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Recently I've spent a completely unjustifiable amount of time trying to get this brand new 72 tooth ratchet that came with my set to work right. The issue is that the selector is incredibly loose and in any real application it goes into neutral after a few turns. This is not a problem in my 1/4"...

Edit: nevermind, it's going to goodwill

Edit: The premise of this thread was that the added benefit of paying several times as much for an extremely similar product is questionable and the response has confirmed that. Yes, tool truck debt is the redneck student loan, IMHO of course.

I have a DeWalt DW059 18v 300 ft-lb impact. I'm about to do the timing belt on my Grandpa's Lexus RX300. You guys think my DeWalt has enough beans to get the pulley bolt out with one of those Lisle heavy sockets?

I love watching videos of stuff being made in factories and the most surprising thing I've noticed is that the old Bosch Ni-Cad tools are ubiquitous in production environments, especially in Europe. And this is from videos shot this year. They've been out of production for what, a decade? At...

Reading the Snap-On stubby wrench thread got me thinking, I barely have twice that into all of my tools. Me: about $2500 into the tool box and its contents, almost entirely bought new, home gamer

Because we're the group that complains about this stuff... I guess JS470 and JS572 assembly went to Hungary about a year ago (no issue there) and the heavy-duty corded drill lineup, most recently only the 1033VSR, has been discontinued (bummer). The HD21-2 hammer drill is still supposedly...

Anyone have one? I already have a nice Bosch corded drill and I don't have dedicated bench or floor space for a drill press. The toughest job for it I can imagine will be drilling an 8.5mm hole in aluminum.

I'm looking for a quiet, stable, smaller wet/dry dust extractor for general home use. Everything from hooking up to power tools to cleaning the car. I currently have a 1 gal Stanley wet/dry that's a total POS. Slightly larger ShopVac brand ones I've used have been similarly bad. Auto...

So I bought my first roller cabinet, a 34" Proto 450HS. It's getting delivered Friday. Does it come with the castors on it or am I going to need to come up with some way to get it in my garage? The damn thing weights 327 lbs with packaging.

I figure it's just overall safer to use insulated screwdrivers when doing minor residential electrical work and I like having a low wear set that won't be as likely to strip out the chese grade fasteners used in electrical applications. Plus it gives me a second "household" set in my bag in case...

I do for sure. Just curious why others like USA tools.

My cheapo sp sockets don't seem to hold plugs anymore. I was just going to get some Protos to replace them with. Is there a 'must have' spark plug socket that I don't know about?

So I'm looking to upgrade my HF-quality tools that a misinformed former self purchased to tools that will last me a lifetime, or at least work well enough to not piss me off. I will probably never use these tools professionally but I work on a lot of projects (car, house, mechanical) and I can...

What's the group's consensus on the USA SO-Williams tools you can get on Amazon and elsewhere versus the old postwar stuff? I have nice set of 1/2" from about 1948 that I use all the time. I want to add on a complementary 3/8" set but I'm not sure exactly how I want to do that.

Howdy ....