[Shop-talk] Craftsman impact set- missing sizes?

[john niolon]

Larry,
I had the same problem when filling my socket drawers.  They usually include 
the 'most used' sizes.  We'll that's all well and good till Sunday nite and 
you need a  23mm, right ??

I just wandered flea markets and such, digging thru tool sellers bins till I 
found what I needed in single sockets, don't overlook the junk boxes under 
the table, lots of good stuff in some of them if you look (lots of junk 
too).

I keep a list of  missing socket sizes in my wallet for just such occasions. 
Proto makes most every size as does Snap on... Williams and S&K can be found 
also.  I don't worry abou the names matching as long as I find good 
industrial grade sockets.  The nut don't care what name is on the socket.

later
John



Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the
end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Spector" <lspector at gmail.com>
To: "shop-talk" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 7:33 AM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Craftsman impact set- missing sizes?


> Hi everyone,
>
> I recently ordered a Craftsman metric impact socket set and now that
> it's here, I'm having second thoughts. I wasn't paying close attention
> when I ordered it, and apparently it's missing a number of sizes.
>
> What it came with is regular and deep: 12 thru 19, 21, 22, 24, 27 mm,
> so it's missing 20, 23, 25 and 26 in the sequence that it covers.
> What's interesting is that the missing sizes are not available from
> Sears, so I'll have to fill in from another brand!
>
> The question I pose to you is, should I keep the set and not worry
> about the missing sizes until it becomes an issue, or return it and
> pick up a set that's actually complete? I'll be using them primarily
> to work on my cars (Acura, Toyota, Subaru).
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
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