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You got some good stuff these. I buy some of my 3/4" drive sockets off either Ebay or Craigslist. The rest comes from estate or garage sale or pawn shops.
Quote from: Ken W. on January 26, 2015, 07:09:45 PMYou got some good stuff these. I buy some of my 3/4" drive sockets off either Ebay or Craigslist. The rest comes from estate or garage sale or pawn shops.Don't I know it! :D I'm becoming more and more a fan of Armstrong, as I find more and more of my grandfathers tools are their brand. The newest incarnation of this wrench is $200 o_o I took it apart and cleaned and greased it.. thing is built like a tank! This thing makes my formerly giant 1/2" drive 16" S-K wrench feel, and look like a child's toy by comparison. I find it surprisingly difficult to fathom. I can't even BEGIN to imagine 1" drives, or 2" O_ODon't know any of the manufacturing specifics... I have my Grandpa's Snap-On 71-M 1/2" wrench that has a similar body style, but the internal workings are completely different. I'd really like to get the parts to fix that. I know I have several ratchets that drive me nuts when I accidentally flip the switch... so the detent is a good idea imo. I'm very impressed with the simplicity, and quality of its design. I found a mostly complete 21-piece 3/4" set at an antique shop today for $50. I passed on it, though... they were some of the cheapest sockets and wrenches I've ever seen. With the largest "CHINA" stamps I've ever seen XD These might be a good set for $40... One of the reviewers mentioned using them with a 1400 Ft/lb impact wrench... I'll never be putting THAT much force into them. http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/sockets-ratchets/8-pc-34-in-drive-sae-impact-socket-set-67960.htmlThanks for the offer Musgrove. I'm hoping to find a reasonable set... but the only size I REALLY need is the 1 1/16".
A few years ago Harbor freight had a 3/4 drive set, wrench and sockets, beefy and I wish they were still avail, I need that set