You don’t use DT torx nips? I like ‘em.
Tool Nerds, Questions and Tool Snobbery
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Oh! I do alu torx nips and double butted spokes. I seem to destroy my rims before the spokes or nips let go.
For the tool wanking-
Fox doesn’t make a bushing tool insert for a 38 from what I can tell so I am going to attempt making one.
Not sure yet if I go for the spot on one or the race one which is slightly oversize.
it's been a long time since i've toasted a rim :knock on wood: plus i use cushcore on my DH wheels and rimpact on my trail wheels, so that helps a little.
I do have to replace a spoke or two to get the last bit of life out of a rim though. I also run cush core during the bike park season.
I have to get something like that, I still use a cotton bud with the tip removed. Can't remember which wheel building guide that was in but it works.
A battery screwdriver one one of those drivers would be the tits!
I got the 1.5 size but will probably also snag the 2.5
And I've also been considering an electric screwdriver for it. But I don't build wheels that often so I'm not gonna sweat it.
The Bosch 3.6V screwdrivers are $80 here so they'd have to be about $1 in the US, I had a Wiha one but it sucked and used 6mm bits so I gave it to an electrician who likes it.
i think you mean $100. and yes, $100.
this one is way cheaper.
RYOBI 4V QuickTurn Lithium-Ion Cordless 1/4 in. Hex Screwdriver Kit HP44L - The Home Depot
RYOBI introduces the 4-Volt QuickTurn Lithium-Ion Cordless 1/4 in. Hex Screwdriver Kit. The handle on this screwdriver kit easily changes between a standard pistol grip drivers to a straight screwdriver
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Wow, no way I'd pay $100US for it.i think you mean $100. and yes, $100.
this one is way cheaper.
RYOBI 4V QuickTurn Lithium-Ion Cordless 1/4 in. Hex Screwdriver Kit HP44L - The Home Depot
RYOBI introduces the 4-Volt QuickTurn Lithium-Ion Cordless 1/4 in. Hex Screwdriver Kit. The handle on this screwdriver kit easily changes between a standard pistol grip drivers to a straight screwdriverwww.homedepot.com
Dremel is the same as the Bosch, $40 but out of stock.
Dremel Cordless 4V USB Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Powered Electric Screwdriver HSES-01 - The Home Depot
The Home Solutions Electric Screwdriver is ideal for everyday home projects and features a 4V MAX rechargeable lithium-ion battery and USB port for convenient charging. Seven inches long, the Electric
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i have a dewalt dcd795 that i use for now lolWow, no way I'd pay $100US for it.
Dremel is the same as the Bosch, $40 but out of stock.
The hikoki ones are crap and expensive, I got a Makita stick impact from my boss for installing his car stereo, it's pretty cool, but not as useful as expected and nothing else uses a 7.2V battery.Dremel Cordless 4V USB Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Powered Electric Screwdriver HSES-01 - The Home Depot
The Home Solutions Electric Screwdriver is ideal for everyday home projects and features a 4V MAX rechargeable lithium-ion battery and USB port for convenient charging. Seven inches long, the Electricwww.homedepot.com
I got that same screwdriver for my kid for his 3rd birthday, he loves it. He proceeded to try and take every screw out of everything he could in the house for months. No door strike plate was safe from a determined 3yr old with that Ryobi.i think you mean $100. and yes, $100.
this one is way cheaper.
RYOBI 4V QuickTurn Lithium-Ion Cordless 1/4 in. Hex Screwdriver Kit HP44L - The Home Depot
RYOBI introduces the 4-Volt QuickTurn Lithium-Ion Cordless 1/4 in. Hex Screwdriver Kit. The handle on this screwdriver kit easily changes between a standard pistol grip drivers to a straight screwdriverwww.homedepot.com
I've had to borrow the boss's impact driver a few times so I ordered a Koken one, coz fanboi.
Got a Tone 1/4" swivel head ratchet coming too, they look pretty handy.
Got a Tone 1/4" swivel head ratchet coming too, they look pretty handy.
Jesus, that looks substantial, which brand is it?
Is that a 4" thick maple workbench on the right? That looks amazing.
The mechanical pullers we have at work make me cry, battling with the nuts and bolts in the legs and always wanting a third hand to hold everything together sucks.
Not anymore, mwah ha ha!
Not anymore, mwah ha ha!
Had to get this from overseas, couldn't find a filter strap like this locally, it's great but it munts filters so you have to be sure you have the right one.
It doesn't articulate so it doesn't work everywhere but it is good enough most of the time.
It doesn't articulate so it doesn't work everywhere but it is good enough most of the time.
A proper Vice connected to a sturdy table. and some good purpose orientated tools. Bike specific tools. Google.
Grabbed an old 24" Dowitat pipe wrench and and some other German brand in a 14".
No point in getting something shiny and new if you are going to whack it with a hammer, plus the Jaws in the affordable new ones can be pretty shit.
No point in getting something shiny and new if you are going to whack it with a hammer, plus the Jaws in the affordable new ones can be pretty shit.
The old man bought his car in 2008 and hasn't changed the brake fluid, it annoyed me so much that I ordered a brake fluid boiler so I can see how much the fluid has degraded. I'd like to say I'd use it at work but we just change it if it looks bad, the only time that doesn't seem to work is if someone has bought something used and the seller has just emptied the res and put new fluid in the top end.
And I grabbed a Tone 620mm hinged head ratchet and some super short Koken sockets, trying to get in quick before the prices rise too much.
And I grabbed a Tone 620mm hinged head ratchet and some super short Koken sockets, trying to get in quick before the prices rise too much.
Well I'll be damned, the old man's 12yo brake fluid still beats the 155C minimum spec for dot4 fluid.
EDIT- Checked a mate's car today, his clutch fluid boiled at 116deg and the brake at 140, the brake fluid wasn't that old.
EDIT- Checked a mate's car today, his clutch fluid boiled at 116deg and the brake at 140, the brake fluid wasn't that old.
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A tool to join two pieces of cast iron baseboard.
What are you about to brand with this thing?
Our workshop is full of 3/4" bars that are so bent they are basically useless, seemed odd that they just kept buying them so I ordered an inch thick pry bar, I can bounce on it and it doesn't bend.
I had just finished straightening this one with an eight pound sledge hammer (which wants replacement).
