Date:         Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:13:30 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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I have a set of the Canadian Tire versions (believe it or not, they
are very nicely made).

I use them all I can now, and I would not give them up.

A couple  of notes however

- gotta be careful with the clearance at the end of some bolts... I
have blithely back off a nut on a bolt only to find I have trapped the
nut and wrench against an adjacent object, unable to get the wrench
off the end, and off course unable to move the nut back down the bolt
because of the ratchet. You'll understand better when you first do it :)

- they are not as slim (due to the mechanism)  as my reg. box end
wrenches and so can't quite fit into some spots


But all in all, I totally recommend this kind of wrench and 23 bucks
is a good deal.


alistair




On 25-Feb-11, at 6:18 AM, Jim Felder wrote:

> If you are not a tool geek, read no further.
>
> When I recently made a run to Sears to gather some needed Craftsman
> upgrades, I ran across something I had been considering for years.
> Since the last time I was there a year ago, Sears started carrying the
> "ratcheting" open end wrenches. Similar wrenches have been made by
> Facom tools for some time, but they are very expensive and only come
> in combination with a box wrench, which I already have. These
> Craftsman wrenches provide a full set from 10 to 19 mm in just for
> wrenches. So, no paying for redundancy and no overstuffed tool box.
>
> They grab the fastener in one direction and let it go in the other, so
> they act like a ratcheting box wrench. They make certain things a lot
> easier and quicker. They actually provide better fastener grip than a
> standard open-end wrench. Best of all they are $23.00 a set right now.
>
> <http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00921936000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1#reviewsWrap
> >
>
> Jim