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 (DIR) Post #Ad8rjho9girJtJaJDU by chemoelectric@masto.ai
       2023-12-24T17:41:45Z
       
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       Well, it’s December 24 in the Twin Cities and outside it’s like a cool day in summer.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad8rjiYau40QDLJObI by chemoelectric@masto.ai
       2023-12-24T17:44:33Z
       
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       Also my chronically sprained left ankle is sore. I did a real number on that ankle when I was 18. And I strained my arthritic right knee, yesterday, moving my mechanic’s toolset.No, I have no idea how to do the slightest thing on an automobile, but I used the toolset to assemble a rolling cart I found lying around the house, which I must have bought a few years ago and forgotten to assemble.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad8rjjKS28HqblhcC8 by chemoelectric@masto.ai
       2023-12-24T17:48:09Z
       
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       It is a DeWalt toolset.Of course the small sockets come loose. So yesterday I stuck them down with BluTack. Any more that come loose I will also stick down with BluTack.That cart kit came with a wrench for nuts and that wrench will not fit into the space where the nuts go! But a socket will. It required a 10mm socket. My toolset had a bunch of 10mm sockets.I also needed a 4mm hex key. One came with the kit but of course it was tiny.You would not believe how many hex key sets I have.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad8rjk8n0yYL7tFoem by clive@saturation.social
       2023-12-24T17:53:37Z
       
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       @chemoelectric I have like 17 different hex key sets, but every time I have to fix something in the house or one of my bicycles I have to buy a new set because the specific key I’m looking for is missing
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad8sOjPecsrQk1gfDs by chemoelectric@masto.ai
       2023-12-24T18:00:55Z
       
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       @clive If you count bit sets and hex screwdrivers, it really gets crazy! And should I count my T-shaped ones as hex keys or as funny screwdrivers? :) And there are the ones that are like pocketknives. I guess those count as novelties. :)
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad960vvFrXeNwp0x5k by chemoelectric@masto.ai
       2023-12-24T18:02:38Z
       
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       @clive The Bondhus ones are very nice because on one end they are round and you can turn them without bothering to be straight. When you go to the long lever arm direction you have to have it in straight, however.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad960wgP2FMeJ34ba4 by chemoelectric@masto.ai
       2023-12-24T18:07:19Z
       
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       @clive The other day I got out the mechanic’s tools to assemble a thing and then screamed AAAAAAACK!!!!! because the wrenches went only up to 15mm and this thing needed a 17mm.But I had assembled this thing before. I have a very nice Jaeger 17mm wrench just for the purpose. I simply did not like having to paw through a toolbox looking for it.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad960xP4MB5qXZyHCa by chemoelectric@masto.ai
       2023-12-24T18:08:32Z
       
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       @clive (It’s the rolling trolley for the DeWalt T-Stak system. A true PITA to assemble.)
       
 (DIR) Post #Ad960yGb99uZDb11dY by clive@saturation.social
       2023-12-24T20:30:04Z
       
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       @chemoelectric I think I probably need to get a high quality with swappable headsIt's the only way to truly cover the waterfront