Originally Posted by special-K (Post 9017035)

Four way is the common term. I always called them lug wrenches because that's all I ever used. I hate using factory wreches that put the torque on an angle. I only use those in an emergency. I just like to say star wrench , ever since I heard that. That's cool to know it's used way out there in Daleville :cool:. Maybe that's where I first heard it, butI know the boys at Eddie's Tire in Berkley Springs, WVA said it. That's the place I spoke of that only uses those, never impact guns.

Mark, that spoon is looking good. I have a butcher block countertop project I was moving along on till it came time to belt sand. I can not find my sander box anywhere. But I can't see or get to everywhere, either. Things are stashed and crammed all over my place right now. I've been working on door and cabinet hardware today. I also took a vintage tin light down from behind the kitchen sink, dismantled, sanded up, and primed. I want to paint it to match the other switched wall light in my kitchen. The switch is at the doorway into the kitchen on the living room side. Right on the kitchen side and at a good height for a lamp is an electric box from the old wall-mount landline phone that is not being used. I'm moving that light there so it will be switched on when the other one does. I put a plug-in LED tube light under the cabinet over the kitchen sink to take it's place. I wired the wall light to the switch today, but still need to top coat the light. An odds and ends day A cold and wet one

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20 (Post 9016830)

Not local, I grew up calling it a star wrench. :metal:

Originally Posted by special-K (Post 9017083)

I've seen some with only three sockets and one pry bar, for hubcaps or a tire iron I guess.

Here's something really weird. I just searched star wrench and all the results are either hex/allen wrenches or 6-point sockets and wrenches. And that's what the text in the pictures call them. That's a first for me. aren't two names enough for an allen wrench/hex key?

Originally Posted by Getter-Done (Post 9017104)

Some trim screws and deck screws are star torx now.

Also on the CNC tooling I use at work,some of the inserts are attached with star torxed screws. I just bought a new set of star torx keys to take them loose.

I got a Drawer full of Allen wrenches Now:uhmk::lol:

Originally Posted by Getter-Done (Post 9017104)

Some trim screws and deck screws are star torx now.

Also on the CNC tooling I use at work,some of the inserts are attached with star torxed screws. I just bought a new set of star torx keys to take them loose.

I got a Drawer full of Allen wrenches Now:uhmk::lol:

Originally Posted by 57taskforce (Post 9017051)

Tim, I used to go to Eddie’s in Berkeley Springs and Winchester both. They were the best most affordable place to buy tires the whole time I was alive and living there. Dad still uses the store in Winchester. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, hadn't thought about them in a long while. I’ve been gone this time for close to 10 years now, I don’t know where the time goes.

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul (Post 9017160)

I remember the first time that I saw Torx screws. I had a Phillips screwdriver in my hand and thought WTF is this? :lol:

It's funny now. It wasn't funny then.

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul (Post 9017480)

I spent the day taking care of my wife. She got her Covid booster shot and it messed her up big time. The first one had little to no effect. The second made her a little funky. But this third one was a whole different shooting match. She is delirious. Totally out of it. It makes you wonder what they put in this stuff.

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper (Post 9018627)

Went to Lowe’s for calcium chloride and bought two of these . Dewalt mid range 1/2 brushless impact wrench 4AH battery and charger . . On clearance for $89.47 regularly 179.99 . You can’t buy a battery for that price .

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper (Post 9018627)

Went to Lowe’s for calcium chloride and bought two of these . Dewalt mid range 1/2 brushless impact wrench 4AH battery and charger . . On clearance for $89.47 regularly 179.99 . You can’t buy a battery for that price .

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul (Post 9018730)

I have one of those. I love it. You will be happy. I have become a big fan of Dewalt.

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher (Post 9018748)

Dang, that's a deal!

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper (Post 9018627)

went to lowe’s for calcium chloride and bought two of these . Dewalt mid range 1/2 brushless impact wrench 4ah battery and charger . . On clearance for $89.47 regularly 179.99 . You can’t buy a battery for that price .

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher (Post 9018748)

Dang, that's a deal!

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul (Post 9018730)

I took my 90 lb. German Shepherd to the groomer today. He is a long hair Shepherd and he was getting matted hair that I just couldn't get out.

I was worried. I didn't know how he would react. He's a big boy. He can knock me off my feet. But he was fine. He was the life of the party. Running around with the other dogs and making friends. The groomers loved him and they cleaned him up nicely. :)

It's funny. All my neighbor's are terrified of him. :lol:

Originally Posted by KW5413 (Post 9019024)

WOW! That brings back great memories. In the mid-late 70s I had a long hair Shepherd. Black with tan markings and a bit of white on his nose bridge and tail tip. Lobo was one of the best dogs I have ever had. A big boy, too. Topped out at 105#.

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul (Post 9019062)

They are great dogs. But they are terrors as puppies. They chew up everything until they hit about two years old then they mellow out and you have a great dog. You also have new furniture because they destroyed all the old furniture. :lol:

Originally Posted by Liz (Post 9019216)

I will never forget looking outside and seeing my two adolescent sheps pulling an enduro bumper across the back yard.

They grew into the best pets ever.

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper (Post 9018627)

Went to Lowe’s for calcium chloride and bought two of these . Dewalt mid range 1/2 brushless impact wrench 4AH battery and charger . . On clearance for $89.47 regularly 179.99 . You can’t buy a battery for that price .

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul (Post 9019937)

I bought another guitar today. Like I need another one. But I liked it and it was a best offer deal. So I threw in a lowball because I need it like another hole in my empty head, And really didn't want to spend too much on another one. I figured that he would turn me down. I kind of hoped he would.

Nope. He didn't even counter offer and now I have 10 guitars. Who needs 10 guitars you may ask? Nobody. That's who. But I now have 10 guitars. I am an idiot. Maybe my ex wives were right.

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul (Post 9019937)

I bought another guitar today. Like I need another one. But I liked it and it was a best offer deal. So I threw in a lowball because I need it like another hole in my empty head, And really didn't want to spend too much on another one. I figured that he would turn me down. I kind of hoped he would.

Nope. He didn't even counter offer and now I have 10 guitars. Who needs 10 guitars you may ask? Nobody. That's who. But I now have 10 guitars. I am an idiot. Maybe my ex wives were right.

Originally Posted by Steeveedee (Post 9020059)

^ My favorite, "You writin' a book?" :D

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper (Post 9018627)

Went to Lowe’s for calcium chloride and bought two of these . Dewalt mid range 1/2 brushless impact wrench 4AH battery and charger . . On clearance for $89.47 regularly 179.99 . You can’t buy a battery for that price .

Originally Posted by special-K (Post 9020206)

Sounds like an inside job :cool:

Originally Posted by CG (Post 9020104)

Got a beyond smoking good deal on these DeWalts. Five bucks each. Display models that had been locked down so they couldn’t be handled while on display

gotta flip the pic ... sec

Also picked up a couple others but not DeWalt. I think I spent 40 bucks total for almost 1400 bucks retail worth of tools.

Originally Posted by special-K (Post 9020206)

Sounds like an inside job :cool:

Looks like you still need about $600 worth of batteries :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by CG (Post 9020391)

As far as giving a heads up to folks, employees get first shot. There is a pretty big diversity of folks so someone is always there to grab the good deals. We dont make jack for salary, so I consider it a perk to go along with other nice perks we get.