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Socket Trays & Air Compressor questions

FireTurtle

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I picked up some Kobalt socket trays from Lowes, but I'm not super thrilled with them. I like the style they have, but the metric & SAE are lumped in the same trays. Do any of you have a better socket tray recommendation? Perhaps some that are similar but have the two types separate trays or even a functional DIY option possibly.
This is the socket tray set I picked up: Kobalt Socket Tray

Also, does anyone have opinions on Harbor freight air compressors? I tried searching for reviews on it, but the words are so common on the forum, that it doesn't bring up any decent results.
I need something I can run air tools like a DA sander & probably an HVLP gun, for priming & painting my dune buggy. I've been trolling craigslist for something used but possibly better quality, but that's not turning anything up so far. I pretty much need something before I can progress much further with my buggy restoration. I just don't want to invest in one from HF if they are junk.
 
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jim1987

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They're not meant to have both on the pegs... face one side one way where.it shows metric and face the other the opposite way so it shows sae..
 
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FireTurtle

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They're not meant to have both on the pegs... face one side one way where.it shows metric and face the other the opposite way so it shows sae..
That makes sense. I guess that means I don't have enough sockets yet. Sounds like as good of a reason as any to buy more tools.
The way it is designed though, you still can't see the metric numbers on the tray. The metric sizes are on the flat side & the SAE numbers are on the beveled side that is easy to read. Not sure why they did that. Perhaps for space saving. I may cover the SAE numbers on the tray & rewrite the metric on the bevel then. On the 3/8 tray, the 1/2 & 9/16 are too closely spaced as well. I would like to find something that had a bit more QC before it was manufactured.
If I can't find some that are made better, for $20 I will use them for the time being.
 
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