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I broke this screwdriver http://www.lowes.com/pd_239374-16878-60223_0__?productId=1067893&Ntt=6+in+1+screwdriver&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3D6%2Bin%2B1%2Bscrewdriver&facetInfo= I needed to go to Lowe's for other things last night, so I took it with me. I thought I'd be able to simply exchange it...

One of mine was a 6 point, shallow, 1/2" drive, 1-1/2" socket. It was crossed off the packing list, and written in was "different part number, same part". The socket was on a plastic hang tag that had a different number. The socket itself was completely bare. It had no markings on it at...

Black oxide as a corrosion protection is very similar to gun bluing. It only protects against rust if it is also coated with a thin layer of oil. In my opinion, that makes black oxide/bluing both functionally useless, as the same corrosion protection could be achieved by keeping bare steel...

Is the black oxide finish on these wrenches any different from the finish on common impact sockets?

I think it's a blatant attempt to misrepresent the product. Those of us in the know aren't fooled, but Joe Blow doesn't no any better. It's been years since he's been exposed to a Craftsman ad that touted "Made in USA", but that idea is ingrained in his head, and will stay that way until he...

I have two sets of Pros. Both of them have had the open ends ever so slightly spread. Not bad enough to warranty them and risk getting a china wrench. Last week I found Craftsman Industrials on sale at sears.com. I bought two brand new CM-I 1-1/8" to replace my CM-P 1-1/8" wrenches. There...

I saw this today as well. Same codes on the wrenches as well. D-AC was a lobster claw. A-AC looked just like USA RP wrenches. It's what caught my eye. I was looking to see what items were still available in USA stock, though they looked USA, but the package still said China. It compared...

I like this idea, but if I knew such a youngster, that smile would be worth the price of a small set of Craftsman RP wrenches, and that smile's all the bigger for the shiny new wrenches.

Lots of neat ideas. I've got a container to sort them into as I go through, for the time being I'm going to keep them separate from the scrap iron. I will see what I have left when I am done, and look to this list of ideas. Scrapping them just didn't feel right (except for the...

I've been cleaning the garage lately, and I'm finding myself with what, by the time I'm done, will be a decent size pile of "junk" tools. For example, cheap, junky sockets, screwdrivers, wrenches, etc. Stuff I bought cheap (31 pc SAE/Metric wrench set, $15) when I was in college and didn't...