/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.1563827]

how do you organise your tools? I'm starting to get overwhelmed and don't want my stuff just piling up randomly in a deep box

right now I just use an old set of chest of drawers (afraid the bottom plywood is going to give out) and a couple of filing cabinets.

I also have a rolling tool box similar to pic related for my gardening stuff.

and a small pencil case for a couple of tools that I keep in my car

are proper tool chests worth investing in or are they just a meme? should any metal tool chest with drawers work or should I really spend a bit more on it

[Anonymous No.1564341]

I've got all my tools that need to move between the house, workshop and elsewhere in a tool bag that I can cart around.

I have electronic tools and such in the house office at the workstation, in pots and trays, there's not so much.

Workshop tools are mostly up on the walls/pegboards, with battery power tools sitting on a shelf with power outlets/charging batteries.

Also got a 3-shelf wire basket trolly thing with castors that's super fucking useful for rolling around the workshop.

It's still not ideal, but all pretty flexible. Used to get annoyed by not having the right tools in the right places, now that's mostly solved as long as my dumb ass remembers to return them every time.

[Dr Bepper No.1564343]

>>1563827
Get a garage.

And no, tool chests aren’t a meme.

[Anonymous No.1564346]

what do you call this style of tool box? even plastic ones would be great if there is a divider in the middle

used to see them all the time but can't seem to find them any more

just want it to carry a couple of my inside house tools

[Dr Bepper No.1564347]

>>1564346
Try n google “Tool Caddy”

[Anonymous No.1564348]

I keep tool bag in my closet with common stuff so I don't have to run to the garage and carry stuff around every time I need to hang a picture or tighten a nut on a chair. Garage has a 44" toolbox with top chest. Some stuff in larger cases and power tools (aside from drill/drivers) end up under my workbench. I have 3 or 4 metal toolboxes in there with air tools, electrical, etc. Car has a small tool bag with basic junk.

>>1564346
That bag I keep in my closet is an AWP with an open top, outside pockets, and several soft dividers inside. It might work for you. Husky tool wall bags are nice but cost too much for me.

[Anonymous No.1564379]

>>1563827

Go back to reeddit

[Anonymous No.1564820]

are those bucket pouch things any good or are they annoying to use

[Anonymous No.1565009]

>>1564820
Annoying. If you have to carry it any distance you will find that the tools on the outside will rub against your legs and snag on anything they can. The major flaw of buckets is that they are open for easy theft and filling with rain water and dirt. I just use plain buckets for quick transport from my truck or tool chest.

[Anonymous No.1565122]

>>1564820
just get a nice tool bag, easier to carry around and you can get one with a zippered top to keep all your tools in. only useful thing ive seen done with buckets is my boss has a set of stacking inserts like these that he keeps spare install hardware in the back seat of his truck.

[Anonymous No.1565129]

>>1563827
im a little OCD so i keep my tools very well organized and being in a small apartment i need to be able to pack everything away when not needed for tool stuff.

[C¤©¤ℕυͳ !!ejZnhfeYlll No.1565133]

Bags and joint compound buckets. Mostly bags

[Dr Bepper No.1565248]

>>1564820
I can’t imagine carrying that for long once it is full of tools. Bucket handles are so uncomfortable once there is some weight in the bucket.

[Dr Bepper No.1565251]

>>1565129
Kek your tools have been touched less than mine

[Anonymous No.1565301]

>>1565251
Ridgid master race

[Anonymous No.1566669]

>>1565248
You're suppose to pop off the handles and replace it with a rope that way you can sling it over your shoulder

[Anonymous No.1566675]

EDC I’m a facilities guy. I use a husky bag and tool belt.

[Anonymous No.1566682]

>>1566675
Here’s how I pack it. The bag has mostly big plumbing tools and wrenches. There’s precision tools in the cases.

[Anonymous No.1566712]

>>1563827
The only hard toolbox I have is this rigid one. The only reason is because it's absolutely watertight and the garage is in shitty shape so I keep the valuables as dry as I can. The rest I've found that toolbags work best for. I cannot tell you how many times I've pissed myself off tripping/breaking/spilling everything out of a hardtoolbox, never happens with a toolbag. And they don't damage customers floors//walls as much. Also you can wedge more of them in your cab and get em easier. With toolboxes you gotta stack/alight them right so they all fit in. Knew a guy who used 6 inch clear rubbermaid boxes for various tools and I thought that was pretty novel actually, but I don't have that many.

>>1564820
Fuck bucket toolbags. All the negatives of a toolbag and a toolbox in one. Never again.

>>1566682
I fucking love those square toolbags, about the only thing good that husky makes

[Anonymous No.1566746]

Like this

[Anonymous No.1566753]

>>1566746
>Royal Purple
>Chebby
Your kids are going to despise you when you die in a couple years and they have to get rid of all that trash

[Milwaukee !ShlRJ3wGuk No.1566770]

i keep a toolbox in nearly every room of my house, 4 boxes of shit in the shed, two at work, one full of older unused stuff in my storage shipping container

also im gettin the wats pretty hard right now

>stores tools in a filing cabinet
>stores gardening stuff in a toolbox

toolboxes are not a meme, in your case any metal toolbox with ball bearing at minimum sliders should be okay

[Milwaukee !ShlRJ3wGuk No.1566771]

>>1566746

holy fuck i hate americans

total meme garage, you clearly dont do any real work in there

>no vise
>no press
>no anvil
>no metal welding table

keep doing your oil changes bud

[Anonymous No.1566777]

>>1566770
>ball bearing at minimum
why what other styles of sliders are there and how do they rank amongst each other

[Milwaukee !ShlRJ3wGuk No.1566782]

>>1566777

well theres friction or ball bearing

high quality friction can be better than low quality bearing, google is your friend on this subject matter

[Mrcrummy No.1566786]

>>1566746
gonna have to downvote this bud

[Anonymous No.1566802]

>>1563827
Imagine being a tripfag having to tell everyone on an anonymous image board how much better you are than them.
How embarrassing.

[Anonymous No.1566901]

>>1566753
Am childless genx who inherited some of that already.
>>1566771
Vice is mounted outside on the welding table. All woodworking is packed into small garage.

[Anonymous No.1566919]

>>1566901
You live and work in absolute filth.

[Anonymous No.1566962]

>>1566919
Thanks, beppu

[Beppu !n/ZnkB9jUw No.1566975]

>>1566962
Not me. This >>1566753 was me

>>1566901
Jesus christ I remember that pic, and I remember telling you that you’re an asshole for dropping the average home value on your block by $15k. I hope to god that shit doesn’t face the street.

[Anonymous No.1566985]

>>1566975
Actually it's the largest house on the block, garage is in back yard behind house and gate. Chevy sign was brother's, royal purp box has odd tractor parts I never sorted out. Currently have s 48 gmc in front of woodshop and 64 ford under sign, I'm half through an engine swap. The neighbor dropped home values by setting up an independent living house next door.

[Milwaukee !ShlRJ3wGuk No.1567388]

>>1566802

hey now ill be the first to admit im the biggest piece of shit there is, doesnt mean im not going to call out a fag when i see one

thanks for participating

[Anonymous No.1567816]

>>1564346
Why not make one?

https://youtu.be/2wjoJQ2-S4Y

[Anonymous No.1567824]

>>1566901
Are you sure you've got enough American flags? I only saw two, you need at least five to stop your neighbours burning you place down come the next war.

[Bebzy No.1567829]

>>1567824
Guy down the street from me has a big ass Trump 2020 sign in his yard, been there like a year. Probably 8’x4’ and all framed up in 4 by 4s

[Anonymous No.1567944]

>>1566712
I have one of these that I modified to hold sealed system tools for fridge repair. Love it.. also you can slip shoe covers on the wheels

[Anonymous No.1567946]

>>1566682
Can shove a surprising amount in those husky bags. This is what I carry for appliance repair.

[Bep Ito No.1568016]

>>1567946
Doggo fits in the bag too? Wow, that’s impressive.

[Anonymous No.1568022]

>>1568016
Wrong doggo... that’s a husky bag

[Anonymous No.1568114]

Looking to get a tool chest. is it a bad idea to get a blue or red one?

I'm really wanting a red one but I'm super paranoid of people driving buy seeing a big red box in my garage knowing there may be some valuable tools then hiring some nigros to break into my home/garage

am I just being overly paranoid?

[Milwaukee !ShlRJ3wGuk No.1568115]

>>1568114

only ever get red or black, anything else is meme

[Beppu No.1568122]

>>1568114
Get a gun too.

Every boomer has a red Craftsman box in his garage. You will probably be ok. If you’re getting the one in the pic, hopefully you won’t be limited by the shallow drawers. Most of them have a couple deep ones on the bottom for random bulky shit.

[Anonymous No.1568140]

>>1568122
think I am better off getting something like this instead?

[Milwaukee No.1568144]

>>1568140

i actually have one of those and have used it without problems at home for about 15 years

its a fucking flimsy piece of shit though im warning you, you get what you pay for

[Anonymous No.1568151]

>>1568144
it's off eBay. brand is "bullet"

is that the same one you have?

[Milwaukee No.1568152]

>>1568151

im almost certain the brand is international but ill have to double check next time im outside. ill get back to you on that.

its exactly the same as the pic you posted, maybe a rebrand

[Anonymous No.1568205]

>>1564820
Bucket tool bags are pretty great if you pack reasonably and use them for short hauls. I would have most-used hand tools (screwdrivers, scrapers, pliers, crimpers, square) in the pockets along side walls and put job-specific stuff (meter, jig saw, angle grinder) in the middle area

[Anonymous No.1568587]

How is US General? At work I see a guy always using his 4 drawer roller.

[Notorious B.E.P. No.1568656]

>>1568587
One of the best values for money that HF offers. I have one. I don’t roll it around a ton but it’s holding up well after about a year. My buddy has had the 5-drawer for a couple years and that thing is loaded to the brim. They’re pretty well thought out with the screwdriver holes and shit, and they sell accessories like that folding table. I mounted some of those mag strips under the lid of mine and have pliers and stuff hanging off of that.

One thing I wish they offered was a lid that opens like pic related. Dude at my work has a Mac like that but they cost 5x as much. Don’t be tricked by these cheap models like pic related though because they’re much smaller physically than the US Generals.

Make sure you use the coupons, the 1-drawer with two shelves is only $85 with coupons, $109 for the one in your pic, and $159 for the 5-drawer,

[Milwaukee No.1568868]

>>1568587

i can say without a doubt that will be of higher quality than the red one.

i got one of those blue point roll around cartboxes at work and its handy as shit

got all kinds of shit in it if i gotta go work on something not in the shop ill roll it to the door and just scoop it up with the loader and drive it wherever i gotta go

[Beponymous No.1568879]

>>1568868
I’m not sure if that is the same anon but...

Those HF toolboxes are solid for the money. They’re about the same quality as the old school Craftsman boxes or a Kobalt box, which is years and years around a home garage but you might fuck a drawer after 5 years of slamming them in the shop.

If I could do it again, I would take the US General 26” tool chest over my Craftsman any day considering the prices are really close. The USG is a lot deeper than the other brands so you can cram much more shit in there. They have more drawers too, the top and bottom would be like the same hight as a 3pc Craftsman set with the middle drawers added.

As always, keep in mind the Chinesium hardware so don’t be suprised if a caster shears off running it around a shop 50hrs a week.

Also this >>1568140 looks like that super cheap sheet metal Craftsman Homeowner set and the bottoms of the drawers might fall out once you put anything more than a few screwdrivers in there.

[Milwaukee No.1568883]

>>1568879

i agree the HF boxes look perfectly acceptable for home use

i was comparing;

this black one: >>1568587

to;

this red one: >>1568140

[Beponymous No.1568890]

>>1568883
Yeah I figured. That red one is prob like $120 and built the same as pic related, which barely holds up to the task of holding real metal tools.

Looking online I think HF used to have two lines of tool boxes, a basic like pic related and then a “Pro” which is built like the better Craftsman or Kobalt boxes, but now they just have one line and all the US Generals are closer to the better ones.

[Milwaukee No.1568898]

>>1568890

yea i got one of those cheapo red ones as a gift over 15 years ago and its laughable how much of a piece of shit it is. still holds shit but i wouldnt dare try to move it around

[Beponymous No.1568903]

>>1568898
I found one of those Craftsman cheap ones a few months back laying behind Lowe’s. My theory was some boomer broke the bolts holding on one of the wheels, brought it to Lowe’s because they sell Cman now and Cman = Lifetime, they told him to fuck off so he dumped the thing behind the store and bought a new Boomer chest.

[Anonymous No.1568914]

are tool drawers/chests really considered boomer tier?

what do gen XYZ use?

[Anonymous No.1568921]

>>1568140

Avoid boxes with that big bin at the bottom. It turns into dead space. Get drawers top to bottom.

[Anonymous No.1568922]

>>1568587

I have purchased several harbor freight toolboxes. They are not Listas, but for the $ they are great.

[Not A Skinwalker !n/ZnkB9jUw No.1568927]

>>1568914
Craftsman is boomer tier.

Their boxes are ok, but watch the prices. Don’t ever pay anything close to full price from Sears. At this point it’s all the same Chinese crap. When their boxes are 50% off MSRP, it’s competitive with similar brands, and the “Pro” ones can be found for good prices if you lurk any of the Sears stores still standing, not a bad deal if you want something nice without paying the Snappy guy.

[Anonymous No.1568937]

I just dug a hole and threw alllllllll my tools in. Now I only have to use the shovel to find the one I need!!!

[Anonymous No.1569124]

>>1568937
I keep mine in various waterproof Pelican cases on my dock. That way they’re close to my crab fishing boat that was made out of recycled shipping containers.

[Anonymous No.1569165]

>>1563827

[Anonymous No.1569184]

>>1568914
We use plastic mold boxes full of chinese bits we'll never use. Oh, and nylon bags that tear apart under the weight of the tool.
I hate that I can't just buy the individual sizes of tools I need. Stores only sell full sets of bullshit and the small sets seem to always be missing a size I need.
I'd get a tool chest but I don't have my own house/garage. Plastic boxes are easy to move. And unlike toolboxes, they don't make a fucking racket when I drive around with them in my car.

[Anonymous No.1569186]

>>1568927
Craftsman boxes are USA made again

[Anonymous No.1569197]

I use one of these, works awesome.

[Anonymous No.1569218]

>>1567944
My dad would fucking love that shit for his HVAC work, but he's retiring soon. I've seen many mods of the drillbox, including gun cases.

[Anonymous No.1569430]

[Anonymous No.1569442]

>>1567946
good boy

[Anonymous No.1569557]

Got me a big ass like 56 inch MasterForce box with top chest, I got more tool room than tools right now, but it's filling quickly. Bigger misc stuff will end up going in my yet-to-be-constructed workshop area and just on shelves.

[Anonymous No.1569662]

What would someone suggest for an indoor model? Holding random shit like screwdrivers, a drill, Allen keys, and just a surplus of cables and garbage like that? I do a lot of electronic work and honestly it's taking over my room. Got a few of pic related but a chest seems like a better storage answer to me.

[Anonymous No.1569905]

>>1569218
It’s amazing how much it helps not having to make a half dozen trips helps.

And the rigid cases are fantastic

[Anonymous No.1569906]

What's the best way to restore old metal toolboxes so they feel comfortable to use lmao.

my dad has a bunch of them in his garage but they all have that old dry chalky feel if you know what I mean.

[Anonymous No.1569917]

>>1569906
Maybe go buy a purse since it would fit your dainty pristine hands. It's a fucking toolbox it holds tools, it doesn't need to shine like your boyfriends buttplug.

[Anonymous No.1569924]

>>1569905
>Made in Israel

[Anonymous No.1569946]

>>1566771
What the fuck do you need an anvil for besides hobby blacksmith larping? Genuinely curious.

[Anonymous No.1569947]

>>1565129
have those ever been used? stupid fagwaukee bitch

[Anonymous No.1569949]

>>1567946
thats a good boy

[Anonymous No.1569962]

>>1569906
clean them and run some penetrant oil over the rusty spots. Then lightly oil/wax them.

[Anonymous No.1569970]

>>1569662
lookup rolykits or tackle boxes. The large one holds a drill in the large compartment. Downside: you gotta unroll the whole thing and it jingles a lot. I keep an impact driver/drill in the large part, and boatloads of bits/drills in the larger ones. Great talking point and always get kicks out of customers when I open the box and it each section unfolds out like a cheap suitcase.

[Anonymous No.1569977]

>>1569906
Just wipe it down with a wrung-out rag?

[Talena No.1570328]

>>1567946
That pos bag lasted me 2 weeks vefore the handle blew out. The square one in the center of >>1566682 I have been happily beating on for 10 years with no issue

[Anonymous No.1570607]

>>1570328
Yeah mine made it 2 years.. actually just got the replacement in today. Expensive as hell but veto makes a nice bag.

[Milwaukee No.1570816]

>>1569946

an anvil is a really handy piece of shit.

awesome for flattening, riveting, peening.

mine has a hole in the ass end of it so if i need to hammer a bearing onto a shaft or something ill just put it on the anvil over the hole and hammer it on

its a 150lb dead weight, not sure what youre into but im sure you do something that could be complimented or improved by implementing an anvil

also i make knives (novice as fuck) and its pretty handy for some of the processes so far, but i used my anvil often long before i got into it

pic related

[Milwaukee No.1570817]

>>1570816

>pic related

pic related

[Dr Bepper No.1570855]

Wew, they claim this thing is in stock nearby so I ordered it. Let’s see if she fits when they open later today. My pliers drawer will barely close and I have been waiting for a decent price on this for a couple months.

[Anonymous No.1570908]

>>1569662

[Anonymous No.1570912]

>>1569662
I use a tool backpack with the plastic bottom. The front opens up and sits there up straight.
It's spacious enough to throw nylon all round, wire nuts, extra wrenches and other stuff plus your usual hand tools. Im in commercial refrige and a lot of guys use adjustables but since i have the room, ive got both SAE and Metric combo wrenches. Its nice to not round heads and nuts and keep backing that up.
Also mapp gas is nice when oxyacetylene is too bulky for one swager in condensing units or cooling towers.

[Anonymous No.1570913]

>>1570912
Opps. Forgot pic.

[Anonymous No.1570927]

>>1570908
How do you like those testos?

[Anonymous No.1570965]

>>1565129
Kaizen foam?

[Anonymous No.1570968]

>>1570908
my brother. i just got that little impact for my service tool bag and its sweet. also those 1/4x5/16 reversible bit is win. those klein strippers are the best out there imo.

how do you like the wireless guages? i have the full testo manifold with clamps but i find i dont use them that much unless im troubleshooting a refrigerant side issue which isnt that often

also, i thought fieldpiece was an american meme. fluke ftw

[Anonymous No.1570987]

>>1567824
Fear not, neighbor is a distant cousin of mine, and I have a large safe full of firearms and ammo. Also California so almost everyone is fuckin weak.

[Anonymous No.1571037]

Mostly just stick it on the wall somewhere.

[Anonymous No.1571041]

Drawers are neat for the stuff not in frequent use.

[Anonymous No.1571047]

>>1564820
I enjoy using mine since I don't over stuff it and I can use it as a make shift trash can on a site, actually a got a few casters I plan to pop on the bottom of mine so I can roll the bitch around.

[Anonymous No.1571111]

>>1563827
I compartmentalize my tools by function.

>main tool chest, 11 drawer vintage craftsman, lots of space.
>pretty much all my decent standard tools go here
>has large kennedy toolbox on top filled with my decent endmills and drill bits, taps dies reamers indicators and other decent stuff.

>second tool chest, shittier quality tools, less often used tools, 5 drawer so it has a huge space in the bottom to store taller junk.
>topper filled with MISC junk and labelled screw/bolts/hardware I dont want to lose.

>third tool chest, sits next to my milling machine
>has milling machine specific stuff in it.
>small kennedy box on top, other milling machine tooling

>4th tool chest, has lathe on top of it
>filling with lathe specific stuff in it
>kennedy box near the lathe with other tooling

>5 drawer tool chest topper
>sits next to the drill press
>has crappy drill bits and hole saws and brad point bits and spade bits and other drill press stuff

>tool chest topper and large portable toolbox, sits next to the table saw and the miter saw and has push sticks miter gauges, blades, router bits other woodworking stuff

I also have cabinets and shelving units laying around too.
For anything too big to fit in the chests, or has some need to be segregated, they get put into similar compartmentalized cabinets or nearby shelving.

I have a smaller cabinet sitting next to my air compressor and bench grinders and buffer that is filled with fittings and grinding wheels, wire wheels etc etc.
Have a cabinet filled with small boxes that hold random clamps, screws, bolts, other hardware you may need.

Shelving unit with my power tools to sit on.

I dont keep many tools in the house, if I need to take tools somewhere I just fill up tool bags. If your tools arent in a chest readily available, you wont want to use them
I lived in an apartment and had all my tools in portable toolboxes, and it makes you dread looking through them for what you need. Tool chests are the only way.

[Anonymous No.1571114]

>>1568114
buy a red one and get it powder coated in neon brown
no one will try to steal it

[Anonymous No.1571117]

>>1571114
They will mistake it for a kennedy and steal it twice as fast

[Anonymous No.1571142]

What the absolute FUCK guys
I just found out that Waterloo got bought out by Stanley in 2017.

Is nothing sacred?

[Anonymous No.1571165]

>>1571037
Cozy

[Anonymous No.1571170]

>>1571165
>being cozy while raphael sits and silently judges your every move.

[Dr Bepper No.1571181]

>>1570855
Fucking spray adhesive

[Anonymous No.1571185]

>I'm starting to get overwhelmed and don't want my stuff just piling up randomly in a deep box
Then get rid of some things. You probably have some old tools that have been made obsolete by newer ones you've acquired, or you've gained skills which have made some tools/jigs unnecessary.

[Anonymous No.1571194]

>>1571185
>have shitty tool
>buy nice tool
>use shitty tool while nice tool gathers dust because I don't to ruin the nice tool

[Dr Bepper No.1571199]

>>1571185
This is kinda what I have been doing to the GF’s dad. Only problem is he lives in an apartment. I gave him that toolbox and her mom was pissed but he was stoked, so now in their bedroom the mom has her night stand on her side of the bed and the dad has a tool chest. I’ll probably give him that little 3gal compressor I bought when I snag a bigger one.

[Anonymous No.1571209]

>>1571194
lmao literally me after I bought my knipex tools.

[Anonymous No.1571218]

>>1571209
based knipex shill

[Anonymous No.1571240]

>>1571218
At least its a brand worth shilling for.
And with the prevalence of Harbor Freight shilling on this board, its always good to balance it out with a decent alternative.

[Anonymous No.1571251]

>>1570908
>>1570968


what model are those Klein wire strippers.

I can't seem to find anything with a curved handle

[Dr Bepper No.1571255]

>>1571240
Those Quinn and Doyle pliers are bretty nice for the money.

Knipex is nice and all, but it’s another one of those things where you can find 90% of the performance for 50% the price and the average weekend warrior will never notice that last 10% anyway.

[Dr Bepper No.1571257]

>>1571251
Home Depot has tons of different models with the curve. I have two sets of them, one is for smaller stuff like 18AWG-30AWG and the other is that all in one with the crimper and grey-red handle. Southwire sells basically the same thing at Lowe’s.

[Anonymous No.1571264]

>>1571255
Except for the fact that Harbor Freight has no equivalent Cobra, no eqviuvalent Pliers wrench, and the superior raw material and heat treat in their bolt cutters and dykes cant be touched by harbor freight. Hence why they are shilled so hard, shit is seriously good. And they stomp cheap garbage.

But if you are talking regular long nosed pliers, sure there probably isnt as much of a differnce. But there isnt as much of a price difference either.
Doyle 8inch long nosed pliers are $13 while Knipex 8in long nosed are $20. Youll pay $18 for Channellocks

[Anonymous No.1571295]

>>1563827
There's no elegant solution, you'll have to mix and match to get something that fits your craft, working style and available space.

Tool chests & peg boards are good for general tools, I also recommend building a cart that can carry all your sized tools like screwdrivers and sockets.

Tested have a few videos about how Adam savage organises his shop, and he's an autist for having all his tools organised and to hand so could help you

[Anonymous No.1571308]

>>1571251

[Anonymous No.1571320]

>>1566975
>I remember telling you that you’re an asshole for dropping the average home value
implying his isn't the nicest house on the block

[Anonymous No.1571351]

>>1571320
It is. And best maintained.

[Anonymous No.1571363]

>>1571194
Worse part is when you finally beat that shitty tool down and junk it, you miss having something you can beat the hell out of.

[Dr Bepper No.1571371]

>>1571264
Irwin makes a nice Cobra knockoff and you can find the 2pk on sale for <$20.

The pliers wrench is the one thing that is neat and it’s so useful and far superior to the average adjustable that it might be worth the $50 for little shit around the house.

[Anonymous No.1571379]

>>1571371
>a nice Cobra knockoff

Its a knockoff sure, but I wouldnt call them nice. They are big and clunky and feel like shit. I have them and they suck.

Bostich and Masterforce both have them too they are pretty shitty too.
The only ones worth buying are the Milwaukee ones, but even then they arent Knipex.

[Dr Bepper No.1571432]

>>1571379
They do the job 90% as well for 1/3 the price.

[Anonymous No.1571448]

>>1571432
Says the guy who have never used a pair of Cobras

[Anonymous No.1571452]

I can get these for around half the price of regular red handle cobras.

should I go for it or will I regret not having the red handle one?

what's special about the blue/red handle ones besides looking thicker? would it feel shit to use?

[Anonymous No.1571455]

>>1571452
How?
Those are chrome (vs black) and comfort handles, so that should cost twice as much as the standard ones.

The comfort grips are just thicker cushier grips, they wont hurt anything except making its footprint slightly bigger

[Anonymous No.1571456]

>>1571455
They are used. and buy used I mean looks like they were just taken out the packaging and kept in a tool box

[Dr Bepper No.1571473]

>>1571448

[Anonymous No.1571476]

>>1571473
>posts a pic showing that he doesnt own cobras

kek

[Anonymous No.1571477]

>>1571371
Had both... the button on the Irwin is 2 part and breaks when you use them as a hammer...

[Dr Bepper No.1571481]

>>1571476
Just the Alligators aka the same exact thing minus the button. It’s ok to admit the the Irwins are nice provided you don’t use the button to drive in nails, and I doubt the Cobra’s button would hold up well to that either.

[Anonymous No.1571482]

>>1571473
Cobras are venomous.. aligators just bite

[Anonymous No.1571483]

>>1571481
I wasn’t using the button... had it turned around and was using the back with the jaws facing away from what I was hitting... button is either glued or press fit....

[Anonymous No.1571485]

>>1571481
Also the cobra button is 1 piece and would hold up fine... same button as in the pliers wrench

[Dr Bepper No.1571488]

>>1571483
>>1571485
This is also part of that extra 10% that you pay an extra 100%+ for. Pro grade tools can be abused quite a bit more.

>>1571482
Tell that to my granpappy’s gangrene

[Anonymous No.1571496]

>>1571488
The extra 10% with cobras is that you can clamp them horizontally on a pipe and stand on them without them slipping... saw the advertising video for it... tried it when I got mine... held my 290 pound ass up.

[Anonymous No.1571497]

>>1571481
>Just the Alligators aka the same exact thing minus the button

Ah yes, minus the locking mechanism, which is of course the whole unique and integral part of the pliers.

The only thing about the irwins that is "nice" is the fact that they are cheap.
Baffling to me, you own the Alligators and feel them in hand.
You went on a crusade telling everyone how wonderful your more expensive Williams ratchet is when Pittsburgh ratchets would suffice perfectly fine.

Yet somehow paying more for a functionally superior pair of pliers is somehow terrible.
You are stupid

[Dr Bepper No.1571503]

>>1571496
Pic related

>>1571497
The Williams was a proof that you don’t need to spend $150 on a Snappy ratchet to get US-made. And I tell people to get the Gearwrenches over the Pitts because of that stupid plastic switch considering they cost about the same.

[Anonymous No.1571505]

>>1571503
So you are literally shilling for tools that are not functionally better, but cost more?
Interesting.

[Dr Bepper No.1571509]

>>1571497
Also you suck at reading. I never said the Knipex wasn’t nicer than the Irwins. The 10%...

The basic Knipex handle digs into your hand when you’re giving it some muscle. People who compare the two say the same thing and if they wanted the best option, it would be the comfort grip Knipex which is 3-4x the cost of the Irwins.

[Dr Bepper No.1571512]

>>1571505
It’s like arguing with a chick who can’t read and has terrible memory.

That Williams is tighter than any other ratchet I own. Tighter and better feeling than the Pitt or GW, and I didn’t have to give an extra $80 over fair retail to the tool truck goy to get it.

[Anonymous No.1571515]

>>1571503
You wanna try it with the Irwin’s and see how it goes lol?

[Anonymous No.1571526]

>>1571509
>I never said the Knipex wasn’t nicer than the Irwins.

I didnt imply you did
You just went on about this arbitrary ethereal "90% as good for the price!" logic with pliers and then contradicted it with your ratchets.

Your ratchet is "tighter" and "better feeling" and made in a good country of origin. And thats worth spending a lot more for them.

Yet when there is an even larger discrepancy in quality, fit finish, feel, country of origin, and FUNCTIONALITY it doesnt matter to you.

I just find this funny coming from the guy who literally has never used them, and then tries to play it off.

>It’s like arguing with a chick who can’t read and has terrible memory.

Think about it from my point of view, its even worse. Its like trying to get some sort of logic out of Bepis.

[Dr Bepper No.1571534]

>>1571526
>FUNCTIONALITY
see pic >>1571503

[Dr Bepper No.1571535]

>>1571526
Irwin Stronk!

[Anonymous No.1571555]

>>1565301

[Anonymous No.1571583]

throw them in a tool bag

[Anonymous No.1571637]

>>1566746
oh fuck let me come clean this

[Anonymous No.1571845]

>>1571535
>>1571534
Nice deflection

To me, being thinner and stronger makes for better functionality. You know to fit in more places.
To you, buying a 36t ratchet over a 72 or higher tooth ratchet is an upgrade. I would think higher tooth count for shorter swing arc would be better for functionality.

[Anonymous No.1571904]

>>1571483
>uses a non-hammer as a hammer
>complains that it's a shit hammer and gets broke
Did you also complain that your school bus was too short?

[Anonymous No.1571928]

>>1571845
It’s like arguing with a woman.

>thinner = stronger = better
Wut?
>lots of small teeth are always better than fewer large teeth, and number of teeth is the only thing which determines the arc, even the usefulness of the tool overall
Women aren’t logical, they think with their emotions, and those emotions overrule facts every time.

[Anonymous No.1571934]

recommend me a reciprocating saw

just to chop up wood and crap I need to throw out

[Bepperoni No.1571950]

>>1571934
$20 Chicago Electric with a good blade.

Otherwise a Milwaukee.

[Anonymous No.1571980]

>>1571928
>>thinner = stronger = better
>Wut?

Ah yes, pliers being made with higher quality material, while being smaller to fit in tighter spaces with the same gripping capacity.
Hard concept.

>>1571928
>and number of teeth is the only thing which determines the arc

It is in the single pawl ratchets we are talking about.
And yes having a shorter arc increases the usefulness of the tool.

>Women aren’t logical, they think with their emotions, and those emotions overrule facts every time.

Ah yes, backed yourself into a corner and just cant stop deflecting. Thatll make me insult you back instead of looking at what youve actually said!

[Anonymous No.1571985]

>>1571928
women make logical decisions from time to time, like not having sex with you

[Bepperoni No.1571991]

>>1571985
>>1571980
>jelly af

[Bepperoni No.1571999]

>>1571980
So smart. I’m going to design a ratchet with 12 pawls and 1,080 teeth and it will be made in the US of A and sold for $23 and it will be the best ratchet ever because Anon who has never used the Irwins and wants to justify his Knipex purchase helped me design it!

>>1571985
...and when I’m a billionaire from selling the ratchets, I’m going to get a BJ from my fine Latina and then Anon’s mom is going to clean me up after.

>tfw none of this actually happens besides the blowjob because Anon doesn’t quite understand what he is saying.

[Anonymous No.1572021]

>>1571999
Face it, you crave attention.
You want to be labelled as the guy who "beat the system".
It started with "Look at how great Pittsburgh is for the price, im so much smarter than anyone who spends more money on tools"
Then it became "Look at how great of a deal I got on this Craftsman stuff, im so much smarter than anyone who spends more money on tools.
Then it became "Look at how great Southwire is, im so much smarter than anyone who spends more money on tools.
Then it became "Look at how great Gearwrench and all these other Taiwanese tools are, im so much smarter than anyone who spends more money on tools.
Then it became "Look at how great Williams is, im so much smarter than anyone who spends more money on tools.

And here we are. Knipex become popular so here comes Bepis the contrarian to say how much smarter he is than everyone else and how great of a deal he got on his Irwins.

And the worst part is, you are buying all these low end tools new. Not like you are actually getting good deals or getting amazing used tools that people might actually envy.

Very sad to watch you act like a teenager putting together his first toobox, while acting like you are an authority on anything.

Yikes dude

[Anonymous No.1572022]

>>1571904
>is probably that guy who gets one thing done a day because he spends 5 minutes walking off the job site to get a hammer to tap something into place instead of just whacking it with the pliers in their hand like every alpha has done since our first common monkey ancestor was using a stone scraper....

[Bepperoni No.1572024]

>>1572021
>the extra 10% that costs twice as much
Think about that again, I’m gonna be busy with momma for about 20min so I’ll check back with you and see if you found where you made some errors in your train of thought.

[Anonymous No.1572026]

>>1572024
>see if you found where you made some errors in your train of thought.

Biggest error?
Being objective with someone like you, giving you the attention you so crave.

[Anonymous No.1572029]

I use cable cuffs for my cables but I need help organizing them. How does /diy/ keep their cables sorted and in order? I need a better system than throwing them in a box.

[Anonymous No.1572030]

>>1572021
Arguing with bepwhoeverthesadfuckheis is like playing chess with a pigeon.. you can play the best game of your life and he will strut around, knock the pieces over, shit on the board and then fly of claiming he’s won because he lacks the basic amount of intelligence to have a connection with reality.

[Bepperoni No.1572032]

>>1572026
Kek. If it’s worth it to make monthly payments to the tool truck for that Snap On ratchet because that extra 10% is worth paying 5x the price so you can get your job done faster, you do you. The average /diy/er probably won’t ever take advantage of that extra 10%.

Meanwhile those Germans gotta figure out why their tool can’t even support the weight of a child unassisted while the trusty 2 for $15 Irwins are holding up a manlet with no issue.

And I’ll keep telling people to grab a Gearwrench for $20 when I see them using a dollar bin round head ratchet because they thought the only other option was a Snappy.

[Bepperoni No.1572035]

>>1572030
Don’t hate the player, hate the game

[Anonymous No.1572037]

>>1572032
Kid can’t balance.. if you ever manage to con some wonan into putting up with you then you may unfortunately reproduce someday and will understand how that works... also you’ll keep posting here and those of us who actually do for a living will continue to actually do something. Have fun with your digital wish fulfillment.

[Anonymous No.1572040]

>>1572035
I can just go back to reality instead of worrying about how I need my online ego to feel good about myself. Good luck you sad sorry little manlet. I do truly hope you someday get the help you desperately need.

[Bepperoni No.1572041]

>>1572037
If these bitches wouldn’t put up with me, I would have an oscilloscope on my workbench instead of stuffed animals from Disney.

[Anonymous No.1572044]

>>1572032
>The average /diy/er probably won’t ever take advantage of that extra 10%.
>And I’ll keep telling people to grab a Gearwrench for $20 when I see them using a dollar bin round head ratchet

Ah yes, telling that average DIYer who has a cheap round head Stanley ratchet they paid 5 bucks for to go out and spend 4 times the price for a Gearwrench. And for what reason? Its not going to do them any good.

Because Bepis likes to waste money and act like he is an authority on things.
You are nothing but a consumer who likes collecting things.

[Anonymous No.1572046]

>>1572041
>on my workbench

On your landlords workbench
Whipped by pussy, cucked by a landlord. But at least you have a toolbox full of chinese tools right?

[Bepperoni No.1572056]

>>1572046
And lots of American Craftsman!

>>1572044
Diminishing returns my friend. The same reason a handy homeowner might do well with the Ryobi setup with for $150 instead of the Harbor Freight $29 fire hazard drill, but I doubt he would need the newest Milwaukee Fuel line for stuff he will use one afternoon a month.

[Anonymous No.1572088]

>>1568927
Craftsman is sold through Lowe's now, not Sears.

[Anonymous No.1572147]

>>1566901
Disgusting. All that room and it looks like shit.
>>1569165
Those nigger wheels, why? What's wrong with regular fucking wheels?
Also snap on is overkill unless you work out of your box for a living and even then you might be able to get away with something else.

[Anonymous No.1572153]

>>1572088
Craftsman has not been a Sears exclusive for like 5-6 years now.
And as of 2 years ago the Craftsman name was bought out by Stanley, and since then Craftsman has gone into all sorts of other hardware stores.

[Anonymous No.1572226]

>>1572147
How about now?

[Anonymous No.1572248]

>>1563827
Shelves on every wall of the garage. Storage under workbench, under other workbench/desk. 6.5' toolbox next to repurposed "art table" with drawers. Shed out back with yard tools, mower. Toolbox in shed so I dont have to walk to the garage for wrenches/screwdrivers and shit. Some tools in the truck just in case. Toolbox at work with the good stuff in it. Garage is a fucking disaster right now coz my wife put a ton of shit out there "just for s little bit".

[Bepperoni No.1572367]

>>1572153
They have been selling Craftsman at Ace Hardware for quite a few years as well, long before Lowe’s.

>>1572226
You better clean that up before my appraisal next week!

[Anonymous No.1572482]

>>1572226
Nothing's changed.
>>1572367
I never understood Lowe's decision to sell craftsman alongside their existing kobalt line. Don't those two directly compete?

[Anonymous No.1572719]

>>1572482
And regardless of which one gets picked Lowe’s gets paid... and the shelves don’t look empty..

[Bepperoni No.1572720]

>>1572482
That brand is like the one thing that kept Sears stores across the country floating for so many years. I think you underestimate how much boomers would prefer to buy Craftsman instead of some junk from China.

I’m at Lowe’s like once a week in the receiving area and I’m always taking a look around the returns area to see what they have and there has been a lot of Craftsman back there, not just hand tools but all sorts of shit. So they’re obviously selling quite a bit of Craftsman branded stuff and some of it is breaking... my main point being the stuff has to sell pretty well for that much of it to come back.

[Anonymous No.1573337]

>>1572482
Welp, they’re keeping some Kobalt I guess but most of it along with lots of Irwin and Bosch stuff is getting discontinued.

They had a table full of 50% off stuff too. Wasn’t a ton of stuff I could use, but I snagged a Kobalt 4pc pick set for $3.50 and a 5pc Irwin precision screwdriver set for $5.00. They had the whole tool section torn apart though, went there for some Bosch cobalt drill bits and couldn’t find them anywhere, I was really hoping I would find them on clearance.

[Anonymous No.1574178]

>>1573337
I'm going to have to check out my local Lowe's and see if they have a clearance section.

[Anonymous No.1576356]

>>1568022
Lol, fuck you that was a bad joke. I still laughed though

[Anonymous No.1576438]

>>1569906
If rusty, vinegar or ospho.

Spray paint and put pads on the bottom if needed.

I use them often for storage of parts as well as specialty tool sets, like leather working tools, or bowyers tools.

They often don't stack well, but wood strips work well to stabilize them

[Anonymous No.1576527]

>>1563827

[Anonymous No.1576709]

>>1569946
Killing roadrunners

[Anonymous No.1576749]

>>1566901
This is almost as bad as my dad's garage. Jesus. I am not looking forward to sorting it out when he's gone.

Has anyone here gone through cleaning out a boomer hoarder's garage before? Feel like I'm gonna need a plan or I'll freak out and do something stupid like sell everything I don't need at a huge loss.

[Anonymous No.1576852]

>>1570908
8/10 solid knolling

[Anonymous No.1576856]

>>1576749
Yeah, cleared out and sold up my dad's garage last year when he moved into a retirement village. Place was so full of stuff it had no functional working space any more. Had to sell a bunch of old couches and other furniture before there was room to get in and see the more valuable stuff like tools.

I would have snagged a lot of the tools, but I live far away and it wasn't feasible to move it all, so it ended up getting sold. Pennies on the dollar for a lot of stuff, but the more substantial stuff (pillar drill, router table etc) fetched a fair amount.

For the smaller stuff, I loaded up the car and found a nearby agricultural auction house that holds 'car boot' sales each weekend. That got rid of a fair amount of stuff but the folks that come to those only go for the very low price stuff so you have to focus on volume (e.g. tools in a rummage box for $1 per item.

In your case unless you're able to sort it out before he passes, you'll need to take on the duties of becoming executor of his estate, or you'll have to get permission from the executor to liquidate what's in the garage like this. It is a chunk of work but it's slow-burn stuff, so you can work through it in a steady manner. Worst case, if the house needs sold and the garage is a big obstable, you can chuck it all in a van and move it to a storage facility, then sort it there. Costs will just come out of the estate.

[Anonymous No.1576857]

>>1576856
Nearly forgot, there was a neighbor that had always been good with my dad and I offered him some of the choicer items from the garage that I knew were worth more than we would sell them for. I think he ended up with a bunch of the corded power tools, drill bit sets and shop vac.

[Anonymous No.1576993]

For reference, when you stand facing my garage, you're facing north.
> north wall is all shelving units
>fasteners, consumables, gas in north west corner
>then power tools
>small toolboxes organized by trade (plumbing, electrical, painting, masonry, welding) plus another for drillbits and other power tool accessories.
>east wall has a craftsman toolbox with some mechanic's tools and a tap and die set, with an 8'x8' section of pegboard next to it.
>pegboard has framing and drywall tools
>west wall is a mirror of east, but with two toolboxes
>toolboxes have more mechanic's tools, sheet metal tools, and a couple of power tools that don't fit on the shelves
>pegboard has extension cords, air hose, and lawn and garden stuff.
>shelf above toolbox has welding electrodes, bottle jacks, jack stands, carb cleaner, acetone and pb blaster, plus a creeper hanging off the side
>floor jack, weed wacker, cutting torch, compressor, and hedge trimmer are all tucked away in corners or against a wall
>deep storage on a sheet of plywood in the rafters with stuff like left over grass seed, extra 2-stroke oil, half a bag of concrete mix

Anyone got a recommendation for a good drawer organizer? The toolboxes are getting cluttered.

[Anonymous No.1577001]

>>1566675
What's the milwaukee hand tool saw thing that looks like it accepts standard sawzall blades? Near the top right.
Looks pretty damn useful

[Anonymous No.1577017]

>>1577001
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-6-in-Folding-Jab-Saw-48-22-0305/202525764
not him, but I've got a similar handle made by stanley. They're alright, but in my experience only the metal blades work well. Wood blades not so much.

[Anonymous No.1577042]

>>1576527
These Ikea bags are supremely useful, and dirt cheap.

[Anonymous No.1577043]

>>1576709
underrated boomer post

[Anonymous No.1577555]

>>1571037
God that looks like shit

[Anonymous No.1577562]

>>1571041

so that's why your wife refers to your pants as "drawers"

[Anonymous No.1577801]

>>1564820
No. They attract trash and are very uncomfortable. Gave me back pain as long as I used it.

They are very handy to cut in half and hang on a door though. Either a closet door or truck took bin door.

[Anonymous No.1577895]

>>1576749
Picture is from a year ago, you should see it now. I've helped clean a few boomer garages, along with my grandparents and great grandparents garages. Now that was organized.

[Anonymous No.1577908]

I need solutions for storing all my usb, computer cables etc in an organized fashion where I can easily access what I want. What are solutions you anons use?

[Anonymous No.1578975]

>>1564820
I use them for plumbing tools and painting tools, but I don't do either professionally so I don't really have to carry them very far. They work well for oddly shaped tools like rollers, and heavy stuff like pipe wrenches. though I will agree that they aren't very ergonomic.

[Anonymous No.1579038]

>>1572719
Also usually their is some kind of weird stipulation regarding who takes the hit when Jamal shoplifts a half dozen socket sets... generally it ends up not being the store...

[Anonymous No.1579095]

My tools are separated by desired work. HVAC work bags (1 each for plumbing, electrical, gas, oil & ac), home (basic tools for carpentary, electric & plumbing) & a small bag in my car (for on the road emergency).

[Anonymous No.1579466]

my dad keeps his Ryobi stuff on this rack, one of the few advantages of the old plug-in style batteries is you can mount them on dowels for storage.

[Anonymous No.1579623]

>>1572226
looks like an assholes garage

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.1579672]

>>1579466
Kek, you have posted this pic before on here or /o/ talking as if they were yours.

>tfw a local pawn shop had a couple of those Ridgid X5 7.25” saws for $70ea
I shoulda grabbed one but it’s hard to decide if not having a warranty is worth the low price. I should go back and see if the price went down since then and if they’re still there. For $50 I would do it.

[Anonymous No.1580015]

>>1579623
He tried to make a multiplier into a possessive but forgot the punctuation! How can he do that?

[Anonymous No.1580016]

>>1580015
Forgot pic

[Anonymous No.1580422]

>>1579672
for those Ridgid saws just watch out for the older models with brushed motors, they look exactly the same as the brushless ones besides a small "BRUSHLESS" label on the right and have a lot less power to appropriately power a blade of that size.

[Anonymous No.1580461]

>Deep box

Why do women like to do this shit?

I like everything at surface level but all the women in my life love to bury the most used items under layers of useless items.

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.1580469]

>>1580422
Ahh good to know.

>>1580461
That’s why you get a mix you nigger. No sane person is going to bury their screwdrivers 8” deep, but it’s nice to fit an orbital sander in the bottom drawer and the medium depth drawers are great for standing up wrenches and pliers.

[Anonymous No.1580470]

>>1579466

I have the small rotary hammer. I find it is only useful at drilling holes

How well does the big one work with hammering?

[Anonymous No.1580490]

>>1580470
the older larger one doesnt have a chipping/hammer mode, it's a rotary hammer only which is why i got him the newer one when Home Depot had it on clearance ($50).

between the two i prefer the older one for drilling larger precise holes while the new one is a more flexible multipurpose tool. they both drill around the same speed and the old one's front grip and adjustable depth gauge makes it a much more stable tool for putting holes in things while the the new one's higher RPM, sleek profile, LED light and chipping modes makes it a more flexible tool for chipping, scraping, light drilling and other oddball jobs.

they are both a step up from any cordless hammer drill but its the cheapest cordless SDS drill out there so dont expect miracles. 1/2" to 5/8" holes are doable with some patience but they are really meant to tackle smaller stuff.

[Anonymous No.1580679]

>>1579466
Is that reciprocating saw any good? I'm looking at getting one as I already have the batteries.

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.1580684]

>>1580679
Is it brushless? I think this anon >>1580422 mentioned it too, saws and grinders are a couple main tools that will really benefit from going brushless. The extra power and 15% battery life on an impact driver won’t be as noticeable as a sawzall.

>just finished installing some Dollar Tree plastic containers so I don’t have extensions rolling around everywhere
Trying not to bury the little shit. Good ol’ autism.

[Anonymous No.1580685]

>>1580679
get the newer brushless one, thats the older model which binds up really easily as soon as you put it under heavy load.

[Anonymous No.1580688]

>>1580684
>Is it brushless?
No, but it's just for about 1 inch diameter tree growth clearance. Not very thick but fucking tons of it.
>>1580685
The brushless is twice the price, is it twice the difference in performance?

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.1580695]

>>1580688
Man they had the brushless combo kits with the sawzall for so cheap around Xmas. What other Ryobi tools to you have? Because if they want $100+ for the saw, you might be able to grab a brushless drill, impact, circ saw, and recip saw for like $200 with a couple batteries and a charger, then try to sell your older models on OfferUp or even just a pawn shop for $25ea and you would still probably come out ahead.

Anyway what batteries do you have? If you have a couple older 1.3’s with some cycles on them, you’re going to burn through them real quick, esp with the brushed saw. Even more of a reason to see if they have some good sales coming up and try to jump on a kit with a couple 4.0 packs.

Also the newer brushless Ryobis tend to be nicer than the base model cheap brushed ones, and not just the motor. The whole build is better.

[Anonymous No.1580698]

>>1580688
just get the standard model, even the older ones can handle light pruning work like that. the most important thing is to buy a good pruning blade for trimming brands, they work way better than conventional carbide wood blades.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-18-Volt-ONE-Cordless-Reciprocating-Saw-Tool-Only-P516/206824275

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Diablo-9-in-Carbide-Pruning-and-Clean-Wood-Cutting-Reciprocating-Saw-Blade-DS0903CP/301697671

[Anonymous No.1580699]

>>1580695
I live in Bongland. We don't tend to have the kind of deals you do in America. I've got a hammer drill, impact driver, planer, random orbit sander, sds percussion drill, with 2x 1.3 Ah, 2x 4Ah, 1x 5Ah batteries

[Anonymous No.1580701]

>>1580698
Thanks. I'll check the blade out as well.

[Kevin Van Dam !ZNBx60Gj/k No.1580703]

>>1580699
Meh, ok. I would agree with this goy then >>1580698

Just make sure you get good blades for whateve project you embark on.

[Anonymous No.1580822]

>>1580695
4.0 > 9.0

[Anonymous No.1582081]

>>1572248
>Storage under workbench
>under other workbench/desk
UNDERBENCH STORAGE WAS A MISTAKE

[Anonymous No.1582630]

>>1580822
That's a big battery.

[Anonymous No.1582791]

>>1566753

Go back to /o bussrider.

There is nothing easier or cheaper than hotrodding chevys. Sure a Ford will run like shit but it will run forever. You can build a cheap small block chevy and cram it in anything.

As far as mopar goes (especially dodge) yall can put em up your assholes

[Anonymous No.1582793]

>>1566771

>he doesn't put the outside shit ouside.

Keep bei g a retarded vitch eruocuck. Maybe his family doesn't want him violtly banging and grinding on shit at 10pm in the garage

[Anonymous No.1582794]

>>1566777
>>1566782

Or you could roll the suck like me. Old wood dressers and paraffin wax...

[Anonymous No.1582796]

>>1566975

He doesn't real estate. Buy home, trash it up the best you can without getting fines. Buy up a house or 2 for cheap. Clean shit up like new and rent out or sell...

[Anonymous No.1582797]

>>1567829

Spunds like you should bring a case of beer over and laugh and the libcuck shills

[Anonymous No.1582799]

>>1568115
Pardon me KEK, i need to get my metric set off the top shelf here.

[Anonymous No.1582800]

>>1568122
That always get fucked up because they cant hold dick.

[Anonymous No.1582803]

>>1568879
Just do like i plan on. Dual matching red us generAl boxes and $15 for 4 glue on Craftsman badges

[Anonymous No.1582808]

>>1568921
This guy kinda has a point. Unless you stack it with little boxes of bolts and fittings and shit. Hang your heavy tools on the wall

[Bepperoni No.1582809]

>>1582797
Probably. He has a pool and a Corvette. I don’t know what dude does because he has a nice house and his work vehicle is a little plain white Transit Connect on some Enkeis or some shit. It’s funny, but they’re fairly conservative wheels so it doesn’t look like some dindu’s car.

>>1582800
Mine have been holding tons of shit for years, close to 2 decades. Only dent was from when I was moving and it had a couch on top of it for 1500mi.

[Anonymous No.1582810]

>>1568937

THIS MAN IS A FUCKIN GENIUS!

>burying 2 pallet loads of 10mm sockets.

BRB!

[Bepperoni No.1582814]

>>1582808
I like a couple deeper drawers, but there are the real cheap ones with bins and shelves and those suck. The bottom 2 drawers on mine are deep and one has power tools while the other has saws and big clamps and little hard cases and I can store them standing up since it’s so deep.

[Anonymous No.1582816]

>>1569662

Pegboard. Lots of pegboard and pile shit together. I have a slit on the wall about duck high to the floor that has about 80 USB cords. I grab a few fitsfulls on the bottom, find the end i need, follow it up and give it a twist so the usb end comes down.

A lot easier than it sounds and little to no tangles.

Rubber band the long ones if you have to but desu it's thebest way ive found. Hang wtf you can wherever you can. Its so much eisier to look up and find wtf you need then tossing the place

[Anonymous No.1582817]

>>1569946
LOL.

Their actually pretty usefull. We beat the fuck out of pipe ends and straighten ahit out all of the time. That being said it's soft as shit an all beat up. It's not a quality #500 cbunk of metal

[Anonymous No.1582818]

>>1570816
If hobby teir like me just alip a guy at the scrap yard a $20 and a way to reach you. He'll find a 100lb chunk of steel and help you load it

[Anonymous No.1582819]

>>1570855

>3 drawers
>$90

That's it. Fuck this shit. I give up.

HF it is!

[Anonymous No.1582828]

>>1571114
Get any color. Hinge a pice of plywood on cabinet latches or magnets. Toss a light table or one on locking casters.

Can't steel what you dont know about.

My "prepper water tank" has no doors and the manhole on top is welded shut and the handle on a bearing so it just feels like it's broken.

The bottom is stairs into my hidden tunnel to the house.

In the "water tank?" Somewhere north of $100,000 in guns, ammo, and a
Some go bags.

In the house? I keep a few 12 guages, .22s random cheap pistols, etc in a $100 Walmart's gun safe.

"We got all the guns and nothing else is worth a shit."

>laughs in gps tracker hidden in pot metal box of broken anand shitty old worn out guns.

We go shooting? Ahh badass AR and shotgun and shit.

Heh, yeah, my uncle owns a bug gun store uo north and comes through for auctions a lot. He lets me borrow a lot of his stuff.

>takes hone and puts back into water tank

[Anonymous No.1582829]

>>1571142
So did craftsman

[Anonymous No.1582830]

>>1571194
Bro. I wanted a Stanley framing gun for a decade and when i finally bought it i fuck near had my buddy paint it so i could hang it up and just stare at it.

I shit you not I'll coble a fake or broken one together and do it

[Anonymous No.1582833]

>>1571240
It's all underaged fatherless kids can afford.

Hell, my buddy runs a business with on hf tools only

[Anonymous No.1582834]

>>1571251
Hot

Hot

HOT

[Anonymous No.1582841]

>>1579672

It is if you are real /diy.

Been hotrodding power wheels. The Dewalt 775 sized motors are mad upgrades to them and rc cars. $30 should it ever blow. Or buy junk ones of ebay for the parts.

Hell depending on brand i might buy the battery packs off you you to freshen up or convert to lithium for my own Frankenstein power tools set

[Anonymous No.1582845]

>>1580469
>standup wrench

"So two muffins are in the oven..."

[Bepperoni No.1582969]

>>1582816
Used to keep my little 12v drill and driver in the bag under my tool cart and now I have them hanging and it’s faster to grab those than a screwdriver. I also made a screwdriver holder about knee height right next to where I sit and that has tox and square drive and it’s so much faster than digging through a drawer. Problem is they’re cheap ass drivers, would love to replace em all with Wiha or something but it would cost me $200-$300 for all the precision drivers and nut driver bits.

>>1582819
The only other middle chest offerings were 2-drawers for like $60-$70 and they were super cheap. At least that is the mid-grade Craftsman.

But if you buy a whole top and bottom 26” from HF, it will be larger than the 2pc Craftsman anyway.

[Bepperoni No.1582986]

>>1582841
Keep an eye out for Kobalt 24V packs mang. They have been clearing lots of that shit from Lowe’s to make room for Craftsman. A few months back I found 2pks of 1.5Ah packs marked down to $15, so 12x 1500mAh Samsung cells for just over $1ea.

And a couple days ago I found pic related for $2.75ea. 10x 1500mAh chink cells for 55¢ each.

[Anonymous No.1583431]

>>1566746
>80's porn pics in the top left

[Anonymous No.1583456]

>>1582819
>>1582969
Every now and then sears has a big cashback offer thing. Like spend 100$ get 100$ back in their points @ 10$ every week or month. There's still some USA craftsman stuff sold through sears but you gotta look for them. Small things like their diehard batteries, organizer trays for tools, and so on are still worth it for spending the ~10$ a week, or if you have a kmart nearby you can snag paper towels or other household goods.

CM toolboxes end up being cheaper than HF if you get in on the points game, but it really requires you have a sears nearby still and they don't come in the fancy HF colors. They're built better too.

You can find some other middle boxes from Viper, Teng, etc online but they're much more money and the quality difference may not be worth, unless you just like the visuals.

[Anonymous No.1585442]

>>1571535
What the fuck is that on her head?!

[Anonymous No.1585456]

>>1585442
Ash Wednesday horse shit?

[Anonymous No.1585787]

>>1572021
Hey I like my Gearwrench XP120 ratchets.

[Anonymous No.1585807]

>>1583431
1984 Peppertree Lounge playboy calendar.

[Anonymous No.1585832]

I need help organizing all my cables. From USB to HDMI and even VGA etc I'm looking for a way to keep them together but easy to find what I want. I abhor needless searching reeeeee

[Anonymous No.1586527]

>>1568140
I have two of the same exact one at work. Both bottom storage doors fell off. The top part is hard to see into if you are a manlet. I think it's a waste of storage space especially the bottom part. I would rather have more drawers.

[Anonymous No.1586528]

>>1563827

[Anonymous No.1586931]

>>1564346
Tool tote

[Anonymous No.1586970]

>>1585832

1. Coil them. Use the trick where you tuck one end through the coil from the back, and the other end through the coil from the front, to keep them coiled

2. Acquire a load of ziplock bags. Tech stores and businesses throw piles of these out that used to have cables etc in, or buy food ones from the dollar store.

3. Put each cable in a bag

4. Put the bags stood up in a row in a box or drawer

5. Put dividers between them if you have a bunch of the same type

[Anonymous No.1586979]

>>1586970
>5. Put dividers between them if you have a bunch of the same type

Why not get the gallon sized baggie and put all of the same type in one bag? I have about 6 kinds of USB cables and it's easier to just pile all of one type in the same bag. I have about 20 of the "original" USB (pic related) and they all fit in one bag.

And your coiling method seems cool, but I have a pile of twist ties that I prefer.

[Anonymous No.1587054]

>>1564820
>are those bucket pouch things any good or are they annoying to use

They're great for working outside or doing work in a finished home to where the GC doesn't want you to wear your tool belt inside.

[Anonymous No.1587058]

>>1567946
>This is what I carry for appliance repair.

Does pliance repair pay decent? I'm getting bored doing electrical and want more of a challenge.

[Anonymous No.1587153]

>>1569970

wow look at all the space you need to unroll that shit... fucking stupid

[Anonymous No.1587178]

>>1563827
Do you have to fly?
>this pelican case https://www.pelican.com/us/en/product/cases/air/1615

Do you have to walk up and down stairs?
>this milwaukee backpack https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-48-22-8200-Jobsite-Backpack/dp/B00P2RJCRS/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=milwakee+backpack&qid=1554514166&s=industrial&sr=8-2

Can you just roll it in and out?
>this Huskey roller bag https://www.amazon.com/Husky-GP-44316AN13-Water-Resistant-Contractors-Telescoping/dp/B00LT9OTOY

Do you just roll around the shop floor?
>this harbor freight rollaway toolbox https://www.harborfreight.com/72-in-x-22-in-triple-bank-roller-cabinet-red-64167.html

[Anonymous No.1587217]

>>1587058
Depends where you do it. Starting out with zero experience I made about 40k My first year.. last year I was at 58k with a lot of time off after 8 years of experience. Best I’ve had was 67k. If I moved to an area with a fender population I’d expect to be over 100k. Gotta get in doing service for some place that works on higher end stuff or your gonna be in trailer parks and bs shit 24-7... good job if you like trouble shooting. For example... customer can’t get oven to go above 250, but everything they put in it burns... 5 min fix if you know what’s happening... replacing the control board isn’t the answer... but I’ve seen an embarrassing amount of places that have done it... usually see this every other month or so.

[Anonymous No.1587219]

>>1587217
Of you want a good look at everyday appliance repair stuff look up the appliance pro talk group on Facebook...

[Anonymous No.1587453]

>>1587217
>replacing the control board isn’t the answer... but I’ve seen an embarrassing amount of places that have done it... usually see this every other month or so.

Perhaps pliance repair might be for me, my Honeywell portable AC I bought 'for parts' 'as is' had a bad cap on the control board and I just went ahead and replaced the cap and the AC started working again.


>>1587219
>Of you want a good look at everyday appliance repair stuff look up the appliance pro talk group on Facebook...

Thanks for the tip fren but I don't have a facebook account

[Anonymous No.1587592]

>>1587453
Actual answer is oven got set to Celsius instead of Fahrenheit.. however if your in a non US country I’ve always wondered if you’d run into people saying their oven will go up to 500!

[Anonymous No.1587616]

>>1586970
>>1586979
Thanks

[Anonymous No.1588492]

>>1572056

>American
>craftsman

Stabley bought craftsman

[Anonymous No.1588495]

>>1582986
Fuuuuuuck. Nice.

My ebay packs just came in. All my tools are at my new house and my five fucking miltimeters ran away

[Anonymous No.1588496]

>>1583456

Thanks for the triggering. 40 miles away is a kmart and a sears that are both kill.

On the plus side a harbor freight store moved in.

I'm to damned poor and tired to give a shit anymore. I'll just risk the chrome plating cuts and watch my knuckles rather than buy good shit. I always lose it anyway

[Anonymous No.1588498]

>>1585832

Get a billion of those cord organizer things that stick to your desktop to make runs of keyboard and mouse wires and shit. Drill a hole in them all and mount them on a bunch of strips of 1x1.

[Anonymous No.1588501]

>>1587217

Thought i wanted to try and repair some appliances and shit. My oven went out. Cool, i can do this. $400 for 2 gas solenoid things, heating element switches, and control board. We bought the mutherfucker on sale for $350.

I threw a propane fitting in it. We backroaded and had hotdogs and then i yeeted the mutherfucker of a bridge and we put like 200 rounds in it.

Idgaf if it was a $5 fix. Enough is enough.

[Anonymous No.1588538]

>>1564820

Get the models where you can put the seat on the bucket. It will change your life.

[Anonymous No.1588558]

>>1588501
Guessing gets expensive.. in 8 years I’ve had like 7 solenoid valves that I’ve found failed...

[B No.1588596]

>>1588492
I don’t think you read the context of that.

[Anonymous No.1588855]

>>1588498
I'm good with that, my issue is long term cable storage. I have a lot of cables I don't use often but they still come in handy every once in awhile.