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Thought I would keep this thread alive with some other tools in the meantime, still wondering about the communities opinion on those SK vs Craftsman though. I grabbed these two torque wrenches, I used the small black one in particular quite a bit on small engines. I like this design, I really...

Now that I have my 1/4" drive socket sets assembled out of mostly G series Craftsman I have one final option...the few 1/4" drive SK sockets I found. I do not have many, the 5, 6, and 7mm sockets are by far my most favorite of any manufacturer. The 11mm seems to be a slightly different...

I am starting to not be a fan of the older stuff due to its finish. The poor finish and corrosion makes it harder to read what the size is, which is a major disadvantage. Under normal use I don't think its durability outweighs a slightly weaker series that has been chromed. If the condition was...

I just finished putting the final 1/4" Craftsman sets together, since I had mostly G series to work with I inspected them closely to try and make a personal opinion. My observations favored the G1 as the sweet spot in that series for the following reasons based on appearance only. G seems to...

Holy **** that Craftsman thread makes me want to just give up, according to that the G series did progress G-G2 with time but the earlier G seemed worse than the newer G's and the upside down one who knows....G "continued" maybe. Totally bizarre how many series there are, now I hate Craftsman.

I started going through the 1/4" again with this advice but I had to stop. First off it seems I find some things with both a Long-C and the Circled-H so all those are same generation? I put all the EE in the return pile, this is an EE vs a G and you can see how they had to beef up the walls to...

Sounds like a great New Britain adapter to me, I only wish it were the step down because those are what are more vulnerable to break.

Excellent list!! :bounce: However why does the quality row not match the consumer/professional ranking? This is confusing.

Here are the almighty converters that everyone should have on hand...and that everyone seems to break when they can not find the right size socket! I have five of the 3/8-to-1/4 step downs to choose from and I will keep 2. On the left I have a Craftsman which I assume is better than everything...

Thanks that gives me a ton of info to decide on my Craftsman sockets! I personally like the SK so much better, I can read the print from across the room on a socket haha. The dirtier they get the better the contrast becomes with their print too. I am going to contact them and make sure they...

I got an explanation from this sites admin: "IMGUR doesn’t allow you to embed images on any site with a classifieds section. Sorry man."

Thank you for your input Carla. The 1/4" drive sort results are in! I threw anything marked China, Taiwan, Chrome Vanadium, CR-V, or no name into the "return to family" bucket. I did find some Blackhawk but the finish on them is terrible. I found a lot of newer looking "PT USA" extensions...

Good to know, I will use links for now on. Do not even get me started with Photobucket....I have over 6 thousand dead image links across a dozen forum sites and probably half a million posts in total. CR-MO? I guess I will go with that set than even though they are Taiwan. I remember those...

I replaced them with links instead, something is wrong I am not sure who to take it up with. I tried several codes, and my regular IMG embed code is still working on every other forum site I am using.

PS - I do not know what is going on with the 4 photos I posted above, something either with Imgur or this site...can any of you see the 4 photos?

So this is the set of Cr-V impacts from Japan, 10mm-24mm. However I will be on the hunt for 12mm, 15-18mm, and 20mm. The ones standing are substitutes, and I do not think this is the original box. https://imgur.com/N1Ndh45 Originally this was the set of metric impacts I was going to keep...

Wow so much great info here! :) Thank you all so much. I am not scrapping anything, it will go to non-tool enthusiasts in our family. I will sell the odd stuff to help collectors and keep what I feel is best. I am not a professional, so anything good will do just fine...but I am a...

Hello everyone, I need some advice on vintage sockets. I have inherited coffee cans full of my grandfathers sockets, he was a machine maintenance mechanic in Massachusetts. I cannot keep them all, he was a bit of a tool hoarder and I am sure there is not a single complete set of anything to be...