Recent content by Nezil

Nothing... I painted the lock and put it back in.

Judging by the fact that you’re a Garage Journal forum member, you’ll understand when I say that I was VERY tempted to do just that when I started this project. I think it’s safe to say that the only reason I didn’t investigate lathes, is that I wanted to finish the project and felt...

Only a few modifications, but I’m happy with it so far. I bought the 5 drawer chest with the intention of tidying up the tools I already had, but for the most part ended up buying new tools! My garage isn’t small, but my wife and I usually park both cars in it, so space is limited. I therefore...

I know I've already posted about having bought the Tekton set, but I thought I'd also post about storage now that I have them. I ordered the set (8 ~ 19mm) with the tool wrap in case I need to travel with them, but keep them in a Harbor Freight US General 5 drawer cart. I have sockets in the...

Just a quick update to the thread... I've now used the modified rather a few times for actual work om cars, and found it to be great. It has enough power to break away most bolts that aren't suspension or mounts, and the head is nice slim and small. The only thing I wonder is if I should have...

If you already have the 3/8" Fuel and you're happy with it, I can totally understand your point. As for making them different for a reason, I've now looked at and disassembled the heads of the non-Fuel and the Fuel and found them to be quite different in a few areas. Firstly, the cast heads on...

To be honest, I'm new to power ratchets of any sort, but don't necessarily think that they'll replace manual ratchets for me in all applications. Aside from speed, the main benefit of a power ratchet is in situations where you cannot simply keep moving back and forth, or the swing distance is...

So as I said, I was inspired by a YouTube video where someone else had done this mod, but didn't provide any details. The only clue he gave was that the end result was 100% Milwaukee, so I took a look at the parts diagrams for the non-Fuel ratchets and the Fuel ratchets: 2556-20 1/4" Fuel...

Milwaukee "Compact" 3/8 M12 Fuel Ratchet As is typical when I set about buying a new tool, I turn to forums and social media to influence my decision and do some background reading. I'd ended up getting an M12 Fuel 3/8 stubby impact wrench recently and managed to get it at a bargain price with...

So a follow up here. I ended up going with Tekton, partly because I was ordering other things from them anyway, partly I liked the quality vs price, and partly because I liked the six sided ratcheting box end. I'm happy with them, but haven't had to use them much since buying them, but that's...

The Williams is totally user serviceable by the way. It has a Torx screw for the direction lever, and a spring clip holding the geared part in place. If you remove both of those parts, the dual pawls are right there with springs ball detents etc. All very nice, and I love seeing how things...

Thanks for all the feedback so far. Based on what I've read, I'm going to take a look at Icon before the coupon runs out, and Blackhawk. Right now I'm still torn between Williams (yes Taiwan = Blue Point) and Tekton. I don't think I'm going to like the Icon set because they're long pattern...

So if, as I suspect, the Dewalt and Husky are going to be of similar (lower) quality, that leaves the decision with Williams vs Tekton, with Carlyle and Icon being outliers. Carlyle is currently quite a bit more expensive. Icon is a little more expensive for a smaller set (10pc vs 12).

Ah, this does explain some of what I found with the Dewalt set. I found some YouTube videos with a Dewalt set that looked good, but the part number stamped on one of the wrenches in the video now refers to a non reversible Dewalt part and as you say, the quality seems to have dropped on the...

Hi everyone... first post, but decided to join the forum because every search I did about tools seemed to end up here! I recently did some work that required a 16mm box end wrench, and a ratcheting version would have made things a hell of a lot quicker, so I decided to look for a set to add to...