[Shop-talk] Crescent stainless "gear wrenches"

[Karl Vacek]

Thanks, guys, but the wrenches I'm looking for are stainless steel, 
"Crescent" brand (though maybe someone else also carries/carried them 
branded for them), and they're thinner and fit in places better than the 
flat ratchet wrenches Sears sells.

I've Googled for "stainless steel crescent ratchet wrench" and found 
something different and neatly $100, but they're not the ones I have.

Oh well...

Thanks!
Karl






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john niolon" <jniolon at bham.rr.com>
To: "shop-talk" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>; "Karl Vacek" 
<KVacek at Ameritech.net>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Crescent stainless "gear wrenches"


> Karl,
>
> Sears sells the gear wrench brand in swivel head, stubby and standard flat 
> like you have... they run them on sale regularly... right now I 
> think...check sears.com
>
> john
>
>
>
> Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek at ameritech.net>
> To: <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 8:54 PM
> Subject: [Shop-talk] Crescent stainless "gear wrenches"
>
>
>>A couple of years ago, Costco had sets of Crescent brand stainless steel 
>>"Gear
>> Wrench"-style combination wrenches.  7 wrenches for $19.95.  5/16 to 
>> 11/16 -
>> if they went another couple wrenches larger it's be even better, but 
>> these are
>> fine as is.  Flat ratchet on one end, open-end on the other.  These are
>> completely flat wrenches rather than bent or offset, so they don't have 
>> or
>> need a reversing feature - just turn the wrench over.  They're fairly 
>> thin and
>> get in lots of places.  Fine-tooth ratchet too.
>>
>> Sadly, I only bought one set for myself, and never really tried them for 
>> a
>> long time.  The open end part is a little large and clunky, so I just 
>> left
>> them in the package for a year or more.  By the time I began to use them, 
>> it
>> was too late to buy more.
>>
>> Has anyone seen these recently ?  The stainless construction is a great
>> feature for slobs like me who occasionally get a wrench wet and don't 
>> wipe it
>> really well before setting it down - often on the floor  ;-)
>>
>> Alternatively, what brands of these things are good ?  The ones I see at
>> Sneers and Sawbucks seem awfully thick, and wouldn't get onto a nut or 
>> bolt
>> head anywhere near a vertical surface.
>>
>> Thanks !
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>
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