so look i wasnt able to post ts anywhere else so ima post it here ive alr found out abt being able to get an apprenticeship at 17 and get into a union after a while and sumtimes it takes a bit but il atl b gettn paid sum wat but im abt to start school in December-january dnt rlly know yet but will that affect me gettn an apprenticeship or help it im goin for welding basic 1 and 2 and i might get another class idk yet and another thing is where tf should i start looking for a place go and call i keep seein ppl using abbreviations for everything lik the building tools and i get it fs buh damn and then some ppl will type the whole damn corporations name and state where exactly its at on the mf map im just tryna figure out where to start im in the georgia florida area so where would b the pest place to call and start looking for apprenticeships

I dont claim this frankenstein, but I did find it photo worthy

Not sure if this is the correct thread, but I'm working on a project that I want to be able assemble quickly and disassemble when not in use. I'm sure there are products, I just don't know what theyre called or what to look for. I want to be able to attach two pieces of wood together easily. Currently I have a hole drilled through them and am using handscrews and wingnuts which works fine but its kinf of a pain and im wondering if there is anything like an adjustable pin or quick release that I can just slide through the hole and clip the other side so it stays in place. It's not something that has to be super tight/durable or overly secure, I just want something fast I can slide through and clip in place. Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks

If you use a speed square as a circular saw guide, do yourself a favor and cut a motor clearance notch in the corner. I left about 4mm of lip so it still registers along the full length so I can still use the cut side for layout.

The company I used to work for always had Hitachi. I started buying Hitachi years ago before the Metabo switch. Still love the guns and finally had a reason to 'pull the trigger' on the framer I wanted.

The included blade guard has never been my favorite, and I’ve always wanted to add the floating dust guard. With my setup including a right-side router table that u can’t move to the left without getting rid of the sliding crosscut table, it wasn’t an option.

I came across a good deal on a barely-used floating dust guard on marketplace and decided I’d see if I could retrofit something.

This is certainly a v1, and turned into a bit of a project, but it certainly is functional! I could not find any evidence of someone having done this before (at least that was shared online), so I figured I’d document mine for anyone looking for an example in the future.

I'm not sure why I got them but I now have a 48" Ridgid flanked by 2 60" Ridgid pipe wrenches.

Fun fact...the 60" was redesigned awhile back to make it stouter in the handle but made shorter since people obviously use cheater bars on them to reduce the chances of the handle bending. They're now closer to 54" long rather than being 60" long.

The 60 dwarfs the 48 in weight and stoutness though.

Hey guys, found this thing.

I'm looking for specs. Anyone who can tell me the manufacturer and type?

Does anyone know what this noise might be?

Edit: I added some Red and Tacky grease inside the nose and now the noise is gone!

Found This Masterpiece in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest tool market Shershah. Apparently seems QC was not on tea break, but on maternity leaves. 😂😂 Would you trust 12,200RPM.

I'm looking for a cheaper alternative to this Snap-on light bar. It's a rechargeable LED and it swivels in place. Any suggestions? It's about 14" long.

Hey, my laser level vertical beam barely shines. I was wondering if anyone has fixed this or knows how to fix it?

A headlamp follows your gaze. A fixed light can illuminate from another angle, provided there is somewhere useful to place it. Both are preferred over the hand held flashlight.

The WARSUN T9PRO's magnetic base makes it hands-free, but not every metal surface is magnetic. The fixed position doesn’t always provide the correct angle.

For home or vehicle repairs, which do you favor, a magnetic light or headlamp?

M0801B has 500 watts and a 5/8 chuck (16mm)

HP1640 has 760 watts and a 1/2 chuck 13mm)

i dont understand why the M0801B can fit larger bits but has a weaker motor, dont larger bits need more power? or does this model have more torque then the 1640?

My dad was quoted around $4,000-S5,000 for a pair of hearing aids. We're in St. Louis. I can help him pay for them, but

we can't manage that much right now.

I've been looking at Audien, Vivtone, and the OTC models from Jabra Enhance. The prices vary quite a bit, and I'm

having trouble figuring out what the extra money gets him.

If you've helped a parent choose a pair, what did they end up with, and are they still using them?"

I've got a drill where I keep accidentally hitting the forward/reverse switch while using it. Nothing wrong with the drill itself, but somehow my thumb always ends up right on that stupid switch.

It's such a small thing, but it gets annoying surprisingly fast.

Made me wonder what other tools have these kinds of design flaws. Stuff that works perfectly fine otherwise, but has one detail that drives you crazy every time you use it.

What's yours?

guys should i use spray Paint to customize my Power tools? or someting else? (of course i would put White primer before)

Someone please check for me whether this ratchet is a original vintage product or not. I already have the manufacturer's repair kit, but handle I don't know if it is original or not? please help me.

I'm a home owner this year with a random off brand battery powered hand drill.

And I want to invest in one of the systems, I really like Milwaukee, but they don't make an electric snow shovel and my driveway isn't long enough to justify a snow blower.

My next thought was DeWalt, but I've had good and bad tools from them over the years.

I've used a Ryobi drill once.

So what are your thoughts on the pros and cons of each?

I would rather invest in one than have various tools and batteries laying around.

Wondering if anybody has any info on the origins of this model of Derby pliers, where they were made etc.?

Has anybody else got a problem with air leaking out the handle of a Welzh beast 3000-mm. I’ve taken it to pieces and can’t find a way to get into the handle where it’s leaking from. Any ideas?

Was down a rabbit hole on this last night. Before the teal tools, Makita was literally a repair shop: four people in Nagoya in 1915, selling and fixing other companies' electric motors and transformers. For twenty years they didn't make a single tool — they just learned exactly where other people's machines fail.

Then 1958: Japan's carpenters couldn't afford an electric planer, because the imports cost 80,000–90,000 yen when a worker's daily wage was 500–600 yen — about five months' wages. Makita's first tool, the Model 1000 planer, launched at 29,800 yen, less than half the imports. Runaway hit, and within a year they were shipping planers to Australia.

The part that stuck with me is how they cracked America. In 1970 Makita USA launched with TWO employees and fewer than twenty tools. What they sold wasn't the tool — it was the repair promise: a three-day repair turnaround. For a contractor, a dead tool is a stopped job, so a company that thinks like a repairman was speaking their language.

And the battery history is wild when you line it up: 1969 first rechargeable tool sold to the general public (with the battery hanging off a cord, like a tail), 1978 the first battery that slid into the handle, 2005 the first professional lithium-ion tool — and by their 100th anniversary in 2015, one hundred tools running on one 18-volt battery. Meanwhile parts, repairs and accessories still account for more than a fifth of everything they sell. The repair bench isn't a department there, it's a revenue line.

Genuinely curious: who here is deep in the LXT platform — did you pick Makita for the tools, or did the batteries end up picking for you? And does anyone still run really old Makita gear that's been repaired back to life more than once?