[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos I agree on both statements Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by MI-Roger [Email] (#882) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MI-Roger) on Sun, 23 Dec 2018 16:30:25 In Reply to: Maybe not necessarily a kit, Paul from Palmyra, PA, Sun, 23 Dec 2018 06:35:46 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

The kit pictured has a lot of pieces, but does a person need every socket size in 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 inch drives? Some overlap between 1/4 and 3/8 is fine, same for 3/8 and 1/2 inch drive overlap. But 6-point and 12-point sockets? I would rather NOT have any 12-point sockets! Maybe when I see the kit the sizing would make more sense. There is also nothing but wrenches and sockets. No pliers, no hammers, no pry-bars.

I buy tools at Harbor Freight due to their pricing and my age. Being 62 years old, any new tool purchased may become a single use tool. But H-F doesn't always offer full size ranges in the selections. I encountered this when buying impact sockets for a specific project. I needed a 19mm and a 13mm (IIRC) and all the H-F sets offered only one of these two sizes. So I bought a set from O'Reilly's.

Getting 'most' of what you need in a deeply discounted set, then buying the add on smaller assortments of specific tool types (such as a plier selection) to build a complete tool box, may be the least expensive route - even when the kit inclusion choices give you stuff you don't need.

->Posting last edited on Sun, 23 Dec 2018 16:36:02.

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• OT: Best starter mechanic's tool kit??, MI-Roger , Sat, 22 Dec 2018 18:27:03
  • Re: OT: Best starter mechanic's tool kit??, Tom G , Mon, 24 Dec 2018 19:00:56
    • Color-coded sockets, Bill Homer , Thu, 3 Jan 2019 19:58:10
  • Re: OT: Best starter mechanic's tool kit??, Name Left Blank, Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:46:21
    • Kit route seems the best buy, MI-Roger , Mon, 24 Dec 2018 12:23:06
  • Also not a kit..., Justin VanAbrahams , Sun, 23 Dec 2018 12:44:04
  • Maybe not necessarily a kit, Paul from Palmyra, PA, Sun, 23 Dec 2018 06:35:46
    • I agree on both statements, MI-Roger , Sun, 23 Dec 2018 16:30:25 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: OT: Best starter mechanic's tool kit??, bobc , Sun, 23 Dec 2018 05:42:52
    • Re: OT: Best starter mechanic's tool kit??, Ted Peters, Sun, 23 Dec 2018 06:13:54
      • Re: OT: Best starter mechanic's tool kit??, Pete , Sun, 30 Dec 2018 18:02:09
        • 51 piece set at Lowe's,, Montana Tom , Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:10:29

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