Favourite Tool (5 Viewers)

[bikersmurf]

Really? I kept one for the inside of the windshield of my 40 for the 4 months of winter driving around with tarp over the
seats. It got continual use. Bikini top and a heater. We were tougher back then.
Inside of the front windshield was always covered in more spray than the outside, which of course are equipped with
wipers.

Possibly, I have some impairments that should preclude me participating in forums. LOL

“All kidding aside, I've had the same one in my 40 for almost 33 years... for wet days, rainy days, snowy days, top off days, and top on days. Pretty much any day that ends in ay... or 'eh' as it's said here in Canada.”

I’m guessing you missed the second part of the post… @seapotato hit the nail on the head.

 

[seapotato]

I wouldn't say favourite by any means, but Amazon is full of these for 20 bucks..

Bright light, and has usb charging ports. I guess the base is 3d printed, so even if the bulb dies I can use it for some other power supply.

Should be handy.

 

[cruiserpilot]

You're running that with power by milwaukee? Kinda cool. Have to come by when I get home and check it out.
Good to carry in the truck too.

 

[seapotato]

You're running that with power by milwaukee? Kinda cool. Have to come by when I get home and check it out.
Good to carry in the truck too.

Yeah there's versions for all the battery brands.

I've been looking for a light for my mill and lathe so I can see what I'm doing. Figgered I try one of these until I find a proper tool light..

I mean, for 20 bucks...

 

[bikersmurf]

After doing a little sanding to turn pieces like this…

Into these…

The flap disc was not coming off the angle grinder… no way no how. I even clamped the tool to the grinder and hit it several times with a 16 oz ballpeene hammer. Almost broke the tool.

So I did a google search and the best technique I saw was using a hammer drill in hammer only mode. Since my cheap hammer drill that had that feature is now dearly departed…

I’d have to say it took more time to switch to a punch from the chisel than it took to free the “nut” that holds the disc on. Now I will admit I’d put a drop of oil on the threads… but that made no difference yesterday.

Thanks YouTuber… it actually worked .

 

[bikersmurf]

I wouldn't say favourite by any means, but Amazon is full of these for 20 bucks..

Bright light, and has usb charging ports. I guess the base is 3d printed, so even if the bulb dies I can use it for some other power supply.

Should be handy.

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I’ve got something similar that lets me use Milwaukee 18v batteries in all my crappy Ryoby tools. It cost a couple bucks but now I’ve got a cordless angle grinder, light, extra drill, wet/dry dust buster, and a tiny skill saw. They aren’t great but I can’t justify an extra $500 on a bunch of tools I very rarely use.

 

[bikersmurf]

Latest contender… Japanese built walking foot sewing machine. I has the capacity to sew heavy material over 1/2” thick per specs. The rest of the machine is still in the truck… it’s bloody awkward and heavy too. I suspect the head is close to a hundred pounds… unless I’m getting a ton weaker.

I’m pretty happy for $500

 

[seapotato]

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Latest contender… Japanese built walking foot sewing machine. I has the capacity to sew heavy material over 1/2” thick per specs. The rest of the machine is still in the truck… it’s bloody awkward and heavy too. I suspect the head is close to a hundred pounds… unless I’m getting a ton weaker.

I’m pretty happy for $500

Nice.
I need to get myself one at some point. My mom's sailrite is a tough little brute, but the throat is too small.


Saw a Toyota branded industrial machine for sale on the mainland a while back. Pretty cool

 

[bikersmurf]

Nice.
I need to get myself one at some point. My mom's sailrite is a tough little brute, but the throat is too small.


Saw a Toyota branded industrial machine for sale on the mainland a while back. Pretty cool

I’m going to have one or two industrial machines for sale soon.

The 1908 Union Special with variable speed 1/3 hp motor. It’s a good solid machine… but as simple as they come. Straight stitch and no reverse… the best thing about it is the variable speed. No other industrial machine I’ve ever used has had it.

The second which I’d bought for my son’s school may soon be for sale too. The textiles instructor said they wanted one, but now is waffling about the space it takes up. It’s a 1938 Singer that was built in Scotland. Straight stitch with reverse, and the cleanest machine I’ve ever seen anywhere near its age. It even has the original manual, and a box of Singer accessories with it… including two screw drivers.

It has clearly sat unused for most of its life… it certainly doesn’t look 86 years old. Machines this age never seem to have much paint on the bed.


Toyota Matt has one of the Toyota branded machines. He posted a picture on one of the other sections of the forum… very cool. The walking foot (with needle that also walks) is really nice to now have.

 

[Toshi38]

Anyone have any opinions on bottles like these used for brake clean / rust remover / liquid wrench etc bought in bulk?

Spray bottle for refill, 650 ml

Save money and the environment with this compressed air driven spray bottle that can be filled with, for example, grease, brake cleaner, rust remover or othe...

www.biltema.se

Do they work well(at least as well as buying individual cans) ? Do they slowly have product evaporate, or other problems if not used all the time?

I feel like my projects are drinking brake clean... I currently don't have a parts washer so it seems to get used for a lot of things....

 

[Rigpig]

I've got a couple of the "vaper" type bottles in your photo. Used them at work a couple years ago, they work pretty good for bulk refills.

 

[cruiserpilot]

I think so long as whatever you use doesn't eat the internals. I have a bunch of plastic sprayers for various liquids.
But Degreasers and more corrosive I make sure the bottles can handle it. I haven't ever seen ones that I can
pressurize with a schrader valve. If anyone knows of local to BC I can try, post them up.

 

[seapotato]

Yeah I'm a plastic spray bottle guy.

I rarely touch brake clean, just liquid degreaser or cleaners cut with water.

I find all my pressurized s*** fails. Tried to find a functional spray bombs the other day, threw out 5 before I got to one that worked.

 

[cruiserpilot]

Weirdly enough after signing up I spent a bunch of time pawing thru Facebook. Came across OLSA Tools. Olsa sells thru Edmonton, calls themselves a Canadian company, tools made elsewhere but quality is there. The set of 3/8” shallow impacts designed to be used with a ratcheting boxend wrench for really shallow areas. So I got them, 3/8” swivel impacts and a set of 3/8” torx and Allen head drives as well.
They are really light weight. Not sloppy, nice tight fittings especially with the torx which I’ve used.
I emailed their tech people that they really need to create 1/4” drive swivel impacts. The two small 10 mm & 12 mm swivels in the pics are Snap-On - original $34 ea now $87 ea!!!!
Those two small swivel sockets are the most used tools I’ve got. Anyhow, just passing it on. Prices are reasonable. Certainly no worse than Crappy Tire and they don’t skip sizes
8-24. All of them!!

 

[cruiserpilot]

Weirdly enough after signing up I spent a bunch of time pawing thru Facebook. Came across OLSA Tools. Olsa sells thru Edmonton, calls themselves a Canadian company, tools made elsewhere but quality is there. The set of 3/8” shallow impacts designed to be used with a ratcheting boxend wrench for really shallow areas. So I got them, 3/8” swivel impacts and a set of 3/8” torx and Allen head drives as well.
They are really light weight. Not sloppy, nice tight fittings especially with the torx which I’ve used.
I emailed their tech people that they really need to create 1/4” drive swivel impacts. The two small 10 mm & 12 mm swivels in the pics are Snap-On - original $34 ea now $87 ea!!!!
Those two small swivel sockets are the most used tools I’ve got. Anyhow, just passing it on. Prices are reasonable. Certainly no worse than Crappy Tire and they don’t skip sizes
8-24. All of them!! View attachment 3847515View attachment 3847514

I should have said, I paid $87 for that scrawny 1/4" drive swivel adapter when I dropped the 10 mm into the bowels of the front end
of the Tundra. It is really nice, and can use any 1/4" socket so I leave it attached to the 6" extension just so I can find it. Drop
that puppy into a tool drawer or bag by itself and spend all day looking. Sadly the Snap-On has really priced itself out of my
market. I don't see following the big white truck around again for a while.
Although, you can test your torque wrench accuracy on the tester in the truck doorwell. All three of mine are within +/- 5 lbs

 

[Toshi38]

I bought one of the Swedish ones, tried it out last night.... Easy to pump up with compressor or a bike pump if you don't want to charge the compressor which is kind of nice.

Will report back on longer term use but certainly seems to work at least as well as buying individual cans. Given the price of bottle and 5L brake clean it will basically pay for itself in the first 5L vs the individual cans.

Biggest worry is if it will slowly evaporate from in the bottle or break quickly...

 

[cruiserpilot]

I bought one of the Swedish ones, tried it out last night.... Easy to pump up with compressor or a bike pump if you don't want to charge the compressor which is kind of nice.

Will report back on longer term use but certainly seems to work at least as well as buying individual cans. Given the price of bottle and 5L brake clean it will basically pay for itself in the first 5L vs the individual cans.

Biggest worry is if it will slowly evaporate from in the bottle or break quickly...

My big worry is whatever is in there dissolves whatever the container holding it is made of.

 

[MistyGoat]

A bit too soon to call it a favourite but so far its shaping up to be,
Picked up an old Swan "made in Port Moody" compressor on marketplace for 100$. Single cylinder 65mm bore. Still had the operating manual attached.
I believe it was a dry pipe sprinkler compressor with a maximum cut off of 60PSI, so I replaced the pressure switch to a 125PSI rated one, oil change, cut an extension cord and wired it up... fired up right away.
10000X quieter than my crappytire mastercraft oil free comp, and should work much better for my needs.
I still am looking for a 20-30gallon air tank but in the meantime it works much better plumbed into the 3gal tank from my mastercraft than the mastercraft itself ever did.

 

[Toshi38]

My big worry is whatever is in there dissolves whatever the container holding it is made of.

Ya that's a concern, but it seems well made and in my case I'm using brake clean, which is specifically what it's made for...

 

[bikersmurf]

A bit too soon to call it a favourite but so far its shaping up to be,
Picked up an old Swan "made in Port Moody" compressor on marketplace for 100$. Single cylinder 65mm bore. Still had the operating manual attached.
I believe it was a dry pipe sprinkler compressor with a maximum cut off of 60PSI, so I replaced the pressure switch to a 125PSI rated one, oil change, cut an extension cord and wired it up... fired up right away.
10000X quieter than my crappytire mastercraft oil free comp, and should work much better for my needs.
I still am looking for a 20-30gallon air tank but in the meantime it works much better plumbed into the 3gal tank from my mastercraft than the mastercraft itself ever did.
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Older pumps are usually much better. I’ve got an older Worthington compressor that’s as quiet as a sewing machine if the air intake is covered.
Most of the budget friendly compressor are total garbage. They are cheap, loud, and poorly built.