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From: JayC on 23 Nov 2009 13:11 > Save your receipt. Not that I know anything or have ever heard of Evolv, but I > bought a very pretty (satin-black finish, very workmanlike) set of open ends at > Harbor Freight. The first time I used one (the oil drain bolt on my pickup) it > broke. I returned and got what I thought would be a nicer set, but I haven't > used it yet. I thought about it (since you DO need a receipt for the lifetime guarantee - might even be the case for Craftsman now too), but it's not worth generating that level of organization for $9. JayC
From: I am Tosk on 23 Nov 2009 13:57 In article <c98c766f-9090-4db9-9f47- 381b871ee7ee(a)o31g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>, jwc(a)sysmatrix.net says... > > > Save your receipt. �Not that I know anything or have ever heard of Evolv, but I > > bought a very pretty (satin-black finish, very workmanlike) set of open ends at > > Harbor Freight. �The first time I used one (the oil drain bolt on my pickup) it > > broke. �I returned and got what I thought would be a nicer set, but I haven't > > used it yet. > > I thought about it (since you DO need a receipt for the lifetime > guarantee - might even be the case for Craftsman now too), but it's > not worth generating that level of organization for $9. > > JayC I pulled over to a Snap-Along truck the other day and whipped out my broken 1/4 inch ratchet. He rebuilt it on the spot and noted that I could make it last longer if I oiled it once in a while... Didn't try to sell me anything, made me wonder who he was and what he did with the driver;) Rowdy Mouse Racing, I like my tools like my women... I will leave the rest up to your dirty minds...
From: The Real Bev on 23 Nov 2009 23:10 john wrote: > "The Real Bev" < >> ...Proto makes really beautiful pliers that don't pinch your >> finger if you grab them the wrong way. >> > ...nice for those > hard to reach spots where you plan on replacing the > fastener with a new one any how.. We could always recognize a car that my son's friend Patrick had worked on by the rounded boltheads and nuts. I have no idea what he used for a screwdriver, but his other tool was a pair of pliers. >>>> Rowdy Mouse Racing, I like to keep things easy, that's why I stay on the >>>> track... >>> >>> dude where did you purchase the boob >>> shaped wrenches or was that wrench >>> shaped wenches, nevermind I'm sure >>> bev can set me straight on this. >>> she has the "gift" of clear typing.. >> >> You're just impressed because I have a working 'shift' key. I don't think a >> wrench-shaped wench would be exactly what you had in mind, although I can see >> possibilities for wench-shaped wrenches providing you like wenches with really >> short legs and a hole in the head where a brain normally resides. > > Holy batbrains batman she's missing her cranium cavity. > >>> excuse me, i need to go shopping >> >> My 1988 Caddy uses both SAE and metric nuts/bolts/screws. Miserably annoying, >> but at least they only use ONE type of metric fastener (what was the thing with >> Japan using two slightly different metric sizes a couple of decades back?) and >> no Whitworth. > > Whitworth had superior thread profile/angle to prevent galling & stripping > I would have liked Whitworth to be the standard but wars happen and > USA had to ship a bunch of stuff quickly and they used what they had > and the British abandoned Whitworth to have interchangeable parts... Husband had a Triumph in the late 50s, which probably accounts for a few Whitworth tools we have floating around. > I think the metric variety pack had something to do with china/japan I don't they even HAD fasteners in China in the late 60s (early 70s?) Maybe those pretty carved thingies. Wait, those are Japanese. Never mind. > you know why women can't measure, > <holding fingers just apart this much> > because they were told this is 10 inches That also explains why men can't measure up either :-) -- Cheers, Bev ------------------------------------------------------------------ "If you were trying to be offensive, you would have succeeded if I hadn't realized you have no idea what you are talking about." -- FernandoP
From: The Real Bev on 23 Nov 2009 23:17 I am Tosk wrote: > jwc(a)sysmatrix.net says... >> >> > Save your receipt. Not that I know anything or have ever heard of Evolv, but I >> > bought a very pretty (satin-black finish, very workmanlike) set of open ends at >> > Harbor Freight. The first time I used one (the oil drain bolt on my pickup) it >> > broke. I returned and got what I thought would be a nicer set, but I haven't >> > used it yet. >> >> I thought about it (since you DO need a receipt for the lifetime >> guarantee - might even be the case for Craftsman now too), but it's >> not worth generating that level of organization for $9. > > I pulled over to a Snap-Along truck the other day and whipped out my > broken 1/4 inch ratchet. He rebuilt it on the spot and noted that I > could make it last longer if I oiled it once in a while... Didn't try to > sell me anything, made me wonder who he was and what he did with the > driver;) Sears sells ratchet repair kits for a penny -- probably just to keep track. I'm pissed at my grandson. The people who owned the house before left a 1/4" Craftsman ratchet which I only discovered after it had been left out in the rain for two years. I'm pretty sure that Sears won't replace it, but maybe I should give the repair kit a shot. I chewed the kid out royally, but I don't think it sunk in. He's just not a careful kind of kid. I nearly cried when I saw it. I also forbade him to use 'cheap' as an insult when I was around. Sometimes 'cheap' is plenty good enough and it's really stupid to spend big money when you don't have to. > Rowdy Mouse Racing, I like my tools like my women... I will leave the > rest up to your dirty minds... This is the short-legs-hole-in-the-head thing? -- Cheers, Bev ------------------------------------------------------------------ "If you were trying to be offensive, you would have succeeded if I hadn't realized you have no idea what you are talking about." -- FernandoP
From: john on 23 Nov 2009 23:27
"The Real Bev" < > john wrote: > >> "The Real Bev" < >>> ...Proto makes really beautiful pliers that don't pinch your finger if >>> you grab them the wrong way. >>> >> ...nice for those >> hard to reach spots where you plan on replacing the >> fastener with a new one any how.. > > We could always recognize a car that my son's friend Patrick had worked on > by the rounded boltheads and nuts. I have no idea what he used for a > screwdriver, but his other tool was a pair of pliers. > keep him away from my airplanes, i'm obsessive compulsive about their up keep (could eat off the engines)... i'm a little more lax on vehicles i can always walk away from, i'm a decent swimer but not that good so i guess they lie somewhere between functional and near perfect. >>>>> Rowdy Mouse Racing, I like to keep things easy, that's why I stay on >>>>> the >>>>> track... >>>> >>>> dude where did you purchase the boob >>>> shaped wrenches or was that wrench >>>> shaped wenches, nevermind I'm sure >>>> bev can set me straight on this. >>>> she has the "gift" of clear typing.. >>> >>> You're just impressed because I have a working 'shift' key. I don't >>> think a wrench-shaped wench would be exactly what you had in mind, >>> although I can see possibilities for wench-shaped wrenches providing you >>> like wenches with really short legs and a hole in the head where a brain >>> normally resides. >> >> Holy batbrains batman she's missing her cranium cavity. >> >>>> excuse me, i need to go shopping >>> >>> My 1988 Caddy uses both SAE and metric nuts/bolts/screws. Miserably >>> annoying, but at least they only use ONE type of metric fastener (what >>> was the thing with Japan using two slightly different metric sizes a >>> couple of decades back?) and no Whitworth. >> >> Whitworth had superior thread profile/angle to prevent galling & >> stripping >> I would have liked Whitworth to be the standard but wars happen and >> USA had to ship a bunch of stuff quickly and they used what they had >> and the British abandoned Whitworth to have interchangeable parts... > > Husband had a Triumph in the late 50s, which probably accounts for a few > Whitworth tools we have floating around. > i have weapons threaded in whitworth i got rid of the last 50's jag left my garage a decade ago...yet some bolts & electrical nightmares linger on.. >> I think the metric variety pack had something to do with china/japan > > I don't they even HAD fasteners in China in the late 60s (early 70s?) > Maybe those pretty carved thingies. Wait, those are Japanese. Never > mind. are you thinking about those woven finger traps? >> you know why women can't measure, >> <holding fingers just apart this much> >> because they were told this is 10 inches > > That also explains why men can't measure up either :-) > we mesure fine, it's just that we tend to stretch the truth john ## ��� \/ > -- > Cheers, Bev > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > "If you were trying to be offensive, you would have succeeded if I > hadn't realized you have no idea what you are talking about." > -- FernandoP > > |