Red Green wrote:
"DGDevin" wrote in
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aemeijers wrote:

Agreed, and I won't even use a Crescent for anything that takes more
than a few pounds pull to loosen, other than maybe a square furniture
bolt or nut, gas valve, cleanout plug, or similar. Most are so sloppy
that roundoff is a real risk. Never had any luck with any of the
various flavors of universal wrenches over the years. The TV
commercials never show them being used on old nasty, rusty, rounded,
greasy bolts, for a reason.
Somewhere there is a museum honoring the designers of all the goofy
tools sold on late-night TV ads,

My guess is at the entrance of the museam is a Ripley's wax figure of
Billy Mays.

the combination
wrench/hammer/screwdriver/multimeter etc. that also makes coffee and
plays MP3s. Ya have to admire the ingenuity of whoever comes up with
these things, and just shake your head at the optimism and/or
gullibility of whoever buys them.



In my own defense, I have never paid retail for weird tools. A friend or
relative buys one, or they show up at a garage sale for a quarter. For
free or for a quarter, I'll give them a try, once. Almost always, the
weird tools fail the 'hand feel' test. If it feels wrong in hand, the
odds of it actually be useful (or used) are pretty slim. Hand feel is
impacted both by design and material/manufacturing quality. A good
design made out of crap is little more useful than a bad design made
like a swiss watch. I have, at times, bought a garage sale tool because
it felt right, even if I had no particular need for it.

--
aem sends...