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Pexto said:
Guys, it's "de minimis", there is no "u". Sorry, pet peeve of mine. :)
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I spell it differently every time I write it. You simply alternate consonant/vowel 4.5 times with any letters of your choosing and you wind up close enough
 
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haneyrm said:
Enough of this tariff nonsense.

I know this kit probably does not appeal to this group but this is a good deal on a decent kit for the rest of the world. I keep Crescent kits on my boat and in my truck. Have had them for years and they are holding up fine.

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Good set of tools for the truck or a Christmas present for the "handy man"……… Definitely not a professional/heavy use set but it will get the job done.

BTW! Shows "out of stock" for me.
 
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haneyrm said:
Enough of this tariff nonsense.

I know this kit probably does not appeal to this group but this is a good deal on a decent kit for the rest of the world. I keep Crescent kits on my boat and in my truck. Have had them for years and they are holding up fine.

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I was actually considering buying exactly that set and unfortunately I'm too late....

Thanks for posting. Right now I have higher quality tools in each of my cars, but I do not have the variety that that set has and that variety would have been really nice for me this weekend while I'm traveling.
 
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Chuckster in NJ said:
Good set of tools for the truck or a Christmas present for the "handy man"……… Definitely not a professional/heavy use set but it will get the job done.

BTW! Shows "out of stock" for me.
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haneyrm said:
Damn. Was in stock about 20 minutes ago. Oh well. Sorry about that.
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Loooks to be back in stock at $59. IDK what the price before was
 
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Craftsman v-Series 3/8th sets. These were $40 for months at Lowe’s, and dropped to $20 for a few days at a few locations. Those deals are gone forever it seems. However, there are some left that have dropped to$48 delivered to your door from Amazon. In both SAE and Metric. Really high quality, with locking extensions and and a fantastic case. I like the ratchets in this size, but they are not Facom clones like the sockets and bits are. Not sure about the locking extensions, because I don’t have Facom samples to compare to. The case is adaptable enough to accommodate various ratchets incase you want to substitute your favorite.

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The metric set is $10 cheaper than a week ago.
 
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Etchase said:
Craftsman v-Series 3/8th sets. These were $40 for months at Lowe’s, and dropped to $20 for a few days at a few locations. Those deals are gone forever it seems. However, there are some left that have dropped to$48 delivered to your door from Amazon. In both SAE and Metric. Really high quality, with locking extensions and and a fantastic case. I like the ratchets in this size, but they are not Facom clones like the sockets and bits are. Not sure about the locking extensions, because I don’t have Facom samples to compare to. The case is adaptable enough to accommodate various ratchets incase you want to substitute your favorite.

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The metric set is $10 cheaper than a week ago.
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Thanks I just placed an order for a metric set
 
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Ohio Andy said:
I was actually considering buying exactly that set and unfortunately I'm too late....

Thanks for posting. Right now I have higher quality tools in each of my cars, but I do not have the variety that that set has and that variety would have been really nice for me this weekend while I'm traveling.
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I had bought a bunch of those kits for our various work vehicles at my former job. No, they aren't great quality and I wouldn't want to use them everyday. BUT, for a toolkit that you could likely rebuild an entire vehicle with and in a convenient form factor, it is an awesome kit for that purpose. You can find lots of socket sets available (ratchets and sockets), but sometimes you need pliers or an adjustable wrench or two of the same size to hold a nut and bolt. That kit covers it and doesn't take up much space in.

It seems to go on sale a couple times per year for roughly $100.
 
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jayemm said:
Not a "deal" per se, but these are not too expensive but handy to have and they do dig in well. Last week I loaned mine to a neighbor to extract the rotor screws from hell that Honda and others use. The old pound in a torx bit didn't hack it.
https://www.amazon.com/Powerbuilt-Drive-Socket-Sockets-642575/dp/B07YFF1H4M/?tag=atomicindus08-20

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I've been pretty successful with pounding in torx bits, so whatever you were up against couldn't have been fun...

Do you need to pound these into a rounded fastener?

I didn't know these existed, but have used something similar to get a plumbing fixture apart.

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mikeinri said:
I've been pretty successful with pounding in torx bits, so whatever you were up against couldn't have been fun...

Do you need to pound these into a rounded fastener?

I didn't know these existed, but have used something similar to get a plumbing fixture apart.

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Full rather windy story. As I walked past a neighbor I saw he couldn't get the rotor off to replace the front drive axle. I didn't get real close (fence between us) but from about 10 feet away it looked like the center of the screw was stripped out deeply, almost like drilled part way through. He had pounded a torx bit in but it apparently didn't grab enough. Maybe he didn't have a bigger torx bit that would work, I don't know. I got my set and handed it over the fence. Later when I returned home he handed them back with a thumbs up and a thanks and showed me the remains of the screw.
To answer your question, these bits don't have to be pounded in heavily as the spiral ridges dig in as it's rotated. Kind of like a turbo socket, only the male version.
They do dig in well. Another time helping another neighbor trying to remove a stripped out ,seized, caliper mounting bolt on his full size GM SUV, the bit gripped enough to where I could feel the shank of the long bolt twist and spring back when released but the threads were too rusted to come free so it got drilled out. GM used an 11mm bolt with a 9mm allen socket head and luckily the local hardware store had an M11-1.5 tap to help finish the job. And even though this bit couldn't remove that particular bolt, I like that this smaller set( IIRC there is a larger set available), should the need arise again for this oddball size, had a 9mm bit instead of jumping from 8mm to 10mm.

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jayemm said:
*** I added another picture here and above in case you didn't check out the Amazon link.
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I have seen these before, and wondered how well they work. So far, I haven't needed them (fingers crossed 🤞).

One thing that struck me is that the spirals seem "pre-loaded", aka with enough force (loosening) it would un-twist. I am not sure why they did it that way (and apparently they work). Not trying to second guess them, just seems odd to pre-twist against the force (maybe pre-twist with the force weakened it?).
 
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