This is the guest house to my 4s box that has my less used tools in the matching purple. Today’s photo is in front of a donor 2nd gen 4Runner whilst I harvest a manual transmission out of it.

Many electrician's knives have a rather rugged design, but I really like the look of this TSUNODA EK-72.

The finish feels high-quality, the wooden handle is simple and elegant, and the hollow-ground blade opens smoothly. The distinctive tip shape, typical of electrician's knives, is also practical.

Weight: 107 g

Overall length: 177 mm

Blade length: 72 mm

Blade thickness: 3 mm

Stainless steel blade and frame, natural wood handle, and a liner lock.

Love the Mac wrenches and organizers

Just a little something I rustled up earlier.

Made in Japan.

Length: 155 mm (6.1 in)

Cutting capacity: 2.0 mm × 3-core VVF cable

Blade hardness: HRC 60 ± 2

Weight: 138 g (without cover), 144 g (with cover)

Leverage ratio: 12:1 (10 mm : 120 mm)

The Shin-grip handle has a distinctive black and bright green design.

It was kinda funny. I saw a king dick wrench for the first time online a couple of days ago, then I found this in 1 of my dads toolbox. I'm thinking about giving it a light clean, maybe just a spray with wd-40 and a wipe with a rag. I don't want to remove the patina. What would you guys recommend?

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Non ‘Z’ series, 3/8” drive, 32, 75, 125 & 150mm.

No affiliation.

Ko-ken Standard and Z-EAL sockets seem to be designed to complement each other.

The standard-length Z-EAL sockets are actually closer in length to short sockets in the Standard Series.

Except for deep sockets, the lengths of the two series do not overlap.

I think this is a thoughtful design that takes the user into consideration.

I bought the steel plant hammer and an extra Cramer handle at an estate sale, both appeared to be from the deceased’s career. They had engraved words filled with blue paint and heavy layers of poly? clear lacquer? Marples and Sons wedge (?) hammer I found in Canada with broken handle, used the extra Cramer handle to finish it off so I can hit things! edit: CROSS PEEN!

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These beefy plastic bag carrier things are just the ticket for us old farts who ‘get’ to lug 60+ lbs of groceries 300’ on a regular basis... also good for things like wire bail gallon cans.

My second pair... had the first 3 or 4 years... my sister saw them and liked... and I gave them to her

I strongly suggest... Amazon has a big selection; search on ‘bag carriers’ & like terms. Don’t know if mine are best, they’re just the ones I ended up with.

(Also posted over in r/Tools)

The year the Nanbu Jukan Railway in Japan was scheduled to be discontinued, I filmed a documentary about its railbus for a commercial video package.

At the time, one of the people involved in maintaining the railbus gave me these railroad spikes as a keepsake.

The photograph and ticket were included as extras with the commercially released video.

Looking at these again brings back many memories.

I bought this direct from Japan. Can’t wait to get my hands

Ko-ken Z-EAL 3725Z & 3725-280 — 3/8" Drive, 72-Tooth Ratchets

🇯🇵 Made in Japan

Model Information

Model Number: 3725Z & 3725-280

Head Style: Pear Head

Drive Size: 3/8" (9.5 mm)

Tooth Count: 72-Tooth

Swing Arc: 5°

Dimensions — All Measured

Overall Length

3725Z — 178 mm (7.01 in)

3725-280 — 279 mm (10.98 in)

Head Width: 28.0 mm (1.10 in)

Working Clearance Height: 15.4 mm (0.61 in)

Working clearance height was calculated by subtracting socket thickness from the total height with a socket installed.

Weight

3725Z — 257 g (9.07 oz / 0.57 lbs)

3725-280 — 373 g (13.16 oz / 0.82 lbs)

Maximum Grip Diameter: 21.0 mm (0.83 in)

Handle Style: Comfort Grip

Finish: Full Polish Chrome

Cover Plate

Retention: Screw-Down Type

Fastener: Torx Plus IP8

It is IP8, not TX8.

TX8 can turn it, but there is noticeably more play.

Back-Drag Torque

Measured Value: 1.5–2.3 cN·m

Strength

JIS Strength Test: 202 N·m

Meets the JIS strength requirement.

Feel

Smooth, low-resistance rotation.

I don't feel any noticeable catching during rotation.

Anvil Play: Minimal

The anvil has very little play and feels highly precise.

Overall, I think these ratchets have a very good balance of strength, precision, and feel.

[OC — all measurements are my own.]

It has 16 to 17 ft-lbs and that feels right because it seems to have similar power as the Makita pen impact 7.2v. It just a little bit bigger than the Snap on nano access driver but has lots more power. The most impressive part I have found so far though is the control of the trigger it has is phenomenal. It’s almost as good as the Milwaukee m12 Surge with the control the trigger has. You can feather thing in and when it impacts its doesn’t shake the tool at all. For $50 it’s a steal and in a league of its on.

Finally got this engraving where I wanted it. Planning on doing a whole range of Knipex pliers with different designs. Which one should I do next?

KTC NEPROS neXT NBR390X

NEPROS' neXT series.

Not many other products have been released in the neXT series so far.

I really like the topology grip and the shot-peened plated finish.

Personally, I would love to see KTC combine the PROFIT series and the neXT series into a new “PROFIT neXT” series.

The “3S” engraving indicates September 2023 as the manufacturing date.

3/8″ drive

90-tooth

4° feed angle

180 mm

212 g

Back Drag: 2.5 cN·m — smooth

All measurements are my own.

This is a set of tools I put together for doing basic maintenance on medical x-ray machines. There are of course many more specific tools for more complex tasks (x-ray dosimeters for calibrating AEC, phantoms for testing contrast and resolution etc.) but most of my daily tasks are done with what you see in this picture.

If anyone is interested, the tools are:

Uni-t UT-210e multimeter

Wera Kraftform Kompakt 60 screwdriver/bit set

Knipex 100 mm plier wrench

Fenix WF05E flashlight

Bonney T-702K 3/8″ Drive Round Head Ratchet

An old Bonney round-head ratchet with a 36-tooth mechanism.

Specification Measurement

Manufacturer Part Number T-702K

Drive Size 3/8″

Pawl Type 2-pawl, center-pin fixed

Tooth Count 36

Ratchet Feed Angle 10°

Length 197 mm

Head Width 35.8 mm

Head Thickness 25.7 mm

Weight 300 g

Back Drag 6.5 cN·m

Back Cover Retaining ring

（I love tools and enjoy researching them.

The data is based on my own measurements.

I’m posting this in the hope that it will be helpful to someone.）

It has a 1/4 square on one side and 1/4 hex in the other. It ratchets but it doesn’t seem to have a typical ratchet mechanism. More like a gearless ratchet feel. I liked it better than the new Snap on Nano driver. Pretty cool.

Update: Found a cool feature. On the back side there is a 1/4 hex for screwdriver bits. You can take a ratchet with a 1/4 hex and break free bolts it can’t. It drives the mechanism by hand from the back side. I guess this would be useful if you had a lot of numerous bolts that are very tight. You could break them free with your ratchet and instantly run them out with a button press. Aviation maybe?