New tools you've bought recently?

[Shran]

Cordless sump pump?

More or less... it has a filter so you can pump dirty water.

I am probably going to get one so I can run creek water through my camp shower.

 

[Shran]

I got this lil fella in the mail yesterday. Very weird situation - it was on eBay for $145 from a very low feedback seller and there was a Make Offer button so I offered a hundred bucks. It was accepted. Tracking number took 3 days to get, and it showed up as invalid for almost a full day... so I fully anticipated it to be a scam. Seller's location was in Texas, box shipped from Washington state....

Then this shows up, in a Home Depot box, shipped FROM Home Depot. I am baffled, but not complaining.

 

[Roert42]

That guy hasn’t figured out how drop shipping is supposed to work. Lol.

 

[Shran]

My theory is that he is trying to build a feedback profile on eBay so that he appears to be a legit seller and will eventually start scamming people...hard to scam people with zero feedback... much easier with 100% good. In the meantime he is willing to burn some money in order to make a bunch more on scamming.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

Cordless sump pump?

Yep, welcome to the future.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

More or less... it has a filter so you can pump dirty water.

I am probably going to get one so I can run creek water through my camp shower.

I haven't tested pressure, but would probably work...seems decent...my buddy tested height and got about 20-30' elevation pumping from it. He does subterranean concrete lol.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

My theory is that he is trying to build a feedback profile on eBay so that he appears to be a legit seller and will eventually start scamming people...hard to scam people with zero feedback... much easier with 100% good. In the meantime he is willing to burn some money in order to make a bunch more on scamming.

Sometimes it's the contrary...I remember having to sell cheaper because I had no feedback. Once I had good feedback I was able to compete and not be such a pushover when it came to refunds and stuff...I would always just take the hit...and sometimes they just wanted it for free, and knew they could get it. It's a little more seller friendly these days.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

Im packed out

 

[Snoranger]

Yep, welcome to the future.

I haven't tested pressure, but would probably work...seems decent...my buddy tested height and got about 20-30' elevation pumping from it. He does subterranean concrete lol.

Sometimes it's the contrary...I remember having to sell cheaper because I had no feedback. Once I had good feedback I was able to compete and not be such a pushover when it came to refunds and stuff...I would always just take the hit...and sometimes they just wanted it for free, and knew they could get it. It's a little more seller friendly these days.

Im packed out

 

[Eddo Rogue]

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Lol Thank you, I am still learning the buttons.

 

[sgtsandman]

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[Shran]

I got a 3 drawer Packout box in the mail on Friday. Also picked up a mounting plate and made a plywood base for it with casters. The Milwaukee version of this is a hundred bucks... total ripoff.

End result is this - all of my small welding pieces (tips, plasma cutter parts, tungstens, etc) are in the top. Drawer boxes are full of M12 tools and a few other things that I use often for fabrication. This will be nice to roll around the shop where I need it. I am going to build a work top for it as well but haven't totally decided what I'm doing there yet.

 

[Garth Libre]

We all love tools so... What sorts of new tools have you bought recently?


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Went out to dinner last night, and it just so happens that the restaurant I picked was right next to hazard fraught convenient!

Exchanged my recalled 3 ton 'murder stands' for the updated 6 tons. I was confident my recalled stands were fine, as mine had much nicer 'teeth' than the ones that were collapsing.. but they're not tall enough to be useful for trucks so I took my opportunity to upgrade.

Vice and bench grinder because my 'shop' didn't have either, always used a buddys.

Metal chop saw so I could build the flatbed for my squarebody.. again.. without needing to bother my buddy for his.

Unpictured, but also bought some digital calipers and a USB rechargeable flashlight that supposedly puts out 1600 lumens.

Got 10% off the total because it was my first purchase with their store credit card, and got nearly 20$ in 'harbor freight bucks' or whatever they want to call it.

After nearly a decade of being somewhat reliant on my (awesome) buddys tools to do things other than basic maintenance.. I got tired of it. I'm mostly set up now, feels good.

Stop making fun of Harbor Freight. I love that place

 

[Shran]

Stop making fun of Harbor Freight. I love that place

But they have specials like this...

 

[Shran]

I have a ton of Horrible Fright tools and stuff, some of it is pretty decent. I just wish it didn't have a pretty decent price tag to go along with it. Years ago you knew stuff was 5 bucks, it was probably worth 5 bucks, a comparable tool is $20 so you were totally fine with disposable stuff to get through a job or two. Now the quality is marginally better but they are pricing it like it's a premium product - rather just go buy name brand.