Adventures in wrenching.....who makes a decent tool these days?
Seems like loads of people miss or skip right over cornwell tools. Last I checked, completely US made/tested and warrantied. Am I missing something about them? Saw a video once where they claimed 1/2 inch ratchets were usually tested to 500lbs, but they would do 750 and proved it. Interesting if nothing else.
Cornwell sells a lot to truck shops. Any thing from them I've used seemed good quality.
Lots of older good brands, but torque wrenches don't have repair facilities available anymore.
Old Brands I own include all mentioned in post #1, except Tekton. Remline tools are good. Very old Buffalo Brand, made in NY.
Proto & S-K were both @ the Speedway years ago & sold(& comped)there extensively, long before Snap-on.
Some older sockets very heavy duty(thick) and will take a lot of abuse.
Like Buffalo, many older names now owned by lo priced brands & quality isn't so good.
And so far, have heard no love for Wright. Never heard of them either.....then noticed they were being sold by Summit Racing.......and not cheap. So did some looking............and seems they might be worth considering too, if you can find them.
Old Wright is very heavy duty stuff. Williams too.
I'll buy any I see at Garage Sales or junk shops.
Got an aluminum Williams Pipe Wrench @ garage sale for $2 a few years back, has steel toothed jaws, like new, little used.
I have some Gedore Sockets from a yard sale, never heard of before. 12 pts & will take abuse. Good Alloy.