Amazing what the right tool can do!
I feel the same about these flexible hose clamp pliers. My life changed when I picked up a set of these
Random cheap tools that make life easier
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Amazing what the right tool can do!
I feel the same about these flexible hose clamp pliers. My life changed when I picked up a set of these
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Just ordered one of these, got tired of spilling the coolant onto the floor, hope it works.
1/4 In. X 3/8 In. Dual Drive Extendable Ratchet - HarborFreight
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If you have ever snapped the head off of a bolt or need to remove a stud that is stuck, these are amazing. Saved me a few times.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GKEBG9I/?tag=wranglerorg-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GKEBG9I/?tag=wranglerorg-20
Spray paint handle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001KZC7K0/?tag=wranglerorg-20
I originally bought one when my kids were helping me spray paint my son's robot Halloween costume, and they really had trouble holding the nozzle down and had to use both hands to paint. Now I use it all the time, every time I spray paint.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001KZC7K0/?tag=wranglerorg-20
I originally bought one when my kids were helping me spray paint my son's robot Halloween costume, and they really had trouble holding the nozzle down and had to use both hands to paint. Now I use it all the time, every time I spray paint.
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Head: Lowe's blue bucket + paint + window screen + LED bike spoke lights
Body: Cardboard box + paint + tablet with audio visualization app that looked like an old oscilloscope and reacted real-time to the mic
Arms: flex duct + cardboard tube cut into "claws" that he could slide his hands out of to get candy and hold his bucket
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Oh my God - a decent LED headlight! I can't imagine not having one in any situation with subdued light (except possibly naked situations, where donning a headlight might be considered a little, err, "odd" by the other participant...)
Cheap tool that made disconnecting a hard to reach fuel line soooooo easy!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G5QSQFQ/?tag=wranglerorg-20
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G5QSQFQ/?tag=wranglerorg-20
I tell my new workers - if you need a hammer in front of a client, please don’t ask for the “ pounder thingy”.
This little guy is the bomb for the NV3550 reverse light sending unit too-
So I guess calling it a “percussive instrument” would qualify me for a pay increase?
At work my Dad used to always say ... "I need the No. 9 removal tool" and we knew which of his big hammers he was referring to. None of his other tools had numbers.
With language like that we would put you right into management
When I was growing up that really weren’t a lot of tool choices and there was snap on And if you had the means you could get craftsman and everything else was pretty much junk- Cheap tools were the curse - It was bad enough to have to do the work you had to do to a vehicle just to get around but to use wrenches that rounded off bolts and all that was really murder-
Product differences have narrowed over the years- At the same time they do exist and you have to be conscious where they matter if you’re going to get something done without slinging things all over the garage
Product differences have narrowed over the years- At the same time they do exist and you have to be conscious where they matter if you’re going to get something done without slinging things all over the garage
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Over the counter reading glasses, along with a magnifying glass. My old eyes don't see well at close range anymore.
Piece of pipe I use to slide over my ratchet to get some more torque
Also chunks of 4x4 I use to get extra height out of my floor jack
My boss showed me this trick he uses to get bolts that have fallen inside a machine, he has a rod of flexible copper wire and at the end of it he puts a ball of this of this 3M Strip Caulk, and it picks up stuff like nothing. Even better than a magnet sometimes he said, especially if it’s fresh
Also chunks of 4x4 I use to get extra height out of my floor jack
My boss showed me this trick he uses to get bolts that have fallen inside a machine, he has a rod of flexible copper wire and at the end of it he puts a ball of this of this 3M Strip Caulk, and it picks up stuff like nothing. Even better than a magnet sometimes he said, especially if it’s fresh