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PSC 1000 works great, I have used it for years without problem in the small 3.5 gal HF bench top parts washer (they don't seem to sell that anymore but you can still get one from other sources like Amazon) Just as an FYI I added a SS band clamp to hold the filter screen in tight originally it...

My Ridgid has Yammyhammy motor. The generator head says One World Technologies but has a SC address. When I needed a part they gave me Gardner.

Too answer your question IMHO I really don't think you're getting any more bang for your buck bumping up in price to the ICON branding on these things. The other 1/2" drive 25" PP breaker all steel they sell is cheaper by a few bucks but has a much larger head design. That Pittsburgh Pro...

The 4100 only ever had 2 ranges on the HST so thinking it's not like I'm missing much switching over to an E series OF the 4320 had 3 ranges and could move pretty fast on the road but at the orchard rarely used anything but 1 & 2 Someone else said the rear ends/differentials are different on...

I rarely take the loader off (in fact I don't even recall how I do it right now :ROFLMAO:) but you are saying a 300 E loader doesn't have any quick release like my current one does? Example: Power uplift with the loader to raise the masts (on the 4100 it unhooks from the front frame bracket...

So my little guy a 1999 JD4100 HST is 25 yrs old now and been a real good tractor, nothings really gone wrong with it and has moved and piled up lots and lots of snow, tilled major amounts of garden soil, laid down miles of plastic mulch, never mind dirt work, gravel, wood and stones. Even...

They used to once say that about hip joint replacement too only 10 years but there have been many advancements. I'm glad I finally had my surgery done. Turned out way easier than I thought too. I had put it off for a long time but pain had gotten to the point my quality of life was suffering.

Interesting that I have all of these wrenches and was this many years old today when I learned any of this... :rolleyes:

HAHAHA so was mine missing the 12mm deep :LOL: I sneaked in a replacement one from TSC...markings are so similar almost can't tell the difference :cool: You have to wonder where do they go? :rolleyes: These days its always seems it's the 10mm that goes AWOL And they sell those in...

Interesting comment I still have a Metric SK 3/8" socket set I bought off my younger brother when he joined the army I think that was like 45 years ago now

:LOL::LOL::LOL:

I have at least four sets of stereo speakers stored away as the power units all gave up the ghost (cd player stopped working etc.), I kept all the speakers thinking I wire them up through out the place one day :rolleyes: Ya right it's like all wireless BT speakers now along with online...

I'm starting to think here some of you guys still have plaid polyester pants in your closets :ROFLMAO:

IMO Metric sizing can still mess up a lot of people. And there are a couple of close thread pitches that can mingle together. Things seem to fit to start but bind up. Metric is prevalent now. Unless you have older US built machinery seems more and more people want metric only tool sets now. I...

Good tip. certainly made due with what one had for sure. Cripes nowadays they have all new things like Grip bolt extractors and even 1/2 size sockets :rolleyes:

Best I know is there are not that many SAE Metric crossovers. The most common I can think of is 3/4" to 19mm and 7/8" to 22mm swaps Also 14mm will often fit a 9/16" hex and 16mm will go over a 5/8" 21/32 should loosely fit a 16mm I would think. I found it all interesting because have been...

Stumbled across this youtube channel today. To me it relates a lot to the "you know your old thread 😜" as I grew up knowing a lot of these crazy wrench sizes

Ha the last faucet I recently installed was all push together fittings 🤪

When they sent me home from surgery that day they gave me one of those long shoehorns (among other stuff like the sock thing :rolleyes:) Its great! (y)

Ya and hoping comes with a lifetime warranty too 🤪 Now get off my lawn kid! 😜

Try doing that with a failed hip joint :rolleyes: Will be headed off for new parts next week!(y)

Bird truly was a TBN Icon, both knowledgeable and experienced on most any subject that come up here Rest in peace Bird

Somebody clue me in on this warning light that has been recently activated on a new to us JD5065E with about 450 hrs What servicing will I need to do Its number 10 on the dash and in the chart OMSJ14615

Scored this vintage Littlestown Vise at the flea mkt this past weekend for $35. Possibly dates back to pre WW2 era late 30's as someone knowledgeable over on the Garage Journal says the foundry inscription markings of New York, NY. were changed post war in the 50's to read Littlestown PA...

Well things are happening some but still slowly, Have picked a bunch of zukes, a few cukes most are mis shapen, pollination has been poor with all the rain. And looks like I'll be picking Italian style eggplants next week. Eggplant seem to be doing the best along with the tomatoes. Romas are...

So I suppose it been discussed more times than we can count anymore but I just got a coupon email where they are having a "welding sale" welders and accessories with the 90 amp flux core welder for $89.99. Just got me thinking about having something again. I broke both the seat brackets on my...

Ya my boss thought owing a small dump truck be cool. "Ain't this great" he says. I said "What do we NEED a dump truck for...we need a flatbed stake body truck (maybe with lift) on the farm. Be more useful to us. So this is how it goes...he gets a 450 Ford diesel dually dump used. The box was...

Been wondering when all the garden pics were coming here :rolleyes: Been a wicked month here in the Northeast wind and rain...lots of rain and cool weather too with little sun most of the time. Most of my tomatoes look good though big and green and no sign of blights (Alternaria solani or...

So more fun in the sun (and rain) today :D Been raining A LOT around here and the ground is just saturated in many places including several of our garden patches. So while the boss is out on vacation he expects his instant garden to be ready when he comes back. Soo I always get to deal with...

Got a couple of a new (to us) tractors at work this week. A 2wd JD 5065e sync reverser and a MFWD 5095m power reverser and loader Traded off the old 2855n Deere but still have the JD 4320 HST with loader and the Kubota M9000

How many of you small tractor owners specifically those with inside rear wheel widths of less than 30" would desire a small plastic mulch layer designed for machines of 25hp and less. For those not knowing much about one it is a rear mounted 3 pt hitch attachment configured to mechanically...

Havent put the plants in yet but got the plastic down using my little Holland Transplanter built mulch layer...seems like I have had it forever now. Lays down 2 ft wide rolls. ALWAYS WORKED GREAT but now I am having a heck of time sourcing the 2 ft rolls. You can still search for the threads on...

Heh got to go shopping at HF on my boss's dime for the tool tent (he gave me a blank check but I was good) Got several of the cased socket sets both impact grade and chrome. Over all they aren't bad and the big chrome set even has some 8pt sockets for square drain plugs. Plus the impacts fit...

Wow did you see list price on new case from Deere over $1k :shocked: I would definitely look at weld repair first obviously get some competent advice can ask the weld forum guys here or maybe a salvage yard part but if worse comes to worse have to pay the piper Pretty straight forward to...

Well the system relief valve is located underneath the rockshaft housing. There my be an odd chance that some foreign debris or a bad spring cause it to remain open and dump to sump. Fairly easy to remove clean and inspect. Since you say have neither up or down control. Then there is also...

Have an older Reed 403 that I'm working on now

So put my garden to rest today and all that is left now is the brussel sprouts. Last night cooked some up with bacon and chicken to have with some potato salad I also made with some local potatoes..yum! Was 24 degrees yesterday morning and snowed last week for the first time too! So a few days...

I've read that you can use the 6mm thick panels to replace the original 4mm double wall panels HF gives you. This place has precuts Easy Ship 2' Wide Twinwall Polycarbonate - Polycarbonate Panels | Greenhouse Megastore So does this place too Charley's Greenhouse & Garden Polycarbonate...

Wel I got me one of them Harbor Frieght 1/2 torque wrenches today to use on a job at work. $9.99 with coupon :D Any how I used it to final tighten to 80ft lbs each 96 9/16" UNF bolts and nut combos to mount up 48 new rototiller blades Worked great and clicked off every time. How accurate...

Scavenged the garden tonight after I got home from market. I really have just let it go being so dry even the weeds aren't growing much :laughing: So there's green bell and Cubanelle pepper, plus Hungarian hot wax, jalapeno, Italian cherry, and Harris Classic eggplant. Picked a few small...

Ok I am posting this here first before the "Let's post our Made in USA tool finds (yard sales, old store stock, auctions etc)" thread cuz I'm not sure what I have here so maybe someone else knows what I got today for a $10 spot at my weekly market. It is a little machinist's vice but for the...

Well I harvested off the bulk of my Celebrity (18 plants) and La Roma (12 plants) for sauce and it totaled around 100lbs and so yesterday processed them all into the freezer. Cukes are pretty much done. Made up another round of pickles this morning and jarred another round of mixed hot peppers...

I'm not overally surprised by that :confused2: I had 4 pc set of the HF chromed ones too! Guess which one is missing :rolleyes: Wouldn't consider buying them again though and only go for the impact rated ones now. I do snap 1/2 to 3/8 reducers fairly often (including impact rated ones)...

Man got this awesome vintage Craftsman tool chest for $20 at the weekend flea mkt yesterday. I supposed I could have dickered the price some but I didn't even bother too. I always remembered seeing it in the old Craftsman tool catalogs. Inside it will hold a 24" level. All steel box with D...

Can't complain about my #7000lb dual axle Carmate, bought new in 1999. Over the years driven both local roads and interstate with it. Been good solid trailer, and seriously well built. Constantly haul different tractors around a 4100 and 4320, plus moved multiple motorcycles at once (I mounted...

Best buy is the Voyager 15" tool bag for 5.99 with coupon. Not a bad bag for that money and a similar sized Milwaukee branded bag is $18+ on Amazon. My Boss sent me for pile of cheap HF crap today. :) Everybody loves cheap tools!

Nice refinish. I still haven't re-painted my $40 flea mkt find of an 613 1/2 yet. Mine shows traces of an old green paint. I like the color you chose...what did you use?

These are some cool little tomatoes I grew...yellow pear is what they are called.

Wow 3rd of August first crop of string beans are almost gone by but they produced heavy and I picked at least 6 times on that little patch....and there is still some yet. My flat roma beans are in flower now and my heirloom "creasy pole beans for Library's seed saving program are topping their...

Okay just finished up pickling the first picking of some my hot peppers Hungarian Wax and some "Penos" (jalapeno) and loaded up a few jar fulls of onion, tomato, and zukes so I'm good for a while... or maybe just for this week. :D Wohoooo also have two baby watermelons forming might...

So I got a great deal on another BT speaker at my market once again...a Monster Superstar IP4 splash resistant for $30. Best Buy online list them at $99. By far it is the best sounding AND THE LOUDEST compared to my other two BT speakers both the Milwaukee and the Altec Lansing H20. And its...

Well not too bad for July 25 or around 65 days or so after getting started and putting the transplants and seeds out. I think it was the beginning of the last full week in May this year...but hey who's keeping track right :rolleyes: Anyhow after surviving a mass wave attack of zucchini for...

Oh man i nailed it down good tonight...straight from the garden today sungold and sweet 100 tomatoes seasoned with fresh chopped basil, greek oregano. and some marjoram. A side of green oak leaf lettuce and and steamed chard. A hot wax pepper chopped in my po sal for some good flavor and tiny...

Super Chile HOT! :hot: And that's plenty enough for me too :D This week at market I had 3 of the hottest peppers types there are to sell, the Bhut Joloka or Ghost pepper. Trinidad Scorpion, and the Carolina Reaper.

Well everything is flowering squash, beans, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cukes. My records show that picked quite few squashes this week last year but I only harvested one so far looks like its going to be about week later this season. Less heat I guess. But I did pick my first hot pepper of...

Latest Ingersoll Rand cordless impact wrench release claims to have more breakaway power @ 365ft lbs than the of the current 3/8 and 1/2 drive competition in cordless compact wrenches like the Milwaukee Fuel 2754 and 2755 @ 220 ftlbs Slightly heavier and longer the IR as kit has one 5.0...

I planted the flat Italian Roma beans 5 short rows today (5 packs altogether maybe 250 seed) Always one of my favorites! :D Cukes are really looking good now and expect rain tonight after almost 10 days of brutal 80-90 degree sun and heat. At least the nights have been decently cool but I...

I love the flavor of Cherokee Purple I didn't get to plant any this year just Brandywine, Old German and Pineapple. Got some tomatillos going in this week

So scored me some Heirloom Creasy (Greasy) beans last night during the 1st annual town seed saver library seed swap and I got soaking wet setting up my poles and planting them in the rain just now. Can't wait till I see them come up...can't wait to eat some either but I have to save seeds...

There recently was the 9.0Ah long run battery release from Milwaukee for high draw items like their new 10" inch cordless miter saw and line of 18V powered outdoor yard tools and before that Makita had some twin 18v battery setups on certain tools for extra power and run times. But Dewalt has...

Now I had to go look up the Boss man early today with my all weekend flower sales money as he was headed out on vacation for the rest of the week (figured he could use it. ;) ) And darn if the HF store isn't right nearby the main business front! :eek: So the Harbor Frieght haul of the day...

I have a pair of them they do what I want them to do ok. Mine are orange :D Have some a couple of pairs of small (9" maybe?) boltcutters style that are also pretty handy for heavy fencing wire or small rod. Funny how I keep being reminded of my old HF purchases :D

My garden today...looking good after being beat down last week with wind, cold air and rain! Was only +49F last Sunday afternoon. :D Cukes suffered the worst. Less than 30 days in...May 16 was snow flurries here and measurable accumulation higher on the mountain.

Ok the Milwaukee Tool 2016 New Product Symposium is in full swing right now. Just some of the products to be released are the 10" cordless miter saw finally! Their line of cordless finish nailers just recently hit the marketplace :D 18v cordless cutout tool dedicated drywall screwgun. One...

Well I have a few more tomato plants to try to squeeze in...some heirloom Brandywine, Old German, and Pineapple. Last year at this exact same time we had a frost earlier in the week. Feels downright cold today only mid 50's right now :rolleyes: with mid 40's tonight. That'll slow things...

My latest weekend score...lovin it! :D Just need to figure where to plant it now.

Very cool design Eddie both the desk and the wall shelving. :thumbsup: I mounted some display tables and a telephone stand to the walls in the old store at work in a similar fashion a few years back. It meet GAP compliance nicely as made cleaning underneath the tables very easy. I came in one...

Wow your pretty rough on them hey! :eek: I have a 18hp MTD Yardman with a twin cylinder B&S I/C engine I bought at a Walmart in 1998 for $1300. ;) Blades, belts, deck spindles, wheel axles, batteries, a tranny bracket, some salvaged second hand tires, and finally a starter but all still good...

Now another vendor made a deal with me at market yesterday and traded a new, still in sealed box Altec Lansing "Jacket H2O" BT speaker. Looking online the list price of $69 (with included battery and charger) is generally comparable to the Milwaukee 2592-21 kit at $79. Both have a one...

Well got my home garden in for 2016. Took the chance a full week before Memorial Day which has been the rule of thumb here for like forever. Some even wait until after the first week of June because it has still been known to normally frost in the Green Mountains up until then, but the forecast...

DAP ALEX the same stuff I use and it does work very well as decent glue. :D Was pretty much the best dollar value at my old lumber yard too.

I often wondered just how well they do work on a 2 wheel tractor so I just watched this video. Seems the 4 ft model is just wide enough that its a reach keeping the tractor running straight. :D Overall any of them should work just fine but it looks to me using the narrower models might be...

My JD 4100 bought new in '99. Tough machine.

Years ago I bought the smaller 6x8 greenhouse ordered it online and had it shipped as that was pretty much the only option at the time. It came truck freight and was damaged when I opened the box. Several of the longest aluminum pieces were bent and the corners crushed on a lot of the longer...

How about nails for posts :D For the OP I use the chrome clip rails mostly and have for years. I like the clip rails and it lets me take a set of secured sockets right to where I'm working if need be without making a bunch of trips back and forth. Most sockets I have are first put on rails...

Micronized Copper Azole Preservative what gives... I got some PT landscape timbers at the Orange box yesterday to make the frame for my HF greenhouse like they recommend to use and just now looking at the end tags it says "not for contact with aluminum"... oh well dang that's what the...

I have seen just one a Craftsman unit has 4 " casters and says it is 32.5 inches tall Sears.com And there was also one 46" Husky at 36.8 tall with 5 inch wheels but could lose inch with 4" casters Husky 46 in. 9-Drawer Black Out Mobile Workbench with Solid Wood Top-744946B - The Home Depot...

Gosh some of the HF reviews are scary :eek: Modifications may be necessary :laughing: I guess it all depends on what your lifting. :D So I just spent some time online looking at bike lifts. The choices are pretty limited it does seem, either HF and similar branded variations or the bigger...

My first micrometer from HF many years ago was a VIS manufactured in Poland and not China. Had green enameled wrinkled finish. Was good quality, accurate and still my favorite one for one hand use with the swivel lock. Overall its smaller than the later one with the mechanical readout. #895

Here's my choice then, Most times I'm outside..in the field, greenhouse, orchard, garden or in the middle of a construction maintenance project often with poor to none AC options :D I have been using a Milwaukee 2590 radio all the time. IMO its the best bang for the buck and quite worthy of...

So this is cool! Real Tool had recently announced that they were going to Skidmore torque test the KOBALT 6904 corded 1/2 impact wrench from LOWES (8 amp 350 ft lbs) same machine they have been testing and reviewing all the latest High Torque cordless impacts models with. So I suggested...

Years ago before all these fancy things were available I made up a portable station from a few pieces of 3/4 particleboard to hold HF bins. I designed it to hold 48 of the 41949 bins but can easily go wider. Only takes up 6 inches out from the wall on my workbench top. If you have wall...

15 below zero here this morning! Made a lazy mans cabbage roll dish with a cabbage I been holding since probably late Oct. We had loads for sale down at the orchard store this year. And then more sauce again yesterday from the garden tomatoes I put up for a BIG lasagna today. :D Have the...

Sweet...someday soon I can leave the air compressor behind! At least for the finish work :)

Some really are...right? And we all probably know one too! :D Well at the WOC, World of Concrete trade show Makita just unveiled their latest high torque brushless cordless impact wrenches to level up the field. 3 new monster models a 1/2 wrench, a 3/4, and a 7/16 hex drive . Milwaukee...

Thanks for saying, glad to know you enjoyed watching it and hope your wife does too. I was down at the orchard today winter pruning started this week and will probably run thru most of Feb. Mild weather right now with very little snow accumulation so far this year at all so decent for the...

This looks pretty cool guess its new from Ryobi Comes complete with 18v lion battery and charger too. New Ryobi 18V Chemical Sprayer P2810 - Tool Craze

Sorry about the picture clarity. Using my cell phone. No macro zoom. :D I could dig out my camera if really needed So this one probably isn't any better There is brown(?) resistor 9 C printed on it with 2 white bands wired in between that and the neg. side of the battery pack. That...

So like I mentioned in my original post that the tool "smokes" when plugged into the wall charger...so with it all opened up this is the component that is overheating. (I used my IR gun to find the hot spot:D) So what does this tell me :confused: That the batteries just wont take the...

That they are James...3 cells 1 1/4" in length and slightly under 7/8" in dia.

So are these stacked sub c batteries or were they just one stick...they are 4 inches long And are sleeved in a thin kraft paper. I don't detect any individual cell separations. :confused3: Tell you what though I have 2 useless 18V 1833 Makita Ni Mh batteries that would definitely be worth...

I see Rigid has a cordless fan now, who else has them? I know Ryobi does. Makita too. Don't quite know about Dewalt. Rigid Ryobi Makita Makita has an even larger fan model on the market too...the DCF300Z I have the Milwaukee one I definitely like it. In the heat of summer I use almost...

Man its cold here about +4F with the windchill and I have still have a bushel full of the apples I harvested from my little home orchard 4 trees in all. 2 semi dwarf macs (ruby reds) with one red delicious for a pollinator. Plus a pear tree. Even with no spray I had a decent little crop for this...

This online link just came my way so I figure I'd share it here. I don't recall seeing it before so I don't know if its something new or not I just perused the search feature quickly just throwing in a couple of widely known brand names of tools and equipment in a general search nothing...

Hmm now wondering if could put a date to a couple of my USA made adjustable wrenches...one is 12 inch UTICA "Selecto Lock" and the other a J.H. Williams 10 inch "Superjustable" I have had both of these for close to 40 years and they were already used tools when I got them.

All my John Deere supplied plugs and caps Loader/ PB have always worked really well. I had too issues with caps from Parker not fitting well when I did up the hydraulic lines for my dump trailer. There is a set of 6 here. I think that price is pretty outrageous but hey what do I know...

I'm really needing a few new ones :D The cheap lightweight stuff like the WallyWorld sells are pretty pathetic I have had some really good heavy ones usually I score them at flea mkts or stumble upon some closeout sale never paying more than $10 -$15 tops, but I have pretty much managed to...

Geeze...not to change the subject much here but I had installed this nice cabinet sink base for the donut shop at work and we had a small 6gal hot water underneath inside behind the doors. So all I needed and WHAT I WANTED was an outlet to plug it into and since there was already one for the...

I'm curious who uses their 1/4 in hex shank impact driver for drilling holes. I never have...yet. Mostly because I never have had the proper shanked drill bits. I guess mainly wood or wood products drilling is what talking about here, unless someone offers up a real world experience in some...

What do you guys think of these.. Seem Milwaukee is betting that this will replace the standard abrasive cut off wheel for the price point. Almost 400 cuts is claimed for one 4 1/2 wheel. Price $34 Milwaukee STEELHEAD Diamond, Goodbye Abrasive Cut-Off Wheels - coptool.com I'm not a metal...

Well we had the first plowable snowfall of the season only just last week here in southern VT. A wet and heavy sleet mix that's all iced up now as it dropped into low single digit temperatures overnight. A tragic tractor/suv collision resulting from those weather conditions I read about further...

I seen this list earlier today at Modern Farmer. Some of these reminded me of me...just a little :laughing: "My New Year resolution is to recognize that my wife may not want to talk about vegetables all the time. The other one is not to assume a ride through the field to check on our...

Well I don't think I ever seen a Bosch tool wearing the green before! :eek: I have a older BLUE Ryobi but now they are green. :confused2: 2 speeds and variable temp My GF uses it for a hair dryer. :laughing:

Man cheap LED lights just seem to be everywhere now :shocked: I had a bunch of different ones to sell under the tool tent this summer. Tiny 3.5 mini lights and then there were some that were about the size of 2 C cell maglight but only took 3 AAA batteries And these two were really...

Seems that you no longer need that choice in your life. :confused3: Against the wishes of domestic producers and under threat of costly legal implications from both Canada and Mexico A Montana-based cattle trade association called R-CALF USA was the most vocal proponent. R-CALF released a...

How exact do you want it? There is actually another very narrow bend back to 90 degree after the fold (and that's looks maybe a 25 degree angle) and it's done the same way both top and bottom. Here's another pic And against the top edge fold is where the continuous bar stock for the hinge...

or woman :D Trucker Destroys Historic Bridge Because She Didn't Know How Many Pounds Six Tons Was And I thought those motor jockeys from north of the border were bad. :confused2:

Compared to other 40 tooth blade I must have got at the local lumber counter they're almost identical in tooth hook shape the only noticeable difference being the slots. These 2 photos show them doubled up. They are stacked atop of each other.

Now I already had a 36 tooth carbide blade on that workhorse of a saw and I found a slightly used 40 tooth blade (cant read the name on it anymore ) that was taken off probably to save it from some beater job I needed to do. So I made over dozen cuts swapping out the 3 blades cut some scrap...

So NOBODY? wants to fess up to having a Harbor Freight Christmas hey :D Or maybe you are still assembling and/or modifying what you got? :eek: Ok I seeing that it is still so close to the passing holiday I'll fake it for you then :laughing: So I found not just one but four BRAND NEW...

I have a 50 inch BH RTS tiller and has 1/4" x 1 1/4" steel pieces to mount the shield hinge (steel rod runs across the entire top width) The BH photo doesn't really show that detail at least not very clearly. I think they are in there but facing down along the sides Mine are set straight out...

Traditional right? Just made eggplant parmesan, baked rigatoni with ricotta cheese, meatballs, hot and sweet sausage with onions and the sauce was from all the tomatoes I grew this season. Plus there is a full loaf of an olive oil Ciabatta bread just to fill you up. :) And talk about a GREEN...

Rain all day here so prepping my gladiolus bulbs today. Cutting the stems back and cleaning the old roots off. Good and dry now, probably will store them all in a mesh bag for good circulation when I get done though, Last year I planted them early in May and was so dry they never did pop up...

I just decided to put my 7.2 Makita out in the trash this week while cleaning up my shop. Battery begins to smoke when you plug in the charger. These types are soldered and not removable. I don't even know if you can still get the batteries. Those already were replacements too after the...

Cali must be talking about paying attention this little notice...the sticker is still on mine :eek: I don't have Frieght stands but would figure they generally wouldn't be any better or worse than what else is available thru wally world or any of the discount auto stores Red Torin or...

Omg I sold some of those cheap Chinese binoculars for my boss at the flea mkt tool tent this summer. They sucked so bad. :eek: I have to try all the stuff out (I do have integrity) :rolleyes: and I will give an honest opinion to my customer if they ask... but they still buy it anyways...

:thumbsup: Excellent choice... Using the tool battery's platform I have a red one :D Streaming Pandora off my laptop in the house down to the basement garage now

Geez and for a while there I thought an IPX5 rated waterproof BT speaker was like really cool... Pretty awesome tools! And prices. :D Nemo Power Tools - Waterproof power tools - Tool Craze What no recip saw? :rolleyes:

So I ordered my package on Dec. 5 a Saturday, thru Amazon and was notified by email very early Monday EST it was shipped with USPS on that day 12/7 And usually they have always been pretty good for me. So by the time Thursday rolled around and the mail carrier came and went I looked online at...

That is a Hitachi UB18DGL LED worklight you are showing us there. Certainly gives off a good amount of light And the Hitachi UB18DLC is the cordless fluorescent lantern. Amazing price on that light I see here. I had bought a 12v Milwaukee cordless lantern to give as a gift last Christmas...

Well some more garage work today turned up two packages of these aluminum soft faced magnetic vice clamps in a tool box drawer of machining tools and associated supplies I swear they came from Freight does the packaging look like their stuff to anyone else? They have SKU part #'s of P36757 and...

I've been cleaning and organizing a lot of my tools and other stuff in the garage after a very long season and dang...I just discovered another HF find. :eek: At first I didn't know if it was HF has been so long...of course it has the stamp That's pretty much a dead giveaway :laughing...

Two days ago I had a UPS delivery. It was +52F degrees here, pretty darn warm for December in VT. And I said to the delivery guys, there were two in the truck (already :eek: ) "When UPS made a delivery here on this exact same date last year they were running rear tire chains on the truck. I...

Look like UPS is overwhelmed with packages from online shopping (which is up like never before) and have started using U Haul rental trucks to make some deliveries :eek: UPS: Don?t Panic If Your Package Is Delivered By A Driver Behind The Wheel Of A U-Haul ? Consumerist WSJ reported today that...

Grew up riding trails watching trials and enduros. There was big club trail riding in this area. Local shop owner was well known along with some others. One friend and his brother had two Bultacos to ride, a little red Sherpa trials and a bigger blue Alpina 350. I still remember them well...

Pumpkin prices are sure aren't what they used to be. Dog eat dog world. Pretty easy to grow with a fairly minimal cost outlay if your already in the business so lots do it. Really enhances the Agri-tourism aspect of on farm sales Funky gourds and the white pumpkins are real popular now...

I like that paint idea. Makes it easy on old eyes :D As Newbury pointed out (post #5174) deep sockets of the same sizing can have different depths depending on brand. I have deep well impact sockets consisting of several different names and a quick measure shows that the both the 1/2 and...

Well I was poking around the website and seen few things that caused me to remember what I have purchased from HF in years past considering I have not actually bought anything new from them in almost 10 years now. My mailman probably still hates me for having to lug not just one but two of their...

I agree it's like hit or miss with brass connectors. I have steel ones on most all my air attachments. There is still a new package of the Central Pneumatic 68192 must have bought looong ago. And there are some cheapo (Homier)brass couplers in the drawer of my tool box where I keep air...

Wow a 1979 XS 650 Special was MY very first street bike! I had bought one brand new and before the year was out I traded it to get this 76 HD FXE Superglide Shovelhead which I still have, and that is my current project bike at the moment. (A couple of seasons ago I was out having a little too...

would you pay?? Not your basic Butterball: People are gobbling up heritage turkeys - Food - Boston.com I would raise birds if I can get customers like this! :D

Should put this over in the HF tools that suck thread too :rolleyes: I had a really cheap 4" Chinese vice I bought for my Maine camp from a cheap tool store. First time the body was struck a huge chunk broke off of the back piece. I think it was made of Bondo :laughing: And I had Craftsman...

A lot of Ryobi stuff is ok with me, I have an older "dark blue" Ryobi 10 inch chop saw I bought second hand. Its easier to cart to the job than my sliding beam Craftsman and enough for most cuts I usually need to do down at work. Also I bought new the smaller Ryobi 10 table saw w stand from HD...

Got an ATHOL M&F 613 1/2 for $40 on the last day of my outdoor market season. Dang I really wanted it for $30! :D Pretty good condition for its age...handle is straight and jaws are decent, knurling is only slightly worn. This one looks to have been once painted an industrial...

Anybody seen this before... Eastern coyote? Meet the Coywolf | Watch Nature PBS online Recent hybrid cross breed they say :confused:

Now the management has pretty much called it a season on growing the greenhouse tomatoes down where I work but the plants don't seem to know it yet :D So a few of us wandered the jungle of 10 foot high vines in the one greenhouse that had a mix of cherry type plants. The other two greenhouses...

Interesting process I have never attempted making a hard cider myself. And getting back to work today I remembered to look at a UV treated label... not much on it :D

I was always under the impression that you couldn't use a pasteurized cider to create hard cider. Most people that come to us would only buy the fresh. We did cider both ways before, now it is all UV treated. I would need to double check to see if we added any ascorbic acid with our old...

Actually got home early enough today to get out in my garden and yard before it got dark. Surprised myself with a haul of eggplant, zukes, green peppers. and a 1/2 bu. box full of my own organic apples! :D Pretty awesome it is almost October and here in Vermont ( for that matter most...

"Hey its just the way we have always done things" :rolleyes: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/business/irs-says-coca-cola-owes-3-3-billion-in-taxes.html?_r=0 Got to love it! :D

Volunteer pumpkins found in my compost pile today! :D

Well the pine board floor won out. Probably for several reasons...local lumber yard account, free delivery, help unloading, and price mainly being the deciding factor. And of course since my boss really couldn't make up his mind so we kind of made it for him. :rolleyes: Now I only get a couple...

Being its a rainy day I'm just catching up my growing and farming news reports over the past week since the Holiday. Outbreaks in over half the country at least 27 states... :eek: Salmonella Outbreak Causes Massive US Cucumber Recall : News : Food World News According to the U.S. Centers...

So what do you do when you get rained out...you cook right! :wink: No outdoor market today been steady rain showers so I got to pickle up some more of my hot peppers...jalapeno, wax and cherry, plus made stuffed sweet peppers and eggplant parm too along with cooking another pot of sauce for...

Finally had a decent rain shower last night after what has s been a good couple of weeks of brutal 80-90 degree weather. Had to toss a whole set of green bell peppers they just shriveled up on the plants due to lack of water and the direct hot sun. Some tomatoes got sunburned but overall were...

The big ones are nice, powerful and heavy. And they work pretty darn good :D Did I say heavy! :confused2: But having just one just doesn't realy cut it if you want to use them often for most general assembly jobs. Control is much more important. I have some single speed Milwaukee impacts...

A big hot pepper harvest tonight. Hungarian Wax, Hot Portugal. Hot Italian Cherry and Jalapeño. No chilies though got planted though and too bad because they are favorite of mine too...grill roasted and stuffed with cheese! :D Everything else is still yielding heavy right now too! Eggplant...

Allright finally pickled my first batch of hot wax peppers. About a 40 oz jar! :D My plan WAS for doing this back on Monday my supposedly day off but I got it done today. Plus did another oven dish full of my garden green bell stuffed peppers smothered in mozzarella ( I cheated a wee bit the...

Finally got those photos...

Not doing too bad for abut 70 days since the last good frost here ;) Picked a good amount of tomato's today along with green bell peppers, Hungarian wax peppers, gladiolas and blueberries. I'm letting the next round of eggplant stay on the plants for a couple more days. This is way more than I...

Holy crapolly...now that's just plain nasty! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODf7760HwNY&feature=youtu.be Now I never intentionally treat my tools that rough but guess you never know what just might happen. :D

Tonights table...full size tomatoes, plus cherry's, green bell peppers, cubanelles, and tons of squashes. As a community alert PLEASE do not leave squash alone! :) Picked more blueberries too!

Anybody read upon this yet... Is this too much to ask for? Just for a selective few or the everyday guy too? "The Tool Control is really awesome on these drills and impacts as you can actually go in and set the exact RPM and torque levels for each of the tools 4 settings" Today?s Biggest...

So are the earlier design Dewalt bits? I had a pile of them today :D

Ohh man but do people buy all that stuff...I sold ALL the T handled allen sets both metric and standard ones you know the cute colored ones just like HF has ;) My boss didn't even know what they were...he asked me what are these anyways? ;) Cripes they were asking for stuff I didn't even have...

Wow hey my Boss bought a cheap tool business and he wants me to market them now for him...along with 50 million other things he asks me to do ;) So I set up my first day of sales today I haven't unpacked all the boxes yet but there's wrenches and pliers and bolt cutters, hammers and...

Snapped a pic of ours today...I really like them. Water is always instantly cold, and they are quality units.

Well here's my first batch! Just made it now. 4 types of zucchini, diced tomatoes, cubanelle pepper and onion, seasoned with fresh cut celery, parsley, marjoram, basil,and greek oregano from my herb garden. :D I have it all growing except for the vadalia onion and of course my own tomates...

Oh man I know that the lumber hardware store owners buys me an ice cream every afternoon at 2pm and sometimes breakfast at the lunch counter if I am early enough but geeze these driver bits I bought today where just total crap...I really couldn't believe it... all I was doing was driving...

I have a mystery plant self seeded on the edge of my gladiolus patch...I think it's a pumpkin! :D

Weeded my garden yesterday just before more showers came in for the rest of day (and looks more for today too). :( Cousa squash, the Burpee variety has been yielding heavy and my Costata Romanesco zucchini are forming up nicely. I like them pretty big for frying in olive oil. Eggplant, Harris...

Give me some suggestions... My boss wants the upstairs in his new barn finished so he needs a finished floor over the construction subfloor which is real mess from paint and wallboard compound. Its got to be wood of some form no adhesive tiles or lino Consulting with my independent lumber...

Awesome new Milwaukee releases coming this year...a cordless miter saw and new 9.0 High Demand 18V battery

This parts diagram shows the internal brake view and the linkage shaft and with the first diagram supplied by Tx Jim you can see the entire setup from pedal to friction disc

no slip all nylon gloves... Bought a pair...I love em digging in the dirt, mud, or handling greenhouse materials, tools or machinery. Problem though local hardware store had them for $7.00 a pair and when the guys at work saw them they ALL wanted me to get them some too. So I searched online...

Is there any good ones? Can actually be depended on? Be secure in knowing a light load wont fall out? They bought one today from a chain auto parts store its total piece of junk. Plastic clips that slip the strap with the slightest pressure. Wont last me the weekend I figure and I'm actually...

The last thing I need to do right now with all my other job priorities is get into this but the owners son decide to change the blades on the Woods BrushBull we use to cut at the orchard where I work. So after him wasting 5 hours getting nowhere giving little love taps with a 3lb hammer thru...

Well the Pittsburgh pin punches didn't break so I guess they don't suck. Took a 3lb ball pein hammer to drive out these never been removed frozen up old 1/4" roll pins to swap over from a Cat 2 set up to Cat 1 today. Better to have the turned down starter tip style for roll pins though :D

Did you look under the tractor to see if any of the pedal linkage system failed? This attached photo shows all the linkage asy on a 4700HST On my 4100 I had a similar situation where the pedal just went down to the floor and after investigating I realized the dampener rod had become...

My go to tow vehicle the Boss's old 3/4 ton PU Chevy has pretty much been put out to pasture nowadays and doesn't want me road towing the JD 4320 with it anymore so now he says that he wants me to tow with a different truck...a Ford Diesel Dump he bought used. "Hey I got great deal on it!"...

Wow! Owners make decision to put down escaped bison - WRGB CBS6 - Top Stories

What do you think of this oil can? Sweet hey :D I usually just use clean motor oil

What about one designed for motorcycle belt drives?

Right now Milwaukee Tool is offering the brushed version hammer drill/impact driver combo with choice of floodlight or xtra XC battery. CPO looks to have the best price. I have that 2607 hammer drill

I have an interesting cutoff saw Craftsman sold only for a short time many years ago. Often referred to as a siding saw. It's 7 1/2" portable twin beam "radial" compound miter saw with a ten inch stroke and aluminum table was like $225 new. I would probably be very lucky to get $100....more...

JD parts lets you search online with diagrams and part numbers. You can also cross reference a part number to see what other models use the same part. Like the loader valve is the same for 4010, 4100, 4110, 4115, 2210, 2320, 2520, 2720, 2305, 2023R, 2027R Also you can search those part numbers...

You need have the aux hydraulic BLOCK between your valve and the rockshaft housing like the 4100 uses for rear remotes. JD doesn't list that block part for a 4010 but they both use the same part number for the valve so I don't know why it wouldn't work except for clearance issue with the fender...

Haha! I have had a pair of gloves for years I only use when handling the diesel. They are kept right there by the fuel and funnel...bet they have a pretty good BTU rating by now too! :rolleyes:

This is my favorite Zucchini EVER! Costata-romanesco Has such a distinct flavor and pan fry it or grill oven bake breaded slices just like breaded eggplant. I especially like the ridges..looks cool when its cut! :D I have tried a lot of different zucchini's...even grew a GMO one once...

So quite a while back we had a good long thread on the Non Contact Infrared Thermometers when I was looking to buy one. I was really concerned about their accuracy at that time. Online reviews seemed to be all over the board. It was like a hit and miss it seemed. And I did get one that I have...

Okay cooked my very last batch of garden tomatoes today for sauce and made EGGPLANT PARM...mangia! :D

Vesey's has always has been one my seed supplier choices for years I wear this hat to work most everyday in the cold weather! :laughing:

Shoot I make stuffed peppers all the time when I am harvesting peppers from my garden. The elongated cubanelles make a great stuffed pepper too... One of my favorites dishes! :D I also grow green Chiles and when I buy seeds I look for the largest producing ones So then you can stuff...

I love Strawberry Rhubarb Pie! :D In fact I like all kinds of pie. Pumpkin, Pecan, Peach, Blueberry...and especially Apple pie. Earlier in this thread I said I didn't bake but I have made myself fresh baked Apple Pie at home several times before Down at work we have a industrial...

The Laurentian rutabaga we grow around here is yellow fleshed and taste slightly on the bitter side. Canadian heritage...Saint Lawrence river valley I believe is how the name is derived. Many of the commercially available ones in store in New England are grown in Quebec Province of Canada Its...

Haha funny story...they can get pretty big too. Not too many folks want the big one but there are a few...softball sized or slightly larger seems to be the most popular. It is difficult, at least for us, to maintain a uniformity in the crop but we're getting better at it. One year my boss...

You said it! :D Rutabaga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I guess a lot of folks don't know about our esteemed local rutabaga (turnip) heritage here in Western Mass or Southern Vermont The Gilfeather turnip is Vermont bred, Wardsboro VT lays claim to that variety And over the border into...

Geez jus seen the latest 18V floodlight from Ryobi. I have to say its a really decent design with the 2x4 hanger and especially handy is the 120V plug in receptacle for unlimited use. Plus with these LED types of light there is so much less heat than with a halogen bulb. I have the Milwaukee...

Well now ain't that just soo cute with all the purty colors :D 6 Piece Metric Color Combo Wrench Set I have 5 pc gear wrench set In chrome :rolleyes:

I just viewed this online Anyone else seen it yet? Lumber Liquidators linked to health and safety violations - CBS News

I have a lower end version of the same manufacturer's clamp meter the 202A. Good reviews on Amazon For less than $25. Its decent well made, simple little meter for doing ac/dc volts AC amps and diode continuity testing and I'm happy with it. The big brother here is the 204 about twice as much...

You know they have pretty much same thing going on Amazon... AKPower® Milwaukee M12 12V 3000mAh Lithium-Ion Battery for Milwaukee 48-11-2440 48-11-2402 M12 XC Lithium-Ion Cordless Tool Battery Rechargerable Li-ion Battery - - Amazon.com It is clearly a 3.0ah battery but also being advertised...

Wow this off Ag Clips this morning Fraud, deception alleged in sale of family farm in Dudley - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com Banksters and Lawyers who'd a thunk it hey :rolleyes: I'm posting this here because of the rural/farming nature of the family involved and the importance...

Oh I'm sure there be plenty enough snow still when you get there! I just cleared out maybe 10" of snow altogether a good 6" which fell last night on top of another 4"-5" that was already down and I didn't bother with earlier in the week. I'm starting to run out places to stack it all! :D...

Anybody still have some? You know what I'm taking about...the fruits of your labors from your garden or orchard endeavors. What else right :D I getting down to the nitty gritty this time of year. Used up all my pickled hot peppers now, and the local onions I had gotten from another grower...

All right its winter for me I'm off of work for a while so I relax and sometimes watch DVD movies. I'm probably showing my age but I just finished watching the 2009 release of Star Trek with Chris Pine as Captain Kirk AGAIN! Its like at least the 3rd time I have watched it :laughing: I grew up...

I like to snow shoe. I have several pairs of aluminum frames. I really like the newer style ratchet type bindings Years ago I had the wood and rawhide with the leather bindings. Any pair of them I ever see anymore is as a wall decoration. :D My contractor bud spent a couple of his formative...

I'm with you there Moss... Nothing like a good ol' tool bucket :D

Also seen this recently... Is that a toolbox? Nooo...its A COOLBOX :rolleyes: The https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k-S79o3e8Mcoolbox If you want you can give them the startup money (I guess they need money to build the worlds smartest toolbox :) )...

We should have a place to post all those tools and/or accessories we just can't do without (or that were told we can't) How did we EVER get by before such modern innovations were invented Ladder Grabber EXT Review | Pro Tool Reviews Obviously there always someone somewhere feels that an...