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I was looking for a rebuilt motor for my truck, I ran across a new motor for $2,400 but you had to assemble it...
That's exactly what I'm talking about.My problem with having tools is that now that I hardly ever use them they just sit there. No one will buy them for what they are worth so before I die (MAYBE) I'll just give them away.
I'm going the try a rough cut with a jigsaw...then finishing cuta with the franken-metal-bandsaw...Hell yeah, some snips, a press break, and a MIG....at least for me...
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A HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS?!?!?!
Hell...I can make that...
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That and the great MOPAR caper..You can blame GM for those. Something about needing Phillips heads for something and somehow they couldn't buy them or were refused and they invented the torx head.My problem is that these days you need a special bit for just about everything. I mean why the hell can they not just use standard or philips heads and stop it with the 100 different star bits where you have to have precisely the right one to not round off the head.
They call those brakes for some odd reason.I'm going the try a rough cut with a jigsaw...then finishing cuta with the franken-metal-bandsaw...Hell yeah, some snips, a press break, and a MIG....at least for me...
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A HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS?!?!?!
Hell...I can make that...
Making a tool...
Seems like every project I undertake requires making a tool, fabricating a jig or modifying an existing tool...today it was a stand to hold a portable metal cutting bandsaw...doesn't look like much, but it will get the job done and only cost the price of a dowel and some screws...and a piece...
...and a 30 inch harbor freight bender.
I bought a bit kit some years back from Taskforce, and it has...with a few exceptions...covered that particular frustration quite admirably for a cheap set. The ratchet and bit driver were worthless...but a few upgrades and some additions over the years have made it even more useful...My problem is that these days you need a special bit for just about everything. I mean why the hell can they not just use standard or philips heads and stop it with the 100 different star bits where you have to have precisely the right one to not round off the head.
I was skeptical...but my wife turned me on to those goofy screws. They come witha bit...and too be honest...if you're power driving them in...they are actually very convenient...as they stick onto the drive, drive straight and don't strip nearly as easily as phillips do. JHMO...YMMV.Regardless, is it really that necessary to have a different torx head on each brand deck screw?
Had that issue on the wife's brake rotors. Rotor had a acrew that held rotor on hub with a small torx type head, stripped immediately. After spraying a bunch of lubricant, I hammered a allen bit in and luckily got it free with an impact driver. Figured I had one chance and it worked.Often in a pinch you can use an allen wrench on a torx screw, but only if it's not torqued down all the way.
"Torx+ plus screw's require a Torx+ plus tools for easy removal".
Unless it's a security bit and you have to be a licensed law enforcement agent in order to possess it.Regardless, is it really that necessary to have a different torx head on each brand deck screw?
They must be heavier than they look in the pics.I'm going the try a rough cut with a jigsaw...then finishing cuta with the franken-metal-bandsaw...Hell yeah, some snips, a press break, and a MIG....at least for me...
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A HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS?!?!?!
Hell...I can make that...
Making a tool...
Seems like every project I undertake requires making a tool, fabricating a jig or modifying an existing tool...today it was a stand to hold a portable metal cutting bandsaw...doesn't look like much, but it will get the job done and only cost the price of a dowel and some screws...and a piece...
...and a 30 inch harbor freight bender.
BreaksThey call those brakes for some odd reason.I'm going the try a rough cut with a jigsaw...then finishing cuta with the franken-metal-bandsaw...Hell yeah, some snips, a press break, and a MIG....at least for me...
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A HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS?!?!?!
Hell...I can make that...
Making a tool...
Seems like every project I undertake requires making a tool, fabricating a jig or modifying an existing tool...today it was a stand to hold a portable metal cutting bandsaw...doesn't look like much, but it will get the job done and only cost the price of a dowel and some screws...and a piece...
...and a 30 inch harbor freight bender.
where the hell did you come up with that crap???Unless it's a security bit and you have to be a licensed law enforcement agent in order to possess it.Regardless, is it really that necessary to have a different torx head on each brand deck screw?
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Yes, submit to cuffs!Unless it's a security bit and you have to be a licensed law enforcement agent in order to possess it.Regardless, is it really that necessary to have a different torx head on each brand deck screw?
So my locking lug nuts on my wheels are illegal?
Bender barely bent it...They must be heavier than they look in the pics.
try using a leather sand bag as an anvil if youre going to hammer out contours,,F'ed it up...a little.
Tried putting a little shape onto it with a little ball peen hammer.
That didn't work...
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So...franken-bandsaw to the rescue.
Emergency redesign and back I business...
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So you're doing better work than the average body shop?try using a leather sand bag as an anvil if youre going to hammer out contours,,
