ToolmanTom
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Im looking to purchase large Williams Wrenches +21mm and +1 1/16.
Anyone have any suggestions besides a Snap-on Dealer?
Anyone have any suggestions besides a Snap-on Dealer?
Where to Buy Williams wrenches?
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strizzy
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eBay has tons of Williams stuff.
MSC sells new Williams wrenches ...
http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm
http://www1.mscdirect.com/cgi/nnsrhm
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ToolmanTom
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Forgot to mention I am scared of eBay, all that scamming stuff...
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ToolmanTom
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Was not able to find large wrenches by williams
Merkava_4
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Hey Merkava ... looks like this protradetools place is a price gouger ... $215.11 for one 2 1/8" SAE wrench???
http://www.protradetools.com/default.asp?action=productdetail&prod_id=2467
krusty the clown
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i don't know about being a price gouger but they're definatly not a discounter. snap on only goes to 2" and it lists for $237.
Merkava_4
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It's weird, if you Google JH Williams, all you get is the company's web site and that protradetools.com place; no other distributors.
My local industrial supplier quit carrying Williams because he said they were just too hard to get; they had a wrench on order for a customer that took 3 months to come in.
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ToolmanTom
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For the price they are asking on protradetools.com, Ill work ol' Snappy over and get a better deal.
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ToolmanTom
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What is this? A Snap-on dealer Store?
of course they don't sell the branded Snap-on stuff.
Merkava_4
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What is this? A Snap-on dealer Store?
of course they don't sell the branded Snap-on stuff.
I can't figure it out either; that site is the only site on the web that comes up as a source.
jhn9840
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Found this set of Williams wrenches with a bunch of assorted other wrenches in a 5 gal bucket at a yard sale last summer. Paid $10.00 for the whole thing. My lucky day as I didn't realize that they where there until I got home and dumped out the bucket.
http://www.protradetools.com/default.asp?action=productdetail&prod_id=4333
jhn9840
John
http://www.protradetools.com/default.asp?action=productdetail&prod_id=4333
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MAD
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Im looking to purchase large Williams Wrenches +21mm and +1 1/16.
Anyone have any suggestions besides a Snap-on Dealer?
Harry Epstein has Williams 1 1/6" and 1 1/4" combination wrenches.
1 1/16" Combination Wrench #1234SC $11.00 ea
1 1/4" Combination Wrench #1240SC $14.00 ea
http://www.harryepstein.com/williamslclampsadjustables.htm
eschoendorff
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If finding Williams is this much of a problem, why not consider another manufacturer? Especially if you think you may need to use the warranty....
Proto makes a fine wrench... food for thought.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/1ALC7
Proto makes a fine wrench... food for thought.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/1ALC7
Try this e-bay seller. I have bought several tools from him.
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-11-pc-Willi...photoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-11-pc-Willi...photoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
Chris Adams
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Ditto. I've bought about 300 bucks worth of his stuff and will buy anything else he has that I want.
Most vendors on e-bay are very reputable.
Only about 2-3% are really bad places to shop and less than 1 in 2-300 are crooks or con men.
When you buy from a vendor with hundreds or thousands of positives and very few negatives you are safer than buying from most online stores.
I've bought tens of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise on line from regular stores, online-only vendors, e-bay vendors, e-bay private citizens and other places and I will have to say that I've had better luck with e-bay vendors than regular online vendors.
About as good a luck as brick and mortar, perhaps better.
What you have to watch out for are 'too good to be true' items and items that you ask yourself "Gee, why isn't anyone else bidding on this".
Both situiations may be OK, but also may be cons or bad vendors.
Buying from people like matsuda499a is as safe as buying gets.
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ToolmanTom
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I kind of guessed that this subject would come up. I was quite specific about the brand, Williams is owned by Snap-on and I like that brand. Also It is waranteeable through your Local Snap-on dealer. I do have some Craftsman wrenches in larger sizes but Would like better ones to replace them with. I just thought they were a little less expensive then the Snap-on name brand. No Im not looking for cheep brands that work, I want good brand that matches the rest of my set. I could go to my Snap-on dealer to get them (I still might do that) I just didn't realize how little price difference there was.
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ToolmanTom
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I have contacted him, and he told me he dose not have any right now of the type I'm looking for.
Thank you guys for helping.
Try this place. The website is not very good, so you may or may not have luck using the 'search' function. It is better to send an email or call to get a quote. I filled in some miscellaneous Williams stuff with them, and they had the cheapest prices and shipping I could find.
http://www.indsupply.com
http://www.indsupply.com
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speed bump
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http://www.jhwilliamstoolgroup.com/Content/18.htm Any dealer around you will show up.