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I recently picked up a set of Wright sockets (355, deep 6-pt metric 6-19) and 3430 ratchet from Hardware Sales in Washington state. First, let me say that Hardware Sales is AWESOME. Great service, first through fleaBay and then through their own website, where I actually made the purchase...

I bought a 3/8" 6-26mm JH Williams USA socket set off Amazon about three weeks ago. I was impressed enough that I thought I'd go back for a deep set. Most of what's readily available on Amazon and eBay (basically my our only options in Canada) is now Taiwanese. The priced dropped...

I'm looking for a decent 3/8" metric deep or mid-depth socket set. Don't really care if it's 6-pt or 12-pt, Craftsman or Snap-On, new-in-box or twenty-years loved. At least 8-19, but it would be really nice to get a 24. Cleaning out your socket drawer? Surprise me! PM me with prices...

Not sure of the provenance of these wrenches. I haven't used them much. Set is all standard length, 6, 7, and 9-19 mm, some new style, some old, none Knuckle Saver. 12 has a slight bend in it, but doesn't have any dings from having been sniped; I suspect it's something Mac would warranty, if...

This seems like a pretty elementary question, but I'm curious: how do you choose what size ratchet to use on a given bolt? If you have a 15mm bolt, for instance, at what torque do you draw the line on using a 1/4", 3/8", or 1/2" ratchet? Do you use some other criterion than torque? At what kind...

A few weeks ago there was a thread about combination wrench storage. Here's my set up: various springs from (mostly older) mountain bike forks. They're anchored in the drawer to keep them from rolling, but this isn't really necessary.

I'll bet this has been discussed, but I haven't found anything directly comparing the old, dual-pawl S-52 "Superratchet" to the new single-pawl S-52A. Can anyone comment on the action or quality of the new one vs. the old one? Also, does anyone know the difference between the old one with the...

I'm looking for a cheap, but preferably North American-made 1/4" metric socket set. Old and/or abused is fine - the more character the better! Six or twelve point. Would REALLY like a 3mm and a 15mm, but otherwise am only concerned with getting 4-10 mm, 5.5mm not needed. Need to ship to...

My wife works as a race rep and ski-tuner-tech kind of person for Head-Tyrolia/Holmenkol. She's off at a race-demo event today, and Holmenkol sent over a crate of tuning odds and ends. In it was this screwdriver, which she could tell me nothing about save that "you can't steal it." Looks...

...and today I bought a complete metric set of 3/8" Williams 12-point sockets, and an Armstrong locking ratchet to match. This, less than a week after a 6-32 mm set of NOS Hazet open-end wrenches that have yet to arrive. Please, please don't tell me wife.

I saw recently on Hazet's website that there are a rash of fakes from dodgier vendors on eBay. Does anyone know what the likelihood is that there are similar issues with all the eBay Facom kits? I'm looking at a decent metric 3/8" socket set to slot between my 1/4" and 1/2" sets, and am drawn...

I'm looking for an 8mm flare-nut wrench. I know Proto makes a 7x8mm combination, which would be perfect. Proto also makes a single-ended flare-nut wrench that may or may not be available in 8mm... I'd be happy with an 8x10mm combination, too. German (Hazet or Stahlwille, et al.) would be...