New favourite tool of 2023

[mr2mike]

List your best, favourite or slick new tool you picked up this past year.
Why you like it and it can be for home or auto.

Mine was the Dewalt DCF921 small impact gun.
450 ft-lbs of nut bustin' torque and its small.
Can use it in most areas on a vehicle and gets off most of the bolts.

KMS tools seems to have the best pricing.

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[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

I was gifted a 1/2” Dewalt impact and a Dewalt battery tire inflator at my wedding. Makes inflating tires after track use and swapping wheels back and forth a lot easier for me. Also got a new 1/2” torque wrench for Christmas from my wife which is just a nice upgrade from my SAIT tools I’ve been using since 2008.

[Shlade]

Thats on my list of things to get.

[Thaco]

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not sure it's exactly a "tool" as you'd intended with this post, but i love it, it's useful for doing "tool" stuff, i printed battery and tool mounts, jigs, brackets, and other items which are directly associated with using tools.

[BavarianBeast]

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Park tool chain cleaner works wonders

[Buster]

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Park tool chain cleaner works wonders

Have you gone to waxing your chain yet?

[ThePenIsMightier]

Does that work on motorcycles? That's making me moist!

[BavarianBeast]

Might not work on moto because too much friction causing heat and wax to melt? but I’ve heard good things about waxing for bike chain. Less noise, supposed to run smoother, last longer than lube and not pick as much dirt and trail debris up..

Probably should give it a go, have you Buster?

[phreezee]

Today, it’s definitely the BR600. Cleaned up last night’s snow quick. I’ve had it forever though, so not new.

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The tool that I discovered last year that saved me the most time was the Hub Shocker for removing rust welded on wheel bearings.

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[AndyL]

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My wallet hurts.

[mr2mike]

But that lathe is pretty nice! I think I'd go for a mill before a lathe in my lifetime.


Today, it’s definitely the BR600. Cleaned up last night’s snow quick. I’ve had it forever though, so not new.

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The tool that I discovered last year that saved me the most time was the Hub Shocker for removing rust welded on wheel bearings.

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Nice. That's a lot cheaper than the one I have and probably does the job well.
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[AndyL]

But that lathe is pretty nice! I think I'd go for a mill before a lathe in my lifetime.


Well I have the CNC router and it can chew through 2D aluminum albeit slowly - but it gets the job done.

But there's a bunch of round stuff that I just can't effectively do on it so here we are :rofl: I'm having terrible thoughts already about the leftover CNC parts that are lying around and the lathe... It's not helping a bunch of the hobby stuff I do is problematicaly backordered right now.