Forgive me if these wrenches are old news, but I had never seen them. Typically, I'm not a fan of "gimmick" tools in the least, but recently saw one of these in action ...
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Forgive me if these wrenches are old news, but I had never seen them. Typically, I'm not a fan of "gimmick" tools in the least, but recently saw one of these in action ...
To read the rest of this blog entry from The Garage Journal, click here.
redwrench60
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I think I'd still prefer a small tool roll of wrenches but it sure beats having nothing.
The Frisco Kid
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Might be cool for a bike or moped... doesn't really fit my needs very well.
Would work VERY well in a small watertight tool roll for PWC if available in metric!
Would work VERY well in a small watertight tool roll for PWC if available in metric!
maddawg308
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It is what is referred to as hobbyist or homeowner's quality. Not professional quality.
plinker
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"Personal water craft" or jetski
Chadwilliam1
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looks useless to me. too big to fit in most places.
tribbles
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Not as bulky as a dogbone. I could have used one when I was twelve, something was always working its way loose on my BMX bike, but nowadays not so much.
Major Ramifications
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It would be a good tool for my junkyard box. The less I have to carry around, the better.
Jarhead0408
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Not a fan myself.
Wonder how much torque the joint could actually take given that there is two not one moving pieces between the fork? But, it would be better than nothing in a pinch.
If nothing else maybe you could use it on the nut while you tightened a bolt if you didn't have a socket set on you. Might eliminate the need for carrying two of every wrench.
Don't think you'll be catching one in my box/roll/truck/car though. Unless someone gave it to me as a gift. Seems like the more features a product has the more likely it is to fail. Alot of options, but none of them built real well.
Wonder how much torque the joint could actually take given that there is two not one moving pieces between the fork? But, it would be better than nothing in a pinch.
If nothing else maybe you could use it on the nut while you tightened a bolt if you didn't have a socket set on you. Might eliminate the need for carrying two of every wrench.
Don't think you'll be catching one in my box/roll/truck/car though. Unless someone gave it to me as a gift. Seems like the more features a product has the more likely it is to fail. Alot of options, but none of them built real well.
carhunter
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If the folks at Craftsman are reading this, please stop making one-size fits all novelty wrenches and return to selling quality tools that a guy can make a living with.
I know stuff like this sells great at the holidays to kids who don't know what to get the Dad who has everything. But take a look at the 50's and 60's catalogs when Sears was a proud company with heirloom quality products, and re-think your Mission Statement.
End rant.
I know stuff like this sells great at the holidays to kids who don't know what to get the Dad who has everything. But take a look at the 50's and 60's catalogs when Sears was a proud company with heirloom quality products, and re-think your Mission Statement.
End rant.
dadsEH
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maybe a better cost reduction option would be a single piece forged spanner with double hex at each end and delete the moving parts eh?
Michael Bryce Winnick
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Not every job is torquing a head. Some of you guys would jab yourselves in the sack with a fork rather than say smething good about Craftsman. My dogbone wrenches are bulky, but I do not work on pianos or mirco-processors. This figure 8 is cool. I beat my Craftman tools with no regard for breakage and yet they RARELY...RARELY break. When they do, I get a new one over the counter. Some of you guys talk about Snap On tools like they have *** with you. Snap On is good stuff, but the prices are higher than giraffe's nuts and I have yet to justify the price. Danahar does me right with Craftman and NAPA USA tools. Back to the post...this tool looks good. IF any of you have one you do not want, let me know.
osborn.ozzy
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only thing its good for is changing oil
Yeah, that wrench didn't do much for me when I saw it at Sears...
These "Universal Sockets" on the other hand intrigued me..especially for the traveling tool box...
Anybody used them ?
http://www.sears.com/craftsman-19-p...p-00932825000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1
These "Universal Sockets" on the other hand intrigued me..especially for the traveling tool box...
Anybody used them ?
http://www.sears.com/craftsman-19-p...p-00932825000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1
ToddW
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I agree.
I think of that with all these combo / rotating wrenches.
It may work a few times or half year then there's that one time you need a standard sized aka normal wrench and have to go buy one or find it anyway
Chadwilliam1
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ill just carry around an adjustable wrench.
Growing up my dad and uncle were suckers for all of the gimmick tools to try to cut down the amount of tools in the machinery tool boxes. They all failed from the adjustabox, the dog bone, what ever they called the precursor of this thing and a few more. I keep many more tools in the boxes than they did but have a much less downtime when something breaks.
The bad ideas just keep repeating. Among with the good tools at high prices compared to today's prices there was some strange things even in the old Craftsman catalogs.
The bad ideas just keep repeating. Among with the good tools at high prices compared to today's prices there was some strange things even in the old Craftsman catalogs.
carhunter
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I'm not afraid of new stuff, nor do I consider myself a tool snob, but some things don't need to be changed.
Snap-on isn't the final word by any means, and craftsman was a leader for years. But somewhere they dropped the ball and you'll play hell trying to convince any professional mechanic to use them.
Its mostly marketing, with some cost cutting involved. Kids coming out of the tech schools are spending 50k on roll cabs, tool sets, diagnostics...C-man could carve a nice chunk of that income if they tried. But they'd rather go after the weekend warrior/Father's day market.
How much are those wrenches, maybe I'll try one for the heck of it
ScubaSteve
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I know it's not the "right" tool for the job, but I keep coming back to the good ol' Crescent wrench. Infinitely adjustable within an inch or so. I hang one on the pegboard above my toolbox, and I rarely have to get into my sockets.
I agree with a lot of what you say, particularly about the Craftsman bashing, and the price of snap-on. I've had very good results with Craftsman hand tools over the years. Most of my hand tools are Craftsman. Still, that wrench looks entirely like a gimmick item that was probably made in china. It's really not the type of tool that I want to see with the Craftsman name on it. It's not something I'd buy. If I get one as a gift, it will most likely end up in my small road box along with some other "gifts" to include my robo-grip pliers, the dog bone wrench, and the adjustable pocket socket wrench with the red rubber grip.
Jim C.
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Funny about gimmicks. I pulled a "palm ratchet" out of a tool bin. For YEARS it sat. I now have my engine up so high to the hood that I cannot put a cool wing nut on the air cleaner, just a 7/16 nut. My palm rachet has a dedicated to the cause 7/16 socket on it (JB welded on) and it rides in the bag I keep by the shifter. The tool was a gimmick, but found a home.
I saw one of these on a recent trip to the USA and almost bought it as it claims to work on rounded bolts etc
1 problem is the metric version does not have a 13mm which is a very common size
it does have 11 but i cannot remember the last time i saw a 11mm bolt
so how about changing 11 for 13 and it would be something worth having in the tool kit
1 problem is the metric version does not have a 13mm which is a very common size
it does have 11 but i cannot remember the last time i saw a 11mm bolt
so how about changing 11 for 13 and it would be something worth having in the tool kit
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I have a couple of dog bones one metric one sae. They are too thick to get into a lot of places.
I bolded the parts of this post that made me laugh good and hard at my computer screen. That's classic material.
ServiceWithIntegrity
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Forgive me if these wrenches are old news, but I had never seen them. Typically, I'm not a fan of "gimmick" tools in the least, but recently saw one of these in action ...
To read the rest of this blog entry from The Garage Journal, click here.
Screw the wrench, I'd rather see a picture of that Harley Knucklehead
Falcon67
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I looked it over today when I was at Sears. I thought I'd get very little use out of it because of it's bulk and clearance required around a bolt to use it. I passed.
The same parts got me, too!
New guy with a question
Howdy, fellas. I'm a displaced furniture maker who is
lucky enough to be back in school. The only things I
make now are replicas of historical artifacts, which is
a lot more fun (to me).
I have a Craftsman Accra-Arm 10" that has a problem
with the centrifugal switch. The motor runs fine, but
it keeps tripping the built in circuit breaker. A friend
told me it is not changing to high speed voltage like
it should. Do any of you know how to fine tune this?
Nothing got fried, I just had the cooling fan crumble
apart, and replaced it from a salvaged motor, and now
I can't get the adjustments back where they need to
be.
P.S. I like the photo tag for Mtwater's post; it must be
aimed at the would-be gun banners.
Howdy, fellas. I'm a displaced furniture maker who is
lucky enough to be back in school. The only things I
make now are replicas of historical artifacts, which is
a lot more fun (to me).
I have a Craftsman Accra-Arm 10" that has a problem
with the centrifugal switch. The motor runs fine, but
it keeps tripping the built in circuit breaker. A friend
told me it is not changing to high speed voltage like
it should. Do any of you know how to fine tune this?
Nothing got fried, I just had the cooling fan crumble
apart, and replaced it from a salvaged motor, and now
I can't get the adjustments back where they need to
be.
P.S. I like the photo tag for Mtwater's post; it must be
aimed at the would-be gun banners.
Motorhead Extraordinaire
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Fordman7795
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Ill trade you a worthless paper weight for those robo grip pliers