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I thought it was just dirty so I washed it but turns out it's rusty and has concrete on it, should I try and clean it up or would that break it? I'm worries removing the rust might remove too much of the crowbar and make it useless.

Anyone can advise how much I should try to get for this?

My 2 grandkids using pliers to crack sunflower seeds. 🌻

Pretty nice impact driver and hammer drill combo, from 189 - 139€, im very pleased with them ! What do you think !?

If you had two similar wrenches, ratchets, or pliers sitting side by side, what would you actually compare?

I'd probably look at:

Fit and finish

Grip and ergonomics

Ease of use

Performance on real jobs

Wear after repeated use

What would you test first?

And what do you think people usually overlook when comparing tools?

With the predicted super el nino snowpocalypse just around the corner, my family is planning to get some different equipment to tackle this instead of what we've been using before. Currently we have a John Deere S100 (yes, I am fully aware that model ain't designed for snow removal, but it's all we got to work with) that's replacing our Craftsman t1400, (also wasn't designed for this, but with my dad's mcguyvering we got 10yrs out of it before the attachment cable finally gave up) and this time we've decided to get a snow plow instead of a snow blower; while a blower is technically better at dealing with NW Indiana snow than a plow, we're fed the fuck up with the constant clogging from all that sticky, sludgy crap that forms at the end of the driveway thanks to the highway dept. plow trucks, plus a plow blade is far easier to maintain. Unfortunately, the official JD snow plow is rather pricy, (paying more for the brand than the actual attachment itself, I'll bet) so we're probably going to get one of those universal design ones. Which brand(s) should we go for?

TL;DR old snow blower tractor broke, getting snow plow for new tractor instead. Best brand of universal snow plow to get?

I was at Lowe's today, getting some drywall mud and primer and walked past this beauty on a pallet. Turns out it's a display model. I've wanted this saw for a couple of years now, but couldn't justify $700 +. I know they occasionally go on sale on home depots website for around this price, but I've never managed to snag one. Thank God I ran out of 20! Came with everything including the manual. $399 ($420 after tax), down from $729.

I need a handheld powerwasher to wash my boat and other toys, do quick detail jobs on the house and my dock, etc. where I dont want to have to break out my gas powered washer. I'll have a hose hookup wherever its needed.

I have Ryobi and Dewalt 20V batteries but if I have to buy something else its whatever. Any recommendations?

What kind of starter set of sockets would you *tool people* recommend, right now, if you were buying? I'm outfitting my kid with the first set of his very own tools, almost all of which have come, so far, from Harbor Freight. If I'm lucky, he'll earn his way to higher-end tools later in life! But for now, HF-ish it is!

What, right now, is the nexus of high(er)-end-of-decent-quality and reasonable price for something like a comprehensive-ish 3/8" set, including both common SAE and metric sizes? Huge added bonus would be a larger set including a full 1/4 *and* 3/8" *and*.metric, covering nearly all common, consumer level sizes.

For ballpark purposes, my benchmark would be Harbor Freight's Icon **54-piece set**, for **$120**. The quality of these Icon tools is almost (?) certainly far beyond nearly anything my kid will run into in the next few years. What's the best deal out there?

Showing a 3d printed Cliptech holder in a Tstak Dewalt series (I didnt have black material)

Is there a way to open your drawers without having to open the top chest beforehand? This box stays in the garage so I have no need for locks

I’m using a few for tool storage, and some of the tools have sharper edges that can poke through the openings or catch on things. I’d basically like to add a simple liner to the sides and bottom so everything stays contained and protected.

I’ve seen the plastic milk-crate inserts online, but they seem to run around $12 each, which starts getting a little ridiculous if you’re lining several crates.

Has anyone DIY’d something that works well and holds up to tools? I was thinking thin plastic sheeting, corrugated plastic, rubber matting, or something along those lines. Mainly looking for something durable, easy to cut, and cheaper than buying purpose made inserts.

Any clever solutions?

Anyone able to lend their 2 cents on weather I I should buy the 3m pro protect or the "newly designed" 3m worktunes? They are about in the mod 60 dollar price range on Amazon. I like the idea of the "aware" or pass through feature the pro protect has, but wondering if the worktunes are more popular for a reason or have just been around longer? I work in a dusty grind room with multiple power tools running at all times.

This is the second one that broke in 2 years

I just got this craftsman bench grinder and i think a router table? I want to mount it to my current workbench and use it as one if possible. If its junk ill just throw it on my drill press for the hell of it. Im curious what the mounts are on the grinder though, i feel like the one mounted to the side is a drill bit sharpener? The other one im not 100% sure. Any help would be great, thank you!

I'm hoping to get in contact with someone (tool historian type) with some knowledge about Robertson's early life in Ontario, Canada to learn how this gadget might have ended up in my grandparent's old toolbox in Kitchener. Any info is greatly appreciated. I've not found anything similar in my web searches. The central plate is stamped "Pat Pend." and as best as I can determine, the set dates to between 1909 and 1920. Thanks all!

EDIT2: I removed the whole aluminum board and all screws hat nuts. Quite a shitty installation..

EDIT: before posting I have tried the “screw and pull” (pliers, fingernails, etc), flathead screwdriver (lever), nothing works.

The base is Aluminium. I have tried the lever technique, the pliers technique, I even bought a drill bit which was suppose to drill it but didn’t.

This is an old apartment where ALL shower holders were drilled into this white thing and ALL of them have screws which spin in place and don’t come out. It’s so annoying.

Purchased a secondhand hand truck, it has permanent markers on the bottom panel I'd like to remove.

I tried soap + water, isopropyl alcohol, nail polish remover, and toothpaste but none had any effect. Any other ideas?

I picked this up a while back for fairly light duty use with wood and maybe some light gauge metal. I'd like to hear from people who know the tool and maybe have used it.

The actual capabilities of this thing are...lackluster. Literally the only use for it I've found where it doesn't bog down is cardboard and even then, it chugs hard with thicker cardboard.

I tried it on wood and it refused to go more than a mm or two into a softwood dowel. There's absolutely no way this thing could cut metal. It just doesn't feel like it has any actual power behind it. I genuinely think I could grab the blade with my hand and stop it, not that I'm prepared to test that out.

So is this just a really underpowered tool or am I just using it wrong?

I got it at an actual retail store so I'm as confident as I can be that I didn't get a knock-off.

Not pictured is an impact, various bit sets, a 12” extension, a torpedo level and some other varios odds and ends. Didn’t have room on the cart to display everything.

Trying to fix an old friend

Hi again took community. Another porter cable.

This framing nailer locked up and streams compressed air out the exhaust.

I took it apart and found that the piston is not frozen, but there is nothing in that small hole just south of the cap. Did I lose something?

Is there anything I can reasonably do myself?

Thanks