Possible tool sell-off at Lowe's in the US??

Thanks for the tip Gordon!

Yeah, I saw that too.  Kobalt hole saws for more than 50% off.

Needs to swing by tomorrow  ..problem is Harbor Freight is in the same parking lot

Thanks, we don't have Harbor Freight on island and I need to restock some things I've broken and maybe pick up some new stuff I didn't know I needed.

Harbor Freight is good for non electrically operated items ( they don't make it through the first job ) Their  Zip Ties, Hammers , their US General rolling tool boxes and tool carts are good. 

Alan Merklin posted:

Harbor Freight is good for non electrically operated items ( they don't make it through the first job ) Their  Zip Ties, Hammers , their US General rolling tool boxes and tool carts are good. 

 

I don't know about that. I have a concrete v i b r a t o r that's done several sizeable block wall grouting jobs and just keeps going. I swear their small metal band saw rolls off the same Chinese assembly line as Grizzly, still going...

Alan Merklin posted:

Harbor Freight is good for non electrically operated items ( they don't make it through the first job ) Their  Zip Ties, Hammers , their US General rolling tool boxes and tool carts are good. 

 

Their countersinks suck.

I purchased all their Hitachi drill, drivers, skil saw, sawsall  18 volt and everything on the demo table for 80-90 percent off. Those tools are moving to the brushless line. I have many already and batteries so just added to what I already had. So now I have a full set in my van and in my garage.   I got a whole box of tools minus batteries for 48.00. Another guy got the box of Dewalt and another line and so forth. Every store is moving in new lines of brushless and the Craftsmen line.  

I just found my new Dellorto/Weber carb-tuning BFF, right in a "Clearance" box at Lowe's.

Ever try to adjust the fuel mixture screw on the outward side of a Weber or Dellorto Carb?  First, you have to find it, hiding over near the inside compartment wall but out of sight, then get a really short screw driver in there and maybe you'll find the screw slot (always easy with a hot, running engine, right?) and then finally turn it in and out to find the idle sweet spot.

Or maybe you're lucky and your air mixture screws are hex head (Yay!) but there isn't much room to get a small ratchet on them (or even a ratcheting thumbwheel drive) so you try to get a grip on them with your fingers and maybe get them to turn, but they're still HOT!  

Have I found the tool for you:  Lowe's Kobalt 337355 - a spiffy, little, non-ratcheting thumbwheel that accepts a 1/4 hex drive on one side and a 1/4" square drive on the other.  Pop in the 1" long hex/square adapter bit (included), put on an 8mm short socket and PRESTO!  A non-ratcheting tool that's short enough to fit beside the carbs and it lets you tune in the air screws with perfect precision.  It also comes with a couple of screwdriver bits for you guys with screw slotted air screws.

I Friggin LOVE IT!  

Gordon Nichols posted:

 

I want one!

Outstanding!!!!!!

I'm going after one.

Very cool, Gordon!

Stopped at Lowe's Buchannon WV today ...Kobalt / Craftsman tools displayed but when I asked about the Kobalt clearance they had no clue.

Alan Merklin posted:

Stopped at Lowe's Buchannon WV today ...Kobalt / Craftsman tools displayed but when I asked about the Kobalt clearance they had no clue.

 

I could nothing about it online on in the store, but many of the tools are on sale and many of the shelves are being cleared and rearranged.

No sales here in Central Ohio either.

I've never met a Weber that required a screwdriver for mixture adjustment. They are knurled, and fingers suffice. The throttle stop or idle speed screw is a different story, that one needs a screwdriver.

Dellortos definitely need a screwdriver for mixture, at least in my experience.

Gordon,

I slipped by Lowes to see if they had any thumb screwdrivers as mentioned but it seems they were never stocked in this area and can't ship to the store either. At 2.95 each I think I will order 3-4 and the 6-8.00 shipping and donate the rest as I only need one. 

I didn't know they were a sporadically stocked item.  If I get over there today I'll check to see if there are any left - there were only a handful in the bin when I got mine.  If I get some extras I'll share them with the group.  I think they were 50% off list.

I had been using a 1/4" drive thumbwheel ratchet to do the same thing, but this is so much easier to use.

Nothing in NW FL!

OK, I made a special trip to "My Lowe's" and scooped all four that were left (and believe me, I went through every bin - and picked up a few other tools, too!)

If you would like one of these little gems, let me know.

He who hesitates shall miss out.

Letting you know  pm sent   tnx

That sounds like a cool little tool Gordon. Can I lay claim to 1?

PM sent.  I’d like one as well.

Is this the same thing?    https://www.harborfreight.com/...tchet-set-94011.html

Lane: Why? You ain't got no carburetors!

Art, that looks like the same thing but with a ratchet.

I bought some from Craftsman a while back that slip if you try to tighten too much. But on a carb that won't happen.

“Lane: Why? You ain't got no carburetors!”

Never pass up on a handy tool.  The BMW, and probably the coupe, have plenty of tight spots.

Art:  Danny answered this and those are ratcheting thumbwheels which you would think would work OK (I have a set), but as a tool for turning a hex head or slotted mixture screw in and out, the ratcheting function means that you have to turn the screw in til the engine stumbles, then pull the tool out, reverse direction, put it back in and turn the screw out and repeat once or twice til the engine smooths out.

Using the little blue thumbwheel (without a ratchet feature) you can turn the screw in or out without reversing the tool.  Makes things much easier.  It is also magnetized so the screwdriver tip stays put and doesn’t fall down onto the heat shields.

Two spoken for, two left, you guys........

Yeah I want one.

That’s it, they’re gone!

Going to Lane, Dr. Clock, Ed and Al Blanchette (I have a special Canadian-speaking one).

Payment and shipping info going out tomorrow.

Thanks, Gents!

Gordon Nichols posted:

That’s it, they’re gone!

Going to Lane, Dr. Clock, Ed and Al Blanchette (I have a special Canadian-speaking one).

 

Well, at least the curses will be pronounced correctly when Al uses it...

Thank you Gordon. And that's very nice of you to send me the Canadian one...

Hey, What'er friends for, eh?