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I wish I would have thought or heard of that decades ago.

Another reason for announcing a product before it is available is to tempt people that were considering buying something like it soon. If they are big fans of Tekton the might wait for the "Exciting new wrench". Also, it generates publicity like this thread as others have said. I can't imagine...

The Harbor Freight light discussed in this thread is on sale for $25 until December 3, 2020. To get that price you need this coupon: https://www.harborfreight.com/savings_coupons.html

When this thread started, in 2017, the HF light was only $20. Now it is $40.

I don't know much about tools but would a drill like this be good at drilling through the thick steel walls of a safe in a bank? A friend of mine wants to know.

Was it the Russians or the Chinese?

Of the lights mentioned here so far, only the Braun has a battery that is easily replaced. You can get a spare battery and keep it charged to use if necessary.

I believe the main ingredient in WD40 is kerosene which is the main ingredient in diesel fuel which is much cheaper. I use diesel fuel as a degreaser and I use Goo Gone or lighter fluid (xylene) to remove labels. I use alcohol to displace water. If I wanted a painted surface to look good I would...

Thanks for the input. Today I also bought a 4" VIM bit ratchet wrench and your input has confirmed that was a good decision. Here is another reason to have an adapter. Occasionally I need to switch between several different bits during a project and rather than switch bits on one driver it is...

I read a couple of threads about bit ratchets and saw no mention of bit adapters and that surprised me because I think they are a good option. One end attaches to any 1/4" ratchet wrench or socket driver and the other end holds the bit via spring or magnet. I just learned about the adaptors and...

I recently bought a "Bit set" like this and a couple of magnetic bit driver handles. Is this what you had in mind? https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-Shockwave-Impact-Driver-55-Piece/dp/B01N4ALV72/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=milwaukee+bit+set&qid=1599539325&sr=8-4

Me too. Tekton's twist-to-lock makes it fast and easy to release or lock a socket onto the rail.

I would have liked to take this ratchet apart further but I think doing that to this wrench would do more harm than good. It looked like three of the parts were press fit and I would have to pound them out.

Thanks for the input! I have some spray on Lithium grease and I used it because it would get into the hard to reach places. It seemed to leave a thin layer that should work well enough until I am too old to care.

What grease for an old ratchet wrench? I have an old Thorsen 77 ratchet wrench that had a lot of gunk in the gears. After scraping off some of the gunk I decided to soak it in kerosene to clean it. Now what do I do? :dunno: :lol: My original lubrication plan was to soak it in molten parrafin...

I just read through this whole thread and I don't think anyone mentioned any impact sockets that they don't like. Since they all seem good and durable, I'd buy budget sockets with easy to read sizes.

The Tekton has an especially easy way to calibrate and I think you end up with the twist handle lining up perfectly with the numbers and lines on the shaft. Pittsburgh wrenches don't have the allen key adjustment. Instead, you adjust the calibration undoing the big nut at the base of the...

I think the Tekton and the HF come out of the same factory because it looks like an identical design. What I like best about the Tekton is the easy to read settings. On many torque wrenches the numbers and lines are chrome and hard to read. On the HF wrench you said the "the torque scales are...

Have you seen the Icon case? I had an Icon and a PI next to each other and the Icon case is much better. It has metal hinges and metal latches. The PI case has the usual plastic latches like the ones that broke off of the case of my Matco Torque wrench.

I'm a home DIY guy and I recently bought an Icon 1/2" torque wrench because it seems like an excellent torque wrench for $88 if you use a 20% off coupon. Also, Icon tools have a lifetime warranty which is hard to find in a torque wrench. That warranty doesn't include calibration but most newer...