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Hey all, I have a 98 Ford ****** with aftermarket wheels on it (ugh)... it blew a tire this morning; they require a stupid keyed socket to get the lugs off... I hit the original socket with my 1/2" drive Proto breaker bar and the socket just split open when I put a little torque on it... had my...

Hi all, I'm anticipating finally getting the chance to place a few walls in my basement over the course of the next month or so. I guess my two choices for anchoring the bottom plates of the walls to the concrete in my basement is using either a powder-driven fastener or a Tapcon. I have both...

Hey, does anyone know if the new "Blackhawk by Proto" stuff is US-made? Is it up to the same standard as older Blackhawk or current Proto? I'm looking at some bit sockets but the price seems a little too good to be true. Thanks.

hi all, i've got a few stubborn cheese head fasteners that aren't coming off with my usual technique of a huge screwdriver with perpendicular vice grips for added torque. I'm thinking of using an S-K turbosocket to do the job but i'm not exactly sure how to size them. the head diameter of my...

Hi all, Living in the Michigan and having had many times the experience of pounding for hours on rusty stuff to get it to come apart, I've long wanted to pick up an impact gun... I've got a general disdain for anything cordless so I'm looking at corded, 1/2" drive. I'm already tooled up...

Does anyone on this board own the Wright 787 or Wright 788 {SAE|metric} mini combination wrench sets (catalog pp. 69-70)? If you do, is the quality up to par with what would be expected of a full-size Wright wrench? I'm trying to figure out if I want to put these on my list of stuff to buy...

I was over at Sears today picking up a pair of Knipex mini bolt cutters since I missed the boat all the Lowes stores nearby and happened to see that they had a fairly appealing line of OBD scanners on the shelf... Has anyone here bought one of the Craftsman OBD scanners? Happy with it? I've been...

i'm not sure if it's just in my area here in southeast michigan but i just thought i'd give a heads-up to all the knipex and witte fans here on the board that lowes is no longer going to be carrying the brand and all their inventory right now is on closeout at steep discounts: 25-40% off sticker...