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Stuart & Kathryn Fields March 2nd 08 08:46 PM

1/4" drive straight fractional crowfoot wrench set
 
I'm looking for a set if 1/4" drive, straight (non flare nut), fractional,
crowfoot wrenches. To date the only ones I've found were evidently
manufactured on the Space Station from "Unobtanium" mined on Mars and are
now vended by Snap-On $90 for 6 wrenches. Is there a source of these
wrenches in some standard tooling without the exhorbitant price? I have a
3/8" drive set that is a bit awkward for some of my needs.

Stu



Greg O March 2nd 08 09:09 PM

1/4" drive straight fractional crowfoot wrench set
 
"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message
.. .
I'm looking for a set if 1/4" drive, straight (non flare nut), fractional,
crowfoot wrenches. To date the only ones I've found were evidently
manufactured on the Space Station from "Unobtanium" mined on Mars and are
now vended by Snap-On $90 for 6 wrenches. Is there a source of these
wrenches in some standard tooling without the exhorbitant price? I have a
3/8" drive set that is a bit awkward for some of my needs.

Stu


MSC Industrial Supply, 1/4"-9/16", $13-$15 each!
Not much of a deal either. Why buy a whole set? I am sure Snap-On will sell
individual pieces.
Greg


Larry Jaques March 2nd 08 10:51 PM

1/4" drive straight fractional crowfoot wrench set
 
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:46:18 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm,
"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" quickly quoth:

I'm looking for a set if 1/4" drive, straight (non flare nut), fractional,
crowfoot wrenches. To date the only ones I've found were evidently
manufactured on the Space Station from "Unobtanium" mined on Mars and are
now vended by Snap-On $90 for 6 wrenches. Is there a source of these
wrenches in some standard tooling without the exhorbitant price? I have a
3/8" drive set that is a bit awkward for some of my needs.


I have two sets of crowfoot flare nut wrenches. One is SnapOn, the
other HF. Both work well, one at a fifth the cost.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=47928

I'd never seen these in 1/4" drive in catalogs or on MAC, SnapOn,
Cornwell, or tool trucks. Googledit, tho: http://tinyurl.com/2ysld6

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