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Dropped Forge Taiwan Wrenches

OutdatedTech

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I was hoping someone could shed some light on these tools. Are they worth keeping?

I've been reading that dropped forge wrench are pretty good quality. But these wrenches are over 30 years old.

1 1/4
1
7/8
13/16
3/4
11/16
5/8 - Missing
9/16
1/2
7/16
3/8
5/16
1/4

I'm missing 5/8 from my set, which annoys the hell out of me, I'm pretty sure it's a common size. And the 1/4 wrench is the size of a pencil you find at a golf course or a pinky.

Issue is, I don't know if these are worth keep or replacing. They are pretty beat up, but I rarely use them. 1/2 of them are a bit rusty, which is why im trying to decide if its worth the effort to get some vinager + steel wool and clean them up or shuck them and get a new set.

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These are a couple of random 1/4 wrenches I also had, can anyone tell me anything about them? Craftsman and a snapon

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FuzzyTiger

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A sure sign of how a tool is is how much you were able to use it and how long it lasted. 30 years is pretty good in my books.

They'll still work and as you said - you don't use them very often. Why spend money on upgrading them then?
 
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Shelbylex

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Keep them and replace with better quality if needed/desired

The sizes you need will depend on what you are planning to use them for and if you are in USA side of Antarctica (thus need SAE+metric) or European part (which is metric), GB (metric
+ Whitworth) or, if you are a descendent of the crew of Fabian Bellinghousen and Mikhail Lazarev from the first Antarctic expedition, then you might be leaving in the country occupying both parts of Europe and Asia in which case metric is the way to go unless you plan to import your car.
Craftsman and Snap On are significantly better quality.
Please post the pictures of both sides - this will give us the chance to date them as well.
Both look like older ones.
1/2 is one of the popular sizes. Some people claim that you can take apart majority of 1964 1/2 to 1969 Mustangs with just 1/2 and 9/16
 
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