Recent content by BMWE38

I have these Vise-Grip pliers on the right. They are just perfect! Before I used Knipex, which has great reputation here, but I can't count the times that I nearly broke my fingers using them. Also the "teeth" of the jaw are very sharp and stay sharp. Much better grip. With $45.00 this is an...

Got this combination last week. Needed to remove some bolts in a very thight space where a can't rotate any tool and where normal size sockets don't fit. So I got this 2025MAX angle impact from Ingersoll Rand and short impact sockets from Ko-ken. BTW the 2025MAX is much stronger than...

Congratulations!!! With that Bahco kit you can't go wrong. I have a mix of well know brand hand tools, but my Bahco stuff is by far the best. Some 30 year old philips screw drivers are still as new. No signs of wear at all.

If you consider to use air tools like sanders, polishers, grinders etc count on air flow of at least 25 or 30 cfm. (on the pressure side) Impact wrenches and ratchets aren't that demanding, you don't hammer continuously. Sound pressure and availability of parts is also a very important issue. I...

I checked the Carlyle tools catalogue and they call them stubby sockets. Maybe less expensive. Ko-ken is pretty expensive, but from what I read nothing matches the quality.

Here in this situation on the opposite side of the bolts there is a steel beam and I have only access through a 8 cm round hole. This is why I needed the impact wrench. It almost never happens that I need short sockets, but in this case the Ko-ken sockets offered a solution.

I found out that Ko-ken is one of the few companies that make short impact sockets. To loosen some 19 mm bolts, in a very tight space situation, I ordered a Ingersoll Rand angle impact wrench. Unfortunately with the impact sockets that I have, the head of impact wrench doesn't fit above the...