Garage Shop: Tools

When I was in the military, some units paid for it while others didn’t. I worked in the private sector for a few years and they did not want to pay for it. However, I worked general aviation and there wasn’t much safety wire there to even begin to justify a safety gun.

 

We had a couple guns of different sizes on my submarine and they always came in handy for awkward hard to reach spots

 

What's safety wire?

 

Lockwire/safety wire is a thin piece of wire you run between fasteners that keep them from backing out. You run it between two or more bolts/nuts/fittings in such a way that if one tries to loosen the lockwire gets "tighter" and prevents it from moving. Theres twist requirements and tightness requirements and trying to do it in a lot of instances is a pain in the butt.

 

Several racing associations will still require safety wired bolts on certain parts. I am not great at it, but I haven’t had a ton of practice.

 

Added another cordless grinder to the collection.

 

Are you a Air Force guy?
Zim

 

yea, but I was medical, specifically Physical Therapy... lol so I never worked with that stuff. My mechanical knowledge is limited to basic automotive and household maintenance!

 

I'm the opposite lol. I could design, build, launch and navigate a ship, but run away like a school girl over 110V household current. LOL
Zim

 

Got an SK 1/2” female to 3/8” male extension today off their steals and deals clearance section. Ordered about 2 weeks ago. Came today.

Seems very high quality.

 

I just stumbled across this video on power loss with impact extensions and was pretty surprised with the results. Interesting watch if you have 8 minutes to kill.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYavlJY_5Ks

 

Interesting, something you don’t really think of when using an extension on an impact. It makes sense though since an impact isn’t a constant application of energy.
Cool video to watch though, thanks for sharing.

 

Of course. One thing I was surprised about was that length had more of an effect than the number of extensions linked together. I thought the three totaling 15" was going to do a lot worse than the solid 15".

 

Nice concise video of the intend content. No extraneous BS. Good stuff, subbed to support their channel

 

I think Hooke’s Law applies to this scenario since the extensions are in a way acting as a spring (like a torsion bar on the 80’s Toyota front suspension) that absorbs the temporary applications of force. A short spring will compress less than a long spring given an equal force and spring constant. So three shorter extensions are the three shorter springs that are compressing (or twisting) less than the longer one.

 

I see torque loss every day at work, it’s a real bitch when using an offset impact adapter.

 

NTD..size doesn't matter it's how you use it..

 

I have a few small 1/4" like that, mostly for under dash and the ever "pain in the ass" radiator shroud. Did I say the phucking radiator shroud? LMAO
Zim

 

Air has moisture in it and that goes in the motor, not good for the motor. i use my compressor may be twice a month so easy for me to deflate it after use. will be pain to in and out the air every day. and that is noisy too