Snap On take over.

[F5 Dave]

Well it had to happen. Last week I’ve finally noticed a crack in my 17mm socket. Maybe I’ve got lazy & used it on the impact gun as it was to hand at some stage. Sigh, guess I’ll have to buy a replacement. Osmo, what a great brand . Got a whole socket set for $30 from the bargin basement in about 1980. Ok the ratchet was Ratsheit but the rest of the sockets were 6 point & fit on bolts accurately never stripping them. The extra material of a 6 point makes them strong. Why the hell aren’t all sockets 6 point?

I have Metrinch wall drive as well which are good for dodgy bolts but they fall off if you know what I mean, lots of slop in general use.

I inherited a Tipco Ally Ratchet that has suffered all sorts of abuse, is maybe 50yrs old & still brilliant. Maybe the yanks did make some good tools back then.

[Paul in NZ]

True story....

My dad was a mech in an advanced unit during WW2 and was a mechanic all his life.

He 'found' a snap on tool kit in a yank bomber that had crashed and realised it was way better quality than the stuff he was using so it went onto the truck.

About 5 years ago, a couple of the sockets and the rachet were definately worse for wear. I think we split one of the sockets undoing head nuts on some dire old pommy flathead using a bit of water pipe as a tommy bar but....

He took em into the local snap on guys, told them the story and they replaced the lot. They couldn't believe it and whats more, were happy to replace it just for the yarn..

Good on em...

[kickingzebra]

Hmm speaking of bottled gas to use air tools, my recommendation for the day si not to use oxygen on compressor driven nail guns. Ups the velocity of the nail far too considerably. Dangerous... Kinda fun though...

[marty]

apart from being a fucking stupid thing to do, pure (breathing) oxygen reaching an oil source WILL explode in an explosion that will leave nothing for your rellies to bury. your nail leaving the gun too fast will be the least of your worries.

here's a link i found with a quick google search: http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u19/u1902_01.htm

[SARGE]

i cant wait till KMart starts selling Crafstman Tools.. ( they just bought Sears in the States)

[Maha]

Who would buy tools that have 'snap' attached to there name?.....

[Timber020]

True story....

My dad was a mech in an advanced unit during WW2 and was a mechanic all his life.

He 'found' a snap on tool kit in a yank bomber that had crashed and realised it was way better quality than the stuff he was using so it went onto the truck.

About 5 years ago, a couple of the sockets and the rachet were definately worse for wear. I think we split one of the sockets undoing head nuts on some dire old pommy flathead using a bit of water pipe as a tommy bar but....

He took em into the local snap on guys, told them the story and they replaced the lot. They couldn't believe it and whats more, were happy to replace it just for the yarn..

Good on em...

Cool story! Thanks for that!