The toolbox thread

[ChrisF]

24 minutes ago, Hairy said:

I am starting to consider a big boy torque wrench for spinning spanners on the motorbike......I trust my wrist on the bicycle well enough thanks to many years of working on my bicycles, but the motorbike is a bit daunting for me and my wrist is also not calibrated to those torque numbers (Yet)

Bloody things are expensive though, but I assume it is one of those things you only buy once in life.

 

Sadly not that "easy" ....

 

Motorcycles have a WIDE range of torque settings.  So you need a "small" torque wrench for the sub-20N.m bolts, then the "medium" torque wrench for the next set of bolts.  And when you get the higher end of torque values a "large" torque wrench is needed.  Unfortunately the "range" of torque values of each is such that you end up with three torque wrenched to take you from 4N.m all the way to the 125+N.m range.  Thankfully I got the big one working on cars, then bought the medium when working on motorcycles, so getting the small one for the MTB was just one more step down the rabbit hole.

[Hairy]

15 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

Sadly not that "easy" ....

 

Motorcycles have a WIDE range of torque settings.  So you need a "small" torque wrench for the sub-20N.m bolts, then the "medium" torque wrench for the next set of bolts.  And when you get the higher end of torque values a "large" torque wrench is needed.  Unfortunately the "range" of torque values of each is such that you end up with three torque wrenched to take you from 4N.m all the way to the 125+N.m range.  Thankfully I got the big one working on cars, then bought the medium when working on motorcycles, so getting the small one for the MTB was just one more step down the rabbit hole.

I need something from 20-50N.m .... that should cover the basics of what I would want to do ............................................................................... I think

[Hairy]

Are "great deals or finds" at the local Cash Converts worthwhile, or are you potentially just wasting your money?

[PhilipV]

3 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Are "great deals or finds" at the local Cash Converts worthwhile, or are you potentially just wasting your money?

It depends.

I've bought a Stihl brush cutter there that I knew was undervalued, and in great condition. And a Carpenter mate of mine buys Bosch cordless tools there to send on site with his crews. He just replaces batteries as needed. 

 

And I'll buy well priced knives there. In fact I'm carrying a Leatherman right now  that I got at a local cash converters. 

[ChrisF]

22 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Are "great deals or finds" at the local Cash Converts worthwhile, or are you potentially just wasting your money?

 

Just too many of our fellow Hubbers goods have ended up in Cash converters .... 

 

I dont want to feed that beast ... 

[ChrisF]

25 minutes ago, Hairy said:

I need something from 20-50N.m .... that should cover the basics of what I would want to do ............................................................................... I think

 

So the "medium" it is .... for now ....

 

 

Actually a good start.  As the projects are done, you will figure out if you have any need for the other two.

[Alouette3]

Last torque wrench my dad checked out at Cash Converters was a decent Geodore unit, but when asking the sales person, they said it's great, it just doesn't read accurately.... as if they didn't know what the use of the wrench is for.

Look out for Teng Tools, very good product and they often run specials. Comes with a calibration certificate.

I bought a cheap AutoZone 20-210 torque wrench from CC for just over a hundred bucks, still need to do a calibration on it, but basically just use it at 40-50nm for cranks and cassettes.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

I bought a decent belt sander from CC about 2 months ago. The time it has saved me on hand sanding has paid for it at the very least.
It was a bused and so is not perfect, frustrating at times when the belt comes off but it was really dirt cheap......
I have bought other items. For example a Kindle Paperwhite for R400 as they just didn't know what it was and so priced it wrong.
Friend also bought a Bosch didtal bluetooth tape measure for R49, again, not knowing what the product is or sells for.
Then other times I have seen items priced more than they go for new, so you need to know what you are looking at too.

[Long Wheel Base]

Not sure if this really qualifies for this thread. I'm on the fence here. Either way, I'm going to get one. 

https://www.takealot.com/multi-tool-bike-keychain/PLID72183172

[Oodles]

19 minutes ago, BaGearA said:

I like how it has a single hex hole but can do 3.5mm - 12mm ????

Here's the rest of the hex wrenches.

[The Ouzo]

42 minutes ago, BaGearA said:

I like how it has a single hex hole but can do 3.5mm - 12mm ????

it also has an angry screwdriver and a straight screwdriver

[ChrisF]

Been a juggling act between over or under lubing the chain ..... all gunked up, or creaking at the end of a long dusty ride.

 

Got caught out a couple times where the chain would creak in the large gear towards the end of long dusty ride.  Now you need that big gear for the steep climbs, even more so at the end of a long ride .... BUT, that sound ....

 

And so the search started for a small lube dispenser, just for that odd occasion next to the trail.

 

The standard 15ml dispensers fit tightly into the SpeedSleave toolbag.  More importantly, ugly bulge on the side ...

 

Time for an experiment ..... for a trail side application 5ml is way more than enough.  And so an expired meds dispenser got repurposed.  Slipped off the "spout" and filled it with some dry-lube.  Quick test confirmed it is perfect to dispense one drop at a time.

 

 

It easily fits into the pouch, and balances out the goodies in the other side nicely.

 

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

10 hours ago, ChrisF said:

Been a juggling act between over or under lubing the chain ..... all gunked up, or creaking at the end of a long dusty ride.

 

Got caught out a couple times where the chain would creak in the large gear towards the end of long dusty ride.  Now you need that big gear for the steep climbs, even more so at the end of a long ride .... BUT, that sound ....

 

And so the search started for a small lube dispenser, just for that odd occasion next to the trail.

 

The standard 15ml dispensers fit tightly into the SpeedSleave toolbag.  More importantly, ugly bulge on the side ...

 

Time for an experiment ..... for a trail side application 5ml is way more than enough.  And so an expired meds dispenser got repurposed.  Slipped off the "spout" and filled it with some dry-lube.  Quick test confirmed it is perfect to dispense one drop at a time.

 

 

It easily fits into the pouch, and balances out the goodies in the other side nicely.

 

Ryder Lubretta works really well for me.

[TheoG]

2 hours ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

Ryder Lubretta works really well for me.

Still want to get one of those and give it a shot.

Edited November 25, 2021 by TheoG

[AJB76]

2 hours ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

Ryder Lubretta works really well for me.

Best thing ever. Bought one. "Lost" it while at CTCT. Got home. Bought another. Then found the first one in my bag ????

#N+1

[patches]

Been a little too trigger-happy with the drill purchases of late.

Found the Makita brushless hammer drill and impact driver kit for a great price (338 NZD, by playing the 2 main big-box hardware stores off each other).

I didn't neeeed it, as they were similar spec to my AEG ones. I just gave in to the temptation of a sweet deal. So I sold the charger, drill and driver, but kept the battery. In the end the 5Ah battery only cost me about 9 NZD.

But my addiction didn't stop there. I had a hankering for a new drill and decided if I was going to get one, it should at least be a significant upgrade on my AEG brushless.

Enter the Milwaukee Fuel 18V. Nice and compact and at 135Nm it has more than double the torque of the Makita.

This thing is a beast. Hard to believe how they cram that much power into such a compact tool!

The AEG brushless with 5Ah battery compared to the (nearly twice as torquey) Milwaukee with same size battery.