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The robust and powerful Power Rotary Tool - PRT is designed for cutting challenging fibrous materials inexpensively and reliably.
Awesome Tool roll collaboration with Lemolo Bags!! These things rule and are super versatile. They are space great for Brooks style saddle loops but will strap on any saddle, handlebars, racks, toptubes, pretty much any where you wanna stick it. And, they come stocked with Full Size tools!! From the tiniest Park allen wrench up to 8mm, 8-11 mm box style Park wrenches, Topeak full sized chain tool, two Tire levers, a green spoke wrench and even that chainring bolt tool no one ever has around! Also has little bungees for keepin a tube of your choice in the roll. I couldn't be more excited on how these came out, Elias at Lemolo is amazing and really nailed this. They are $120 fully loaded with tools and ready to ship.
This is a set of tools to adjust valve clearances on Honda Magna motorcycles. It consists of an unusual looking clamp that pulls the camshaft up tight on one end, and a very elongated 10mm box wrench.
Out with the old.
I got this a few years ago at costco for probably about 30 bucks. When I showed it to my neighbor he said, Yeah, my wife bought me that same pussy set for christmas last year.
Well...some parts of it are cool...the hole saw, for example, has worked quite well over the years.
But mostly it really sucks. Almost every time I have used one of the smaller drill bits I have broken it (probably why they give you ten of each) and unless I’m drilling into soft wood they break before they even make the hole. Don’t even think about drilling into metal with them.
The screw tips (screwdriver bits for screwguns) have all broken the first time out of the box as well.
So...this was a good lesson on you get what you pay for when it comes to tools and stuff. Yes it was cheap...but for the most part, it’s cheap crap. I’m sure that an a few more years the case will be in the trash and the few surviving bits and stuff will just be in my toolbox.
In my defense...I bought this when I was a rookie carpenter having just recently started working for Dan and at that time when I bought stuff like this or circular saw blades or whatever I was working with the idea that I would buy the cheaper stuff in more varieties as I learned what I like I would replace those tools with the good stuff. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Like, for example my ten dollar pack of circular saw blades that I bought back then too. It has about half a dozen high speed steel blades in various tooth patterns for different purposes. “Great” I thought...”I’ll use these and decide which one I like and then buy that one in a good carbide tipped blade.” Well...I tried a couple of them out. The cheap crap blades tended to get hot and the teeth dulled making the blade hotter and so on. I don’t even think I got 5 or 10 cuts out of them before they were so dull I was afraid they would set the wood on fire rather than cut it. So I finally switched (on this project actually) to the multi-purpose carbide tipped blade that game with the darn saw in the first place and I haven’t looked back since. It’ll probably be years before I even have to get that blade sharpened...or just get a new one for ten bucks.
So what’s the lesson here?
Avoid cheap tools.
They break. They wear out. And they make the job harder to do before they go.
That’s why my tools now tend to be Yellow and Black :o)
Ahhh...a table of little hand tools. Whether you're trying to prise a screw from a piece of electronics or the fair share of a restaurant check from a friend, dental tools are a good answer.
Area under Tool Room, with wooden bars on front, mesh in back. Upside-down crate marked PR-C (Public Relations-C). Possible box of checks in lower right corner. Clothing and other items.
Photograph from the FBI released under the Freedom of Information Act. Courtesy the Jonestown Institute.
Awesome Tool roll collaboration with Lemolo Bags!! These things rule and are super versatile. They are space great for Brooks style saddle loops but will strap on any saddle, handlebars, racks, toptubes, pretty much any where you wanna stick it. And, they come stocked with Full Size tools!! From the tiniest Park allen wrench up to 8mm, 8-11 mm box style Park wrenches, Topeak full sized chain tool, two Tire levers, a green spoke wrench and even that chainring bolt tool no one ever has around! Also has little bungees for keepin a tube of your choice in the roll. I couldn't be more excited on how these came out, Elias at Lemolo is amazing and really nailed this. They are $120 fully loaded with tools and ready to ship.
I use all of these tools almost everyday. I trimmed them all out with either walrus, elephant or mastadon ivory. I know....not very p.c., but I've had the ivory for nigh on 30 years now. I bought a 10 pound lot of scraps and trimmings from a knife manufacturer that went out of business back in the day....it's perfect for the small pieces I use. I've loaded huge original files if you want to really see detail of all this.
Seen this Porsche at JD Classics in Mayfair London, its not registered in the UK yet. For more info and pictures, click link below
www.jdclassics.co.uk/showrooms/Porsche-930-Turbo-LM/11897...
The origins of the Porsche 930 can be traced back to the late 1960s when Porsche began to experiment with turbocharging for their race cars. By 1972 they had developed a turbocharged version of the 911 for homologation purposes and this became the basis of the Porsche 930, which was generally known to the public as the 911 Turbo. The engine for this car was developed by Ernst Fuhrmann who adapted the turbocharging technology originally used in the 917 race cars to produce a 3 litre, 6 cylinder unit that developed almost 260 b.h.p. Harnessing this power was a stronger gearbox, redesigned suspension system, larger brakes and wider rear wheels. Coupled with a new "whale tail" rear spoiler, which helped cool the engine and provide additional downforce, the new 930 was a potent yet highly tractable sports car.
As sometimes happens with limited production run cars, particularly those conceived from racing origins, the response from the public was far stronger than expected and the road going version quickly achieved cult status. In response to the strong demand, Porsche expanded the production run and continued to develop the model, with the first significant change occurring in 1978 with an increase in engine capacity from 3 to 3.3 litres and the addition of an air-to-air intercooler, which helped reduce the temperature of the pressurised air charge and raised the power output to 300 b.h.p. Other changes included upgraded brakes, based on the 917 racing design, and a raised rear spoiler, to accommodate the new intercooler.
Recently arrived, the example offered is a 1978-model and comes in the very rare original colour combination of Olive Green with Cork leather interior and Olive Tartan seat inserts. Only two examples were produced in this fabulous colour and this car is the only survivor, the other having been written off in an accident and scrapped. Built on 20th June 1978 to the lightest and most desirable German specification of single wing mirror no A/C and no sunroof, it was originally delivered to a Mr Heinrich JanBeu of Rheurdt in North West Germany. The second owner, a Dr Paulusma, took possession in 1994 and the car subsequently moved to Holland where it stayed with only one further change in ownership until 2016 when it moved to Oxfordshire. The car was regularly serviced from new at approved Porsche garages as evidenced in the original service records book, which accompanies the car. It is presented today in immaculate condition having had one professional bare-metal repaint (with photographic record) for show purposes whilst retaining its original, and as factory delivered, paint finish to both the engine bay and under bonnet areas. This fully detailed matching numbers car also retains its complete original interior, its original body panels and comes with it's full compliment of original tool kit, jack, spare tyre air pump and gloves etc. Extensive history file detailing the ownership, maintenance and restoration of this wonderful and unique car.
There are a few items that belonged to my grandparents that I have kept and used regularly. This rake is one of those things. I love this old metal rake, with its old wooden handle, and I prefer it to any newer rake that is stored in my garage. So I am giving this its own portrait.
Celtic knotwork motifs with a little embellishment on the purple bags taken from the card woven bands on the web page of Kurt Laitenberger. I wove them in Andean pebble weave. The motifs on the blue bags are inspired by Andean textiles.
You can buy my ebook on this technique here...
Tool steel cut with a jeweler's saw (patience... patience...) from larger stock, then ground on a bench grinder. The one on the far left was forged by heating with a torch and hitting with a hammer. Then they were annealed by heating to a dull red with the torch and air cooled. Next step will be to file them to refine shapes and buff.
My favorite one is the half-round third from the right. Actually, all of the small stock worked out well. Especially since it was the first time I ever used a bench grinder.
I liked the shot to begin with but liked it even better after the post processing. I think it really shows the gritty texture and age of these. This was taken in my Dads workshop where he used to tinker around with various projects. These drawers were used to store all sorts of tools.
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Feb 23/12 a woman is renovating a room in my friends' new home. i liked how colourful her tools were. no, that's not a euphemism.
After I left my perch on the Esplanade steps, firemen responded to an alert in the same building. I switched from the workshop"s assigned active photography to reactive for a bit.
Later, the workshop members wondered, and so did I, why I had a shot of the firemen reaching for tools, but none of the obvious next step, i.e. them with those tools. It turns out I'm not as gormless as I thought. Here one chooses a sledge hammer; the other wields a large steel claw. They really wanted in somewhere.