good quality cheap impact socket set?
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From: State of Misery (Missouri
Thinwall, though not the thinest. The biggest trick is the material used. Chrome vanadium, doesn't have the strength of Chrome Molybendum. CV, is the thicker wall sockets, also what some of the first gen air sockets were closer to.
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I have been buying, using, and abusing the Northern Tools impact sockets for years with no problems. Possible there is a local store too.
The 60 sockets in a carrying case for $50 is a good deal. I have even used the impact sockets to remove locking lugnuts by hammering them on and then taking them off with an impact.
Other then that, maybe the Husky sockets at Home Depot.
The 60 sockets in a carrying case for $50 is a good deal. I have even used the impact sockets to remove locking lugnuts by hammering them on and then taking them off with an impact.
Other then that, maybe the Husky sockets at Home Depot.
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From: east dubuque, il.
I have craftsman deep and shallow. I've had them for three years now and have only replaced one of them. They are used and abused on a daily basis. I've had to replace my mac and snapon sockets several times. I also have some SK and they also have held up really good.
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From: Florida Hill Country
Originally Posted by eco
Not even a snap-on impact socket set is that expensive.
It's usually the chromed sockets that kill your wallet.
It's usually the chromed sockets that kill your wallet.
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From: The dark carnival
Originally Posted by rlh
According to the Snapon online store at this moment, a 9 piece 1/2 drive deepwell set with 1/2 to 1" sockets is on sale for $204. That's the industrial finish. Your wallet must be stronger than mine!
204 dollars for a set of sockets does not seem like THAT much to me. I have Snap-on 1/2 in. drive deep and shallow, metric and sae and have never broken one.
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Originally Posted by eco
What is your gross annual income?
204 dollars for a set of sockets does not seem like THAT much to me. I have Snap-on 1/2 in. drive deep and shallow, metric and sae and have never broken one.
204 dollars for a set of sockets does not seem like THAT much to me. I have Snap-on 1/2 in. drive deep and shallow, metric and sae and have never broken one.
This stuff adds up when you factor in extensions, good impact wrench and all the other tools.
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