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

[scott.hall at comcast.net]

I'm sure people will tell you not to worry about it, so I'll tell you the opposite.  when I finally had the money and bought myslef some tools I went through the same thing.  and I didn't always get the complete sets thinking I wouldn't ever need a 20mm box wrench (or whatever).  guess what?  we bought a vw, or new mazda, or whatever which needed exactly the sizes I didn't have.  

I can't speak for anybody else, but the best was I know to ensure the thing I just bought will contain a particular size fastener is to not have that size tool in the box.  it works the other way as well, of course, and there are sizes I use infrequently or not at all, but a lot of the sizes that I had to hunt for I do use.

snap-on carries every size socket I've ever looked for, and mac does the same with wrenches.  I"m told you can order facom tools in france in almost every required size, but the u.s. importers don't carry them.

get the facom handles for 'clean' work, the s-k handles with the same head for 'dirty' stuff and snap-on and mac sockets and wrenches.  I think I finally found s-k impacts in every size, but then got a snap-on set off ebay.  don't do that.  there's a reason people sell used impact sets on ebay.  the drive holes are almost round on that set.

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From: "Larry Spector" <lspector at gmail.com>

> 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).