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individual impact sockets
We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good
success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress them, but we've yet to break one. But we have lost one or two, grrr.. I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like HF. -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |
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On 2010-12-25, David Lesher wrote:
We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress them, but we've yet to break one. But we have lost one or two, grrr.. I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like HF. McMaster carr has them, not too cheaply. i |
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On 12/25/2010 04:55 AM, David Lesher wrote:
We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress them, but we've yet to break one. But we have lost one or two, grrr.. I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like HF. Used tool places have buckets of them, usually pretty reasonably priced. BobH |
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David Lesher wrote:
... I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. ... have anything but sets, like HF. Actually, HF does sell individual sockets. As "parts". When I broke a HF socket and called to have it replaced, a misunderstanding resulted in me going down the buy-a-part path instead of the getting-a-free-replacement path. So, call them up, ask for the parts department, give them the item number of the set & the sizes that you need. It may take a while to receive them. Bob |
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"BobH" wrote in message ... On 12/25/2010 04:55 AM, David Lesher wrote: We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress them, but we've yet to break one. But we have lost one or two, grrr.. I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like HF. Used tool places have buckets of them, usually pretty reasonably priced. BobH Actually found some OK Stanley impact socket sets at Wally Mart, definitely better than HF and cheap enough not to worry about buying the sleeve. Some of the crummy Taiwanese ones I've bought in the past got sloppy and the slop actually wasted most of the impact energy. |
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"David Lesher" wrote in message
... We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress them, but we've yet to break one. But we have lost one or two, grrr.. I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like HF. Usually also pricey, but some of the old autoparts stores (not the chains) used to stock individual tools. Usually a top name brand. Also, some of the old school independent hardware stores or franchise / membership stores like Ace or True Value or Joe's Hardware. Individual tools have always cost a more than sets. |
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 04:55:56 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
wrote: We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress them, but we've yet to break one. But we have lost one or two, grrr.. I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like HF. How about a "real tool jobber" Your Snap-Off salesman will gladly provide you with whatever size you need in whatever quantity you want. (just as an example) as will any industrial supplier. |
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On Dec 24, 9:55*pm, David Lesher wrote:
We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress them, but we've yet to break one. But we have lost one or two, grrr.. I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like HF. -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 Sears, NAPA, Autozone, Tool King(has local store but is on the web), small old hardware stores, that's for new onesies. Pawn shops around here usually have bins full of sockets, cheap. Sometimes you can get the whole set from HF for what one socket elsewhere runs, on sale and with 20% coupon. Stan |
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 04:55:56 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
wrote: We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress them, but we've yet to break one. But we have lost one or two, grrr.. I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like HF. Princess Auto is reasonable if you happen to visit my neck of the woods. |
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On Dec 24, 11:55*pm, David Lesher wrote:
... I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like HF. These are where I go: http://local.yahoo.com/info-10351789...esale-hooksett http://local.yahoo.com/info-10331911...n-center-derry jsw |
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Advance Auto Parts and Batteries has some individual
sockets. Typically about $6 per socket. I find that if I need two or more, it's usually cheaper to go back to HF and buy a $10 set. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "David Lesher" wrote in message ... We've picked up some HF impact sockets and used them with good success. Maybe our Craftsman impact tool is too wimpy to stress them, but we've yet to break one. But we have lost one or two, grrr.. I wonder where folks have gone to buy single sockets. Sears is rather $$ and HD does not seem to have anything but sets, like HF. -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |
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Pawn shops usually have a bin full of mis-matched sockets for cheap...
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