Carl Ijames wrote:
The Channellock brand set that Sam's Club carries is pretty good and has
most of what you want, in a sturdy black hard plastic briefcase.

$70 or so?

I have that set, and have had it for a couple of years. It is a very good set of tools
for many purposes. I doubt it, or any other reasonably priced set, will include all of
what he specified. He didn't say what size sockets, wrenches, hammers hex keys, etc. he
might need. It will depend partly on what he expects to be working on. Watches? Bicycles?
Lawn mowers? Automobiles? Earth movers? Something all together different?

I expect he'll need something like this to start with and a separate box, or two, for his
extras - dependent upon tasks to be performed.

I saw a fellow working on a cylinder for an earth mover. It required a 19mm hex key
wrench - and a 10' rigid metal pipe for a cheater - to break those buggers! Probably put
on with a 3/4" or 1" impact tool, with the pressure set too high.

Al



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"RogerN" wrote in message
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I'm interested in getting a nice all purpose mechanical tool set that
I can carry to whatever I need to work on and have most of what I
need. I like the Craftsman kits but they are sockets, more sockets,
and other sockets. I need sockets, wrenches, screw drivers, channel
locks, pliers, cutters, a hammer, hex keys, etc. I see the cheapy
homeowner chinese sets that have all that but I need something with
some quality.
Anybody here ran across any good sets worth having? Or maybe I just
need to get a tool box and build my own set.

Thanks

RogerN