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Let's, for the sake of argument, say a business has a (very) healthy 50% GP. Using the low end ($50) of what you posit anything less than a $100 sale is a loser. :cautious:
I'd also be disappointed but even if they were to oblige and sell a single hex bit my guess is it will come from Japan and you'll be on the hook for shipping which would no doubt well exceed the tool value.
If you persist, convince them to sell a single then pay a bunch of money for shipping on...
That is a Swedish pipe wrench. Can't speak to the Icon version but expect it would be good quality.
I like them a lot as they have a powerful grip but they do take some getting used to after using Stillson types for years.
Another academic discussion I see but I'll play.
Who sells wrenches in 5mm increments?
Does anyone make fasteners in these "missing" sizes you seem concerned with? Perhaps a correlation, as I eluded to before.
Popular wrench sizes would logically correspond to popular fastener sizes. Litte need for tiny increments in big fasteners.
Check out standards for different fasteners.
All of the "classic" car restoration parts companies would have them, albeit at a premium.
Dorman in the auto parts stores or Hillman at a hardware store ought to have them(at least available) too. Those perhaps also imported versions being sold at a premium from the restoration parts houses...
FYI
I have a few of these HF wrenches so got curious and measured to see how true to size they are.
1 3/8 (1.3750) measured 1.381
1 1/2 (1.500) 1.515
1 3/4 (1.750) 1.775
1 7/8 (1.875) 1.890
2" measured 2.012
https://www.harborfreight.com/jumbo-sae-combination-wrench-set-6-piece-61513.html
The larger the fastener, the larger the fit tolerance. In these sizes bulk is strength.
Without a big cheater I couldn't imagine breaking them.
I shudder to think what those proud folks in Kenosha ask for theirs.
That is ridiculous and proof that these stores are run by idiots without a lick of common sense. Pop the piece needed from the set on the shelf and do whatever they'd normally do with the originally purchased set had you returned the entire thing. SMART folks might then discount the new set...
"Walls are currently wide open"
Maybe consider running wire to several locations in case your first choice doesn't work out well. Bell wire is dirt cheap. ALSO, I'm pretty sure these can hooked up in parallel so you could have them at more than one place.
FWIW mine are by the man door.
For me? I'll apply "vintage" to older items I'm selling if there is any chance of it being a collectible or a desired earlier version of something. Vintage= $$, old = $;)
My 50 year old combo wrenches and sockets? Old. Same age tappet wrenches? Vintage.