[Sebring]

Mi has started crowdfunding on a precision tool set. This can be procured far cheaper from other suppliers. What do you guys think? Is there an edge

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by Sebring

Mi has started crowdfunding on a precision tool set. This can be procured far cheaper from other suppliers. What do you guys think? Is there an edge

I think that it is ridiculous, obscene almost, that a company like Mi should be crowdfunding a product. Duh... no capital?

Especially a box of screwdrivers. Plenty of them on the market: precision'n'all.

What I guess is that they are not in the least in need of capital to make the things, but that they are trying to mop up gadget hunters that might be trawling the crowd-funding sites. The kind of gadget hunters that buy pretty gadgets. And yes, this looks neat. But my thoughts are: buy your screwdrivers from a screwdriver company!

[Jeroen]

Originally Posted by Sebring

Mi has started crowdfunding on a precision tool set. This can be procured far cheaper from other suppliers. What do you guys think? Is there an edge

Well it comes with anti-rust, an aluminium alloy cover and a cool magnetic storage box.

Your typical cheap bit set, comes in cheap plastic box and might be rusty on delivery. If it is magnetic that would probably more be by chance than on purpose.

So for this price it is probably a cool looking and hopefully a pretty solid set.

I have any number of these bit sets as you will find them almost anywhere for next to nothing. So, not a huge loss, if it rusts, gets lost, or is just crappy.

But it is nice to have at least one good looking set. Usually with tools, when it looks good and smart and well finished, the quality tends to be a bit better as well.

This set sells for Euro 30 on Amazon.nl and Euro 9,25 on Aliexpres!

I am not so sure about this crowd funding. This very set has been available for about two years. There are several reviews on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp0HlOpzvBw

Jeroen

[akshaymahajan]

Originally Posted by Jeroen

I am not so sure about this crowd funding. This very set has been available for about two years. There are several reviews on Youtube

Jeroen

I think this is purely to get traction early on. They have experience centers with a lot of things on display to see what gets people interested. Once they have the primary list, get them on a crowd-sourcing platform to get some actual buy-in and track how many people actually visit this or add it in the cart. Top products get to manufacturing earlier.

Wasn't Mi one of the early adopters of the Amazon flash sale? Those worked perfectly well for them. So why not this? Even in this example, I would have not known about this product had this conversation not come up. Now it seems like something I may want.

[Thad E Ginathom]

Ahh... screwdriver sets!

I have the big Ifixit set, in the oak box <Blush>. There are not many types of small screw that I cannot handle!

Do I ever use anything other than the usual flat and Philips? Yes, very, very occasionally. And it has taught me that some of the things that you can do with a Philips, you shouldn't, because the screw isn't.

[Aroy]

Yes with time you tend to have a large collection of screw drivers. I have at least 15 flat and Phillips tip of various sizes, one set of jewelers screw drivers and two sets of with interchangeable bits.

All that is missing is Torx tips for the 1/2 drive socket set.

[Gurudatta Nayak]

Hi Friends,

Can anyone suggest me a good HVLP Paint Sprayer?
I had shortlisted INGCO SPG5008 .But, I am disappointed as its a Chinese company.

Is there any Made in India product?

[blackasta]

Originally Posted by Gurudatta Nayak

Hi Friends,

Can anyone suggest me a good HVLP Paint Sprayer?
I had shortlisted INGCO SPG5008 .But, I am disappointed as its a Chinese company.

Is there any Made in India product?

I am using FERM HVLP sprayer for quite a few years. Good for hobby carpentry.

https://www.amazon.in/FERM-SGM1011-H.../dp/B00AW9HAJI

I honestly did not read where it is made, makes no difference to me whatsoever.

[Motard_Blr]

Lesson learnt with a strap wrench

I borrowed a strap wrench from a friend to replace the oil filter on my dad's Maruti A-star.

The strap wrench looks like this one:


The old oil filter was a bit tight and required a bit more force than I expected. Tightening the strap wrench and turning loosened the filter but also crushed the body a bit.

The new filter went in easily and this time I was careful to apply the strap near the base of the filter body where it is stronger.

Lesson learnt from this exercise: strap wrenches can apply a great deal of force and to be careful where that is applied.

I can see many applications for a strap wrench and I'm planning on buying one for myself. But for future oil filter changes, I will look for a filter socket such as this one:


PS: I drove the car onto concrete blocks to lift up the front end to allow for access to the filter and drain bolt. This was both stable and safe. I'm not going to recommend wood or or any other material or device of doubtful strength and integrity for a job like this.

[Sutripta]

^^^
Maybe face the strap with the old (don't know whether still available or not) Ferodo RU lining material! In any case you are discarding your old filter. So shouldn't matter. New filter you hand tighten.

A good quality block of wood is much better than say bricks. Along the highways, you will see people selling blocks of wood for propping up fully loaded trucks. Truck drivers/ helpers/ repairmen would never trust bricks for that job. A M20 or M30 concrete block would also certainly do the job, but one is unlikely to find one just lying around.

Sutripta

[Motard_Blr]

Originally Posted by Sutripta

^^^
Maybe face the strap with the old (don't know whether still available or not) Ferodo RU lining material! In any case you are discarding your old filter. So shouldn't matter. New filter you hand tighten.

A good quality block of wood is much better than say bricks. Along the highways, you will see people selling blocks of wood for propping up fully loaded trucks. Truck drivers/ helpers/ repairmen would never trust bricks for that job. A M20 or M30 concrete block would also certainly do the job, but one is unlikely to find one just lying around.

Sutripta

I do have some cork sheet that I could try to use for facing the braided nylon strap. Hopefully it will last a while before crumbling away.

[Sutripta]

^^^
Cork will likely compress and thus grip will loosen up. Purely conjecture on my part, so do give it a try and let us know.

Sutripta

[Motard_Blr]

Originally Posted by Sutripta

^^^
Cork will likely compress and thus grip will loosen up. Purely conjecture on my part, so do give it a try and let us know.

Sutripta

It's a 3 mm thickness cork gasket sheet. I don't think it will compress noticeably in this application.

I was looking at other strap wrenches and found straps made of reinforced rubber or canvas for those. It suddenly occured to me that the problem with the wrench I used is that the nylon strap is stretching excessively. I think I will have to look for a canvas strap or find canvas conveyor belt to use instead of the nylon.

[Sutripta]

^^^
Industrial use ones normally use a chain. Marks/ mars the work badly. Important or not depends on situation.

Sutripta

[Thad E Ginathom]

I think that chain wrenches are intended for use on heavy steel pipe. I also think that both chain and strap wrenches have that pivot point which is always going to pinch?

I have a strap wrench like the above, with a canvas strap. If I remember rightly it has some non-slip stuff applied to one side.

I also have heavy-weight big brothers of this handy little tool:



They can even manage non-round and irregular shapes.