Tool talk

[oldngray]

I see. Thought maybe you already got that new one. Gunsmithing does require special drivers to not booger up the screws.

I have a set of gunsmith tools but nothing especially for Smiths.

Burring the screws is a quick way to damage the value of a gun.

 

[UnionStrong]

I have a set of gunsmith tools but nothing especially for Smiths.

Burring the screws is a quick way to damage the value of a gun.

Chapman makes a nice set

 

[oldngray]

Chapman makes a nice set

I have Lyman.

 

[sailfish]

I see. Thought maybe you already got that new one. Gunsmithing does require special drivers to not booger up the screws.

I don't anticipate seeing the Custom Shop one for probably two months at the soonest.

 

[rod]

 

[sailfish]

And on closer Inspection I still managed to put torque marks on every single screw I tightened. Well hey. That's why I have one for hardcore shooting and save the others to ogle and fondle.

 

[sailfish]

Had to go to the plumbing department for electrical solder. Total Lowe's moment.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Had to go to the plumbing department for electrical solder. Total Lowe's moment.

Seems I solder radiators more than anything these days

 

[rod]

Seems I solder radiators more than anything these days

Aren't radiators pretty much throw away items now days? They used to do radiator repair but not so much anymore.

 

[DriverNerd]

Aren't radiators pretty much throw away items now days? They used to do radiator repair but not so much anymore.

A new OEM radiator for our Pilot was only $400 at a dealership. Aftermarket is only $100-200. Radiators are more difficult to replace now with engines crammed in so tight. Radiators fail a lot less now; most times in the north they develop leaks from corrosion.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Aren't radiators pretty much throw away items now days? They used to do radiator repair but not so much anymore.

The ones in yard goats are built old school

 

[rod]

A new OEM radiator for our Pilot was only $400 at a dealership. Aftermarket is only $100-200. Radiators are more difficult to replace now with engines crammed in so tight. Radiators fail a lot less now; most times in the north they develop leaks from corrosion.

I have a friend who quit UPS years ago and bought a radiator shop. He made a damn good living at it for many years until he lost his Burlington-Northern Santa Fe RR contract with them. He said all he had to do to make a good living was repair one locomotive radiator a month. He closed up shop and retired after that. He always drove new Corvettes and basically lived at the Indian Casino while he owned the shop. Now days he lives in a trailer park in a run down trailer and keeps telling me he wished he would have stayed at UPS.

 

[DriverNerd]

Now days he lives in a trailer park in a run down trailer and keeps telling me he wished he would have stayed at UPS.

That sucks. Hindsight is 20/20. Probably would have been just fine if he invested instead of spent.

 

[rod]

That sucks. Hindsight is 20/20. Probably would have been just fine if he invested instead of spent.

Those casinos have ruined many a person. He always bragged about his winnings (just like most gambling addicts).

 

[sailfish]

Now days he lives in a trailer park in a run down trailer and keeps telling me he wished he would have stayed at UPS.

I wonder if he knows it was the Corvettes and Casinos that did him in, not leaving UPS.

 

[over9five]

Those casinos have ruined many a person. He always bragged about his winnings (just like most gambling addicts).

Yup, love listening to the fools bragging about how they just hit $1000.
Ya bud, but you spent $5000 to get that.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Yup, love listening to the fools bragging about how they just hit $1000.
Ya bud, but you spent $5000 to get that.

That's how casinos exist.

 

[BSWALKS]

Yup, love listening to the fools bragging about how they just hit $1000.
Ya bud, but you spent $5000 to get that.

@Future ?

 

[sailfish]

Everyone, point and laugh! My God. What an idiot.

Check out this Amazon review of Freud Diablo DOU125JBW3 1-1/4 in. Universal Fit Bi-Metal Oscillating Blades for Clean Wood (3-Pack)

Wears out too fast

www.amazon.com

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Everyone, point and laugh! My God. What an idiot.

Check out this Amazon review of Freud Diablo DOU125JBW3 1-1/4 in. Universal Fit Bi-Metal Oscillating Blades for Clean Wood (3-Pack)

Wears out too fast

www.amazon.com

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