I like buying sets with good warranties or at least from vendors who sell singles. I don't break sockets very often but would consider it an excuse to upgrade. I'm still waiting to break a VIM Torx so I can justify Snap-On heavy duty removal or whatever the gold ones are called.
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Loose or destroy one socket, what do you do.......................
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speed bump
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I just buy another socket of whatever brand was convenient. Why would I waste $50+ that could go to tools I don't have buying tools I do have?
My favorite tool is the one with the shortest walk to fetch it.Ugly makes money too.
My sockets are a mix of more brands (and some unbranded) than I could name off the top of my head. As are my wrenches, my screwdrivers, my twist drills, etc.
ZRX61
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This one ******* ***** I used to sometimes work with was helping change a cylinder on an R2800. Borrowed my 1/4 drive 1/2 or 9/16 wobble socket to get the exhaust stacks off.
Wouldn't fit, so he took a grinder to it without bothering to mention it. He was made aware of my displeasure when I bounced it off the hangar wall fairly close to his head from about 50ft feet away.
Didn't offer to replace it, so I just bought a single (Craftsman). He never asked to borrow another tool.
Wouldn't fit, so he took a grinder to it without bothering to mention it. He was made aware of my displeasure when I bounced it off the hangar wall fairly close to his head from about 50ft feet away.
Didn't offer to replace it, so I just bought a single (Craftsman). He never asked to borrow another tool.