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    Most Expensive Hand Tool You've Bought

    For me, like others, it's snap on 3/4 drive tooling. Breaker bar, flex head, ratchet head, short handle , torque wrench body etc. The most expensive tool I own is my snap on 18.5:1 torque multiplier Lots of guys use their cranes on 3/4 snappy stuff and things usually work out well. IMHO the...
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    3/4 drive 12-pt sockets?

    Typically 12pt 3/4 dr sockets have a significantly thinner wall than the typical 6pt. Previous poster is 100% correct about the breaker bar positioning issue. Sometimes, expesc for pinion nuts on larger diffs, etc, even 12 pt chrome sockets have to be turned on lathe or ground to clear the...
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    Advice for a friend?

    No boat expert here, but for semi frames and other heavy equipment frames, it's drill, grind, weld, grind baby! Sometimes toss in a fishplate.
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