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Must have hand tools?
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I still have my Dad's old wrenches that he bought in the 1940's. Made by Gray Tools in Canada with a couple of Craftsman wrenches thrown in (made in the USA). They are not pretty but are great quality compared the ones you buy from China today. Of course there are no metric wrenches in this set. LOL
Downwindtracker2
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I find deep offsets to be very handy, much more so than the standard combinations. I pick them up at the fleamarket when I see them.
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If we talking wrenches, those are most of my imperial ones. The metric ones are in other drawers
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Not to complain....but can these be calibrated to only measure down to 1/16”s? I really don’t need to measure in 1/64s or 1/128s, even 1/32 is too precise
I’m back on the road and nowhere near the instructions they came with
Are you in Calgary? If you want you could have this one. I don’t use it or need it.
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Check against KBC & others. I shop Travers occasionally but generally find typically higher priced except when they have a 'great' sale. Another weird thing is you might actually see it on Amazon (fulfilled by Travers) but sometimes better shipping terms/cost if on Prime.
Crankit
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I goofed the price...$260 for the hardened set.....$196 for cast version. KBC wants $306 for hardened set. I got a Starrett setup off Ebay for a decent price and if I was looking again for a set I would definitely look at the PEC brand
I find that a set is a waste of money as I've only ever used less than half the taps and dies in the Imperial set I've owned for 40 years. I've been collecting metric taps and dies over the years and i just order the common sizes fron KBC Tools. The KBC brand one are usually made by TMX in Poland and very high quality. They come on sale quite often. Don't bother with Irwin or other chain store brand stuff, they are mostly "high carbon steel" and pretty much only good for chasing threads, not making new ones. You only want to buy high speed steel if you want taps that work well. For dies I only buy round dies, the hex shaped ones are only meant for thread chasing..
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https://www.acklandsgrainger.com/en/product/TAP-DIE-SET,16-PIECES/p/WSW1PZ34
HSS set. $100. Westward set good quality. I have one. I agree some sizes you don't use but at $20/die separately it adds up quick. They have other sized sets too. (Thanks @johnnielsen )
HSS set. $100. Westward set good quality. I have one. I agree some sizes you don't use but at $20/die separately it adds up quick. They have other sized sets too. (Thanks @johnnielsen )
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That's good to hear personal experience with the set and $100 for a hss set doesn't seem to bad. My experience with Ackland's is that they are almost always overpriced and sometimes ridiculously so.
That is a great deal if they really are HSS (I'm a born skeptic). Compare that to $540 for a HSS set from KBC.
https://www.kbctools.ca/itemdetail/5-314-9544
Even the HCS set is $192 at KBC
https://www.kbctools.ca/itemdetail/5-314-9644
Of course those kits contain a lot more taps and dies.
https://www.kbctools.ca/itemdetail/5-314-9544
Even the HCS set is $192 at KBC
https://www.kbctools.ca/itemdetail/5-314-9644
Of course those kits contain a lot more taps and dies.
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Yes but the Acklands set is only a 16 piece set (7 taps and 7 dies)
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Ok I’ll admit I was questioning the ruler advice. But I think that’s next on the list, I can see how they would help with layout now.
There’s a certain “feel” to get the centre punch IN the scribe line, and not beside it.
But, so much nicer so far. Measure over 2”, use the square to scribe a line, measure where you want it and centre punch it. I still use a regular centre punch after, the first one I only used the Starett automatic punch the drill wandered a bit.
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