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Those of you who've read my other threads may remember I bought and returned the 54801MB two drawer rolling toolbox a few different times because I didn't like having to fight with the bottom drawer but mostly because of its weight - a whopping 44.375 lbs. empty.

Well Acme Tools has updated their information on the new 54890MB three drawer roller, and it's… 51.3 lbs. empty; that's into OSHA recommended two person lift category.. 😳

GRH05M1 SDS MAX Rotary Hammer Kit, DC40RA Charger, 4 Ah XGT battery, clearance priced at $475, two remaining at each store.

Home Depot #1551
3475 N Salida Ct
Aurora, CO 80011

Home Depot #1521
393 S Hover St
Longmont, CO 80501

Aurora's are in top stock and in the floor, Longmont's are at the Pro Desk.

I noticed long ago that when my X8S is set to dual mode and the AC kicks on, if it's displaying a temperature and is cooling to the same temperature (in my case the thermostat reads 73º and it's cooling to 73º) it doesn't bother displaying the snowflake behind the large temperature display in cooling mode.

Just one of those things, I thought, but the demo thermostats at Home Depot and Lowe's do, but they're also running special demo unit firmware.

So if you have one and you see it clicking on to maintain your temperature, do you see the big snowflake icon behind your temperature as the AC kicks on to maintain temperature?

Simple question:

It's an awesome tool, but why would you need 1000V insulated wire strippers? Is anyone out there stripping live wires?

Some of you may remember the arrest…

>A former Milwaukee Tool employee was sentenced to five years in prison after being charged with stealing over $1 million worth of tools. > >Mathew Yang, 32, pled no contest to five felonies related to theft and computer crime on Friday, Aug. 7. A judge dismissed nine other felony theft charges in a plea deal. > >Prosecutors say Yang stole over $1 million in company products by placing fraudulent orders and having them delivered to his Wauwatosa apartment. Yang worked in IT, where he had access to Milwaukee Tool’s ordering system and was able to place the orders without entering payment, then delete them from the system. > >A criminal complaint says Yang placed more than 110 separate orders, which added up to 9,000 pounds of tools. Milwaukee Tool was only able to cancel and recover six of the shipments.  > >Investigators found an Excel spreadsheet titled “selling list” on Yang’s company laptop, which included “selling prices” and “order tabs.” They concluded that Yang may have sold stolen products directly to Milwaukee Tool customers.  > >A judge sentenced Yang to five years behind bars and five years of extended supervision for one felony count of theft involving property worth more than $100,000. For the other four felony counts, the judge stayed prison sentences and ordered Yang to serve nine years of probation. > >Yang was also ordered to pay $1.08 million in restitution to Milwaukee Tool. A seizure of $133,895.38 from Yang’s bank account by the Brookfield Police Department will go towards the restitution owed.

Former Milwaukee Tool employee sentenced to prison for stealing $1 million in tools

They aren't on the floor at most locations, they're up in topstock. Employees at my store had to search for about half an hour before they found them.

Strangely, all the other PACKOUT drawer boxes come packed two to a cardboard shipping box; the single drawer boxes are packed individually.

Milwaukee has introduced a new screwdriver set in a Low-Profile Compact Organizer:

MT200-6P 6 PC. Cushion Grip Screwdrivers Set (USA) w/PACKOUT™ Low-Profile Compact Organizer

My drill has a hex shank nose so I inserted the right angle adapter directly into it and tried to remove a screw.

Shortly after the shank broke where indicated, leaving a piece in the nose that could not be removed by any means I had at my disposal, so I had to send it to the tool manufacturer's service center for repair.

I tried super glue, magnets and wore out two cobalt bits trying to drill into the piece of shaft left in the tool without any success.

Only real changes are the 2027 tS gets rear parking sensors and all BRZs get EyeSight updates:

All 2027 Subaru BRZ models are now equipped with the latest generation of EyeSight® Driver Assist Technology, including models equipped with a manual transmission. The system features a new wide-angle mono camera with a larger field of vision, and new rear parking sensors on the tS trim level to help maneuver the coupe into tight parking spaces. Adaptive Cruise Control, Pre-Collision Braking, Lane Departure and Sway Warning, Lead Vehicle Start Alert, and Blind-Spot Detection with Rear Cross-Traffic Alert enhance driver awareness and safety. Rear Automatic Braking is standard on BRZ models equipped with an automatic transmission.

SoA: 2027 Subaru BRZ Press Kit

Obviously, it's long-term and cumulative damage, not just a clip of a drainage channel or something like that. But what could do it across the entire front clip extending a decent distance above the bottom? Those are all fingernail-catching scratches on the bottom forward edge, not bug splatter or anything like that.

The only thing I can come up with is track use and track debris, a red flag when buying used…

• One LXT XRM06B BT Radio, $107
• Three LXT XAD02Z Right Angle Drills, $125
• One XGT GWT08Z Impact Wrench, $190
• Seven LXT XMT04ZB Multitools, $135
• Seven LXT XVJ03Z Jig Saws, $100
• Ten XGT GRU01M1 15" String Trimmer Kits w/4.0Ah XGT battery and charger, $259

Home Depot #1550
7200 W Colfax Ave
Lakewood, CO 80214

They got rid of the XGT power tools earlier this year and these prices are steals given the weed trimmer comes with a 4.0 Ah XGT battery and charger and the chain saw a 5.0 Ah XGT battery and charger, making the chargers and tools effectively free in these kits.

(Note the clearance price tags are above the LXT trimmers, the XGTs are on a different shelf.)

Check yours for similar deals if you're not in the area.

Home Depot #1506
1200 W Dillon Road
Louisville, CO 80027