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That's a good way to do it. Tho oddly enough these days it's mostly my dad borrowing my tools. Mechanical ones atleast, he's got more house maintenance stuff

I'm definitely in the make a judgement call camp, some people I wouldn't loan a rusty blunt pair of pliers others know my garage code. Tho I tend to lean towards only lending out more specialised stuff. Can't imagine lending out more common stuff without tagging along because if they know enough...

Does also depend on how convenient your snapon dealer is, I don't work somewhere that gets a weekly visit but my local cat dealer is open 24/7

I'm curious what OP does for a living/how they use their tools. Like my worksite is ~300km of railway line, I've lost the odd tool that's fallen out my bag/pocket because you're generally fair walk away by the time you notice.

Work supplies all our sockets/spanners while screwdrivers, nut drivers, pliers etc are our problem. We are electricians by trade (railway signal technicians specifically) tho so I suspect that why it's like that. It's also probably an attempt to stop us using shifters on everything, which...

Then there's PC's where what's commonly called a molex connector is actually an AMP/TE Mate-n-Lok

Nuts and bolts on a railway point machine so fairly tight but generally not incredibly so. They're normally tightened with a jumbo spanner but sometimes that's a 6'4" linebacker type or they get rusted on (would love a torch but eh). Pipe and a single ended wrench has been the normal go for the...

Unfortunately because I've drooled over quite a lot from there their shipping prices aren't economical (AUD220 for a single crowsfoot) But while I appreciate the help, Ive found places that sell them, I just found more 3/8 drive ones and I'm curious why that's the case. Snapon and proto I know...

Sure would be nice if they shipped outside of the US

Unfortunately in Australia, there'll be someone helpful local tho. They're tempting but surprisingly expensive by the time I get them to me in Australia (yes I understand this isn't gonna be cheap full stop) plus the task they're for is frequently tight and awkward so crowsfoot gives me more...

Oh I can find them, it's just the 3/8 ones seem more common/available and I'm kinda curious why you'd want a 3/8 drive given the size.

Don't have the ability myself but tbh I'm considering getting a few (46, 50, 55, 56) cut out. Is that a socket that's been cut with the two sections welded into holes?

Chasing a 2 3/16" crowsfoot to use as a lighter alternative to a jumbo spanner and it seems you can get them in 3/8 drive much easier than 1/2 or 3/4. Any idea why?

Honestly surprised that if you need to crack out the high torque that the studs aren't snapping (on anything smaller than a half ton)

I know you can get nice fancy ones that are linear enough to be used with a torque wrench on the other side of them. Not sure if I'd trust a vector one for that

What's the kind of scenario you'd need a deep broach?

Learnt that to the amusement of my coworkers when I started in rail, went to pick a not small bit up to move it and nearly fell over instead

Pick a 110v leg and connect that to the device neutral, voltages aren't magic long as there's a 220v potential between the active and neutral it'll work.

220v is 220v, if it's made to standards it'll be fine. If it is or not is a completely different question

Fujiya 7700N-200BG is what I've been using, mostly because they do a great job on cable ties but also they're big (8") and strong enough to use as general purpose cutters (least as a electrician)