Tool Time

[Gunder]

Picked up a Wilton C3 vise this weekend for a stupid cheap price. It fully dwarfs the 6-½” tradesman that I restored a few years ago. Selling the tradesman will fully cover the costs of the C3. Plan is to do a full restoration of the C3 with some upgrades / mods similar as I did to the tradesman.

Also ended up with a 80lb Vulcan Anvil, a Pexto sheet metal roller and a nice heavy as fuck welding table made from ½” plate. In a take it all Facebook market place deal

[singlesline]

Has anyone seen that Apple will now rent you a tool kit for device repairs for $49?
https://selfservicerepair.com/en-US/tool-kit-rental



And we're not talking a couple of cheap screwdrivers. They send you one or two pelican cases loaded with 50+lbs of stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=m8Km7RUdhQ8

Looks like the phone kits include:
Wera torque drivers and all the special bits you need.
Custom built presses for aligning and installing parts.
Precision heated jigs for separating adhesive sealed components

The kits are customized for each device. Different tools for a laptop vs a phone, jigs that fit the specific model, etc.

Totally unnecessary for most DIY repairs like battery swaps. Most aftermarket batteries come with a cheapo tripoint and pentalobe screwdriver anyways and if you are replacing a battery in a 3 year old device, I think you'll be fine if you torque by feel or risk a little scuffing on the case when you pry it apart.

Would be cool to play with though.

[Dee Hubbs]

Wera 2023 Christmas Advent Calendar has landed!

[EWG]

Let's try not to be spoilers for Dee's calendar this year, ok folks?

[Dee Hubbs]

Let's try not to be spoilers for Dee's calendar this year, ok folks?

It was upside down in the shipping box, so I saw a good look at the back of the box, which shows all the pieces.
Let's hope by Dec 1st I'll forget the pieces.

[johnnyg82]

Wera 2023 Christmas Advent Calendar has landed!

I like those fenders

[EWG]

It was upside down in the shipping box, so I saw a good look at the back of the box, which shows all the pieces.
Let's hope by Dec 1st I'll forget the pieces.

Well that sucks. Foiled again.

[EWG]

Ok, we talked about this upthread, but how many people are using a powered inflator? Just found this makita for $74

https://www.amazon.com/Makita-DMP180...20&sr=8-3&th=1

and I'm in the Makita ecosystem. part of me thinks it's cool and would be a huge timesaver and pretty sweet, part of me thinks I'm be a total wuss if I went from a hand pump to a powered inflator.

Anybody have this one? Any thoughts on inflators in general? This one is 45 LPM - strong enough to avoid breaking out the pancake compressor for seating tubeless tires?

Thanks for any thoughts.

[Andeh]

I've got a Makita 1gal air compressor which I basically only use for seating tires and blowing out dust, and I have a hard time seeing how something smaller and battery powered would work for that. Maybe for adding pressure when they're already seated, but no way for installing tires.

[muted reborn]

I own that Makita, it's too slow to seat tubeless tires IMO. I've never tried it for that purpose - I definitely could be wrong!

Great for airing up truck tires and endless inflatables my little kids have.

[EWG]

I own that Makita, it's too slow to seat tubeless tires IMO. I've never tried it for that purpose - I definitely could be wrong!

Great for airing up truck tires and endless inflatables my little kids have.

Cool. So do I want it for bike tires generally? Who loves the powered inflator world? And who is hand pump all the way?

[climberevan]

I absolutely love my Milwaukee M12 inflator with Silca Hiro chuck. The gauge is accurate and it's a pleasure to use.

None of them are a substitute for a compressor for seating a bead. But when you're getting 2+ bikes ready for a ride, they save time and effort.

[muted reborn]

Cool. So do I want it for bike tires generally? Who loves the powered inflator world? And who is hand pump all the way?

It's impossible to find a gas station vehicle tire inflator that isn't broken, so buy it for that alone. For bikes it's not necessary IMO, but it lives buried under a seat in my 4x4 so I can't easily access it for bikes anyways. If you get it - put a voile strap on it to hold the button down for long inflations.

[EWG]

It's impossible to find a gas station vehicle tire inflator that isn't broken, so buy it for that alone. For bikes it's not necessary IMO, but it lives buried under a seat in my 4x4 so I can't easily access it for bikes anyways. If you get it - put a voile strap on it to hold the button down for long inflations.

I have a viair pump that attaches to the vehicle battery for pumping tires back up on the Jeep (coming off dirt and onto pavement.). So this would only be for bike tires.

[jm2e]

Inflators are the future. Like all good cordless tools, they get used. You can debate their merits ad nauseam, but in practice it’s so fucking convenient. You’ll never use that car battery inflator thing again. And your floor pump will stay tucked in the corner where it belongs.

Get a compressor for setting up stubborn tubeless though. Or get an Airshot, which has kept me from needing a compressor.


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[EWG]

Inflators are the future. Like all good cordless tools, they get used. You can debate their merits ad nauseam, but in practice it’s so fucking convenient. You’ll never use that car battery inflator thing again. And your floor pump will stay tucked in the corner where it belongs.

Get a compressor for setting up stubborn tubeless though. Or get an Airshot, which has kept me from needing a compressor.


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This is helpful. The car inflator won't ever go away, I don't think. It'll push 1.25 cfm at 30 psi, whereas the makita cordless is around .35 cfm at that pressure. It takes about 5 minutes to reinflate all 4 tires after coming onto pavement after driving offroad with the viair, while the makita would be closer to 20 minutes. Too long for me.

I have a pancake compressor so good there.

But your glowing review about it for bike tires is interesting. That's what I'd use it for. Thanks. I just can't decide if I need it. But for $75, never buying a new floor pump sounds pretty cool.

[Roxtar]

Cool. So do I want it for bike tires generally? Who loves the powered inflator world? And who is hand pump all the way?

I think a small pancake compressor will do a much better job at a similar price and be far more versatile. A battery powered one like that would be more of a toss-in-the-car thing for trailhead or camping use.

I have a 60gal 2 stage compressor in my shop for real use but I keep my smaller pancake compressor plugged into my garage for pre-ride airing up.
I only use manual pumps for trailhead or camping and will probably switch to a battery compressor for that soon.

[EWG]

I think a small pancake compressor will do a much better job at a similar price and be far more versatile. A battery powered one like that would be more of a toss-in-the-car thing for trailhead or camping use.

I have a 60gal 2 stage compressor in my shop for real use but I keep my smaller pancake compressor plugged into my garage for pre-ride airing up.
I only use manual pumps for trailhead or camping and will probably switch to a battery compressor for that soon.

Wait wait wait - you leave your pancake on all the time and just inflate out of that? I've always assumed that the psi would not be even close to accurate if I did that with mine. Especially for 100 psi road tires. Is your gauge accurate? I've got a porter cable 6. What are you using? Sign me up for your newsletter and tell me more.

[Touring_Sedan]

I'm in the Ryobi ecosphere.

I have this for sports balls and the occasional tire top off. -Battery



This one for set it and forget it car tires, paddleboards, kid's inflatables. -Battery



This one for pneumatic nailers and if a tire bead needs a quick bump. -Battery



This one for seating new tires, misc air tools, blowing the dust and dirt off of shit. -A/C



Although wired, you can't beat a cheap Harbor Freight pancake compressor for seating tires.

[singlesline]

How does that Ryobi dual inflator do with paddle boards?

Lately I've been using a a cheap coleman mattress inflator plugged into an inverter in the car to get most of the air volume and then I just finish with the hand pump to pressure. Pretty fast process overall without requiring too much pumping. On the rare occasion I pump them up at home, I just put the house on the outlet of my shop vac and push the nozzle against the SUP valve--it gets most of the volume in there FAST and requires less topping up than the coleman.

But I wouldn't mind something cordless and that was capable of switching over to a high pressure mode to finish it up as my wife struggles to use our crappy manual pumps to get those last few PSI.

[Touring_Sedan]

How does that Ryobi dual inflator do with paddle boards?

Lately I've been using a a cheap coleman mattress inflator plugged into an inverter in the car to get most of the air volume and then I just finish with the hand pump to pressure. Pretty fast process overall without requiring too much pumping. On the rare occasion I pump them up at home, I just put the house on the outlet of my shop vac and push the nozzle against the SUP valve--it gets most of the volume in there FAST and requires less topping up than the coleman.

But I wouldn't mind something cordless and that was capable of switching over to a high pressure mode to finish it up as my wife struggles to use our crappy manual pumps to get those last few PSI.

It's loud AF, but it gets the job done. I finish up with the hand pump. It's great for deflating too. You can get a set of adapters off of Amazon for a few bucks that make it truly brainless.

[XXX-er]

I tried a 115v raft inflator for my SUP and it wasnt all that great, I had to finish with a hand pump

back in the day i come out to go to work and my toyota has 2 flat tires, it was halloween last night so what are the chances someone let the air out

I pumped them up with a Beto floor pump which was the easiest way to get going and it wasnt that hard, I still got that floor pump

[Roxtar]

Wait wait wait - you leave your pancake on all the time and just inflate out of that? I've always assumed that the psi would not be even close to accurate if I did that with mine. Especially for 100 psi road tires. Is your gauge accurate? I've got a porter cable 6. What are you using? Sign me up for your newsletter and tell me more.

I have the same Porter Cable 6 and no idea (and don't really care) if the gauge on the compressor is close because the gauge on the inflator (Park INF-2) is dead on.

[nickwm21]

Anyone have this off brand / amzn inflator? (they come in turquoise, yellow, and red; to work with the corresponding big brand battery…)

I might buy one and report back

Cordless Tire Inflator Air Compressor for Makita 18V Battery, 160PSI Portable Handheld Air Pump with Digital Pressure Gauge for Cars Motorcycles Bikes Sport Balls(Battery Not Included) https://a.co/d/706IyID


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[EWG]

I have the same Porter Cable 6 and no idea (and don't really care) if the gauge on the compressor is close because the gauge on the inflator (Park INF-2) is dead on.

Do you leave it on and/or pressured all the time? How about the rest of you? I think this would only work well for me with the pressure on at all times, and I've always been told to open it up after each use.