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dfosterf
Veteran Member Topic Starter

11 years ago

If Echo makes it, and I need it, I'm buyin' it. Fuck Stihl, Husqvarna, et. al.

I have the PB 250 blower with the curved tube, it'll blow a brick down my sidewalk. The SRM 225 string-trimmer will till dirt if you want it to, and my stick-edger is lightning, and hardly anyone even knows what they are...

They all start on a bump. Echo is quality.

BTW-- these Li-ion 18v compact drills are the absolute shit. The impact version of the Ridgid will straight out yank any stripped phillips screw instantly, with a standard #2 bit. It is not your daddy's cordless drill. Seriously, they are different, in a good way.

The Dewalt 20v is the same way, they both kick the Makita's ass, even though many buy the Makita because of how it feels in your hand (without actually using).

I get to try all of them, even the ones we don't sell.

I think it's actually "Rigid".

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Wade
Veteran Member

11 years ago

I like my Exacto knife set. Except for the POS plastic lining for the blade holders. Not that an Exacto knife really counts as a tool.

One only needs 10 tools:
1 Hammer
2. Flathead screwdriver.
3. Phillips screwdriver.
4. Hacksaw.
5. General purpose wood saw.
6. Regular pliers.
7. Needle-nose pliers.
8. Vise-grip.
9. Crescent wrench.
10. Pipe wrench.

Plus two weapons of mass destruction:
Post maul.
Crowbar.

Plus duct tape.

Everything else is the creation of engineers, city boys, and suburban pansies.

Sorry, Foster old bean, but ...

Who needs that electric shit?

And if God had meant leaves to be raked, blown, and otherwise being given handjobs by humans, he would have made teenagers something other than useless.

[grin1]
[happy]
[ass]

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)

gbguy20
Veteran Member

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: Wade

how do i open a c-clamp with any of those tools? i suppose a needle nose pliers MAY get the job done.

zombieslayer
Registered

11 years ago

Well, so much for fixing my guitar. I can't use an allen wrench because it's not on Wade's list.

My man Donald Driver

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vikesrule
Registered

11 years ago

....Everything else is the creation of engineers, city boys, and suburban pansies....

Originally Posted by: Wade

Ah, another fine alternative-to-reality viewpoint from the Ivory Tower.

Wade my friend, you ARE a tool....[grin1]

DakotaT
Select Member

11 years ago

Gunny, what would our collection of computer geeks and poetry teachers know about tools?

I'm a Dewalt man myself, but I've received a lot of gifts with the Craftsman brand. That lifetime guarantee thing is pretty cool.

Pack93z
Select Member

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

I have a mix of Dewalt, Milwaukee, and Bosch. Out of the three, I like the Milwaukee's over the other two.

Lawnmowers, I have a Cub Cadet and a older wheelhorse for the trails. Trimmer is a Toro 2 cycle.

Chain saw Husky 450. Plus a 16" Polan for trimming around the yard.

DR chipper for clean up.. but that is a co ownership with Pops. Auction bought... still works well.

"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"

Wade
Veteran Member

11 years ago

Ah, another fine alternative-to-reality viewpoint from the Ivory Tower.

Wade my friend, you ARE a tool....[grin1]

Originally Posted by: vikesrule

Hah! That came not from the ivory tower, but from working with my dad at his hardware store and plumbing/heating business. The man was an artist with his hands. He didn't mind specialized tools -- but if he was away from the shop (or the hardware shelves), he could do magic with ordinary tools that most of us couldn't do with top of the line specialities.

Though my dad himself wouldn't have needed the Phillips or the vise-grip. Perhaps not the wood saw, either. In the hands of a pro, the hacksaw can work magic.

I'll concede the Allan wrench, zombieslayer.

Not sure about opening a c-clamp -- I always just use my hand, perhaps added by a shop rag. I'm not strong enough to tighten too much. 😞 But I suppose one could always call Adrian Peterson when one needs more strength -- after all, he'll be free in early January.

Dad, being top wrestler in his squadron of the AAC, wouldn't have needed any help, though.

Sigh, he died 35 years ago and it feels like yesterday that he was insisting I make a fifth attempt to sweep the shop to his satisfaction.

😞

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)

zombieslayer
Registered

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

I work on computers for $$$. Please.... 🤐

I'll concede the Allan wrench, zombieslayer.

Originally Posted by: Wade

OK, cool. Fine tuning guitars is an art and I swear to the Gods, I've said just as many [mfing] words trying to fix my guitars as I've said them fixing my cars. Now with both, since I make enough $$$, I pay someone else to do it. Drives me nuts.

Without an allen wrench, a guitar becomes a useless piece of wood. And no, that's not an exaggeration.

Foster - an allen wrench is an allen wrench. I pick mine up at the local hardware store. But as I said to Wade, if time isn't an issue, someone else gets $$$ to fix my guitars nowadays. Last guy I paid something like $200 to do some work. I hate doing it.

My man Donald Driver

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Wade
Veteran Member

11 years ago

#10

Gunny, what would our collection of computer geeks and poetry teachers know about tools?

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

Ah, but my Dad knew more than the entire population of the States of Dakota. So I got a bit of it by osmosis. [grin1]

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
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