What new tools have you got lately?

[CalSgt]

I haven't seen that style gearwrench torque wrench, I like that! All 3 of my torque wrenches are Gearwrench, I love them

The ones they sell at Summit seem to all be this product line, I really like the Gear wrench box compared to my Carlisle box and Dad's Snap-On box. Time will tell if it is worth the cost.

 

[WP29P4A]

Not sure if this qualifies as a tool. My grandson has issues with bullies at school, so I set him up with a heavy bag to practice on in my son's garage. I set it up on a track system, so the bag slides out of the way when not in use. When it's not pinned in place, he can punch or kick it to see how far he can get it to slide in the track to test his power. The best part of the adventure is all three of us taking kickboxing classes together. Not cardio kickboxing, the real deal, mouth guards, hand-wraps, and shin-guards, where you bleed if you're not paying attention. Monday through Thursday are exercises and drills, Friday night is for sparring. The age spread is 13, 33 and 64, between me, my son and grandson. For the record, for people that have not sparred, it's not full out, knock out type sparring. It's decided before hand what power percentage we all agree on. Most often it's between 50 and 80 percent.

My son and grandson have an advantage due to the age difference. I have a slight advantage because I took classes for 3 years, 8 years ago. Grandson has 3 years of karate, son has 8 years in the army, so were not starting from scratch. It's a massive ego boost at my age to not be the first to get winded or tired, when everyone else is less than half my age. It's motivational for everyone else in the class, because nobody wants to get bested by the guy that's old enough to be their grandfather. I consider myself fortunate to be healthy enough to do this stuff with my son and grandson at my age. My dad died at 63, after years of health struggles, I'm 64 and kickboxing with my son and grandson. Thankful for every day I get, and that my family still likes me enough to include me in the fun stuff.

 

[idahovette]

Good for you and your family Mike.........use it or lose it

 

[Radiohead]

No picture, but I went to do some tube flaring last week and i seem to have lost all those little dies used to do the first roll for a double flare. Figured it is one of those things that didn't need to come from strap-on, so harboring fright was good enough. Don't care for the tube clamp and the puller looking thing but the dies work well enough with the tool truck versions of the rest I had already.

No, I haven't located the old ones of yesteryear yet but I expect them to show up eventually, hidden in amongst the mess I call the tool chest.

 

[TotalyHucked]

I don’t mind it them, my buddy dislikes it because he can’t remember which side they are on (on my 5 drawer cart)… It’s a 50-50 shot with a static object…

At work I have a Stanley Vidmar cabinet for lathe tooling that has lift up latches on the right side, and we have a couple older Snap-On boxes with the early Lock n Roll setup. Then my 72” gen 2 at home and my 5 drawer cart at the shop, and now this Masterforce box. So I am in and out of boxes with different latch setups every day, it is what it is.

With that said, I do think the current generation and upcoming Icon boxes are quite nice, especially if they are going to 30” deep, that puts them in a space above the rest I think. The current 73” icon is about double (before taxes) what I paid for the Masterforce. That was a fair driver in that decision.

Also I just thought I have zero color coordination with my boxes, blue, green, orange, black, brown, red…

Yeah we have 3 different style boxes at work, my USG G2 and the owner as a USG G2 as well, a couple Huskys that are heavy detent/soft close and then a Gen1 USG that has a soft detent. I reach for my lock every time lol

The price is why I didn't get an Icon this time around. I am very pleased with my USG but the lack of depth does suck. I figure if I stash a little away at a time, by the time they come out, I won't feel so bad about paying out for it. I can see that being a forever box

 

[legopnuematic]

More shop infrastructure than a tool, but picked up this pallet racking last night. 36x120" uprights, 8ft beams. 3 uprights and 12 beams. 10 metal grate decking panels. This style will accept 2x material as decking as well. Got 3 12ft 2x10s thrown into the deal as well.

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My plan is to replace the blue shelving for the first 16ft, and have these setup in a manner I can walk underneath them and "regain" that floor space under the racking.

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12 foot doesn't look like much on the ground, when turned up right, it suddenly gets much taller feeling.

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I was told that these came out of a brake factory in Saint Louis. Although the seller could not remember the name of who. My guesses are either Wagner, Moog, or Federal Mogul.

One thing that is nice is these were only 2 miles from the shop.

 

[ChuckN]

On new tool I’ll be getting is a torque wrench. If y’all have a recommendation let me know. I won’t be able to afford a snap on, lol. I decided a while back that I wanted a new one before I do the aluminum head install. The one I have is 30 years old and was pretty generic even back then.

 

[TotalyHucked]

On new tool I’ll be getting is a torque wrench. If y’all have a recommendation let me know. I won’t be able to afford a snap on, lol. I decided a while back that I wanted a new one before I do the aluminum head install. The one I have is 30 years old and was pretty generic even back then.

I love my Gearwrench torque wrenches, I have 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 drive in them. They're about 10yrs old now but both times I've taken them to get re-calibrated they were still in spec.

 

[ChuckN]

I love my Gearwrench torque wrenches, I have 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 drive in them. They're about 10yrs old now but both times I've taken them to get re-calibrated they were still in spec.

Thanks Huck! I’ll look them up.

 

[CalSgt]

On new tool I’ll be getting is a torque wrench. If y’all have a recommendation let me know. I won’t be able to afford a snap on, lol. I decided a while back that I wanted a new one before I do the aluminum head install. The one I have is 30 years old and was pretty generic even back then.

I love my Gearwrench torque wrenches, I have 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 drive in them. They're about 10yrs old now but both times I've taken them to get re-calibrated they were still in spec.

I just purchased an Inch Pound Gearwrench from Summit racing, I haven't used it yet but it feels like a quality tool. The adjustments are really well marked and the lock out is fool proof.

You get what you pay for with torque wrenches, not saying you need to spend a fortune on a Snap-On but defiantly don't buy the cheapest one available.

Years ago the manager of my local Napa auto parts store sold me on a cheap $120 torque wrench, he claimed it had a lifetime warranty and to bring it back to the store if I had issues. Napa was true to their word, they replaced it every time it had issues... It was only used for wheel torquing and some occasional at home repairs, the fifth time I broke it in a two year period I took it in and traded it up to a nicer model. The unreliability of the tool caused me too much wasted time, it always broke late at night after the store was closed or on a Sunday also one time it broke the store didn't have one in stock so I had to wait 2 days for one to come in.

The Napa manager apologized gave me full refund for the first wrench applied towards a replacement and discounted the best quality (click type) Carlyle brand wrench in the catalog. I have no complaints on the carlyle.

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[Terlingueno]

On new tool I’ll be getting is a torque wrench. If y’all have a recommendation let me know. I won’t be able to afford a snap on, lol. I decided a while back that I wanted a new one before I do the aluminum head install. The one I have is 30 years old and was pretty generic even back then.

I snagged a virtually new 1/2 inch drive SK 150 ft/lb torque wrench off that auction site a year or so ago for $125. Has the calibration papers etc. Tested it against the known calibrated Snap On my friend has and they matched...

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[ChuckN]

I snagged a virtually new 1/2 inch drive SK 150 ft/lb torque wrench off that auction site a year or so ago for $125. Has the calibration papers etc. Tested it against the known calibrated Snap On my friend has and they matched...

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I wonder where a guy could check calibration? I’m not sure if I have a place like that nearby.

 

[Terlingueno]

I wonder where a guy could check calibration? I’m not sure if I have a place like that nearby.

Not sure. My friend is the mechanic for my former employer and had a brand new at that time wrench from Snap On. There must be a bunch of mechanics where you are, see if they would let you compare your wrench to theirs?

 

[bucket]

I wonder where a guy could check calibration? I’m not sure if I have a place like that nearby.

Recently there was a mishap when I was out of town and my wife and son had to change a tire on our van. Long story short, they used my trusty "vintage" Craftsman torque wrench as a breaker bar. Obviously I couldn't trust it anymore. I then bought one of those digital inline torque adapters and used it to test my torque wrench. It was within a couple lbs, which is still good enough for my needs. Although, I'm not sure how accurate my test procedure was.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Recently there was a mishap when I was out of town and my wife and son had to change a tire on our van. Long story short, they used my trusty "vintage" Craftsman torque wrench as a breaker bar. Obviously I couldn't trust it anymore. I then bought one of those digital inline torque adapters and used it to test my torque wrench. It was within a couple lbs, which is still good enough for my needs. Although, I'm not sure how accurate my test procedure was.

That's a good idea