Just stumbled on a miniature chart of Earth that shows there's not much out there!L&V: My apologies for leading you down a bumpy path. All of my hobbies require temps of at least 70 degrees F. My latitude is 80 degrees N, therefore 100% of my free time from October through April is spent on TV sports and Google. So there.
Back to topic: Although a ball peen hammer cannot install an inspection port, it could easily open one.
OMG I am dumb. My latitude is 44 degrees N. My longitude is 80 degrees W. Sorry.
I overlooked that feature, perhaps because I'm not sure my vise is level.And I have the exact same Ryobi drill, I've had it for about 18 years, it's on it's 3rd or 4th set of batteries. It also has a sight bubble on the back end for drilling straight down.
I mention this, because of all the drill bits and indexes I've owned, this one I always keep handy.
In the process of making a garden hose repair, that suggestion is starting to make sense.Look's like some sort of crimping tool. Most likely a factory tool
so identification will be hard. Could be a special tool where only a few were made.
I have found my M1 to be an extremely useful tool for the Sunfish. I can keep them darn motorboats at a distance with this thing.
With four Ryobi drills, I've got the opposite situation: lots of drills, but only one battery. Still, one drill makes the holes, a second drill countersinks the holes, and the third drives the screws in.And I have the exact same Ryobi drill, I've had it for about 18 years, it's on it's 3rd or 4th set of batteries. It also has a sight bubble on the back end for drilling straight down.
Multi-tools should be handy, but they're mostly too small. The "Actopus" is only three inches long—and they're advertising this "belt-loop tool"
is also a hammer!View attachment 22039
I've loaned out my pliers, and ear protectors have a way of hiding—so I went back to buy more pliers and ear protectors—and found none.'Just bought four ear protectors at a Dollar Tree store. Because they're only $1 eachand adequate for most home power tools, there's always one at hand. Be gentle with them, as the ear pieces are loosely bedded in rubber parts, plus, the headband can be broken. I repaired one with steel banding—wrapped with string, and epoxied—but could have replaced it with much less effort.
Dollar Tree ("Where everything's a dollar") also has $1 needle-nose pliers (with cutters).Same story: there's one at hand, everywhere there's a project. Select for the best final-finish, as QC isn't what it could be. One loosened up, but got tightened with a steel punch strike to the center pin.
I've loaned out my pliers, and ear protectors have a way of hiding—so I went back to buy more pliers and ear protectors—and found none.
Perhaps other Dollar Tree stores still have them on the shelf. The mini paint roller, tray and gloves "kit" is still offered at $1—as are the pack of 100 clear plastic gloves. ($1). Don't bother with Dollar Tree's $1 fuzzy eye protector goggles, but Harbor Freight is selling some very nice eye protection for $4—with a higher degree of protection than the goggles. So clear, I found myself forgetting I was wearing them!
While not especially speedy, Harbor Freight has a standard ground shipping charge of $6.99, so it's more economical to buy a bunch of stuff at one time.I'm happy with my second $99 oil-lubed HF air compressor, but that model could use some noise suppression. (Hurricane Irma destroyed the first, identical, compressor).
The cutoff wheel described on the first page has been replaced. It lasted two seasons of heavy use on steel pipe, aluminum, wood, plastic, and fiberglass. A chunk broke off of it, but it continued to soldier-on into its third winter of "work".