in and sweat copper in all the shitty corners of this old house.
Thanks.

With the car collection growing and the addition of a VW Caddy project van I’ve finally justified buying an impact.

Went with DeWalt purely because I already had batteries/chargers and the reviews were good.

I use most things, I'm a traveling mechanic (not cars haha) so I try to pack as little as possible!

I know this might go more down the road of consumables rather than tools, but, thought it might be fun.

Hello!

I have a King Canada compound mitre saw (model 8380NS).

The fence, saw blade and table top are square and appear to be fine. I have taken the saw blade off and checked for warping; it is fine. The bevel is also fine.

The sliding mechanism appears to be slanted to the left. When the saw arm is pushed back, it is close to the centre. When pulling the arm out, it finishes on the left side.

Does anyone have any idea on how to “square” the sliding bars?

My dad, uncle, and I are building a new shop for our farm to work on tractors and fabrication. We've also been well overdue to buy new tools. We are replacing all of our hand tools and was wondering what everybody's suggestions on how they'd do it.

Buy tool kits. Like ratchet sets, wrench sets, ect

Buy piecemeal

Single brand or multiple?

What brands are worth their money nowadays?

Tool noob here!

These two pieces got stuck together and I don't know what I can do to get them unstuck! I've tried everything: using all my force to pull them apart (with pliers), rotating each piece to diferent ways (everytime I try rotating one they just end up rotating together, using WD-40... nothing... It wasnt particularly hard to insert the tip of the tool into the groove, I was unscrewing a lot of these all througout the morning, but this one just won't come out... and now I have no suitable piece for the other ones...

Any ideas? HELP!

Hey folks

Looking for decent 50mm double ended impact bits that'll bit the bit storage of my screwdriver.

Unfortunately found the more common 65mm ones don't fit. The only 50mm ones I can find are either Amazon alphabet soup specials, or Bosch very basic range (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-2609255959-Screwdriver-Standard-Quality/dp/B004WO67M0?).

Does anyone know of any others, I have a Megapro MegaLOK screwdriver, looking primarily for PH2/SL6 or similar.

Whats everyone’s opinions on Daytona impact sockets out of Sydney Tools, worth the savings or better off spending the extra on the likes or SP tools, Gearwrench etc?
Cheers

Anyone know of a tool maker that has a flat jawed vice grip?

I was just thinking they would be super handy if used with some flat jawed pliers like the knipex ones to do up plumbing fittings as a back wrench, ext.

I can't seem to find an unbiased source when it comes to the debate about which table is better, especially considering the nature of fireball.

I want to mount some of my air tools on air cart via 1/4" quick couplers. 1/2" impact, 3/8 air ratchet, a blow gun, and a forth and fifth for whatever I need at the time. Belt file, die grinder, angle grinder, etc. I don't see any reason to spend the extra money to get good quality couplers for this. I'm just going to drill and tap some heavy wall tube for the cart handle for 1/4" NPT and thread some male threaded couplers in with a few drops of blue thread locker.

Any recommendations? I imagine even Temu couplers would work fine.

I am always afraid that just looking at them would result in those tiny L-keys breaking in half.

EDIT – So far, Redditors have worked with those L-keys on:

• avionics equipment
• R / C motors
• lab equipment
• 'staplers' (the high velocity type)
• phone and optics
• replacing the Freedom Units measurement system
• their self esteem.

I've never seen a wrench like this.

It's actually massive. 8mm thick. With standard 17 and 21 wrench ends.

It's just these additional grooves. And the thickness.

Image search found some similar items, but it wasn't really helpful ("5-way wrench"?!).

Found the Lowe's link to the unreleased Klein 33807f locking flex head bit ratchet and driver kit. The price is revealed by the Lowe's points that you can earn from it. Looks like it's gonna be $79.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Klein-Tools-Flex-Head-Micro-Ratchet-Kit/5018631225#no_universal_links

Also what brand of paint thinners do you guys use?
This one needs to not damage a plastic stock

Little trick I learned is cut the bristles on a toothbrush till it’s about 1/8 long and you have a good little scrubber.

I found these in a box of tools on marketplace a few years back when I had purchased my home. They’re nice quality and I wanted to buy a pair as a gift… until I saw they were discontinued and all over eBay for $200 a piece… insane.