and the pack has a usb port?

Nice

 

That dude is SMALL! Put it in the truck connected to the cigar lighter and you'll always have a hot one.

 

It comes with a usb cord with chargers for most cellular items. It also has a flashlight, strobe light, and flashes S.O.S. distress signal.

The instructions say it will run a laptop almost 3 hours. It can charge a cell phone about 7 times from empty to full.

They also say once the pack is fully charged, if not used , it will hold a charge for 6 months to a year. They recommend re charging it every 6 months though.

I will have many uses for this. It is excellent in the junkyard and will be very useful during hurricanes.

I do not get to hyped about tools, but this thing is cool.

 

Hey guys, long time no see.

Just wanted to share my latest find. Got me a Harrington 3 ton lever hoist (LB030-10) with a 10' drop for $16.00. Yup, 16 buxs, and it works great!

It had been sitting in the dirt behind someone's shed, but it's in great shape considering. I'm gonna clean it up, service the brake as it's a little gritty, and put this bad boy in service.

This is the model I got, and I'll post actual pics of it when I get it cleaned up.

 

That could be very useful! Good find.

 

These mini "jump boxes" with all the various different hookups on them are starting to pop up everywhere. I'm a little unsure as to how well they would hold up over time, with regular use. We've got one at the shop, and I was impressed with how quickly it got a car with a dead battery started. Just doesn't seem possible to pack that much power, in such a small battery, and make it durable too......

 

Definitely a highly useful item. I have a Columbus-McKinnon (CM) 3 ton I have had for years. It will pull a dead vehicle on a trailer, and before I got my Cherry Picker was my engine hoist using a friend's tripod he had built. Good find!

 

After being on the fence for a year, I finally broke down and ordered a TIG welder. I have some door skins to repair and think TIG would be a better option than MIG in that case.

I decided on the Eastwood 200 DC. The price was right, and despite what some have said, I've had very good experiences with Eastwood. I also have no need for an AC/DC unit.

I'll update when it arrives...

My Versa Cut 40 from Eastwood is fantastic so I have high hopes for the TIG. My MIG is a Miller, but I couldn't pony up the $$ for a blue TIG.

 

My 1972 Craftsman 1/2" reversible drill stripped one of it's reduction gears recently. Sears no longer has parts for it (imagine that!). I went by the store in Virginia Beach to see if they had a replacement, short answer, yes, long answer no way will I buy one of those wrist breakers! The only thing the have is a beefy looking 1/2" conventional styled drill, not anything like my old one. It does have a clamp on side handle, but it puts that right down at the chuck and the main handle back 8-10".

I decided to look elsewhere, I have a DeWalt cordless 1/2" that is a little more compact than the current Craftsman plug-in ones. I ended up at Northern Tool, and bought one of their Northern Industrial Heavy-Duty 1/2" spade handle drills. It comes with a 2 year warranty, and I opted for the extra 2 years. Manager of the Hampton store is a good friend, and he gave me a commercial price on it.

Here is a picture of the new drill on the left and old on the right:

 

I just bought a Craftsman Premium 80 tooth 1/2" drive ratchet for work, (outside machine shop requires it), got it off Ebay for $53.00 shipped. Goes for $80 in store and they have it on sale at the local Sears for $67. So I feel like I got a sweet deal. I'm thinking about picking up the 3/8" drive version and all the sockets for working on my truck once I finally get sick of the Kobalt kits my dad insists on using.

Also picked up some new feeler guages. Can't think of anything I would need those on the truck for, though.

 

Bill - I've started buying things from Northern lately. They seem pretty good. So let us know how the drill works.

 

Gary, I will. If it lasts half as long as the Craftsman I will be nearly 90 by then.

 

And I'll be 89. But maybe you'd better tell me how well it is working and lasting a bit before then as I'm not sure how many drills they'll let me have in the rest home.

 

For your edification, here are some pictures of the stripped gear in the Craftsman.

 

Dad would say it has pyria.