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No brainer mate. Return it next time a new model comes out. Aldi are great for returns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mickhead
That is actually a really handy tool. Can imagine it would be popular with cockies and others who might need a pressure washer away from 240v and mains water.
Crikey, that’d be a very very handy bucket tool to carry onboard after a sludgey mud radiator smashing adventure Mick Mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mickhead
West Coast Tassie (Balfour Track) seen most of us in early 2020 pulling radiators completely out and kindly using a caravan parks garden hose overnight [emoji120][emoji106]
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Ok Ok Ok.... I want THIS!!! 18V Makita compatible Please!!! did i hear 36V......Quote:
Originally Posted by Mickhead
I did a thing....
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Not so much a tool but should be in everyone’s tool kit.
Never Seize/ Anti Seize.
This is why use should use Never Seize on all you suspension arm bolts. The left is what it looks like just removed that was covered in Never Seize prior to fitment four years ago. The bolt on the right is another removed bolt and the old Never Seize cleaned off. Like brand new still. Plus the bolts were easy to remove.
Love this stuff.
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Yeah i really like it cause it doesnt make a mess..... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
Great stuff but!!
I was very very happy when the old glow plugs came out easily thanks to this stuff 😀😀Quote:
Originally Posted by mudski
I'm looking at getting a tool trolley, might end up making one. Needs a steel top so I can weld on it and drawers large enough to keep power tools in. Be good if I can fit a vice on it as well.
Here’s my $20 set of Gumtree bedroom drawers on a wheelie base 10G Mate [emoji23][emoji106]
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No steel top but have an annoying post inside the shed I built a stress relief mallet station around with scrap steel, echoes for kilometres [emoji12][emoji106]
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A big fan of these little soft jiggy twistie thingies too, bring the gear as close as possible [emoji106][emoji106]
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Hey that's a great idea MB, I looked at some tool drawers in Bunnings yesterday and they're a bit pricey. I think I'll copy your idea, that looks perfect.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
I can imagine the noise that mallet bench would make, attached to the frame of the shed it'd reverb really well hahahaha.
Thanks mate.
Where did you get those things from MB? That is EXACTLY what i've been looking for quite a while. What are they called??Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Not sure mate, they were a Christmas pressie years ago from MIL.
Reckon Bunnings would have something similar no doubt.
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What a shame, I was in Bunnings yesterday, I'll have to go back.
Thanks MB.
Just recently I discovered 'Torque Sticks' for the first time .... discovered as in read about them.
Would love one of those battery operated rattle guns, was looking at the Makita DTW700Z a 'mid torque model, lighter in weight than it's bigger brothers but still with a nut busting torque of 1000NM (I also learned that 'nut busting torque' is a higher torque applied during the first few ugga duggas before reverting to the tools 'normal' max torque ..... in this case 700NM.
BUT I want it to save my back. For undoing wheel nuts, a 1.2 metre length of water pipe makes the job fairly easy (albeit slower than a rattle gun - time is something I have plenty of). The hardest part though is the final grunt when doing up the nuts with a standard cross brace. For me it's now a real back killer.
That's where the torque sticks came in - a means of limiting the torque & thus enabling the doing up of wheel nuts with a rattle gun without risk of overtightening - "you beauty" I thought.
But no - disappointment was to follow.
In spite of what a few sellers would have you believe they really are not suitable for the battery powered impact drivers. With air rattle guns yes, but not the cordless ones.
Having understood how they work, by 'twisting' & returning to their unstressed position between impacts, I now understand why they don't work well with cordless rattle guns.Unlike air rattleguns the ugga duggas on the cordless are just too fast, & don't give the twisted extension bar a chance to 'relax' & return to the fully untwisted state between each ugga dugga (impact).
Consequently there is quite a risk of overtightening. I have also read reports of shortened life of battery operated rattle guns because of the physical 'feedback' impact from the extension bar.
So best I can do is continue with the water pipe extension & get MrsTea to do the final 'grunt' tightening of each nut and in the meantime keep watching the rattle gun market & hope sooner or later one is developed which can apply a preset torque with reasonable accuracy.
Ah well it was a nice dream whilst it lasted.
I thought they are adjustable so you can adjust speed or rpm to suit different applications.
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You can adjust speed & level of impact, but not torque setting. Only way to avoid risk of overtightening is to use the rattle gun to undo the nuts & spin them off & to spin them back on lightly & finish off with a wheel brace or torque wrench.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxhead
I suppose that with practice & familiarity with a cordless rattle gun it may be possible to get the torque of the wheel nuts in the good enough/ballpark, but the risk of stretching/breaking studs is high whilst gaining that familiarity & how many of us do it regularly enough to have the confidence we are getting it right each time. Bottom line is that cordless rattle guns are still no good for doing up, only undoing
The torque sticks apparently work fairly well with air rattle guns because their impact rate is lower.
Yeah ok, how slow are the air ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuppa
The Milwaukee one I was looking at can go down to 950 IPM .
I”’ looking at using it for the same application as yourself so might have to look into it a bit more
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I’ve seen this warning on the cheap torque sticks on eBay
Note it states to turn down to under 1000ipm
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The more expensive torque sticks state for use with air and electric wrenches
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Picked up this 5 drawer tool wheelie chest from total Tools for $200 on clearance. Very happy with it. Not sure how I'm going to organise it yet but it will come together eventually. Perfect size for my needs and the floor space in my shed.http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...021/01/140.jpg
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Looks nice mate, the dog seems to approve too that's all that matters . .
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Cooking & Or Baking Thread Stolen Idea [emoji106]
Best ever Swarf itchy removal tool if you’ve been wriggling around on a shed floor welding too [emoji23][emoji106][emoji106]
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Yep, we use a steel one, they work very well.
The local tyre place found, very quickly, that using these to tighten the nuts from the start, can over rev the gun and cause the torque stick to shatter when it comes to a hard stop. They used a normal extension to nip up the nut, swap to the torque stick and do the final torque.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxhead
Can someone educate me on what the Torque Stick does??? Is this instead of using a Torque Wrench? are they Trustworthy?Quote:
Originally Posted by mudnut
well spoken Bruce, I was wondering this too.
Basically they act like torsion suspension. They take time to twist and spring back with each hammering they receive from the rattle gun. This reduces the peak torque the gun produces.
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Seeing a mechanic just zipping up a wheel nut grates on me.
I was taught to do the lug nuts up to just a few threads before they are tight. Wiggle the wheel while finger tightening the nuts to make sure they are seated before the final torque. Then take the vehicle for a short drive and re-torque the nuts.
I also re-torque the nuts after someone else has replaced the wheels.
Yes me too. Rattling up to torque kills me. I hand torque ans have never lost a wheel or had a wheel nut lossenQuote:
Originally Posted by mudnut
I have a couple projects underway, here are a couple of additions to the shed once the postie brings them.
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650mm wide ans 120 degrees. Most others seemed to limit to 90 degrees which was not enough. Bonus it was about 40% off.
Next
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300mm long guillotine. Cant wait.
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Nah mate! Go to town on it!Quote:
Originally Posted by mudnut
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Ooh. Got any details on that pan brake? Where from? How much?Quote:
Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD
I'm after a bender, nothing big, just to bend small rhs and tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3x_AnRjoUkQuote:
Originally Posted by 10G
G`Day 10G. Just a little query are you bending pipe or tube,as they are measured differently .Quote:
Originally Posted by 10G
Tube diameter is measured on the external and pipe is measured on the internal,so the dies are different .
yes, yes, yes. Been on a few benders over the years.,Quote:
Originally Posted by mudnut
Hi pearcey, doesn't really matter, whatever I have at hand, if it looks about the right size, I'll use it/bend it.Quote:
Originally Posted by pearcey
If you bend one using dies for the other, does it stuff the material up???
What happens is that the tube or pipe will tend or will spread or flatten in the bend. This may not be a problem for you depending on what your application is. If its just a bend thats rough enough so be it. Me I have both tube ranging from one eight of an inch to inch and a half and pipe from one quarter to two and a half inch. I also have a few odd metric sizes. Back in the day my job required accurate no crush forms.Quote:
Originally Posted by 10G
yeah, all good, I just need to bend stuff, so doesn't sound a like a problem for me.
I have so much respect for folks who work with metal as a trade, there are so many great skills that you guys pick up, improve upon and openly share. I say metal, coz I way prefer working with steel rather than wood. I reckon it goes back to early school days when I was absolutely crap at woodwork, but just crap at metal work, so I guess I have a leaning towards steel work coz of that.
But hey, wood guys are just as great, there is certainly no doubt, I have as much respect those guys as well. I work much more with steel, so it's probably more front of my mind.
Have you seen those T shirts around at the moment? Shows a guy doing some stick welding and the slogan is " I say to myself, what a wonderful weld" pretty funny I reckon.
������ If you need that tool to remove itchy swarf maybe better to patch trousers to prevent scrotum dragging on shed floor whilst wriggling and welding! ������Quote:
Originally Posted by MB