New tool thread

[AutoMechanic]

Some new tools yesterday. I got the air chuck because I don’t have one like this except at home. This has one use at work and that’s when we fill up our SureShot cans with brake cleaner we have to pressurize it. And it ruined a couple peoples air gauges so someone else got one of these to do it with which I also decided to get one too. I don’t want to ruin my air gauges. I also got two Milwaukee markers in black for the home toolbox for oil change stickers as any other color fades and I always lost Sharpies and these were on sale too at Rural King just like the air chuck. They had a sale where you fill up a bucket and get everything 15% off in the bucket so I did and got several car things some good Root Beer and all that lol. Plus a nice bucket. I didn’t see a reason to pay an extra $6 for a Milton air chuck when this one will work fine for that one purpose. You really don’t use it for anything else.

 

[The Critic]

Last week, the SO guy and I agreed on a cash price for the 1098J5000, 206PFSXM (Swivel Ball Extension Socket Set) and RXFMS606B (Metric Flare Wrench Set).

Of course, someone listed a brand-new set of the flare wrenches on eBay this weekend for $200. I could have saved $100!

But I decided to keep my word and pay what I had agreed to.

 

[SubLGT]

Bought a 22mm Williams Supercombo wrench at Amazon, for $30. Made in the USA. It is a very comfortable wrench to hold. I will be buying a 17mm and 19mm in the near future.

The open end is designed to not round off the corners on a fastener.

A 22mm Hazet 600N wrench compared to the Williams. The Williams is 13mm longer and 3.2mm wider at the beam, and the Hazet is 6.2oz lighter.

 

[JWC86]

Of course, someone listed a brand-new set of the flare wrenches on eBay this weekend for $200. I could have saved $100!

You mean this set?

 

[The Critic]

You mean this set? View attachment 139381

No, this one:

Snap-on 6 PC Double End Metric Flare Nut Wrench Set RXFMS606B 9-21 Mm for sale online | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Snap-on 6 PC Double End Metric Flare Nut Wrench Set RXFMS606B 9-21 Mm at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

 

[JWC86]

No, this one:

View attachment 139382

Snap-on 6 PC Double End Metric Flare Nut Wrench Set RXFMS606B 9-21 Mm for sale online | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Snap-on 6 PC Double End Metric Flare Nut Wrench Set RXFMS606B 9-21 Mm at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Ok. I was looking at that one also but this one has the extra 7/8mm wrench and is new or as new just without the tray.

 

[spasm3]

Ok. I was looking at that one also but this one has the extra 7/8mm wrench and is new or as new just without the tray.

I have the snap-on line wrench set, but mine does not have the small 7mm/8mm. I have not found one on ebay.

 

[The Critic]

New SO 1/4” metric swivels from eBay for 40%+ off msrp.

 

[D60]

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New SO 1/4” metric swivels from eBay for 40%+ off msrp.

What's that part #?

 

[The Critic]

What's that part #?

106TMUSMA

 

[Sam_Julier]

Tekton 6” and 9” vice grip pliers, Taiwan, $27 deliverEd after tax
tekton.com

 

[SubLGT]

I have more analog tire pressure gauges than a sane person needs, but I have still had a desire over the last 3 years for a digital gauge. So I bought this Longacre gauge, with backlit display and accuracy of +/- 0.3psi. Longacre sells it for $123, Summit Racing sells it for $105, I bought it from Speedway Motors for $83. That sum is the most I have ever spent on a tire gauge, but the Longacre lineup of digital tire pressure gauges tops out at $700, so I don't feel too bad about spending $83.

On of my oldest analog gauges: a Drager (made in Germany) bought new around 35-40 years ago.

 

[dubber09]

Bought MaxiTPMS kit - TS508 and 8 dual freq sensors on Amazon.ca for .... CA$399 (US$299) before tax

 

[The Critic]

Thank you @JeffKeryk

 

[The Critic]

Astro 3/8” Nano Impact Sockets

 

[The Critic]

Snap-On 207IPSFM 3/8” semi-deep impact swivels. Thank you @clinebarger for making me aware of these.

Paid $235 off eBay. They are supposedly new but the internals of the 15MM was coated with some brown gunk (consistency similar to mud) that was somewhat easily wiped off. Strange. I wonder if it was excess shipping oil?

I also sprayed the swivel joints with Super Lube. But did not notice any improvement.

 

[LDB]

View attachment 138613

What can one do the other can't? And vice versa?

 

[LDB]

Lost (temporarily misplaced) tools? So when a guy has a tool cab (or whatever correct term) system that's 12 (or more) feet wide, 6 feet tall and has 3 dozen or more drawers do the drawers have to be labeled to keep track of what is in each? And even if they are labeled are there moments of Oh, I forgot I had this or Oh, this is a cool tool wherever it came from or Oh, I sure could have used this last Tuesday?

 

[JHZR2]

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Snap-On 207IPSFM 3/8” semi-deep impact swivels. Thank you @clinebarger for making me aware of these.

Paid $235 off eBay. They are supposedly new but the internals of the 15MM was coated with some brown gunk (consistency similar to mud) that was somewhat easily wiped off. Strange. I wonder if it was excess shipping oil?

I also sprayed the swivel joints with Super Lube. But did not notice any improvement.

I’ve gotten some items from SO that has a dark brown thick oil on it. I wouldn’t worry about that.

I’d suspect that these are designed with a decent amount of friction on the swivel, and intentionally not that easy to move.

I’m tempted to get a set of those, I can see their value even if not impact.

 

[The Critic]

I’m tempted to get a set of those, I can see their value even if not impact.

I foresee a lot of use with a cordless ratchet.