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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1134925146 Message started by Digger on 12/18/05 at 08:59:06 |
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Title: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by Digger on 12/18/05 at 08:59:06 What's the most expensive tool you've ever bought (with good intentions) and have never used? Me? It was a Colortune kit. http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&itemID=2299&keyword=colortune It seemed like a good idea almost 20 years ago (spent about $30.00 on it then) but it still sits in my toolbox drawer, unused. FOR SALE HERE! (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320581946541&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT) |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by Savage_Rob on 12/18/05 at 10:25:53 The Motion Pro Tappet Adjustment Wench Set http://www.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/assets/product_images/03MotionProTappetAdjustmentWrenchSetLG.gif I bought this thinking it would be easier than the wrench and offset screwdriver routine. It isn't with the Savage. It's high quality but simply a bad choice for this bike. Still, it should prove useful sometime. |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by Ed_L. on 12/18/05 at 11:31:48 A high pressure airless paint sprayer for painting or staining houses. The pigments in the paint would clog up a filter after only a couple of minutes operation. Cost almost $200.00, would of been better off with rollers and paint brushes. Thing was a piece of junk. Automotive tools was a top dead center finder, you screw it into the plug hole and rotate the piston up till it hits the tip of the tool then back off on the tip and try it again. Somehow I don't like the idea of the piston hitting a sharp tip made of steel. |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by PerrydaSavage on 12/23/05 at 09:40:35 "Gater Grip" ... whata piece of crap that is ... |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by BS37066 on 12/23/05 at 09:44:32 The pipe wrenches that incorporate a rubber strap. Seems like it ought to work. ??? Any kitchen chopper gadget. They never work either. |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by Digger on 08/26/10 at 21:25:41 I'm finally getting around to selling my ColorTune kit. FOR SALE HERE! (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320581946541&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT) |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by jspace on 08/26/10 at 21:31:20 has anyone bought a motorcycle jack from harbor freight? i've heard good and bad and i'm planning on picking one up tomorrow. hopefully it won't turn out to be a piece of crap. i've never had any problems with their mechanical tools before. don't think i would invest in any of their electric tools though. |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/26/10 at 22:01:43 AS A bodyman, thereareseveral "specialtytools" needed to be fully equipped. Weall agreed to each buy some of them & share, so we didnt all have the samerarely used &expensive tools. I chose a tool that lays a lap flange into a sheet metal panel & punches holes in thin sheet metal, like a hole punch for paper, just by pivoting the jaws that pinch the flange. It cost around 60 bux. I used it once as a bodyman. It takes up a good bitO room in the tool box. Its been used a couple of times, since I quit doing body work for a living, but it hasnt even come close to paying for itself, but, Ill be patient. Ive only had it about 30 years,,, Ohh, interested potential future owners CAN PM me with an offer... |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by stinger on 08/27/10 at 01:23:04 i have a jack from Harbor Freights and the problem is there isn't much frame under the Savage and it makes it unstable. I guess its pretty solid and works on most other bikes but not ours. |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 08/27/10 at 01:32:28 Could you fab up clamps to hold the frame on the jack? |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by Oldfeller on 08/27/10 at 03:26:34 http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/Stand.JPG Yep, Savage feels a little teetery up on any form of lift, so you rope it down so it can't go anywhere. Trick on a Harbor Freight lift is to rope it off with an inch of lift still remaining, then finish the last inch of lift pulling the ropes nice and tight. I've also learned to take the time to put 2 tie downs per side when doing any heavy torque work like rear tire nut removal. Rear tire removal causes a weight shift on the entire bike, so two tie downs per side is definitely needed !!! I have changed the rear tire with the wooden pivot jack and with this one, so I can say that getting enough lift to GET THE TIRE OUT FROM UNDER THE FENDER is a good thing (with the wooden pivot I had to remove the liscense plate bracket to get the tire outta there). Cost is considerably different though -- wooden pivot jack cost like $5 to make, bike jack was $275 to buy. I considered a rafter lift, but didn't go that way since I leave a bike on the lift for weeks at a time when working on it. Plus with the HF lift you can wheel the bike around and move it sideways, etc as needed. (just remember to rope the sucker down good with two ties per side before doing so or you'll be picking it up off the floor) |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by bill67 on 08/27/10 at 04:14:15 4E636D6D6F780A0 wrote:
I had one of those about 30 years ago. |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by ls650v on 08/27/10 at 04:57:02 There are no tool buying mistakes ;D |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by jef.savage on 08/27/10 at 06:11:04 I bought a 17mm deep socket because Clymer's says the Savage spark plug takes one. Looked all over for a 17mm spark plug socket but couldn't find one. Duh! |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by spacepirates on 08/27/10 at 06:11:24 not buying enough of them :( |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by splash07 on 08/27/10 at 12:58:04 I bought a small gear puller that was a real piece. It was made in china and bent the first time I used it, and it did not even remove the gear I was pulling. |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by Tanker2Biker on 08/27/10 at 15:53:09 11160B0C050710620 wrote:
I have a HF model, and it is OK, but you have to be REAL CAREFUL where you put it. I put some big hooks into the garage wall studs and use the tie downs I use in the truck for transport. I tension it to both sides and front and back, just to be sure. I'd rather do it and not need it than need it and not have done it ;) |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by Tanker2Biker on 08/27/10 at 15:53:38 11160B0C050710620 wrote:
I have a HF model, and it is OK, but you have to be REAL CAREFUL where you put it. I put some big hooks into the garage wall studs and use the tie downs I use in the truck for transport. I tension it to both sides and front and back, just to be sure. I'd rather do it and not need it than need it and not have done it ;) |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by Digger on 08/27/10 at 20:36:11 7877743C61717D647B7E7E77120 wrote:
Funny...the plug on mine (see signature) takes an 18mm deep well socket. YMMV, I guess! |
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Title: Re: What Tool Buying Mistake Have You Made? Post by jef.savage on 08/28/10 at 08:07:44 567B75757760120 wrote:
Funny...the plug on mine (see signature) takes an 18mm deep well socket. YMMV, I guess![/quote] me too, that;s why it was a mistake. |
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