Recent content by marlinspike

Since they got beat up here at the end I thought I would mention i just had a package come from mister worker and everything went great. The website noted that one of the tools i was ordering had an up to 30 day lead time (don't know why but the confirmation email said 4 to 5 days, so maybe...

No, as I need them to work with a torque wrench. I ended up ordering some Stahlwille.

Is the only old-world brand making crow-foot (as opposed to crow-ring) sockets Stahlwille?

Does anybody have the Gedore pass through ratchet and can tell me the diameter of the pass-through hole?

Is it still the case that the only actually made in Germany ratcheting wrenches are the Gedore?

So for the AC Hydraulic jack stands, the only way to get it is through the distributor. It's $85 per stand (more or less, depending on the stand, but all around that). There is a 4-6 week lead time too. The US Distributor is AME 352-799-1111 and the salesman Rick is familiar (he is the one who...

In the USA Norseman and Viking are good (they are the same thing, they just have 2 names for different parts of the country), but I don't know what brands are in Europe.

I don't think it exists. I would say with something that small just use a left handed drill bit. A screw that small should have so little friction it comes out with one of those.

Turns out, no dealer has them because the US distributor doesn't even have them in their parts catalog. I'm working with them now. If there ends up being an order minimum I'll try to organize a group buy on the board (assuming the rules allow it) and if not I'll just post the conclusion on how...

Apparently the AC Hydraulic stands are made in Germany. They tell me their their US distributor will sell their entire range of products, though it appears they don't carry the stands. I'm waiting to hear back on if there is some way to buy them here in the US.

Well safe in a small sample size and safe without any eeror rate at all are two different things. Also, safety isn't necessarily the only thing, I don't seek to start a debate by generally speaking I try not to give money to countries that engage in human rights abuses.

? They don't sell direct to USA from their factory.

So these are made in Spain, but I have no idea where to buy them: https://www.mega.es/catalogo_automocion/catalogo_automocion_detalle.php?sIdioma=en&nIdCategoria=9&nIdSubcategoria=27&nIdArticulo=106

I have not been able to find any at any price. I have not inquired on the AC Hydraulic stands though because I can find no way to get them to the USA. I an inquiry in to Beta to find out for sure, but I'm pretty sure theirs are made in China.

The reply I got was the Compac CAX axle stands are made in China. Compac has their own production facility with danish production managers there. The bigger tools like workshop presses, wheel dollies, cranes etc. are manufactured in Denmark.