SEMA 2020 NEW Tools - SEMA360 - ft. Stacey Cook

[@HotRodHippie]

Any of these tools up your alley? Or would you rather put them out to pasture?

[@SpeedyMercer]

On the engine stand, a worm can drive a gear but a gear can't drive a worm so it doesn't take much to friction lock the worm to prevent rotation.

[@HotRodHippie]

@@SpeedyMercer I was thinking the gear reduction meant the load was reduce on that locking bolt but your point is more correct. Good call. I still don’t care for that locking mechanism. It requires an additional tool and overtightening and breaking the bolt is still a concern. A bolt with a lever arm on it would have been better IMO.

[@RonCovell]

Alan - thanks for giving us some insight about the 'Online' SEMA Show. I can see that there were some interesting products for perusal - thanks for the overview. That was a sad story about the engine block that was damaged by touching the cylinder bores. We all live and learn!

[@HotRodHippie]

I’ve learned that my skin oils are rust creators. Haha. Won’t make that mistake again.

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍 like using step drills on sheet metal usually makes a nice round hole.

[@HotRodHippie]

I need to do a video about what I use most of the time. Step drills are handy I just often have sub par luck with them myself.

[@paulrayl9470]

Knipex are my absolute favorite pliers also.

[@klubstompers]

I like the idea of the cutting bit only being on the top for the bolt extractors, so you dont ruin the threads when drilling out the bolt. If the top breaks on ANY bit, its done, so dont see the benefit of having anything along the side shaft for cutting, unless you need to bore the hole out.

[@HotRodHippie]

My point was that the Matco Solid Carbides could be resharpened. And that “tipped” drills means some form of welding or bonding process. Which is a point of failure beyond just breaking the carbide itself. Otherwise I agree with you. Though it doesn’t really take a “cutting edge” for an edge to dig in.

[@klubstompers]

@@HotRodHippie Thats cool that they can be resharpened, and i agree about the welded point, that is where most of my bits fail. That bit set should be all carbide, cobalt, or al least stainless for that price.

[@Joe.Doucette]

So you went to a virtual event and contracted a stomach bug? A computer bug? Man.. when you do something you really do it. ;) As usual, great review and comparison of existing products to new ones. Since I'm just a hobbyist, most of those tools are out of my scope. However, the Cobra XS is really nice looking. I agree about step drills. They are never deep enough per step. The ones you showed look great but sadly out of my wallet-range. Thanks for honest reviews.

[@HotRodHippie]

If I’m gonna commit, I may as well go all the way. 😅 Thanks for your input, it’s appreciated. Wish I could have attended the real show and found more varied products for folks. Next year.

[@Joe.Doucette]

@@HotRodHippie 😅 Next year, hopefully. Is the world's current mantra.

[@ozzstars_cars]

Hey Alan! Not sure why it took me so long to find ya here on YTube.

[@phillippearce9680]

👍

[@felixf5211]

I have a phobia. You mentioned the reptile in the beginning as a warning, so it's not wise for me to watch the video. I did want to leave a like and a comment to support of the channel.

[@HotRodHippie]

I mean it’s just named after a snake, it’s an AN Plumbing tool. Appreciate the support all the same.

[@felixf5211]

@@HotRodHippie Oh...that's fine. Now I feel silly. Just about to watch the video.

[@HotRodHippie]

Eh I don’t blame you, better safe than sorry. My humor is fairly deadpan so I get it.

[@felixf5211]

@@HotRodHippie I can see why the you-know-what received an award. A truly useful tool for a speed/restoration/build shop. The Beta stand looks really nice, but I'm with you on the price. Years ago, Amazon was selling Beta for ridiculously low prices - lasted about a week - so I picked up some Beta tools. Pretty nice, but I'm not sure they're worth their MSRP.

[@klubstompers]

The Dyme tool, seems a little crazy. Just put your fittings on both sides, and take a piece of hose, and run it from where it would sit in both fittings, thats your length. It would also be way cheaper to buy "real" an fittings and hose from amazon, assemble it to the proper length, and send that into a shop for a higher quality hose with a perfect fit.

[@HotRodHippie]

You should buy decent quality fittings / hose to ensure the dimensions were correct on those mock-up hoses. Especially since their product is PTFE lined which doesn't curve as easily as "cheap" AN hose. A "cheap" PTFE lined hose kit off of Amazon is $75-100 (if the fittings it includes are what you want/need). That doesn't include Tees or Adapter fittings. So that may get you 2 or 3 hoses on 1 Project, IF the fittings included match your needs? More likely you'd have to buy a handful more fittings to do that. So now you are looking at $100-200 let's say (if you end up buying two "cheap" kits). So if ONE car costs your $200 in mockup fittings (PTFE doesn't come apart and go back together nicely so reuse would be an issue), you'll have paid for the DymePSI kit in 2 projects. I did say it is for someone like me building numerous cars, not someone doing one project in their garage.

[@klubstompers]

@@HotRodHippie I hear yah, but we are talking about mock up, not for use, so re-using fittings is fine, i do that all the time. Cheap hose is cheap and can be used multiple times by just removing 1/4" of the frayed ends. If you know the other hose doesn't bend so far, dont bend it too far in your mock up, i do that with ptfe, when i mock up for stainless or power steering hose. That being said if you do this all the time, then i could see the dyme kit being pretty useful. But i also have a very reasonable hydraulic hose company a couple miles away that makes high pressure hose with any fittings you want, any length, made while you wait.

[@OlympusHeavyCavalry]

An american company asking a shitload of money for bits and not stepping up to the plate to provide a 'Lifetime Warranty' - pretty typical of american companies nowadays - go elsewhere for your bits as it's profit over people for this company. I wonder if the blow molded cases for these bits come from overseas?

[@knkutdrillbitscuttingtools9003]

Hello, we are sorry you feel this way. We do not and have not, over our 40 years in business, choose profit over people. People are what has kept our small family owned company in business and we will always have a customer first focus. Our products are USA made and yes, not EVERY single component is sourced or made in the USA. But in this case (pun intended) you are incorrect. Cases are made in USA. So are our cutting tools. And we do have a 6 month warranty on material defects and workmanship on every KnKut product. Cutting tools are consumables and will not last a lifetime. They will eventually dull and will need to be replaced. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to send me an email: [e-mail]

[@seanalexander9531]

So does that answer your question?

[@OlympusHeavyCavalry]

@@seanalexander9531 That's their word for it. Without any type of physical proof, such as dockets and/or despatch papers, then it's rhetoric, conjecture, or, even hearsay. No proof, therefore it is not to be believed.

[@seanalexander9531]

@@OlympusHeavyCavalry well there's always a company's reputation, which might be better than someone just blowharding on the internet.

[@OlympusHeavyCavalry]

@@seanalexander9531americans, Boo hoo ... Q.E.D.