I love Vessel and many Japanese made tools so I wanted to give these a shot. Anyone have experience with these whether positive or negative? Lol

It belongs on a container ship and has a 10ft handel on it

Hey so I’m looking to build socket rails for my employees instead of putting them on a socket peg where the order gets all messed up all the time and I have to constantly reorder the set.

I was thinking of making my own socket rails but using nuts and bolts for the place holders

But I’m having a hard time ordering them based on the head size, rather than the thread size. Any suggestions on where to go or how to find this would be greatly appreciated.

For example 3/8” socket would go on a 3/8” head bolt.

Kind of thinking of doing a Cornwell style box but putting them in upside down instead and welding the sizes on the sides

I've been using my multi tool at work alot lately, and the one thing I don't like is that is does not have a hook on it. I did a little looking online and of course some of it came to discussions here on reddit. One person here in a random thread suggested using a heat insert the same way as they do in the factory for most fuel tools. Sooo off to Amazon I went. I found a heat set insert tool and a pack of inserts. The original Milwaukee inserts are 2.5mm but I decided to go with a 3mm instead. (3mm ID thread X 4mm deep X 5mm OD). I took the tool appart and had a look for anywhere that had enough meat to sink an insert. I decided on adding it to the back of one of the reinforced tabs at the base of the motor area, this way as it sunk in it would have something behind it. I used an threaded attachment for a Soldering iron I also got on Amazon to heat it up and sink it. I had to set the adjustable heat output to 7 on the soldering Iron to get it to set into the GRP (glass reinforced) plastic of the outer tool case. Once it got hot enough, it sunk right in. These hooks normally don't put all of the hanging pressure on the inserts, but on a slot in the plastic, so that was the next problem to address. Too wide of a slot and all the pressure would be on the insert. To narrow and it would not fit correctly. I sunk the insert first, then I marked where the hook needed to set. I used a ball tip milling bit I got for my Drexel tool and used a straight edge to keep it on track. Once I got a slot cut I squared it up with a key cutting file and refined the edge for proper clearance and getting the weight of the tool on the slot edge and not the insert. I took a 8mm long M3 screw and cut it off at around 3mm, cleaned the threads with a file and dunked it in vibra tight thread locker and let it set up for 24hrs. The end result was perfect. I'm very happy I tried this project and now have a convenient & more useful tool! If I had to do it again, I would have put a grub screw at the bottom of the insert to keep the GRP from flowing into the threaded insert when setting it. I also would have used a deeper insert than the 4mm I used. I had to clean the excess plastic out of the insert and it was stressful because if I chowderd up the threads I would be hooped. I did try chasing the threads out with a tap, but the hole is sold at the bottom and I don't have a bottoming tap either. The threaded inserts are not what I would call a "robust" alloy, and I was worried I would cross thread it. I just heated up a second screw and chased the threads after using a hook tool to fish out what I could. Time will tell how well this will work but so far it's been just fine. If the insert pulls out I will update this thread and put in a deeper one.

Edit: I have a whole set of pis for this project, but can seem to add them all

Some knives I’ve made over the last year at Enso Forge.

Decided it was time to mod my box by adding these LED lights. Pretty happy with how it turned out.

I think i like the stuff.

These pliers go unnoticed, perhaps they seem banal, too commonplace... But behind the simple, old-fashioned design lies a tool that is extremely effective at its job.

I actually like both.

Technically there are tools involved.

Axe, penknife, knife with fire steel in handle, fire steel and striker, zippo with fuel and spares, waterproof matches, fire starting get, various grades of wood shavings for tinder, fine kindling, fatwood and normal kindling, natural fire lighters, magnesium rod.

Possibly the most expensive, and fun, way to start a camp fire.

I do love an organised kit of virtually any variety.

I'm a tool enthusiast from Brazil and have some Made in USA tools, I appreciate them so much. Their design are bulky and built to last a lifetime, specially the oldest ones.

Found this buried in a cabinet at work. Been here almost 10 years and have somehow never found it until now. Watched some videos and it seems like a pretty cool piece of kit

I prefer compact tools in the 7" range for light duty jobs, they are more maneuverable and lighter to carry.

I got this recently and cleaned it up and put the wood top on it. The drawers are Lista style, the roller bearings are fantastic. I’m figuring out how to best build a caster system for it, I’m thinking similar to the Versacart. Now to find a full set.

Scraper/chisel set

What’s your opinions on toolgrid? Just bought a bunch and starting to wonder how it’s going to hold up in my new truck with the driving.