Recent content by tuzzy

yes it does

They are the standard, polished, non reversible, non flex and say USA on them and sold in every Sears store and Sears online for 79.99 for a 8 piece set. The comparable Gearwrench was 69.99 didnt pay attention to where it was made. Not that I care where its made. I have many Japanese and Taiwan...

The Crafstman wrenches I am talking about are not raised panel. They are fully polished.

impact

Gearwrench says that they have it both stamped and laser etched but I have heard otherwise and I also cannot find a single picture online of a socket with the stamp. What about Grey Pneumatic? I heard the answer is no. Sunnex? I know the Craftsmans have both stamp and laser I can see that...

I was going to order the Gearwrench ratcheting wrenches online. But hesitated and decided to go to Sears just see them in person. So I went to Sears and found they were on sale and nearly half price, only to also find the Craftsman also on sale. I compared the two, this is what I found. IMO...

is there a big difference to justify the price? I can get the Gearwrench 60 tooth ratchets 3/8, 1/4 and 1/2 locally for about $45 from a hook up new. vs Armstrong Maxx 88tooth 1/4, 3/8 and Armstrong 60 tooth 1/2 for $140. vs Craftsman Premium 84 tooth 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 for about $130. I...

is the truck man the only place? I dont see it available on their site.

Favorite ratchet, My blackhawk 34549a dual pawl 41 tooth is nowhere near as smooth operating as a fine tooth tooth ratchet but it is much better than a single pawl 46 thooth and its design does work giving me nearly as small a swing arc to engage the next tooth as a HF 72 tooth ratchet.

Thanks to this forum I was able to fix my ratchet after I sucked a rubber latex glove into the mechanism. I tossed my other ratchets when they stopped working. I liked this one so much that I spent the effort to get online to learn how to dissable it. So even though its late I thought I would...