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When cleaning old, slightly rusty tools, I usually soak in household cooking vinegar for a couple days and clean with a wire brush. But check this out. Both these Craftsman wrenches were equally rusty before I put them in the vinegar. But one of them practically dissolved away. I’m guessing the...

Steyr Austria high speed steel drill bit set.

Wera Jokers are made in CZ. The Wiha are Taiwan and feel a lot like Gearwrench.

Hazet 6-piece Torx screwdriver set purchased at Bauhaus in Stuttgart recently. Nice Hazet end cap at this store.

HAZET end cap display at a Bauhaus DIY store in Stuttgart. Most were made in Germany product but some private larbeled Asian. Prices about same as Amazon.de. Store also carried Knipex, Stabila and Bahco. Most other hand tools were cheap Asian (Wisnet, Matador, Alpha) Bauhaus is Germany’s Home...

Thanks guys for the great feedback. Leaning towards the Ingersoll Rand. I figure between the IR and Makita, if I do not like it, I could probably sell it used without losing too much money due to the great brand reputation. Would also Tend to like to go cheap in the AC Delco but not a Chevy guy.

Looking to buy 3/8” cordless ratchet for home auto repair use. I see Milwaukee, Ingersoll Rand, and HF Earthquake as what’s on line. Budget of <$200. What do people reccomemd?

Super rare NOS Chrome Vanacium impact sockets found. Sadly, the sockets themselelves are stamped with plain old “Vanadium”. No wonder Formost Tools went under with this false advertising.

I recall a Thiokol rep telling us the Eurofighter spec required metric airframe fasteners. Metric increased cost by 10X over SAE as metric was almost nonexistent.

Found any smoking deals in the HF Closeout sections? Usually I never see any value there. Typical stuff is a socket set missing a socket or two - and they sell at a discount that’s the same as buying a complete set with coupon. But this one was a deal. Open Box 3/4” Earthquake impact. They...

In heavy truck repair, SAE is still common.

Proto torque wrenches is all I buy. Fair price. Excellent quality. I’ve worked in several plants where there were required adjustable 1/2 & 3/4 torque wrenches with strict independent bi-annual calibration requirements. Protos almost always never failed test. Hands down was always the go to.

Same here.

Walnut shells plus a couple squirts of rubbing compound. Works pretty good.

Be interesting to see what this AW SK wrench set for $132 actually looks like.