Recent content by met89

I recently bought two sets of Wright Grip wrenches, one SAE and one metric. I was very surprised at the poor quality chroming, is this normal or did I get a bad production run? The SAE wrenches are a lot worse than the metric ones. These are brand new, never been used wrenches purchased from...

I got a very significant discount at DGI. Never been a huge fan of buying things like this on Amazon as I don't trust the co-mingled inventory.

A few weeks ago I ordered a set of both metric and imperial Bondhus ball-end T-handle hex wrenches from DGI Supply. After not hearing anything for a couple weeks I reached out to them to see what was going on. They told me Bondhus wouldn't be able to ship the product until the end of February...

Interesting! I believe the drive is 1/4" hex but I would need to double check. I have a 1/4" hex to 3/8" adapter. That looks like it may be the solution.

I have an application where I need to attach and remove a long hex bolt with some frequency that engages a mechanism that cannot handle a lot of torque (I believe the tightening spec is around 3 NM or roughly 2.21 ft-lbs). I'm fine with doing the final tightening by hand with a torque wrench...

Thanks for the info! I ended up ordering a metric and SAE set of the 3/8 standard depth flat drive sockets. Looking forward to getting them.

I am looking to buy a couple standard length 6 point socket sets in 3/8 drive, one set metric and the other SAE. I like both Williams and Koken (although I'm open to other non-box store brands if you have suggestions) and have always liked the idea of Snap-On's Flank Drive/Williams' SuperTorque...