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I've got some random NOS Armstrong stuff, and mostly the quality has been fine. It can be a good deal from a liquidator like Cripe, but I wouldn't want to pay near SK, Wright, or Williams prices for it, given that it's no longer manufactured and was owned by an investment group. Some of the...

Your new top came raw, no finish? I'm not much of a woodworker, but I like to sand bare wood to around 320 grit and then apply multiple coats of a mix of equal parts boiled linseed oil, thinner, and gloss or seni- gloss polyurethane. It's easy (wipe on), penetrates somewhat, and can be...

Yes, Hardwick's! Better visit again soon, they've been talking about closing up and moving to Idaho for a couple years now. I wish they didn't have to lock up all the cool ****, but I understand why. Crown Hill Hardware had some dusty NOS Simmonds and Norton US- made stuff last I was there...

Re: Everyone has an angle! Show us your angle wrenches. And- they've got drawings of 30 x 60 and 15 x 60 wrench positions on their site, scroll down a little here: https://www.tekton.com/angle-head-open-end-wrenches I can't figure out how to grab the image and attach it, though I didn't try...

I've never seen a cut pt 2x4 or bigger where it looked like the chemical solution penetrated all the way to the center of the board. Most pt stuff isn't exactly high- quality lumber, either. I have seen a lot of rotten old pt stuff (it's damp here), including stuff rotting from the cut ends...

I have an irrational love for open- gear ratchets but haven't picked up a Wright yet due to the cost and utter redundancy, so you definitely ****... I'd also be interested in a comparison, not a lot of chatter here about that style of Wright. I'd buy a long handle in a heartbeat, but already...

First, make sure your existing floor surface is dead flat - just about every floating floor calls for no more than 3/16" variance from flat and level over 10', scaling down over shorter distances. Level isn't critically important, but flat is. You can sand down high spots and/ or patch low...

Well, I'm sure this is now illegal, immoral, and fattening (in the US at least), but when I was a cheap- *** summer painter I'd soak them for a day in a bucket, squeegee off what I could, soak them in another bucket with clean water, squeegee again, and then leave them in the tub while I took a...

True, the Allen/ KD/ Kobalt wrenches are all standard Craftsman length. Armstrong also made wrenches this length (and short, long, XL in satin) and it looks like that's what the OP is after.

There are differences in the beam shapes between some of the Danaher USA satin wrenches - I've just got some random examples , but it looks like Armstrong and NAPA have thick, squared off beams while KD, Allen, and Kobalt have thinner beams.

Cripe has them on ebay from time to time, looks like there's one left right now. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Craftsman-51888-Professional-Heavy-Duty-4-1-2-Bench-Vise-/333116145632?hash=item4d8f44ffe0

JIS = Japanese Industrial Standard. 8- 10- 12- 14- 17- 19- 22-mm bolt heads, not- a Phillips crosspoint screw heads, etc. Don't think it's a current standard anymore.

Did you bend it double wrenching? I bought some new CM Pros a while back and some of them had bent beams when new. I've gotten NOS Armstrong and all the other Danaher USA brands with bent beams as well.

Witthay pretty much covered it already (thanks!) - the earlier Flank Drive (pre- B suffix?) wrenches were offered in short, long, and extra long. Attached are a few pages from the 1983 catalog posted on Collecting Snap-on, and all three sizes in 9/16" (I don't have a long 1/2" yet, still on the...

:headscrat Back when Snap-On called their "standard" wrenches long pattern wrenches, Wright's were nearly the same length... I think of Craftsman RP's/ NAPA USA/ KD/ Kobalt/ Husky/ Armstrong, Blackhawks, and not- long- pattern SK/ Carlyle as being "standard" length. Nobody but truck brands...

Epstein Hardware: https://www.harryepstein.com/index.php/tool-type/wrenches/combination-wrenches.html?brand_for_product_detail=2823&cat=316 If you call them, I'm sure they can tell you if the open stock 6mm are 2.0 or not. Looks like they've got black oxide, satin, and full polish in stock...

Old Leatherman PS2, discontinued long ago. Has most everything needed in a pinch, and it's very compact in its leather sheath. Bought an original Wave when they came out, liked the tool but didn't care for the sheath. 95% of the time I use the pliers.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Armstrong-S52006-6mm-Satin-Combination-Wrench-Short-6pt-USA-/400725406746?hash=item5d4d18741a Armstrong 6mm 6 pt, shipping costs more than the wrench. I have the Armstrong set, and they seem like tiny real wrenches, not stamped sheet metal like the Craftsman/ Kobalt/...

Looks like it's holding up well! Ruh-roh, last year Mannington ceased VCT production and sold their plant to Armstrong, who closed it. Armstrong still makes a pretty full line; Congoleum and Azrock Tarkett are still offering a few products as well. For a couple loose tile it'd be worth...