In an amazing example of synchronicity, I saw an ad in today's paper
for a set of 5 ratcheting box combination wrenches on sale at Sears,
for $40 rather than the $80 list.
On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 11:55:31PM -0400, James Nazarian wrote:
> I have had sets from Gearwrench for about a year. I absolutely love them
> and I reach for them before socket or standard wrench. I paid $40 for each
> set during a sale at Sears and I wouldn't trade them for the world.
>
> James Nazarian
> 71 MGB Tourer
> 71 MGBGT V8
> 85 Dodge Ram
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Colen" <lrcar@red4est.com>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 2:00 PM
> Subject: Ratcheting box ends, was Re: Cheap Tools
>
>
> > I recently bought my self a set of combination wrenches with the
> > ratcheting box ends. I think that I paid about $60 for a set made by
> > Crescent. I love them. They've almost supplanted my ratchet and
> > sockets, though there are some cases where you need the socket and the
> > boxend won't work. They ratchet like a socket, but are thinner and get
> > into places like a box end.
> >
> > I find it amusing, because Snap-On got their start by selling one
> > ratchet that would work with a range of sockets, rather than having
> > each socket as part of it's own ratchet. It seems that we've come full
> > circle.
> >
> > Larry
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