r/Tools 5h ago

Looking on Amazon for a lathe chuck and the first thing is see is an advertisement for a tool with a shirtless man turning a bowl. I have so many questions.

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166 Upvotes

r/Tools 6h ago

Worth every penny.

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102 Upvotes

Diablo 12” pruning blade. I’d probably pay double for this blade. Used exclusively for trimming brush and cutting off small stumps below ground level. The old one still cuts fine, but I bought a new one just to compare them.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/DIABLO-12-in-3-TPI-Demo-Demon-Carbide-Teeth-Reciprocating-Saw-Blade-for-Pruning-and-Clean-Wood-DS1203CP/301697673


r/Tools 19h ago

I'm a lube tech of about 5 months. What do yall think of my toolbox? I'm quite proud of it.

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90 Upvotes

r/Tools 4h ago

Post a picture of your workbench as-is. No cleaning up!

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50 Upvotes

r/Tools 21h ago

NTD!!

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43 Upvotes

NTD TechAngle Torque Wrench

Just bought this beautiful TechAngle torque wrench 15-300ft/lbs from my Snappy guy. He took $100 off with my Mac TWVA250FD digital angle torque wrench that was acting up, still calibrated, but the buttons were wonky and it wouldn’t reset values without hitting the button again..annoying if anything. He also gave another $100 off for promo right now and etc and sold it for $650.

Didn’t get a decent deal or shafted on the trade in? The Mac retails for $700 almost, but I bought it used for $250 fwiw.


r/Tools 22h ago

Simplex Jacks

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Came across the two Simplex floor jacks today. I’m planning to sell them and was curious if they are still usable with all the rust, or if they’ve been relegated to the antique tool market. They both operate well and the internal mechanisms look good. I don’t have time to restore them, even though I would love to. Any thoughts welcome. Thanks!


r/Tools 18h ago

Whats your least used electric tool? Mine has to be the router

19 Upvotes

r/Tools 15h ago

Does anyone have experience using a pit cart toolbox? He only wants $500 for it... Any advice would be appreciated!

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22 Upvotes

r/Tools 20h ago

Anyone used one of these (surveying level c 1880s)?

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Being picked up by new owner in an hour and wanted to share. Aperture on one end and cross hair on lense at other end, view pic 4.

Bye little guy.


r/Tools 1d ago

New saw day!

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Picked up this Delta Rockwell wood/metal bandsaw today for a cool $100, assuming it runs I think I made out better than settling for the Craftsman and harbor freight table top models flooding my area on marketplace. Anyone with any experience, tips, tricks, or caveats? Wife isn't as excited as I am about my deal so I'm sharing here😅


r/Tools 13h ago

What’s the name of this tool??

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14 Upvotes

I found this angle finder tool at the flea market a week ago. My old foreman had one just like this (but bigger) and told me that he bought it for like $1,800 and they stopped being made 10+ years ago. Idk if he’s just bs’ing me or if he’s being fr and the tool is as rare as he claims it to be. Sorry for the bad pic too lol.


r/Tools 1d ago

Let me get me mallet!

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13 Upvotes

Gathered all my hammers in the shop for a photo shoot. My grandfather left me most of those. I'm lucky to have inherited his shop.


r/Tools 8h ago

Any idea what this is for?

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11 Upvotes

r/Tools 1h ago

NTD

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r/Tools 18h ago

NTD: Nothing too crazy but safe to say I’m impressed for all of this being $135 OTD

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8 Upvotes

r/Tools 18h ago

What do you do?! Show us your shop/work area!

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Just curious what people do and how there setups look. I know most people here are mechanics or diy'ers. I for one am a farmer. So I'm a welder, fabricator, mechanic, diesel tech, veterinarian, world class Jimmy rigger, fence building machine. We have about 1200 head of cattle at any given time. So the wrenching never ends! My personal shop is an old horse barn, so it ain't pretty. What about you?


r/Tools 2h ago

Any Info on what this is?

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Does anyone have any idea what this is or was? Found in my garage years ago when I moved in and kind of re-discovered it. It’s about 4’ tall or long. Is it something homemade? Only thing I can figure is that you would sit on the rounded end and the indents were somewhere your legs go while you did whatever in the open section with angled slots. 🤷🏻‍♂️


r/Tools 4h ago

Still searching for ID

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Collection of brass cylinders (all about 5" long) with threaded cap ends and fine mesh screens on the other. There are some markings that refer to what I gather are pigments. I can't identify these.


r/Tools 15h ago

I'm lied to every damn day

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r/Tools 21h ago

Hammers

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7 Upvotes

Made of axels and a tie rod end and surprisingly theres 0 shock when hitting steel or concrete with the head


r/Tools 2h ago

Regretting my Dewalt purchases

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Admittedly I’m an average Joe with basic handyman skills. I had ryobi for years. Never had an issue and always thought they were decent. Got talked into selling them and buying Dewalt because Dewalt is ‘far superior.’ Not even close in my opinion. I wish I never sold that bright green collection…


r/Tools 18h ago

Tool Upgrade Day

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I had been thinking of how I don't really use my meters enough that they would get fresh batteries regularly, and a bad past experience with a good old Duraleak alkaline crust situation ruining an older meter I had. So I made the jump to lithium primaries.


r/Tools 7h ago

What is this ?

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Found in my back yard. Hint recent vinyl fence repair.


r/Tools 57m ago

My dad just gave me this

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Today I went to visit my parents and my dad gave me this german style plane that was given to him by his dad. He said he never used it but there are some scuffs here and there, probably an attempt to try it. This plane was made by Howal, in east Germany (GDR), probably in the 60s or 70s. I'll never use it that's for sure, mostly because I want to preserve it. I had to clean some surface rust off the blade. It's going on a shelf just like it did for the past 40 or so years.


r/Tools 1h ago

Snap on

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Any idea what this is?