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Old 06-26-2016, 05:16 PM
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Question what are your favorite hand tools?

I would have to say my collection of pi torqe wrenches, split beam type, put a smile on my face evertime I use them.
close second, wiha micro finish screwdrivers, I had no idea what I was missing till I used great screwdrivers...worth every penny...

whats yours?
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Old 06-26-2016, 09:09 PM
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Ratcheting wrenches! (Especially with flex-heads) I don't know how I managed so long without them...
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Old 06-26-2016, 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Urambo Tauro
Ratcheting wrenches! (Especially with flex-heads) I don't know how I managed so long without them...
I have some non flex types, may have to try some flex heads...
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Old 06-27-2016, 07:08 AM
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+1 ^^^

Ratcheting wrenches are #1

#2.......Hammer, ......for when things go wrong.
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Old 06-27-2016, 02:53 PM
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1) Ergonomic combination wrenches where the box end is turned 90 degrees to the open end so you have extra surface to push on more comfortably.

http://toolmonger.com/2006/09/15/fin...hs-new-x-beam/

Kobalt makes a set of non-ratcheting ones. Way easier to bust things loose when you can't get an impact gun or breaker bar in.

2) Go-through ratchet set, way easier than trying to get a deep socket into a shallow socket space and can also easy to use for when you need to keep the shaft secured while turning the nut (like struts or shocks)

http://toolguyd.com/blog/wp-content/...a-ractchet.jpg
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Old 06-29-2016, 10:02 AM
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The Craftsman tools I inherited from my father when he passed. They are all stamped with a 'J' and whenever I see one of those 'J's it makes me smile because I know that for a moment in time, that tool was important enough to my father for him to take time to mark it.

I also have a 1/2" SnapOn combination wrench that I bought from a pawn shop back in the days of my misspent youth and every time I use it I start running down the list of cars it has worked on.
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I don't choose one of my children to love more than another, and the same for my tools . . .

but then, the half-dozen or so that belonged to my grandfather have special meaning . . . (especially the couple he recovered from my father an then gave to me )

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