The Daily Yardman Thread

Ronno6 said:

That set vs individual thing is what the less than pleasant guy at Kmart told me yesterday.
Just sounds like a convenient out to me..............

I'm gonna wait to see the quality (or lack thereof) of the ratchets I receive from Ace nest week
before deciding what to do with the rest of my ratchets whose quick releases have quit holding capabilities............

Au rivoir, mon Ami.

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Boobala said:

I THINK NAPA Auto parts carries Proto and other GOOD brands, don't know about their warranty though .. ??

What about Home DESPOT & Lousy's .. ?? .... :anyone:

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Ronno6 said:

Depot carries Husky, Stanley and Dewalt, also Greawrench (all 3 of which have or had a hand in Craftsman)
And Lowes main brand is Kobalt and a few KD tools.........

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BlazNT said:

Husky= Crap and bad warranty
Stanley= Even worse than Husky
Dewalt = Black N Decker I hope I do not need to say anything here.

Gearwrench I have no idea about.
Kobalt are ok and have a great life time warranty on hand tools.

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Ronno6 said:

Kobalt's "Lifetime" warranty will probably go away if Lowes stops carrying them.
I don't KNOW that they will stop, but I suspect that too many warranty claims
will coax the same treatment as others have experienced with Craftsman.

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BlazNT said:

Now that Lowes says "The New Home of Craftsman" I am betting Kolbalt will move stores.

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Boobala said:

When "blasting" aluminum ya ALWAYS use plastic bead media .... fine, tiny plastic beads, and ya can't stay in 1 place too long, cause (depending on thickness,) the metal deforms from the heat ..I know well, I blasted parts almost every week, sometimes all day, we used "nut shells" on running jet engines to clean the compressor/"fan" blades PITA but does a nice job, those blades are different types of STEEL, alloys ....

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Pumper54 said:

Had some friends that flew helicopters over in the sandbox during the war and they said it really surprised them how the dust (sand) in the air cleaned the turbine blades on the birds. Didn't do much good for the main rotors or air filters thou.
Tom

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