Tools we all need.
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Re: Tools we all need.
I am not sure about the rest of you , but the tool I use the most now is spell check . with out it no one would not be able to understood what I wright .
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Don't feel alone there DaveDavidBarkey wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:03 am I am not sure about the rest of you , but the tool I use the most now is spell check . with out it no one would not be able to understood what I wright .
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Yes David, spell check is great, but auto correct can be a PITA. Sometimes I go back and proof read my posts. Then I have to edit then for mistakes. Harry
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I tried that once after about 5 min. the computer did this It couldn't figure out what i was trying to say .
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My turns autocorrect off on all my devices. She says "if anyone corrects you ever that would be ME!"
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I don't know if you guys have temu.com in the US, but they are kinda new here in Canada, and I thought I'd give them a try, ordered a few things. It's an online business with very cheap items, obviously coming from China.
This is the tool I ordered, which looked pretty impressive when you look at the video. Drill bits with tungsten carbide tips apparently.
When they arrived I tested one on wood, clearly it worked without a problem. Then I tried it on steel and the sharp tip would not go in, so I thought "lesson learned" I just got some garbage and threw them in the drawer.
A few days ago I was working on the eyelet of one of the hydraulic cylinder rods, the grease zerk was broken in the hole from time immemorial probably, so there I go with a good HSS drill bit at it. The bit gets dull immediately. Hm... ok, sharpen it, go again, dull again. OK, maybe it was a bad bit I tell myself, and get another bit. That gets dull too and makes no progress drilling the hole. Then I remembered about the toy carbide tipped bits from temu.com and thought wth, doesn't hurt to try. Picked the right slightly smaller size than the zerk and the bit went in like through butter. Whaaat? Turns out, after more testing, that this type of drill bits have a hard time starting the hole. But if there's any way it can catch on the material, like a bit of a hole already, then they really dig in. Now I like them a lot, for those situations when you need to put a hole in very hard metal.
These are the ones I got
https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs= ... e_sn=10045
This is the tool I ordered, which looked pretty impressive when you look at the video. Drill bits with tungsten carbide tips apparently.
When they arrived I tested one on wood, clearly it worked without a problem. Then I tried it on steel and the sharp tip would not go in, so I thought "lesson learned" I just got some garbage and threw them in the drawer.
A few days ago I was working on the eyelet of one of the hydraulic cylinder rods, the grease zerk was broken in the hole from time immemorial probably, so there I go with a good HSS drill bit at it. The bit gets dull immediately. Hm... ok, sharpen it, go again, dull again. OK, maybe it was a bad bit I tell myself, and get another bit. That gets dull too and makes no progress drilling the hole. Then I remembered about the toy carbide tipped bits from temu.com and thought wth, doesn't hurt to try. Picked the right slightly smaller size than the zerk and the bit went in like through butter. Whaaat? Turns out, after more testing, that this type of drill bits have a hard time starting the hole. But if there's any way it can catch on the material, like a bit of a hole already, then they really dig in. Now I like them a lot, for those situations when you need to put a hole in very hard metal.
These are the ones I got
https://www.temu.com/goods.html?_bg_fs= ... e_sn=10045
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Thats good to know . Most bolts are case hardened . So the centre is soft enough for small bit to start a hole , but the outer diameter will dull most bits. That where these would come in really handy.
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One thing I forgot to add about the temu.com business. In the last month and a half I made four orders from them. Shipping is free to Canada, and I've never seen such small prices, for quality that I would say it's at Walmart level. The shipping came three times later by a few days than what they promised, which was about 2 weeks. Every time it was late they added $5 to my account. All orders did come through though.
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FWIW... I have read some pretty troubling things about Temu's app/interface. It aggressively looks to grant itself access to data it has absolutly no need or right to. While I love a good bargin, I'm not willing to go that far.