Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 12:38:26 -0500
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: tool find
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Yes, it was 12 point. But, as you say, my older Craftsman 12 point sockets
(the ones my dad bought in 1939 and iI inherited and used all my life, for
instance) still haven't spit under much harder and longer use. I was aware
I was using a 12 point and was treating it such, pulling up rather than
putting a foot on the bar.
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>wrote:
> On 9/29/2013 10:10 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> Yes, you have to be careful buying tools there. BUT they have some pretty
>> good stuff too, you just have to know. Example: I bought an expensive
>> suction cup for auto glass at a body shop supply once upon a time. Soon
>> afterwards I got the bright idea to use the cup to pull out a dent. Turned
>> out I needed two cups for the job, so I bought a second at Horrible
>> Fright
>> just to get by. Ten years later I am replacing my rear window rubber and
>> need two cups. The expensive one pops off after five minutes on the job,
>> the other, the HF, is holding three days later.
>>
>> On the other side of the coin: The other day I was replacing a front wheel
>> on my westy using a 1/2 inch Craftsman 19mm socket. It broke in two places
>> on one of the bolts, nicking my recently refinished and and painted alloy.
>> Not that old, maybe five years. Went to Sears for my replacement--they
>> were
>> out.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> LOL! I have to say that I have several HF tools that have not broken in
>>> half after several uses, so YMMV!
>>>
>>> Mr. BZ-own 46, 40, & 36 mm sockets & a BFP (Puller) for those old brake
>>> drums
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good find. But that Harbor Freight Breaker Bar is probably more aptly
>>>> named
>>>> than you realize.
>>>>
>>>> : )
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:01 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I'm not looking forward to ever needing the 46mm socket for the big
>>>>> rear
>>>>> axle nut, but have always kept that measurement (and its standard 1
>>>>>
>>>> 13/16"
>>>>
>>>>> equivalent) in mind in case I trip over one, which I recently did. Of
>>>>> course, after buying I find that NAPA stocks the non-metric one for $25
>>>>>
>>>> (on
>>>>
>>>>> sale this week for $16!) but that Ohio antique mall was fairly boring
>>>>>
>>>> until
>>>>
>>>>> I hit a huge booth full of tools and the $5 find that is now living
>>>>>
>>>> under
>>>>
>>>>> the back seat of the '87 Westy with its new Harbor Freight 3/4" drive
>>>>> breaker bar.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tom Buese
>>>
>>> Jim: were you asking a 12 point to do a 6 point's job??? lol. I
> keep a cheap 6 pt deep wll impact 19mm for all wheel work. Don't need the
> extension that way.......
>
> the older V series Craftsman sockets(fairly rare to find one in metric
> BTW) are the ones to look for in garage sales, as it is with their
> wrenches......
>
>
>
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