Garage Shop: Tools

Just waiting on some parts for the balancer and materials to make a manual tire changers work a lot better. As nice as a tire machine would be, giving up another 4'x4' area of the shop would hurt a lot.

 

New Weedwhacker Day !!! Gonna stay in my garage and it's a tool, so I guess here is a good place to share my joy.

 

Not sure if they told you when you bought it, but if you buy a can of motomix with it, they'll extend your warranty. I have a full fleet of Stihl equipment (weedeater, chainsaw, edger, blower, vac-shredder, hedge trimmer) and have used motomix from day one. Not a single issue over 10 years of service with no winterization, carb issues etc.

 

I use motomix in my weedeater and blower also with no problems.

 

Congrats on the new Stihl. The previous bicycle shop I worked at also sold lawn equipment. I loaded up with Stihl's largest displacement split-boom engine, and then the attachments stringtrimmer, stick edger, power pruner, adj. hedgeclipper, and an extension. That was over 15yrs. ago, and it all works great.

 

DCSBFTMFW

 

Reconfigured what I call my garage (termite ridden shed) control panel. Ran across a cool Denso clock online, needed more accurate temp and barometer, decided it was time for a little garage flair.

 

Jesus. Who gives a fuck?!?

How bout you leave your BS politics to yourself and get back to why this thread exists, garage shop: tools.

 

Tungsten sharpener. A tool I resisted buying for a long long time.

Finally bought one and can never go back to using the bench grinder.

 

Welding is one of the skills that you really can't outrun inexperience with purchasing tools gadgets and gizmos...or so I thought before learning how to TIG weld. While experience is still king: a great hood, good gloves, and a tungsten grinder made learning a hell of a lot easier. I am still absolutely shit at it but now instead of my welds looking like hammered shit, they now look like very gently hammered shit.

 

Agreed, when these sharpeners first came out they were around $1k if my memory is correct. I was never going to pay that when I have a perfectly good grinder, but now these are much more affordable and im tired of dressing grinding wheels.

Also if you take off the head its still the milwaukee rotary tool.

I will say that good tig gloves made a big difference in how well I could control the rod and torch. Once I got some gloves that fit properly and I could get some feeling through it was night and day.

 

My only non-Fuel tool, but it's dedicated to my tungsten sharpener as well

 

Have you even used it yet?

 

Old picture of when I first got it; let's see your welds

 

Haha. I'm gonna sell my welder and just send all my ideas to Kwikfab for cutting/welding.

 

Finally finished the initial mods/improvements to the Harbor freight Manual tire changer. I can now change a 12.5" wide tire with the wheel facing up or down, without risking scratching the wheel at all. FYI, if you are looking at the Lucid Autowerks Ultimate tire changer upgrade, I would recommend a cheaper knock off or 100% DIY solution. It is expensive for what it is and leaves a lot to be desired right out of the box, especially for changing tires on trucks or SUVs. I will post pictures and maybe a video soon.

 

Pics? Vids?

 

Sorry been busy lately, I will try to get some videos together this weekend.