My little guy would love that
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My little guy would love that
Spudland_Dave
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is that it for Mac tools?
I've been hauling home a bunch of MAC lately...but the problem is, I just dont have time to setup & take pics of all of it...I get home its time to eat, get kiddos to bed, clean up, and when thats all done, I'm just not in the mood to run around up to the garage, grab pics, etc... Cant remember what i've posted thus far but recently I got the 20pc Macsimizer screwdriver set (pics posted somewhere on here), those macsimizer handled extensions, which I really do love, Digital display test light (havent used it yet) and a nice tool bag for my work tools...I can take pics of the toolbag tomorrow. And last Friday, MAC guy and I were discussing pricing on a new Macsimizer 1350 or 1860 Box. Purely kicking tires on a new box right now....
rr361
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Well I might as well join in this one. Been buying quite a bit of Mac since my son had the 50% tech school discount. No pictures of that stuff but these 8.5" pliers came in today off eBay. $26 bucks shipped so right at 1/2 price and still in the wrapper. When I checked the price before I bought them I noticed something:
See the Made in the USA on these I bought...
It's no longer on the new ones shown in the on-line catalog. Imagine that... Yeah, I know the deal with Mac.
I'll get some more stuff photographed and loaded this weekend.
See the Made in the USA on these I bought...
It's no longer on the new ones shown in the on-line catalog. Imagine that... Yeah, I know the deal with Mac.
I'll get some more stuff photographed and loaded this weekend.
Brownsfan
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That's because they are made by channellock. Notice the similar part number. Cornwell does the same thing. Still very good set of pliers. http://www.channellock.com/318-Long-Nose-Plier.aspx
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young_buck
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bump for MAC 
i havent seen a mac dealer in over 3 years, havent bought anything in close to 10.
never got the greatest service from any of the mac dealers i've had over the past 28 years.
same story here in NE IL, i have a bad MAC tool dealer story the guy was out of Cedar Lake area no longer a MAC dealer IDK how big his territory was but I know he did Park Forest/Chicago Heights IL area from when I lived w/ my parents and worked in that area. I have told it elsewhere on G J last week, also in the last week I have been scouring Ebay for missing sockets here and there, to re complete what used to be sets of MAC...
I have alot of doubles now (bought a few "misc piles" of assorted MAC to get what I needed cheaper than truck price of just 1 socket.
still need a 1-1/8 6 point 1/2 drive short impact socket (but I have at least 2, 1-1/4,s in that same series I used to have a set of those knuckle savers in both SAE and metric I still have and one of that remaining from those.... I liked the 6 point ones.
I found out early on, that MAC rebranded a whole lot more tools than Snap on was back in the late 80s/early 90s....
MAC didn't make as much of their own stuff as S/O did and Matco was "somewhere in between" at the time
GTA Matt
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All of the red plastic cases are Mac. I no longer have a Mac dealer so as I break the torx bits, I am replacing the inserts with Matcos I have a lot more Mac stuff, but don't have individual pictures of everything.
I have a lot more Mac stuff, but don't have individual pictures of everything.
boosteddsm92
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Here's mine...
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young_buck
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Here's mine...
Do you like those wrenches? I heard they hurt your hands if you have to torque on them due to them being square. Also do you have a part # for the screwdrivers?
Hadn't seen a Mac dealer for a while, but last week I saw one parked and got his business card and a catalog. Catalog has 500 pages and has a lot of aviation tools and body tools. Dealer seems to have been in business for a while since he has a few years worth of award stickers on his truck.
I've always been a fan of Mac screwdrivers and the ones he had looked fine.
Pliers were rivited together instead of having a nut and bolt holding them together, making adjustments possible. They did feel just right, though.
I didn't ask the guy if the dispute between Mac and its dealers was resolved.
KEH
I've always been a fan of Mac screwdrivers and the ones he had looked fine.
Pliers were rivited together instead of having a nut and bolt holding them together, making adjustments possible. They did feel just right, though.
I didn't ask the guy if the dispute between Mac and its dealers was resolved.
KEH
woody 73
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There's a MAC truck parked at the BP station on Hart St in Dyer, has been for a couple months now. May be the same guy-
jfcasey
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You guys are lucky have decent mac guys. Ours was a douschebag who got run out of the shop for some slimey deals and related B.S.
I love knuckle savers and would love to find a full metric set someday.
I love knuckle savers and would love to find a full metric set someday.
mecpman
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I love Mac Tools mostly from having a great sales guy. hes always on time and has his truck stocked with everything anyone would need. The warranty on MAC seems to be better than Matco in my opinion he never questions it just hands new tools over when my Matco guy gives a hassel all the time and we have to wait weeks to get anything back.
boosteddsm92
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I like them a lot. I'd rather have a thicker wrench than a thinner one that always feels like you're cutting your hand up when you get on it. I really like the longer pattern Mac wrenches (the metrics in my pic). The standard length Macs are too short IMO (the standards in my pic and the bottom 3 metrics). You can see the difference in length on the 10, 12, 14mm in my pic, there's one of each of those. The P2 screwdrivers in the pic are PB2042AR.
I got a few Mac items, 1/2 impact gun (the newest one), 3/4 silent impact gun (i love it), basic air ratchet. 1/4 ratchet, 3/4 ratchet with flex head that i got for christmas. my creeper is from mac, 4 piece pry bar set from mac. i got all the other items with my discount while i was in school, really reggreting not getting a tool box with the discount.
I know the area you mention as growing up in Monee/crete IL "right across the line" and not that far from CedarLake either, but I doubt it as my debacle with him was about 10-12 years ago, at the time I had heard he was buying a video rental store
that said in keeping with the therad I just bought a $#!t-load of MAC from Ebay this past week.... much cheaper than the truck, same warranty too, filling in "holes" in my MAC sets
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when I was last wrenching I had the opposite situation here from MATCO/MAC in this area
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young_buck
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Here's my MAC 3/8'' drive ratchet:
I have never seen those ratchets before, do they come with the handle or is it an aftermarket addition?
I want one
I van putski
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....I have never seen those ratchets before, do they come with the handle or is it an aftermarket addition?
I want one
they used to be as common as dirt. (never as cheap as dirt though LOL)
they came "stock" that way right off the truck.
They used to sell a version of those with a longer handle and a flex head that the handle would spin on the handle, they called it "Spinflex" took a bit to get used to but once I did I loved using it. I paid $80 for mine like 15 years ago, and lost it to that Mac tool rep warranty debacle I have described elsewhere a few years later
About 4-5 years ago I was in a Grainger for "other things" and saw a PROTO display that looked familiar; yup the same exact ratchet as I had lost several years ago spinney handle and all, for $40 same exact head identical except for saying "PROTO" on it instead of "MAC" No markings today as they wore off the handle they were just basically an ink stamp. it remains my "go to" when I need a 3/8" hand ratchet.
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young_buck
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They still sell the spinflex ratchets, I thought that was what the ratchet in the photo was until i realized it wasn't a flex head. here is a link https://www.mactools.com/ShopOnline/Product/tabid/120/productid/320798/variantid/311557/Default.aspx I am looking into both the 1/4" and the 3/8"
drive models but haven't seen my MAC rep to see one in person
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young_buck
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The Kiwi's are a cool pair of pliers, is there any special purpose to them or are they just for difficult areas?
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young_buck
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While I am online what do we think of the roto head ratchets? https://www.mactools.com/shoponline/product/tabid/120/p-330433-xr7spa.aspx I have used the longer 3/8" model once before but not long enough to have an opinion on quality.
Pics from owners would be appreciated
Pics from owners would be appreciated
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Roland-5.0
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I haven't got a chance to use them. Was actually thinking of posting them in the classifieds. They are supposed to work great for tension type hose clamps. I think they'd be good I tight spots where you need to see what you were doing instead of being "blind" from your hands blocking your view.
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young_buck
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I wish I had more money so I could buy them off you 
I may have to get in touch with my MAC guy when the next few paychecks roll in 
My tool box looks like it is ready to be filled some more
I may have to get in touch with my MAC guy when the next few paychecks roll in My tool box looks like it is ready to be filled some more Brownsfan
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I have the Cornwell version and the quality is good. I have all 3 drive sizes and have had them for a little over a year. I use the 1/4 in all the time. It is very handy because you can rotate to a nut driver fast. I work on mainly interior stuff and this is my go to
toolstools
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My one and only. 3/8 vr10. 10" handle. Happens to be for sale, mac lovers. Lol
It's a stock XR8PA.
The newest version has a different handle and it's called the XR9PA.
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While I am online what do we think of the roto head ratchets? https://www.mactools.com/shoponline/product/tabid/120/p-330433-xr7spa.aspx I have used the longer 3/8" model once before but not long enough to have an opinion on quality.
Pics from owners would be appreciated
I have two of these, 1/4" and 3/8" and really like them.
boosteddsm92
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I'm selling mine here.I have never seen those ratchets before, do they come with the handle or is it an aftermarket addition?
I want one
ganymede
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I want to like my xr8 more than I do but even after experimenting for a couple of hrs with spring tension it just never felt right. The Snap on 936 ratchets are stiff too but they feel better after you trim the spring a bit. Also the heads are smaller than Mac ( I think) so that sort of makes up for coarseness of them
YIKES!!I thought the $80 I spent 15 years or so ago was alot then and $80 would be alot (to me anyway) for a ratchet now... I like this ratchet alot I guess I go back to Grainger and see if I can get another PROTO version... like I say having owned both, identical except for the name stamped on the handle
I still have a red handled (non Spinflex) MAC ratchet that I took to a buddy to have replaced under warranty since taking tools to someone that has tool trucks that show up regularly, is my only way to get warranty service.
I also took a MAC air ratchet in (one of the type with the reverse lever in the middle of the handle instead of on the head) for a rebuild as the anvil snapped off, a $125 "flat fee" rebuild--and the tool man offered to pay for the rebuild of the air ratchet for free if I give him that hand ratchet.
I was quite surprised, I told my buddy no, I'd pay for the air ratchet rebuild and still wanted that red handled MAC hand ratchet rebuilt but I think I will change my mind and go buy another PROTO version and be $$ ahead.
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