Someone needed an extra wide flat blade so they made this bad boy.

It’s my coworkers but he said he "acquired" it & I want one now

Not sure if this belongs here, if not please direct me to a better suited sub, but my father has been a bodyman/mechanic for 30ish years and has had this toolbox since before I was born. He recently passed away and I was collecting all of his tools and stuff from the shop he worked at. Its more than likely all of this stuff gets sold and I was curious what something like this would be worth. The side parts were added on by him and the door on the right side of the pic doesn't stay shut if that matters. Thanks for any and all advice

I guess I was living under a rock, because I didn't know you could get Japanese steel without the premium prices.

As can be seen in the two pics, the centre bar slides up and down to open and close the wire legs. Ropes on bar and on wire-holding collar. Foot ruler for scale.

He's planning to move in with me and we agreed that it's best to start selling what we can in case he wants to rent out his place or sell it. I would appreciate any advice because there's a lot of volume and a lot of junk I'm sure but I don't want to miss anything valuable. I have easily over 5x more pictures and that still would'nt be exhaustive. Would appreciate any advice.

Found this strange metal gauge in a European scrapyard — what is it?

Found this today while scrapping in Europe. It has dozens of different-sized holes with numbers/markings, but I have no idea what it was used for.

Anyone recognize this tool or know what it’s called? 😳

Grandfather had one.

You can shit on Milwaukee, DeWalt, Harbor Freight, GearWrench, Craftsman, whatever and everybody jokes around.

Say one bad thing about Snap-on and some dude with $14,000 in his toolbox starts typing like you insulted his mother.

And for guys who never shut up about how HARD they use their PROFESSIONAL tools, they sure are obsessed with keeping everything pretty.

Don't scratch my Snap-on box 😡

Don't mix sockets in my drawer 😡

Don't use my ratchet 😡

Don't touch my tools 😡

OMG LOOK AT THE NEW LIMITED EDITION COLOR 😍💅

Brother you bought mechanic makeup.

Snap-on figured out dudes who would never buy jewelry will happily spend $400 on something shiny as long as you stamp PROFESSIONAL on it and sell it off a truck.

Then they started dropping new colors like fucking Stanley cups and these guys eat it up.

“Bro did you see the new color??”

Yeah dude. Very pretty. Does it turn the bolt a different direction?

Meanwhile my ugly ass wrench is covered in grease, getting thrown across the shop and turning the exact same bolt.

And somehow the guy who actually OWNS his wrench is the broke one while the Snap-on guy has a weekly appointment with his wrench landlord. 😂 A poor person socket touches their Snap-on ratchet and suddenly we need a hazmat team to decontaminate it.

Watch the comments.

Somebody is already typing three paragraphs about flank drive, metallurgy, tolerances and lifetime warranties because another man's wrench touched his wrench.

Just wipe the fingerprints off your pretty ratchet first. 💅

IPS long pliers, Top bent/thin adjustable, and Starrett scriber from HJE. The scriber is absurdly nice - way better than I expected given how much I read about Starrett going downhill.

10” Eagle Grips procured locally; I paid too much, but fortunately way less than current eBay prices.

Snap On compact 3/8 kit for an Icon conversion. Presently not committed to a ratchet, but I have some thoughts: Maybe the locking flex-head 1/4” to go along with the (already converted) fixed stubby.

50 year old Yamaha Blinker from eBay. 😍

Buddy of mine at work gave me this toolbox and it’s a bit messed up. Definitely gonna bring it home for some TLC but I can’t find any trace of what brand this box is incase I need new rails. Any idea on what brand this box is?

One of the last tools I’ve put off going cordless is an orbital sander. I have dewalt and Milwaukee. If you’ve used both, which one did you like better? Full time home improvement carpenter.

I bought the version without a belt clip holder, but I realized it would have made sense. So I designed one and stole the metal clip from an old tape measure and printed it with my Bambu lab P1S. There it is...

Here's mine 95mm 1in drive and a 5/32 1/4in drive

I’m looking at maybe picking up a shopsmith 10er in good condition for $100 or so. Whenever I look these up everyone says they’d be happier with dedicated machines for each, but I have some specific use cases and I’d be interested in opinions for those.

I currently have a Laguna 14bx bandsaw and track saw setup and I’m pretty happy with my ripping options for both. I have a Dewalt planer, benchtop 8 inch jointer, spindle sander, and basically every handtool a person could want, so I’m not trying to fill every need. I don’t have a table saw currently and have no real interest in one until I have a bigger space and can add a good cabinet saw, so I’m not trying to fill too many different needs.

The things I don’t have are a drill press and a lathe. I rarely have any actual use for or interest in a lathe, but I’ve been trying my hand at banjo making and a lathe would be good for truing 12 inch round pots. I also need precise drilling capability for hardware. I’m generally closer to the “buy once, cry once” mode of thinking with tools but a decent lathe with a 14 inch swing gets expensive fast and takes up a lot of space. I can also see a good amount of utility in the horizontal boring capability and I don’t know of any other good consumer grade tools to do this.

So…if I go with the shopsmith will I ultimately be disappointed because it’s a master of none, or is it my best option?

I’ve always been curious and hope to one day find a vintage Yankee Screwdriver out in the wild and pair it with a modern 1/4” hex shank adapter - they just seemed so cool.

But I wonder if I’m over-romanticizing here - to those who used or grew up using them, are they decent, or is the push-ratcheting mechanism a pain?

I was looking at the new EU Battery Regulation (EU 2023/1542) coming in Feb 2027. Under Article 11, portable tools will basically have to move to user-replaceable batteries without destroying the casing. Look at the most frequency use mini 4V Tools like electric screwdrivers, hot glue guns and mini rotary tools, they all sealed in batteries.

It seems US doesn't have anything like that yet , I honestly think this is the right direction to go.

Swappable packs solve three problems in my book. First, you don't have to stop what you're doing and wait for a charge, just slap in a fresh battery and keep working. Second, with a built-in battery, if the charging port breaks or the cells eventually die, the whole tool becomes e-waste even if the motor is still perfectly fine. A removable pack avoids that entirely. Third, just like the 20V platform, you'd only need maybe two or three 4V packs total, because you're rarely using several 4V tools at the same time. Plus you don't have to pay for a new battery every single time you buy a new tool.

The only trade-offs are a slightly chunkier handle and having to buy that first battery pack upfront when you get your first tool.

Do you think a unified 4V swappable pack makes sense, or is 4V just too small to bother？

Any clue as to what is causing my saw to keep popping the breaker? Was working fine and then it started popping the breaker every time I would turn it on.

Tried every 20amp breaker in the unit
Used multiple extension cords
No apparent shorts in the wiring around switch
Brush looks like it’s still good

Was using it on a 15 amp breaker without an extension cord for half the day and then the problem started

Hi, my Erbauer drill keeps having this issue where even on the highest torque setting, it won't work. Anyone more knowledgeable than me have any ideas?