New Tool Day

[JMT]

Man, I had a revelation looking at the amount of tools @John Cooper has.

I’m younger than I thought.

Looks great John (and you too @MountaineerTom). You guys rock!

 

[Shank]

Found this on sale for $130, couldn’t pass.

 

[red02tj]

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Found this on sale for $130, couldn’t pass.

Have the non fuel, its my favorite since I went down the Milwaukee rabbit hole .

 

[MountaineerTom]

Adjustable and ratcheting wrench drawer done.

 

[sab]

Update on an old post from a couple weekends ago - I got the second vacuum installed in the blast cabinet this morning:

As you can see, I didn't have an exact paint match for the baffle I had SendCutSend make for me. Incidentally, it's the same color I used to paint my step sliders and gas tank skid.

These vacuums draw over 10 amps each, so when I find a permanent home for the blaster, I'll either need to put in a 240VAC plug for it, or wire two outlets on separate breakers just to run it. For now, I'm using an extension cord across the shop to use two breakers.

 

[ColoJeep]

Adjustable and ratcheting wrench drawer done.

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With a tool box that nice , we are going to expect far , far more from you .

 

[5632]

Adjustable and ratcheting wrench drawer done.

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When I was young all I needed was the crescent wrenches. And all I could afford.

 

[MountaineerTom]

One more drawer done.

 

[John Cooper]

One more drawer done.

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Now I'm jealous....

 

[B1Toad]

After a lifetime of using the English fractional measuring system on most things I decided that metric was easier to work with for a lot of things. One of my cabinet builders showed me this tape measure so I ordered one and I really like it. It has metric and standard, a pencil sharpener, a sort of dry erase board to write on with a pencil, the standard lock and also a momentary lock button the the bottom that just happens to be right exactly where you need it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003UPV5LK?tag=wranglerorg-20

 

[Apparition]

I’m doomed, ACME is now a a few minutes away

 

[lBasket]

I’m doomed, ACME is now a a few minutes away

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Dang look at those nice yellow tools in the corner

 

[Apparition]

Dang look at those nice yellow tools in the corner

Yep, they have all the brands there. Even the ones for remedial users.

 

[lBasket]

Yep, they have all the brands there. Even the ones for remedial users.

Fancy tools are a crutch anyways

 

[sab]

I’m doomed, ACME is now a a few minutes away

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Back about twenty years ago, when we lived in Roseau, we used to make the two-hour trip (one-way!) to Grand Forks once a month for provisions because Roseau was slim-pickin's for most things. At the time, Acme Tools was called Acme Electric - Tool Crib of the North. They were a regular stop for me. When they re-branded as Acme Tools and expanded their online presence, I was pleased to be able to re-kindle my relationship with them. I'll bet about half my recent Milwaukee purchases have been with them. I can't imagine being five minutes away...

 

[Apparition]

Back about twenty years ago, when we lived in Roseau, we used to make the two-hour trip (one-way!) to Grand Forks once a month for provisions because Roseau was slim-pickin's for most things. At the time, Acme Tools was called Acme Electric - Tool Crib of the North. They were a regular stop for me. When they re-branded as Acme Tools and expanded their online presence, I was pleased to be able to re-kindle my relationship with them. I'll bet about half my recent Milwaukee purchases have been with them. I can't imagine being five minutes away...

Mrs App when we walked in “this is going to be dangerous”

They have stuff I’d never seen before.

I made it out without a purchase but I did look at every sale sign to see if it was something I didn’t know I needed.

 

[John Cooper]

Ran to Harbor Freight and picked up a few things to help with the winch Mega fuse install.

 

[Apparition]

I couldn’t resist

 

[sab]

I couldn’t resist

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I thought you said the new store is five minutes away?

 

[lBasket]

I couldn’t resist

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Dang you made it 4 days!!!