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    My wife is taking a break so I need a nut splitter.

    I am planning to replace the strut assemblies on the wife's car. There are two bolts/nuts holding the strut to the knuckle, and it's heavily rusted. I'm going to try my impact, but decided if it doesn't work, I'm just going to split the nut, since I'm going to get new bolts nuts. Since my...
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    Now that there are a lot of questions about S-K's country of origin...

    Since being acquired by the Chinese conglomerate in 2021, a LOT of questions have arisen on WHERE their tools are now made. Although their website states they are still made in the USA (having moved manufacturing to PA), there seems to a lot of indications otherwise (for example YT videos...
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    Not sure what's going on at Milwaukee, but...

    I've been a Milwaukee person for years now, and have been satisfied with what I have purchased - I did purchase the high torque impact way before the recent controversial redesign. Now, I would NOT buy a $700 torque wrench myself, since I'm not a pro, but this is interesting for how BAD it is...
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    Clicker torque wrench - set AT minimum, or slightly BELOW minimum?

    So I just bought a new CP8905 1/4" clicker (50-250 in lbs). I noticed that out of the box, it was set at 47 in lbs. Now I've always learned and practice that such torque wrenches should be set at the minimum torque setting (50 in lbs in this example). It is also what it states in the...
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    Industrial Design taken too far?

    So I was just poking around a few sites because I'm debating about a 1/4" clicker torque wrench. I then come across the Gedore 762-05. I don't know if Gedore hired a designer that was rejected by Ikea, but it is an odd looking duck to me - and the price runs about $500ish. Anyone know why the...
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