zimman
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LMMFAO, I'll throw myself off the bridge as soon as I'm out of Court today at 1pm. Promise.
EEEEEEEEEK. #23 and #24 need to trade places immediately. PLEASE HAVE MERCY!!!!
Funny regards,
Olli
Zim
Time to replace my worn out Craftsman Impact Sockets
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Zim
I didn't realize mislocating tools was a prosecutable offense in the US. I knew it was in Germany.
Pretty sure inch sized ratchets and metric ratchets are not permitted to reside in the same toolbox in Germany.
Last I looked German techs could have US screwdrivers and proper screwdrivers in the same toolbox as long as they were marked accordingly (warning label). "VORSICHT! Amerikanisher Schraubendrehen"
It's a shame anyone should have an issue actually using a hand tool warranty, but unfortunately there are horror stories for every brand. Maybe I've been lucky, maybe my experience is the norm, but either way I still suggest the OP get a set from a brand that stocks individual sockets. Impacts do wear out. And whether Tekton, Gearwrench, Grey Pneumatic, Proto, a truck brand, etc.. it's easier to warranty an individual impact socket than an entire set, and if the brand does hassle you on warranty or you just lose one, at least you know you'll be able to replace an individual socket in your set with a matching one.
zimman
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I spent 6 years in Stuttgart. It was difficult. LMAO
Germans are still pissed off and within a gnats *** of whipping out the swords and killing each other over whatever., probably another 3 months of vacation. I'm a German too so I know. LOL
Zim
Hohn
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I have the Sunex 1/2 metric set. Very good Taiwanese sockets. A couple of them are showing a tiny bit of square drive wear, but very minor.
My 3/8 set is Wright and notably higher quality. I also really like how Wright does prominent engraving vs just a laser etch.
The Sunexes have all the laser marks worn off and I find it a bother to figure what the size is.
The Tektons have some etching but it's a bit small:
I like big prominent etching and I cannot lie.
Steel_Rain
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Wanted to just sidebar here and tell you that the Craftsman warranty process online is alive and well.
This shite 90's Craftsman ratchet gave it up recently after my son was using it to take off a skidplate on his 4-wheeler:
This was given to him by his grandpa along with many other 80's/90's craftsman tools. I opened a warranty claim online and got an answer back the same day. I did tell them I wasn't the original owner and didn't purchase this using my own money. I had to provide my address and place the claim # on a sheet of paper next to the ratchet and photo it, but it was a quick and easy process:
Maybe not as easy as the HFT process, but total time invested is maybe 5 minutes and I'm sure the ratchet I'm getting in return is much better then this turd.
Stridercondor
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I went with Capri over the Milwaukee impact sockets. The Capri sockets seem pretty solid so far without the premium price of Milwaukee.
Schurkey
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Buy a decent impact wrench, instead of the weakling you have now.
CGarage
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EEEEEEEEEK. #23 and #24 need to trade places immediately. PLEASE HAVE MERCY!!!!
Funny regards,
Olli
How you can tell Olli is a German!!
CGarage
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Ordnung muss sein!
Dakotadadv8
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Bought Craftsman impact socket sets from Lowes few years ago works fine, deep SAE, deep and shallow metric. These set skips 20mm. I would probably buy Tekton if skips bother me.
Wrench97
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Tekon skips also, like 11mm & 16mm which are useful to have.
Ohio Andy
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1/2 Inch Drive 6-Point Impact Socket Set (87-Piece) | TEKTON
87-piece set includes 5/16 - 1-1/4 inch (SAE), 8-32 mm (metric) shallow and deep 6-point sockets, extensions, u-joint, and hard case. No skipped sizes. SID92407.
Not set clearly includes 11 mm and 16 mm
This set also includes it
1/2 Inch Drive Deep 6-Point Impact Socket Set (8 - 24 mm) | TEKTON
17-piece set includes 8 - 24 mm (metric) deep 6-point impact sockets with case. No skipped sizes. SID92329.
At that point I just stopped checking
Wamsutta
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Grey Pneumatic don't countersink the drive end. I always thought that was a cheesy way to cut production costs.
I have everything from 1/4" to 1" guns. Air and some M18.
IR 2135 and the 700 or whatever bust a nut torque M18 in 1/2"
DAWrench
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Skipping a 20mm would not bother me much. Not a very common size in my day to day and can track down one if I really need one
DAWrench
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Skipping 11mm is fine as long as I have 7/16 sae. Set not having a 16'mm would be majorly annoying!!!!
Cruzan80
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This is a label someone added to a Heathkit (vacuum tube, CRT) Oscilloscope that I have. I know it is "bad" German, but still funny (at least to me).
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KnurledNut
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That’s what 5/8” is for.
I have the Sunex 1/2" 'master' set, and they've been solid. I somehow managed to bork the square side of the 18mm (really no idea how that happened - can't even recall using it until I needed it and saw the damage after it wouldn't mount). I submitted a warranty claim on their site and got the replacement in my mailbox 2 days later. I was pretty impressed with the speed. The new one was MiC vs. MiT and had a slightly different finish, but I don't think there are many.
I don't have any SAE to speak of, and never will again, so no skips is/was important to me. I'm not going to consider any set that includes SAE either - waste of money and space.
I don't think there are many mistake to be made out there to be honest. The ease of walking in and out of a HF for replacement scores pretty high for me since impact sockets are one of the few tools I've needed to warranty, but honestly Tekton and Sunex both will get you a replacement really quickly too.
I don't have any SAE to speak of, and never will again, so no skips is/was important to me. I'm not going to consider any set that includes SAE either - waste of money and space.
I don't think there are many mistake to be made out there to be honest. The ease of walking in and out of a HF for replacement scores pretty high for me since impact sockets are one of the few tools I've needed to warranty, but honestly Tekton and Sunex both will get you a replacement really quickly too.