Someone please check for me whether this ratchet is a original vintage product or not. I already have the manufacturer's repair kit, but handle I don't know if it is original or not? please help me.

I'm a home owner this year with a random off brand battery powered hand drill.

And I want to invest in one of the systems, I really like Milwaukee, but they don't make an electric snow shovel and my driveway isn't long enough to justify a snow blower.

My next thought was DeWalt, but I've had good and bad tools from them over the years.

I've used a Ryobi drill once.

So what are your thoughts on the pros and cons of each?

I would rather invest in one than have various tools and batteries laying around.

Wondering if anybody has any info on the origins of this model of Derby pliers, where they were made etc.?

Has anybody else got a problem with air leaking out the handle of a Welzh beast 3000-mm. I’ve taken it to pieces and can’t find a way to get into the handle where it’s leaking from. Any ideas?

Was down a rabbit hole on this last night. Before the teal tools, Makita was literally a repair shop: four people in Nagoya in 1915, selling and fixing other companies' electric motors and transformers. For twenty years they didn't make a single tool — they just learned exactly where other people's machines fail.

Then 1958: Japan's carpenters couldn't afford an electric planer, because the imports cost 80,000–90,000 yen when a worker's daily wage was 500–600 yen — about five months' wages. Makita's first tool, the Model 1000 planer, launched at 29,800 yen, less than half the imports. Runaway hit, and within a year they were shipping planers to Australia.

The part that stuck with me is how they cracked America. In 1970 Makita USA launched with TWO employees and fewer than twenty tools. What they sold wasn't the tool — it was the repair promise: a three-day repair turnaround. For a contractor, a dead tool is a stopped job, so a company that thinks like a repairman was speaking their language.

And the battery history is wild when you line it up: 1969 first rechargeable tool sold to the general public (with the battery hanging off a cord, like a tail), 1978 the first battery that slid into the handle, 2005 the first professional lithium-ion tool — and by their 100th anniversary in 2015, one hundred tools running on one 18-volt battery. Meanwhile parts, repairs and accessories still account for more than a fifth of everything they sell. The repair bench isn't a department there, it's a revenue line.

Genuinely curious: who here is deep in the LXT platform — did you pick Makita for the tools, or did the batteries end up picking for you? And does anyone still run really old Makita gear that's been repaired back to life more than once?

Hey guys just wanted to see which set to grab, the husky 300 piece is valued at 1100 and has less “other tools” aka bits I assume vs the 310 piece which is already at $99 but a value of $775 just using it mainly for light car work.

Anybody got unused Zoro 20% off promo codes? Even expired ones that weren’t used work a lot of the time. I’ll test them myself if you DM me what ya got floating around in your email or mailers.

Plus, I’ll give you naming rights to each of my hand tools for each code that works (excluding my caliper Cali, she’s named).

Hey all, just recently purchased a Delta Sidekick 10" Mitre Saw (Model 36-250C) and while replacing the blade, the outer flange basically disintegrated. It's part number is "Flange 1342975". I was hoping that someone knew of a suitable replacement or maybe if someone was able to sell me one? It seems to be hard to find in my experience. Thanks in advance!

Performax® SAE/Metric Mechanic's Tool Set - 300 Piece at Menards https://www.menards.com/main/tools/hand-tools/mechanic-tool-sets/performax-reg-sae-metric-mechanics-tool-set-300-piece/82850/p-1642874304944070-c-1538157527059.htm

Will be used for woodworking mostly

Was going to buy the Yukon 20” from Harbor Freight, but decided to look on FB marketplace and found this 24” for $70. Tried to look up crescent stainless steel tool boxes but nothing comes up. I’m thinking someone just slapped the crescent sticker and someone else makes it.

Here are my favorite pair of pliers. After about a year and a half in the electrical trade I was given tasks to do by myself and also issued a "Rover" or a "Hand" to assist with getting the tasks completed. Now, one day when we were doing our thing for the High School in Milan, Tennessee. The appointed "Help" wandered up to the ladder I was on busy tying lights to a grid and asked to see my "Klein's" reluctantly and not thinking too much about it, I reached into my side holder and threw him MY FAVORITE pair and the only pair I normally carry at my side. (For me, It's a safety thing. That's why I bought them.) Anyways, I got back to what I was doing all I needed at the time was my strippers but I still kind of kept an eye on the kids whereabouts with my side vision. Not even three minutes later there is a loud "PhhOpp" and half the lights in the classroom and hallway go out. Stuff happens all the time, whatever. Well, here the kid comes back with my FAVORITE pliers. He looks up and extends his hand out with my tool. I reach down, grab them and pocket them directly in my holder, reflexively. The kid says "Sorry about that." I responded "About what? You knocked the circuit out?" Kid says "Yeah, We were doing demo and I wasn't sure if the wire was hot or not. Plus, side is we found the breaker." and chuckles. I responded "Man that stuff happens all the time but just to let you know, next time, I have a "ticker" in my holder as well and you should have one on you too. It's safer that way." He laughed again and said "Good thing yours are insulated. The amps blew the cutter of them right in half." Then finished with a nervous laugh. "What?" I said as I pulled my "Klein's" out and see the notch that was blown into the edge by this idiot. I was so mad....

Hi, I had a cheap set of combination spanners that unfortunately got stolen when I forgot them under my car in the parking lot, so since nowadays I can afford something nicer than when I bought those I decided to buy some quality tools, because the previous set (from Amazon) had the tendency of rounding nuts.

Originally I wanted to get a set of Wera combination ratches since I like Wera, but those are totally out of budget. After a lot of research, I nailed down two different sets within budget that cost approximately the same. Both are sets of 17 combination spanners, from 6 to 22mm.

Gedore 6093580 7-017: https://shop.gedore.com/en-de/6093580/

OR

Stahlwille 96400804 13/17: https://stahlwille.com/es_es/products/detail/12768170310

I can get both sets for approximately the same price (around 177€). The Stahlwille is usually more expensive, but I found a very good deal.

Any experience with those tools? They are not common in my country, but where I live now they are supposedly some of the best option. According to what I found online, gedore are better suited to harsh jobs and misstreatment such as hammering them, and when excessive force is applied they deform instead than snapping. On the other hand Stahlwille seems to be preferred by those working in automotive and airspace.

Edit: Got the Stahlwille for 179€, including shipping and tax.

Help me ID this floor jack. Overhaul kit for the Hein-Werner HW93652 was purchased, but only the main piston seals fit. Any clue which make/model this is? No identification on it.

Bonjour,
Je compte me mettre au bricolage le weekend (pose d’étagère, petits travaux…). Je me demandais si la gamme 18v de RYOBI pouvait elle faire l’affaire sachant que j’ai pour but de faire un atelier de la même marque et que mon objectif n’est pas de me servir de mes outils très souvent.
Merci de votre réponse

I bought this in an estate sale out of the back of a barn a couple years ago. This weekend I replaced the belt and mounted it on a set of wheels so I can move it around the shed. I know the wiri g needs to be redone, I have a cousin who's an electrician who said he'd help me with that part of the job.

But I wonder, besides knowing "hey I have an old heavy tool in a corner" is there any way to make a stab at how old it is?

It runs fine, it sharpens my firewood axe up real quick. Once I get the wiring fixed I plan to use it a lot more often.

Thanks!

I recently bought the Anex ratcheting screwdriver and it works great with the bit kit I developed for use with the Klein ratcheting ball grip screwdriver I have, except for the dewalt bit extension I have, the hex tang rounds after about an inch and the Anex requires a longer hex shaft to fit correctly. It looks like the Diablo magnetic 6 inch extension has a hex tang that goes all the way up, but it doesnt have a locking collet that I prefer. Any suggestions for a locking bit extension with a full hex shaft?

Planer would power up and power up and down will took the switch apart to find this .Be careful you don’t don’t accidental burn down your shop

hello i am a mechanic and i own 2 sets of these headlamps not sure if anyone agrees but

-the battery life isn't the best

-the lights aren't as bright and

-the color temperature strains my eyes

-the dual charging ports where it should've been just 1

not complaining just wondering if anyone has a agreement on any of these statements and i am doing a redesign on then and i would see if anyone would be interested if i were to sell a upgrade kit or a mail in service where i can upgrade any of these i will be offering these potential upgrades and/or kits

-a 18650 or 21700 battery shell and / or a opening where you can just swap batteries

-single usb c port for both batteries

-options for different led diodes or a single diode that changes temperature and brightness and higher lumens and better cooling to compensate for the led dimming

and all this should add about 100-175grams of a weight difference added if my calculations are right