[Shop-talk] Cute new tools I saw

[john niolon]

Doug,

several years ago I picked up a set of Armstrong "thru the hole" sockets... 
same design as you describe.  something like 15 sockets and a ratchet 
handle.  I got a good deal andI had the same idea you had... they might be 
handy.  I think I've had them out of the case one time :-(   But, they do 
look good in the tool box.

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Braun" <doug at dougbraun.com>
To: "Shop-Talk List" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:00 AM
Subject: [Shop-talk] Cute new tools I saw


>A Lowe's the other weekend I noticed a couple of
> clever wrenches I hadn't seen before:
>
> The first was a pair of quad-size ratcheting box end
> wrenches.  Each end of a wrench had an opening for two
> sizes, stacked together.  You would flip the wrench
> over to use the other size.  The only compromise was
> that the ends of the wrenches were twice as thick as a
> regular box end wrench.  So, the pair of wrenches gave
> you 8 sizes.
>
> The other was a socket set designed quite differently
> than normal. Instead of the ratchet having a square
> drive that fits into a square hole on the socket,
> their ratchet had a big torx-style hole, and the
> sockets had a matching pattern around the outside of
> the back end.  The supposed benefit of this was that
> it was like a (sturdier) ratcheting box-end wrench,
> and you could put it over a long bolt to reach the
> nut.  They looked really butch, but I'm not sure how
> useful they really were.  And I have no idea if there
> was a special extension for them.
>
> Is father's day coming up soon?  (Or is it mother's
> day?)
>
> Doug
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