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I was talking about in general. I've probably used a 15mm wrench elsewhere, but definitely couldn't tell you where or when. I don't recall any on old motorcycles (and I've had quite a few, from the late 60's on up), don't ride bicycles, and hate electric yard tools, so none there.

VW head nuts are, I believe, the only time I've encountered 15mm heads.

That's exactly the problem with old tools. Somebody gets a liking for them, then so does everybody else, then you can't find the damn things. I'm convinced there are a number of popular youtubers that have single-handedly driven up the prices of obscure old tools.

Damnit. Now not only do I want these, I have to contend with everyone else in this thread on eBay.

I mean... that's not really fair. It was only faster because it was included and you didn't have to look for the right bit. If you put the bit in the drill and it falls out, that's on you for not putting it in correctly. If a drill doesn't fit, that's one thing. But if a drill is slower than a...

Bottom boxes =/= service carts. Personally I absolutely hate service carts, if you want to put something on top, you lose access to everything in the top. Never made any sense to me. Just make the space on top another drawer, and then you can put as much **** on top as you want to and not lose...

I've got a good sized Craftsman bottom box (purchased about 15 or 20 years ago, and not the cheap friction slide ones), a Kennedy bottom box, and a Harbor Freight (US General) bottom box. Besides the latches (or lack thereof), the HF is far and away the nicest. Thickest steel, best slides, all...

To be fair, that's kind of like a Ford not producing parts for a 2002 Taurus any more. Would you be angry about that too? This isn't a manufacturer problem, this is a problem with cordless tools in general. New technology renders them obsolete, and it doesn't make financial sense to keep...

As someone with 3 VW's (granted, they're 13, 17 and 63 years old), I've found lots of T20's, and not one safety T20 while working on them. Depends on usage. Around the house, flatheads are everywhere. On a (newer) vehicle? Obviously, almost none to be found. But any driver kit without a...

Slotted screws may ****, but they're still EVERYWHERE. I can count on one hand the number of times I've needed saftey torx in the last 5 years. It would take all my digits to count the flatheads I've taken out in the last 2 months.

This is why I rarely buy cordless tools, and NEVER cordless yard tools. My $20 weedeater I bought (used) a decade ago gets a new diaphragm occasionally, but always runs great. The tattered old Honda mower gets a oil change every other year, and a blade sharpening, mostly just for fun.

My similar Husky tool just kicked the bucket after only a few months, was considering the Icon to replace it. Thing is, I only want the wrench. I've got 10 million extra sockets and bits, and HATE tools that come in cases/sets that you are going to pay extra for.

I was surprised I didn't see a thread like this with a quick search (although that might be my searching skills). Just curious, what is everyone's most valued tool? Not which is your most "valuable" tool (necessarily), but which tool could you never sell, or stand to lose? Whether you use it...

Knives was my guess. Put the blade between the 2 crooked metal arms, and it would sharpen both bevels at the same time?

I always prefer the feel of wood for file handles, but it definitely doesn't fit into the "easy" category necessarily. At least not by comparison. This set (I usually only do onesie twosies) was actually for an old boss, about the only time I ever got paid to do some light woodworking/sewing.

Nothing much to share, but as we all like old tools, thought someone might get a little kick. Among some other (wonderful) woodworking tools I have been given that once belonged to my grandfather (and some my great grandfather) is this Craftsman hewing hatchet. I'm not much of a tool historian...

Don't search for "drain cleaner", just search for "lye". There are tons of different brands.

When I was working as a fabricator at a sign shop (lots of welding, and lots of tin bending), I had a cheap set of Craftsman snips. Another guy at the shop (one of the installers) borrowed them for the day to go out on a job, as his were MIA. When he came back in the afternoon, he had bought me...

I use acetone all the time, on everything. Best solvent out there. It's certainly not GOOD for you, but my wife (the PHD chemist) assures me it's "not as bad" as a lot of other common solvents. But she may be trying to off me. Who knows.

I bought a set of what I would consider "standard" Fluke probes after a coworker fried mine. They work fine for me.