I picked up a 3/8" and a 1/2" for $15/each. Made in Taiwan, not China, for whatever that's worth, but has been the case with some other HF stuff that gets good reviews.
Allan On Sat, Jul 24, 2021, at 4:14 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > I own 3 of each, 1/2, 3/8, 1/4 ...[all part of "go bag" tool kits] and have > put them all to good use with no complaints. No failures and while not > certified to aviation test standards, close enough. When I got them [bulk > buy while on sale, putting together tool travel kits for the fleet] I did > test them against a tested and certified torque wrench. They all were > within a couple pounds of the cert wrench. Good enough. > For the on sale price, a bargain. HF now treats their tools like Craftsman > used to, it breaks, you walk in, they give you a new one, no grief. > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 12:41 PM Frederick Moir via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > FWIW, about 4 years ago there was an article on HF torque wrenches and they > > did very well. > > How long they last is unknown. > > YMMV > > Fred > > > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 2:14 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > I have a 1/2" beam-type torque wrench. I like the simplicity of it but it > > > can be hard to use when the wrench position has the scale facing away > > from > > > me. I have been wanting to get a 1/2" and 3/8" click-type for > > convenience. > > > HF has their Pittsburgh brand wrenches on sale right now, wondering if > > > anyone has experience with them? I have some other Pittsburgh hand tools > > > and have found them entirely adeqate, at least as good as modern > > Craftsman > > > tools. > > > > > > Allan > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Fred Moir > > Lynn MA > > Diesel preferred > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
