Swag makes some killer upgrades for thatPicked up a HF tube roller today. Tired of borrowing a buddies every time I need to roll some tube.
Thought I snapped a pick in the garage.
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I was eye balling those earlier. Gonna see how it does without the kit on some 1.75” x .120” DOM tomorrow. If it’s a pain in the ass, I’m gonna buy the upgrade for spacing the rollers out more. Not sure I need the bottle jack upgrade for this since I’ll literally use it maybe once a year.Swag makes some killer upgrades for that
Yeah fuck rolling tube without this kit. Just ordered the kit after 30 minutes of rolling and barely getting anywhere. Gonna borrow my buddies roller to finish this project since this is a fat waste of time and energy hahaSwag makes some killer upgrades for that
Was gonna say tube that size was a bit optimistic but didn't want to shit on your paradeYeah fuck rolling tube without this kit. Just ordered the kit after 30 minutes of rolling and barely getting anywhere. Gonna borrow my buddies roller to finish this project since this is a fat waste of time and energy haha
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you’re supposed to give him shit. Much disappoint
Not sure honestly. I rotated that filing cabinet and just happened to fit there. I still have to rotate it to use it which sucks but I got a wheeled stand coming for it.Jealous! Now how did you manage to find room in the garage for that beauty?
Swag kit makes it way better.Picked up a HF tube roller today. Tired of borrowing a buddies every time I need to roll some tube.
Thought I snapped a pick in the garage.
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Negative on the detentsThat is slow enough and exactly what I was looking for.
Looks like it has a quick release on the vise rod. Does it have detents on the angle stop?
Any lathe nerds in here?
Turning a t case input shaft for a DIY doubler(Ranger t case). Have a weird shoulder that seems harder than the rest of the shaft. About a thou thicker in that area. My Southbend 9" lathe sucks and has some slop in the carriage, but have never run into this before.
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no machinist just spitballin. maybe you found out how deep the heat treat tempering went?Any lathe nerds in here?
Turning a t case input shaft for a DIY doubler(Ranger t case). Have a weird shoulder that seems harder than the rest of the shaft. About a thou thicker in that area. My Southbend 9" lathe sucks and has some slop in the carriage, but have never run into this before.
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https://toolguyd.com/will-sk-hand-tools-be-made-in-usa-or-china/
well i used to be a big fan of SK, not crazy quality but always solid and okayish price and a local place stocked and warrantied them. Guess we'll see how long that lasts.
Anyone have Japanese tools? I'm starting to look into them. Been looking at some Engineer INC. pliers (available direct to US as Vampliers with a bit of a markup) and Koken for some stuff.
https://precisehandtools.com/pliers-screw-removal/
https://kokenusa.com/
Nepros seems great too but i'm more impressed with the koken stuff, way more options even multiple grades and designs of some stuff and i like the website a little better.
Never really see bad quality stuff from Japan if any kind of thought/engineering is involved. Always somewhere between 'as good as it gets' and at least acceptable of the term quality. 'cept maybe nissan past 20 years
Fuck SK...bought new stuff a few years ago. Chrome plating was shit, went through 3x sets of brake line wrenches to fine ONE wrench that didn't have missing spots of chrome and rusting.
great-grandfather was a aircraft assembly mechanic. used mac, snap and sk...sk no more, the others are still good. The brand was resurrected a few years ago but its a zombie piece of shit compared to before.
Bought their socket set and the 12mm flared out and is totally soft...missed or bad heat treating before chrome.
Gearwrench if anyone is looking for affordable quality.
I got the SK X-Frame wrenches and I’m very happy. I’ve had Gearwrench flex to the point the jaws open up and slip off the nut, but the X-Frames hold up to abuse better for sure.I have a couple gear wrench box/open wrenches. So far I'm impressed.