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My garage is a disaster lol. I have to wait for some good weather to empty it wall to wall. When we bought the house the guy taped and mudded but never sanded anything. I'm going to do it all then primer/paint it and purge whatever we don't need/use. Eventually it'll be me the sled and the sxs enjoying our space lol

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Went slumming it today after breakfast and picking up some light bulbs.

Picked up 3 screwin tools at the local bargain store.  1 Wiha (Germany) and 2 Enderes (made in MN) for $7, all new.  

Stopped at the sketchy pawn shop and found a made in the US Craftsman in/lb torque wrench for $20, really nice.  Will have it the QA department at work check it out for me.

When I say sketchy, I mean the type of pawn shop that keeps basketball hats and shoes behind locked glass cabinets and Snap On power tools out in the open type of place.

 

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5 minutes ago, racinfarmer said:

Who thinks the sketchy $20 pawn shop torque wrench will be better then 10% accurate?

Tomorrow is D-day utilizing a Torque-Tronics box.  

I’d be curious.  I’ve got an old “clicky” that works like a charm after 20 years.

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It appears as though I have won this round of sketchy pawn shop roulette.

I handed the $20 Craftsman 25-250in/lb torque wrench off to the QA lab at work for them to check.

At 200 in/lb it was accurate to around +8%.

At 100 in/lb it was accurate to around +5%.

At 50 in/lb it was accurate to around +.5%.

Not bad for $20. 

 

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7 minutes ago, racinfarmer said:

It appears as though I have won this round of sketchy pawn shop roulette.

I handed the $20 Craftsman 25-250in/lb torque wrench off to the QA lab at work for them to check.

At 200 in/lb it was accurate to around +8%.

At 100 in/lb it was accurate to around +5%.

At 50 in/lb it was accurate to around +.5%.

Not bad for $20. 

 

I’ll, give ya 30 buck for it and a Val’s burger,!

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1 minute ago, racinfarmer said:

I haven't had Val's since last year.  Probably last summer.  

I’m normally in St. Cloud around 3-430  each Tuesday! Call it an early dinner, burger ( cheese ) fries and delivery of my new wrench? 

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7 hours ago, racinfarmer said:

It appears as though I have won this round of sketchy pawn shop roulette.

I handed the $20 Craftsman 25-250in/lb torque wrench off to the QA lab at work for them to check.

At 200 in/lb it was accurate to around +8%.

At 100 in/lb it was accurate to around +5%.

At 50 in/lb it was accurate to around +.5%.

Not bad for $20. 

 

I had to go back and see the “in/lb”.  I was like, WTF?!?!?

:lol:

Good error range indeed!

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Picked up a new backpack blower, Time to retire the old Solo 472..been a good blower for the past 10 years..On to a Husky 560. Have to re-wire the trailer today, that's always fun.

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2 minutes ago, Rigid1 said:

Picked up a new backpack blower, Time to retire the old Solo 472..been a good blower for the past 10 years..On to a Husky 560. Have to re-wire the trailer today, that's always fun.

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Hey , always much quicker to just replace it then troubleshoot it. The trailer wiring that is.

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2 minutes ago, steve from amherst said:

Hey , always much quicker to just replace it then troubleshoot it. The trailer wiring that is.

I've been debating that, just running to Walmart and grabbing a whole kit

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19 minutes ago, Rigid1 said:

I've been debating that, just running to Walmart and grabbing a whole kit

Takes 10 minutes to wire , and it's new. Not all cracked and shit. I have 5 trailers. I started replacing instead of fixing 10 yrs ago.

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