Recent content by GrayEngineer

I have a bunch of hex wrench sets, and most of them do the job just fine. The ones that stand out in use for me have been PB Swiss and Wera, those are the ones that I always reach for especially if I am working with soft or expensive fasteners. On a side note, a previous post mentioned the 5mm...

I'm a metal fabricator, so I use grinders daily and have used plenty of brands over the years. Metabo ranks at the top of the list for me. After that I feel that the German made Bosch, DeWalt, Makita, and Milwaukee are typically decent grinders. However, the cheap $40 or so specials that these...

This is an interesting theory. I have access to the student program currently, and I've noticed that most of the tools I have ordered have blemishes or could be deemed second quality. Based on the various issues I've dealt with since ordering through the SEP program, my opinion of Snap-on has...

I have a large selection of Hex key wrenches, and I have to agree that Wera's Hex plus feature is excellent. I generally reach for PB Swiss wrenches more often then not because they fit fasteners very well and I get more feel feedback from them. The Wera wrenches don't give me as much feel...

That looks like a dang nice box for the money. If the drawers are made from 16 ga. I would be highly interested in that box. It does appear similar to the Icon tool box, but the dimensions are slightly different, but it does weigh in at 200 lbs more than the Icon. This would lead me to believe...

Excellent, thank you for the link. For some reason when I searched for the part number it wouldn't find anything. Looks like I'll be doing this to a few of my ratchets shortly.

Nice work! Did you recently buy the Pearl blue handle? I wasn't able to find the handle on SO's website, so I'm not sure if it's currently available.

Look into the Tekton universal joint sockets. They look like really nice units, and they have a more compact design than most other brands.

The one I'm most impressed with is the PB Swiss with a tungsten tip. I've been using it for over a year and it still has a sharp point and the striking end has no deformation. It has blown all my other center punches away in performance.

As it has been mentioned previously, the casters do leave more to be desired. Even at that, it wouldn't be a problem to by some new casters and resolve that concern. With a set of RWM 47 series 6" casters you'd be able to up the capacity to 6,000 lbs, dependent on wheel material. That should be...

I agree that the 48" would be a great box, I wish it was offered in the 30" depth that the 60" box is. If it was, I would have my eyes set upon that version since I like the drawers all full width.

I just saw today that there are now tool boxes that are posted on Tekton's website. They appear to be manufactured by Rousseau in Canada to Tekton's specifications. I didn't see boxes on Rousseau's website that had the same dimensions as the Tekton, however they are similar. These boxes look...

I'd say your ratchet is the same as mine. One thing that that bothers me about snap-on dual 80 ratchets is the movement in the anvil, I'd rather have the axial movement minimal.

I have used a handful of different precision drivers, and my go to brands are PB Swiss and Wera. The PB Swiss drivers are a bit pricey as mentioned, but you get what you pay for from them. The quality is second to none, the fit of the tips in the faster is excellent, the tips are very durable...

I vote SK over Williams. Williams seems to source more and more of their tools from overseas every year, so much so that is becoming a bit of a hunt to buy American made tools from them. This leads me to believe that Williams will become what Craftsman tools has, and if you need to warranty your...