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914werke
post Dec 3 2021, 02:38 PM
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Was thinking about this recently ...
Based on how much you paid for it, if anything, how long you've had it & how often you've use it.
Hopefully it should be more than a open end wrench or pair of vice grips (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Mine was a Hobart handler 130. Bought it used with lrg bottle for $99. MANY yrs ago & its still going strong use it almost daily. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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post Dec 3 2021, 02:46 PM
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post Dec 3 2021, 02:57 PM
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Impact screw driver.

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post Dec 3 2021, 03:11 PM
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For a single tool that I've owned for a while, would be a floor jack. Bought probably 15-16 years ago, low profile aluminum.

If a "tool" also included wrench sets, then I would say my SnapOn socket/spanner set I bought some 35 years ago.
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post Dec 3 2021, 03:19 PM
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My Dell desktop PC for sure. My first PC I purchased the day after the first time I was laid off in "99.
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post Dec 3 2021, 03:29 PM
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Acetylene torch set, by far
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post Dec 3 2021, 03:33 PM
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post Dec 3 2021, 03:46 PM
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post Dec 3 2021, 03:50 PM
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for any of those with japanese bikes with buttery soft fasteners;

a jis (japan industry standard) driver set.

not the same as philips...
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post Dec 3 2021, 04:00 PM
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QUOTE(pt_700 @ Dec 3 2021, 02:50 PM) *

for any of those with japanese bikes with buttery soft fasteners;

a jis (japan industry standard) driver set.

not the same as philips...


I recently got a jis set of impact drivers
awesome tools

not my absolute favorite ever... but awesome tool
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post Dec 3 2021, 04:13 PM
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I've had the same socket set since I was 7 years old. 40 years.

I also got a pair of vice grips when I was real little. They're gone. But, real useful.
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post Dec 3 2021, 04:32 PM
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QUOTE(Root_Werks @ Dec 3 2021, 04:11 PM) *

For a single tool that I've owned for a while, would be a floor jack. Bought probably 15-16 years ago, low profile aluminum.

If a "tool" also included wrench sets, then I would say my SnapOn socket/spanner set I bought some 35 years ago.


I'll second the floor jack. Bought from Montgomery Ward when I was 17 (just over 50 years ago), still going strong. Used it 3 days ago to check brake pads on the 914.
All steel, that sucker is HEAVY. Can't tell you how many cars it has been under, or how many VW engines I pulled with it.
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post Dec 3 2021, 04:34 PM
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TiG welder. Miller 200 synchrowave.
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post Dec 3 2021, 05:01 PM
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QUOTE(sb914 @ Dec 3 2021, 04:33 PM) *

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Spacer removal tool (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)
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post Dec 3 2021, 05:05 PM
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A headlamp. It makes every job easier.

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post Dec 3 2021, 05:12 PM
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Took a couple of years to find this… (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


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post Dec 3 2021, 05:27 PM
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Not car related, but....

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post Dec 3 2021, 05:38 PM
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QUOTE(Craigers17 @ Dec 3 2021, 03:27 PM) *

Not car related, but....

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What is it ?
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post Dec 3 2021, 05:42 PM
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QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Dec 3 2021, 03:12 PM) *
Took a couple of years to find this… (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Ya those are nice! I have a set like those but with notches 90 degrees as well.
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post Dec 3 2021, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Dec 3 2021, 06:38 PM) *

QUOTE(Craigers17 @ Dec 3 2021, 03:27 PM) *

Not car related, but....

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It's, more or less, a battery operated Ramset....which is basically a powder actuated type of nail gun, but it shoots fasteners into concrete or steel in order to hang various types of things like ceiling grid wire. The game changer with this tool is it makes basically no noise and you no longer have to deal with the black powder strips and their disposal.


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