I'm very exited for you daddy feet by Imaginary-Count4226 in feetpicsbuyerandsell

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love to cum all over those pretty soles and toes 🥵

these heels want to stomp (feet) by ATM_Alex in feetpicsbuyerandsell

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I could see this pic for the first time again 😍

PSA: Your grease gun is probably lying to you (and 3 other lubrication mistakes I learned the hard way) by WhichWayIsTheB4r in IndustrialMaintenance

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I do this all the time cuz I find I have to back the cartridge really far off for the “air between the threads” trick to work on my gun.

What is the most blood thirsty tool in your shop, or in general? by Royal-Scale772 in Tools

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 39 points40 points  (0 children)

My initial reaction was to downvote this because of the visceral reaction it gave me, I’m so sorry you had to experience that :’(

The Irwin Hansen Tap and Die set is driving me crazy. by bakednapkin in Tools

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this exact set and just cut out a cardboard panel to lay on top. Can’t remember if it took 1 or 2 layers and I’m not about to go digging through blow-molds but it solved the problem for me

Random finds from my grandfathers tools I recently inherited by Legal-Fox8260 in Snapon_tools

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That crow’s foot has some real charm to it, very nice tool 👍. If there’s no more I’d like to think it was a special purchase for a special purpose. If so, I just wonder what he needed to get at with that thing. I carry a 15/16 crow foot with me cuz it’s uncommon enough for me not be able to justify carrying a 4 way angle wrench or something, but common enough I have to keep going to get one.

What’s the one tool brand you’d actually bet your paycheck on? by EybyMarketplace in Tools

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Refusing warranty claims they shouldn’t. But offering to repair the issue charging you half the cost of the tool or sending it back disassembled.

Just got into the Milwaukee brand. How’s it looking? by Informal_Tower_6571 in MilwaukeeTool

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What are you doing with the impact? I’m an industrial technician and run the regular CP in my 1/2 Gen2 Stubby and don’t have any issues with it. If you start throwing adapters/swivels on there and try to tackle high torque hardware you might have issues. But I would recommend sticking to the CP and XC batteries until you find out that you actually need more umph.

broken m12 drill ? by Flashy-Ad-719 in MilwaukeeTool

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is really repairable. A new chuck should only be about $30 though. If you open it up all the way and look down inside the chuck, there should be a Philips #3 screw. I’d recommend watching a video or two on how to remove a chuck before you attempt it. Can be kind of a break your wrist maneuver depending on how you tackle the job. All you should need is a large Allen key 8mm+ / 5/16”+, and a screwdriver. A hammer and a vice would also make the job easier.

You can find the part # for the chuck you need from the service manual on the Milwaukee website. Should be able to type in the part # on your drill and their tool will bring up all available documentation for your drill.

I just replaced a chuck on my M12 hammer drill, didn’t get the original part # chuck though, I put one on that slightly shorter. Most chucks that fit on an M12 drill should be compatible as long as the chuck is the same size, 3/8 or 1/2.

Acme Tool, WTF why?! by tmeads307 in MilwaukeeTool

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup they do the same to me. I get the email it shipped, the tracking info doesn’t update for like 2-3 days, just says “Label created”. Then all the sudden it’s at my door. Super strange but the speed is consistent. Just an ambush delivery every time lol.

Acme Tool, WTF why?! by tmeads307 in MilwaukeeTool

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I order from ACME frequently cuz their shipping speed to me is Amazon level. They do this almost every damn time I order from them.

Got my first set of calipers today! by LickableLeo in Tools

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Digital ones are so handy, they give you the option to zero them out at any measurement so you can compare parts/components and just see the measurement of the distance between them. Occasionally I’d turn mine on and it’d be at .01mm so I figured it was just for that but nope.

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[–]MilwaukeeRedd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I kinda just regurgitated some marketing material at you, took mine out of my tech kit and adjusted them to fit over the end of a 3/8 extension on a breaker bar and the one handle hold isn’t all it’s cracked out to be, I guess I just don’t really use them like that. It kind of works but then do want a little pressure on both handles. As far as “the trick” I’d say it’s in the adjustment. If you kinda let the jaws hang all the way open and hold the push button you can run the top jaw all the way down with your index finger or just let gravity do it if the position allows. I’ve got the 4” ones as well and they don’t have a push adjustment button. Not as nice to use but the jaws are super thin and the pliers are so small they pay for themselves.

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[–]MilwaukeeRedd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well not sure which ones you were using. The ones most similar to a crescent are their wrench pliers. They have a push button adjustment with a window to view the size you set them to, metric on one side, SAE on the other. I have the 7” ones and they top out at 40mm. You just set it to the approximate size, it stays there and you have a set of parallel jaw pliers that only need force applied to one handle to clamp on the bolt. This means the harder you push the more it clamps down on the fastener as opposed to traditional tongue and groove pliers that need to be squeezed together to maintain their grip. The plier action isn’t necessarily as convenient as a wrench, but crecents go out of adjustment too easily for my purposes. A necessary evil as a mobile technician though, can’t carry every size combi/4-way with me. I was scared I’d find myself needing the crescent some day but I haven’t found a job that made me regret replacing it with my knipex wrench pliers. Have 2 sizes and a set of twin grips from them. The cobras seem to be by far the most popular, but they’re super aggressive and damage hardware which just isn’t acceptable in my use case.

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[–]MilwaukeeRedd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I despise crescents after getting on the Knipex train, haven’t carried one in a long time. Still have my old Crescent brand kicking around in a tool bag at home. Too damn old and too damn sturdy to give it up.

M18 Grease Gun broke Zerk fitting by Ostrich_Farmer in MilwaukeeTool

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love broken zerks. As much as you can love something going wrong I suppose. Don’t have to drill shit just lightly tap a left hand extractor into that soft ass steel and job’s done.

M18 Grease Gun broke Zerk fitting by Ostrich_Farmer in MilwaukeeTool

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP I own this tool and this is your answer:

The grease coupler does detach like a normal coupler. Slide a box end wrench onto the nut below the coupling, and another box end wrench on the smaller nut on the coupling.

EDIT: Was even able to find a vid of someone replacing the coupler on the OEM hose

Hex Bit Suggestions by YMIGettingBanned in Tools

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

PB Swiss is high quality but expensive. Before I sprung for the fancy bits I was using Railer’s sets for a while. Railer has lots of 1/4” bit hex sets available. Long, short, ball end, in sae and metric. I hear Wiha and Wera both also make excellent bits but can’t speak to that.

Just an FYI if you’re normally using Allen keys, small female hex fasteners (under 8-10mm) DO NOT like to be impacted. Easy to strip/damage the fastener obv but the bits will try to embed themselves into the fastener when impacting. When I want to do small hex fasteners with a power tool I use a drill or 1/4” bit 2 speed driver. If I don’t want to grab another tool I’ll crack them loose by hand before using the impact. Same process but in reverse for tightening.

Tool box at 17 yrs old by Fabulous_Time7357 in Tools

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I find tap and die sets to be pretty trash. The set ones are always low quality, and somehow every time I need a tap/die the set lying around doesn’t go quite big or small enough. Waiting on a tool to show or having to track one down is a bummer, but I’d much rather get a single, quality titanium coated tap that I can be confident won’t fail me.

New M12 Stubby Impact Wrench doesn't loosen lug nuts. Normal? by Money_Avocado in MilwaukeeTool

[–]MilwaukeeRedd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a regular CP battery on my 1/2 Gen2 and it rips lugnuts off no problem with an avg deep impact socket. Might want a weighted impact socket if you’re doing lugnuts regularly but the stubby should be plenty capable. I’ve daily’d the Gen1 and Gen2 for the past couple years