The Facom Tools Thread.

[HannibalLecter]

I do not think there are any italian/French sockets in reality

 

[CGarage]

I do not think there are any italian/French sockets in reality

And what would make you think this?

 

[HannibalLecter]

And what would make you think this?

Cause there aren't any Facom sockets with European COO. At least from this century

 

[CGarage]

Cause there aren't any Facom sockets with European COO. At least from this century

You have bad information. And you are wrong.

Please do not post erroneous information.

 

[HannibalLecter]

You have bad information. And you are wrong.

Please do not post erroneous information.

Please do not reply to my posts if you aren't elaborating

 

[CGarage]

Please do not reply to my posts if you aren't elaborating

What makes you think that Facom has only shipped non-European made sockets in the 21st century? ?

 

[Ohio Andy]

Since you guys bring it up, where is the R1Pico set and made that everyone seems to like and was wildly copied by everyone.

And my tiny little brain. I believe it is currently made in Taiwan, but I think it used to be made in Europe... But every bit of that is speculation. I assume it's currently made in Taiwan because no one lists the country of origin. At least not where I looked.

 

[HannibalLecter]

Since you guys bring it up, where is the R1Pico set and made that everyone seems to like and was wildly copied by everyone.

And my tiny little brain. I believe it is currently made in Taiwan, but I think it used to be made in Europe... But every bit of that is speculation. I assume it's currently made in Taiwan because no one lists the country of origin. At least not where I looked.

That's definitely Taiwan. I check COO on rs online.com

 

[CGarage]

Since you guys bring it up, where is the R1Pico set and made that everyone seems to like and was wildly copied by everyone.

And my tiny little brain. I believe it is currently made in Taiwan, but I think it used to be made in Europe... But every bit of that is speculation. I assume it's currently made in Taiwan because no one lists the country of origin. At least not where I looked.

Yes, R1Pico, that is Taiwan.

I have socket sets bought in the 21st century that had French and Italian sockets.
Interestingly, one of the NANO sets I bought had all French sockets, and one USAG Italy socket, in the set.

 

[Etchase]

I picked up these non-pass thru double ended offset socket wrenches. The tubular one is a 291 N. They all take a 292 drive handle. The hex shaft versions are forged and drilled they say. First ones I’ve had of this type. Is there an advantage to these over the pass thru style? I have no idea how to date USAG tools. Any tips?

 

[Dankotaru]

The only Facom tools I own came from the old SK-Facom days, around 2003 or 2004, courtesy of Sears. I had never heard of the brand, with no idea it was a historic French manufacturer, but I was familiar with SK Tools. And these were the first ball-end hex keys I had ever seen, and thought the idea was cool as hell:


They're still my go-to hex keys. Very useful on motorcycles and assembling all my wife's Ikea furniture: