Recent content by hotsho111

Hey, looking for a variety of US Craftsman tools. V^ stuff is fine: Looking for SAE and Metric for all of these and ideally looking for for sets (I want to avoid trying to piecemeal a bunch of stuff together) - RP stubby wrench set - SAE acquired so just looking for Metric sets now - 3/8 crows...

Novelty was certainly part of it hah. A RO sander and a finish sander have slightly different uses though no? I could see you just using one for multiple jobs since nothing is really stopping you

Well, after 4 attempts speaking to 6 different employees...Success! I didn't get that great of a deal on it hah. They just took 15% off the price of the current model Skil sander. I did get the dirtiest look from the manager who told me I couldn't buy it the other day haha Got it home and...

Haha, thanks. It's a 50 year old SUPER mom and pop ace store. This place is filled with all kinds of old made in USA gems

Hey everyone, I was looking at picking up a finish sander (Makita BO4556K) and I decided to see if my local Ace had one and turns out they have a made in the USA Skil 7275 sitting on the shelf! Looking it up online it might be as old as I am since the only info I could find was it was made in...

Like others have said, comparing some of the old USA stuff and new China stuff in store I've pretty much moved on from even looking at Craftsman tools. Occasionally I'll try and find some new old stock but every time I used to go to the store I'd take a look at the tools but now I don't really...

Hey everyone, figured I'd update this thread. I ended up buying a torque wrench storage case, cut out the mold, bought some foam and cut out a pattern to fit the tool. Here are the results: After cutting out the mold (you can tell I took this picture last :P) The three layers of foam: The...

That's what is making this a bit tricky. Some of my (current) needs for this low value torque wrench will be on a boxer engine in a very cramped engine bay so even if I can get the wrench in place I might not be able to see the reading. The light feature that Cowboy mentioned could work but...

So, I'm not really any closer to making a decision hah. Checking out the PI dial wrenches it looks like they are fixed heads. Is that ever a pain?

Ya, I was expecting needing to get multiple tools for the range though. I currently have 10-250 ft/lbs covered which covers most of what I do (and I don't expect to find anything requiring north of 250 so I'm just trying to get the bottom end set up. I'd think 30in/lbs to 150in/lbs should be...

Almost entirely automotive applications. Shade tree mechanic working on cars and motorcycles.

Jason, what do you think about that dial torque wrench? That looks pretty much identical to the dial I was considering. Anyone consider using a digital torque wrench for low range applications? I need something to cover 0 (in theory) to ~12 foot pounds. There are a handul that do 30in/lb to...

So, summing this up so far it looks like the click types have the advantage of not needing to actually see it. You can get this with a dial, but it's pricey. Click types can fit into tighter spaces Dial types are more accurate How often should dial torque wrenches be calibrated (do they even...

Really? I didn't see anything mentioning (I'm looking at getting a Precision Instruments torque wrench cause the other ones I have are PI and they are awesome) Edit: I do see in the descriptions there is a "with light signal option"

Checking out PI's website it looks like the tooltopia description of the PRED2F150HM is wrong. The PI site lists it as 30 in/lb to 150 in/lb. Is there any need to worry about torque values less than 3ft/lbs...that is ridiculously loose