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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Stainless steel hook set.
« Last post by ron350 on April 28, 2024, 07:55:57 PM » I have had this stainless pick for many years with no bends or breaks. It came off the Snapon truck many years ago and one end has a 90* bend and the other end has a carbide scribe point welded on the stainless.
Have always wanted something like this with a 90* and just a handle on the other end..
Have always wanted something like this with a 90* and just a handle on the other end..
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Stainless steel hook set.
« Last post by slip knot on April 28, 2024, 05:48:51 PM »SS is soft so it may be hard to find a better quality set like those. I've bought some dental picks for fine work. They are some sort of alloy (magnetic) but they haven't rusted in the years that I've had them.
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Making my own version of the Blackhawk nuggies set.
« Last post by hickory n Steel on April 28, 2024, 03:29:12 PM »Those Kobalt tools got here. The ignition wrenches are definitely stamped. They're nice stampings, but they're not nice as the forged wrenches would be. I can definitely see why you're being picky about putting yours together.I'm guessing those are the same as the last of the USA Craftsman ignition wrenches, the DOE's they had are decent but the combos usually pretty crude in the box end even back to the Easco Days.
The sockets and ignition wrenches are in increments of 1/32nd, so they would probably give adequate coverage for smaller metric as well as SAE.
Adding a short extension to this group would be cheap and easy. Did Kobalt ever make a 1/4" breaker bar?
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Stainless steel hook set.
« Last post by ron350 on April 28, 2024, 03:19:11 PM » I am looking for a small set of Stainless steel hook picks.
Sofar all i can find are these cheap things in ebay.
Someone has to make a decent set of Stainless Steel picks but i can't find any.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/315082726678?itmmeta=01HWK42N5JFV7PX2TMN3FD105K&hash=item495c64dd16:g:52IAAOSwuENlnBBk&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8Oy%2F4xwC9WH%2B%2BNDkX9kQjh5UeZnA8UzfYkL4lq5iqzv9mtprLdcbmjxSB06%2FJvuusH6vzL1%2B0ytnN3O3%2FkyjFUq9lirsKY6EnOUUzKO52ZaZm2RQzGlktScakA7T7Md01nCXUnQEt88ijKLkGPM2GfA2COwhrGjil32c9x7%2BrC2Z1S55kQlM9b%2BEhm2UNBin1bES%2FSRQJXJ56jVnKLxUfkDo2bh8%2BJu%2BCsQTx27CWHz6OdKOtEBps6cW2ZHPc1L1C8x%2BTLDGqU1HUbRq3XU%2BgYPEIwQJy0NKSXjj2eq2O8jkagXq8xfF3uI1BEwZERAZ%2FA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM8NKK5ORj
Sofar all i can find are these cheap things in ebay.
Someone has to make a decent set of Stainless Steel picks but i can't find any.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/315082726678?itmmeta=01HWK42N5JFV7PX2TMN3FD105K&hash=item495c64dd16:g:52IAAOSwuENlnBBk&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8Oy%2F4xwC9WH%2B%2BNDkX9kQjh5UeZnA8UzfYkL4lq5iqzv9mtprLdcbmjxSB06%2FJvuusH6vzL1%2B0ytnN3O3%2FkyjFUq9lirsKY6EnOUUzKO52ZaZm2RQzGlktScakA7T7Md01nCXUnQEt88ijKLkGPM2GfA2COwhrGjil32c9x7%2BrC2Z1S55kQlM9b%2BEhm2UNBin1bES%2FSRQJXJ56jVnKLxUfkDo2bh8%2BJu%2BCsQTx27CWHz6OdKOtEBps6cW2ZHPc1L1C8x%2BTLDGqU1HUbRq3XU%2BgYPEIwQJy0NKSXjj2eq2O8jkagXq8xfF3uI1BEwZERAZ%2FA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM8NKK5ORj
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: Making my own version of the Blackhawk nuggies set.
« Last post by nelstomlinson on April 28, 2024, 10:31:42 AM »Those Kobalt tools got here. The ignition wrenches are definitely stamped. They're nice stampings, but they're not nice as the forged wrenches would be. I can definitely see why you're being picky about putting yours together.
The sockets and ignition wrenches are in increments of 1/32nd, so they would probably give adequate coverage for smaller metric as well as SAE.
Adding a short extension to this group would be cheap and easy. Did Kobalt ever make a 1/4" breaker bar?
The sockets and ignition wrenches are in increments of 1/32nd, so they would probably give adequate coverage for smaller metric as well as SAE.
Adding a short extension to this group would be cheap and easy. Did Kobalt ever make a 1/4" breaker bar?
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PROJECT CARS/TRUCKS / Re: Wouldn't you rather have a Buick?
« Last post by Uncle Buck on April 28, 2024, 02:32:42 AM »My what a stunning car! Really, just sets a very high watermark for anything else on wheels.
My deceased dad told me innumerable things about countless brands of cars pre 1960's vintage, with the lions share being 1920's 1940's era. Some of the things he shared I remember, much of it, long forgotten. One of the bits he shared was about some vintage car with a V-12, V-16 perhaps, don't recall it as being an inline engine that had very small diameter pistons, but had a bunch of them. LOL In a sense, my dad left my mind a graveyard for bits and pieces of trivia info on cars, trucks, and even a few on tractors! For example. If you were standing next the road on a dark night you would know a Chrysler Airflow was approaching because of the whistling sound the design of the grill gave off when the car was at highway speed.
Sorry for straying off topic. This car is absolutely a work of art.
My deceased dad told me innumerable things about countless brands of cars pre 1960's vintage, with the lions share being 1920's 1940's era. Some of the things he shared I remember, much of it, long forgotten. One of the bits he shared was about some vintage car with a V-12, V-16 perhaps, don't recall it as being an inline engine that had very small diameter pistons, but had a bunch of them. LOL In a sense, my dad left my mind a graveyard for bits and pieces of trivia info on cars, trucks, and even a few on tractors! For example. If you were standing next the road on a dark night you would know a Chrysler Airflow was approaching because of the whistling sound the design of the grill gave off when the car was at highway speed.
Sorry for straying off topic. This car is absolutely a work of art.
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PROJECT CARS/TRUCKS / Re: Wouldn't you rather have a Buick?
« Last post by john k on April 27, 2024, 08:55:05 PM »Looking again at the seats in the 33, would bet they are glove soft leather. The red-white Studebaker took the Pebble Beach show once. The owner had added the white accents and detailing, which really set it off. I know the straight 8 Buicks were oversize, but 12 quarts, wow. More than my IHC tractor 6-cyl.
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PHOTOS OF GENERAL INTEREST (NOT TOOLS OR SHOP RELATED) / Re: Pitfalls of owning a Motorhome. Creators of massive projects...
« Last post by oldcarguy on April 27, 2024, 07:27:43 PM »Much like a boat, but on wheels, requiring constant repairs, & using overpriced parts.
Never own an airplane is all I can say
I hear you! And I have never owned an airplane, outright. I'm sure you're right on about airplanes.. Being a boater most of my life. I know first hand the expenses of boating. I sold my last boat a decade ago,, not soon enough. Besides having two Chevy 454 blocks that I had to rebuilt and two Borg Warner transmission overhauls. Between dock fees, winter storage, and fuel will pit a dent into any budget. It can easily burn $150.00 per hour's use in fuel alone...
Here's my last boat..
Picture wake on Sandusky Bay off Cedar Point...
I was standing on the stern of my docked boat, with a single boas between my craft and the boat that exploded on Mother's Day May 9, 1993. Three people were killed at Shooter's restaurant in Cleveland Ohio around noon. The boat's owner was new to boating and made a major mistake trying to start the generator. My passengers and I were not seriously hurt.
The best two day's in any boater's life is the day he purchases one, and the day he sells it..
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PROJECT CARS/TRUCKS / Re: Wouldn't you rather have a Buick?
« Last post by Lookin4_67GalaxieConv on April 27, 2024, 07:22:36 PM »My neighbor is about eighty. He's got a '99 Buick, Century I think. Was owned by the proverbial little old lady with very few miles when he got it several years ago. Still performs well for him and he's happy with it.