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With Black Friday around the corner, I am at a purchasing crossroad. Curious to hear your thoughts and rationale. I will be purchasing a few new Milwaukee Fuel tools and I am having trouble deciding between hex impact versus impact wrench. So far I have decided to purchase; (1) Milwaukee...

Found this on Kijiji (Canadian CL). I have no idea if this is rare, a good deal or otherwise but I am curious to hear what some of our lathe experts have to say. It is very industrial looking and certainly old enough to potentially have an interesting history...

Hello all, need some help. I was fortunate to be the first response to a vintage (1983) Snap-On YA167A battery charger on our local classified. My research yielded only the following info from the 1983 catalogue. The charger is in perfectly good working condition and is physically in good...

Just got the Crappy Tire Flyer preview for the sale starting Friday (15/02/13) A few notables, (1) Maximum Gearwrench 4 pack set; Metric, Sae, standard length and stubby. $88.88 (2) Maximum 49pc impact socket set (sae, metric, deep, shallow) including a free Mastercraft electric 1/2" impact...

Looking for soft grip ratcheting screwdrivers. Color is not important and I would like both standard length and stubby. So if you have them and want to sell them let me know. Thanks -Paul

' Looking to add a couple of nut drivers to my mobile tools. Working so frequently on boat live-wells obligates me to deal with hose clamps all the time. Of course only 1/4" and 5/16" will be required and I am currently evaluating my options. I have a Klein set which stays in my chest and...

' Some of you may already be aware that I was extremely fortunate and scored some vises today. Here's the original thread; http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=185341 The history of the two Record vises is straight forward however the Mastercraft Vise (#58-7840) has me curious...

I know that technically that this should probably be in the "wanted" section but I figured I would get some more traction out here. I also figured that most of you are to blame for my addiction and subsequently you should all have to bear with me. Jokes aside, I could easily run with best on...

I wanted to add a few red hard handled snap-on screwdrivers to a mobile tool set and I was floored by the asking prices on Ebay as of late. Clearly I have been out of touch and I understand that supply and demand economics fundamentally dictate prices but honestly...

Snap-On HL9's are a now discontinued set of compound action bolt cutters. Just curious to see how you would compare them with the ever popular Knipex Co-Bolt compound action cutters. Many Thanks in advance. -Paul

Anyone ever use a media tumbler to clean off the rust from sockets? I just purchased a large lot of tools and there's a bunch of rust on the sockets. Need some advice. What about electrolysis? Thanks in advance, -Paul

Despite being a smartass, I actually have a legitimate question. It certainly appears that the Dual 80's are the **** and given my Kool-Aid consumption, I have since purchased a couple of sets. While working on my outboards which are cramped to begin with I use my T72 (1/4") almost...

Happy New Year!! In light of the recent thread providing us with an organizational spreadsheet (thank you) for our sockets, I would be curious to see what your thoughts are on the size ranges for each of the most common socket drives (1/4 - 3/8 - 1/2). Though I certainly fall into the category...

Looking to complement my 3/8" dual 80 industrial finish ratchet. Good used or new (no owners marks) 1/2" and 1/4" fine tooth industrial finish ratchets. Thanks in advance,

Just out of curiosity, how would you comparatively rate the socket & ratchet quality between; Mastercraft Maximum The Crappy Tire Stanley Sets Gear Wrench I have the older Mastercraft Professional sockets and ratchets as well as one of the "black" Stanley sets but have never compared them to...