Re: [MV] Tools and quality?

From: uniquemachine@cybcon.com
Date: Thu Apr 01 2004 - 12:34:04 PST


I have had a set in metric and standard for many years that I got
from Harbor freight. The materials of the imports may be alittle
cheaper, and their labor is cheaper, but I have never had a problem
with them.

Jon

> They are probably still made in China. But my experience with cheap
> impact sockets is that you can get by with them as they have much
> thicker walls than say, a Snap-On impact socket.
>
>
> >From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Subject: Re: [MV] Tools and quality?
> >Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:57:07 -0500
> >
> >At 11:48 AM -0500 4/1/04, David Cole wrote:
> >>Not since the Chinese started making them.
> >>
> >>I've purchased Taiwanese and Chinese impact sockets for years now
> >>and I've never broke one.
> >
> >These are Ingersoll Rand impact sockets at Northern Tool (forget to
> >mention that).
> >
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