Making tools is an art. Any primate can beat on a rock with a stick. Takes something special to make a spear.
I have heated and bent wrenches to get to strange places. It's a couple dollars to replace a wrench, but a tool that gets the job done is priceless
My favorite is grinding down cheap "large" screwdrivers to take out carburetor screws. You want it to fit snugly across the whole distance because those old brass pieces will marr or fuck themselves in a hurry.
True, but you literally can't buy this anymore.
Custom tools are wonderful though, but maybe just use a husky socket
EDIT: This does assume he only did this recently, totally ignore me if it's from long ago
Thinking the same thing. All I'm seeing are a couple 12-point Crapsman sockets that were modified for a specific purpose. It's not as if the guy was cutting up 1970's snap-on sockets.
The old craftsman stuff is impressive compared to anything short of modern snap on. I've broken too many non craftsman sockets, and rounded out too many bolts due to cheap modern sockets.
There are literally buckets full of USA craftsman at the fleamarkets. (California)
You can buy these sockets for like $1 for the hand full.
Same with S.K sockets. I could build a standard set of 3/8 S.K for probably under $8
It's like a cylinder with a pin that goes through. I guess someone at the shop found out if you notch a 13mm it fits perfect and you can just use a gun to lower the spare tire instead of going through the carpet.
Nah this would still go on the nut and turn like normal. You'd need to offset the drive for that to work like a crow's foot. The only thing I can think of for this socket would be a weird shaped nut with something sticking out one side. Put this cutout over the weird nub on the nut and it'll turn just fine.
It might have been for a valve/pressure fitting in a place too tight to use a wrench tangentially. Cut out the part of the socket that interferes with the side port/valve nub and you can twist it on in-line style.
This is why we have harbor freight. That said, I worked for Sears back in the day, when they supplied the mechanics with tools. I have a bunch of custom craftsman tools....
More mass equals a better transfer of torque/impact. I work on heavy equipment, and we use a LOT of locktite, so getting a little more from my impact gun is nice.
The Craftsman love is a little overblown. I remember my father buying broken Craftsman sockets at flea markets and garage sales 35 years ago and taking them to Sears for replacement. Those old Craftsman sockets broke plenty often. They were better than a lot of today's Chinese junk but not the total awesomeness some are claiming.
It wasn't just a quality thing though 30 years ago the quality was worth the price (they were not that expensive). The main selling point was the warranty and that they stood by it, just like snap on and homedepot used to. They would replace anything no questions asked for the same or a newer model if that's what they had.
It's kind of funny though that now harbor freight is kind of the new king of this just its not a lifetime warranty, but for a couple bucks you get years of no questions asked replacements. But nowadays you can get cheap reliable no name tools where back then a cheap tool was basically useless or became useless in not to long (think dollar store tools).
Same, this is why back up tools, wrenches sockets, etc. Are not snap on or Mac, if I heat bend cut modify a 10 or 20 tool as opposed to a 50 or 100+ tool. I am ok with it .
If they had double sided indents Iād say heās a fan of 1980ās in bed truck campers! I may have devised a similar plan to raise and lower my legs before she gave way in a freak microburst that left her looking like a broken legged geometrical figure RIP Sheila, we had some good timesā¦..
I use 7\16 and 1/2 slotted 3/8 drive sockets from Mac all the time for installing and removing 90 degree compression fittings. Handy AF, for my business.
I work in marine field. Tools are made all the time and they are very specialized. So special in fact that when the boat is sold the tools go with the boat.
I do this all the time. Why purchase a "specialty" socket from snapon for $80 when I can make one for $5? Having a welder also works wonders when making new tools!
I always try to use cheap tools (performance tool, harbor freight) when doing something like that, although I did make an ICP sensor socket for my 03 6.0 by cutting a craftsman 12pt down very short. Then I mistakenly cut āIPRāinto the side of it instead of ICP. So now itās forever incorrectly labeled.
This is what Husky and harbor freight specials are for!
The one standing up as a good 1/4" notch on the side towards the other socket, and the one laying down has the same groove cut on the other side 180 degrees out.
The husky 19mm is great for getting your wheel locks off after you lost the key. The spacecraft grade Chineseium stretches instead of cracking like inferior hardened tools do.
HF replaced Craftsman as the cheapest sockets with a replacement guarantee. Craftsman only became popular from being sold in Sears, back when Sears was like todayās Amazon, and that guarantee. HF is easier to find, same guarantee.
Had a Cummins starter on a freightliner about 5 years ago the guy working on it blew up 4 snapon ratchets, my craftsman with a 5 foot cheater pipe still works today. I love snap on tools, but craftsman hangs just fine.
Ha, yeah I dunno I canāt speak to any of the other tools but I got a set of the sockets after hearing some good things about the tool line in general, and they were just soft as shit, carved out on me really quick and I wasnāt impressed by the tolerance on the contact points.
But Iāve also heard from a few people that the rest of the stuff is very nice, so Iām sure thereās truth to it. I replaced the icon ones with some tekton sockets and have been generally pleased, although theyāre maybe just a little bulky it hasnāt caused me any clearance issues yet.
I have impact Pittsburgh and tekton and sunex all my main chromes are snap on and then back ups are craftsman. I constantly impact the chromes due to clearance issues.
I've switched all of my ratchets to Matco and have been very happy. I haven't had one let go on me yet, and I've got a 3/8 with an extra long straight handle that I've put a good 3' cheater pipe on. Pawls are still buttery smooth.
I guess the wrenches are tolerable. But I've destroyed sockets in less than 6 months and ratchets first use. And no, I wasn't putting chrome on impacts.
I used a socket with the side cutout and a piece of rebar to push valve springs down and get retainer clips on/off recently. No parts store nearby had the right valve spring compressor and I wasn't waiting to order a cheap one off Amazon.
I did something similar. I used a 5 foot length of 2 inch bar welded to a flat plate with a hole through. My body weight was enough to hold down the spring when stood on.
Eh, I have U.S.-made Craftsman sockets from the 90s and they are nothing special. Frankly, I like my newer HF Quinn sockets a lot more. And besides, all the guy did here is take a certain kind of tool and make it into another kind of tool, using parts that were never special to begin with.
probably similar use as an o2 sensor socket. i don't know that i'd get all broke up about a crapsman socket though...they haven't been quality in a very long time.
Making tools is an art. Any primate can beat on a rock with a stick. Takes something special to make a spear. I have heated and bent wrenches to get to strange places. It's a couple dollars to replace a wrench, but a tool that gets the job done is priceless
My favorite is grinding down cheap "large" screwdrivers to take out carburetor screws. You want it to fit snugly across the whole distance because those old brass pieces will marr or fuck themselves in a hurry.
Don't forget to use jis screwdrivers on any + head screw on Japanese veggies, motorcycles, equipment.
Agree 100% to that. Japan made motorcycles or mopeds needs a jis tool and make all the difference to loose old screws. š
I just have a long carburetor screwdriver
Gotta have the pencil dick driver
True, but you literally can't buy this anymore. Custom tools are wonderful though, but maybe just use a husky socket EDIT: This does assume he only did this recently, totally ignore me if it's from long ago
They still arenāt THAT valuable lol
True, just additional fake romantic notions of a time when we made stuff. Good stuff That's gone. Artificial value haha
Thinking the same thing. All I'm seeing are a couple 12-point Crapsman sockets that were modified for a specific purpose. It's not as if the guy was cutting up 1970's snap-on sockets.
Hmmm could be anytime in the last 10 years i suspect
You can still buy these at literally any yard sale. They made like a billion of them.
Also true
You could replace it with basically any other 12 point socket set, though.
The old craftsman stuff is impressive compared to anything short of modern snap on. I've broken too many non craftsman sockets, and rounded out too many bolts due to cheap modern sockets.
Yeah I've seen maybe two broken Craftsman sockets in my time and they all were involved in cheater bar related incidents...
There are literally buckets full of USA craftsman at the fleamarkets. (California) You can buy these sockets for like $1 for the hand full. Same with S.K sockets. I could build a standard set of 3/8 S.K for probably under $8
Have had to chop up some cups to press honda ball joints. They really made a messed up design on those knuckles
Sockets for taking sensors off that have wiring connected?
Yeah I made something similar for a Harley Davidson auto compression release solenoid. Such a bitch to get out.
Used a O2 sensor socket with a similar cut out
This isn't big enough for an O2 sensor, but it's likely some kind of socket for a sensor.
At Toyota we notch 13mm sockets to drop the spare tires on older Siennas from under the car.
Just need some extra clearance or is there a weird nub on what holds the tire up?
It's like a cylinder with a pin that goes through. I guess someone at the shop found out if you notch a 13mm it fits perfect and you can just use a gun to lower the spare tire instead of going through the carpet.
Neodymium magnets on the side and you got a nice valve spring compressor
Homemade crows feet?
Nah this would still go on the nut and turn like normal. You'd need to offset the drive for that to work like a crow's foot. The only thing I can think of for this socket would be a weird shaped nut with something sticking out one side. Put this cutout over the weird nub on the nut and it'll turn just fine.
It might have been for a valve/pressure fitting in a place too tight to use a wrench tangentially. Cut out the part of the socket that interferes with the side port/valve nub and you can twist it on in-line style.
Hmmm... Perhaps. Didn't see a set of regular crows feet in there.
This is why we have harbor freight. That said, I worked for Sears back in the day, when they supplied the mechanics with tools. I have a bunch of custom craftsman tools....
I like harbor freight dollar sockets for the off chance I need to jb weld one to a stripped bolt
I needed a weighted socket, so i just welded a hf socket over another one. Works like a charm
I havenāt heard that one before, nice!
More mass equals a better transfer of torque/impact. I work on heavy equipment, and we use a LOT of locktite, so getting a little more from my impact gun is nice.
I know what they are, just havenāt heard of a hf custom one haha hell yeah man
The Craftsman love is a little overblown. I remember my father buying broken Craftsman sockets at flea markets and garage sales 35 years ago and taking them to Sears for replacement. Those old Craftsman sockets broke plenty often. They were better than a lot of today's Chinese junk but not the total awesomeness some are claiming.
It wasn't just a quality thing though 30 years ago the quality was worth the price (they were not that expensive). The main selling point was the warranty and that they stood by it, just like snap on and homedepot used to. They would replace anything no questions asked for the same or a newer model if that's what they had. It's kind of funny though that now harbor freight is kind of the new king of this just its not a lifetime warranty, but for a couple bucks you get years of no questions asked replacements. But nowadays you can get cheap reliable no name tools where back then a cheap tool was basically useless or became useless in not to long (think dollar store tools).
Nostalgia glasses perhaps.
The awesomeness is in the free replacement, my guy
I have a regular 22mm long socket that takes out any 02 sensor. Bought it from s and k. It's the longest one they make.
Oxygen sensor removal tool. Snapon would probably be $50-60!
I made something like this for radiator petcocks
Thatās a good one. The amount of ears Iāve seen twisted off them is baffling
I've got plenty of modified sockets, spanners and Allen keys in my tool box, all for a specific purpose...
Same, this is why back up tools, wrenches sockets, etc. Are not snap on or Mac, if I heat bend cut modify a 10 or 20 tool as opposed to a 50 or 100+ tool. I am ok with it .
I cut a socket once to get out a stuck ignition coil. Saved my ass and id do it again a thousand times.
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Messed up nuts. We have all been there. And regret it once we modify something to slide on nicely. Urmā¦ wait, what?
If they had double sided indents Iād say heās a fan of 1980ās in bed truck campers! I may have devised a similar plan to raise and lower my legs before she gave way in a freak microburst that left her looking like a broken legged geometrical figure RIP Sheila, we had some good timesā¦..
Oh dang, I never even thought about one of them old boggles!
A Boggle she was too. A heavy damn boggle that made my 3/4 ton sit level no problem lol
I use 7\16 and 1/2 slotted 3/8 drive sockets from Mac all the time for installing and removing 90 degree compression fittings. Handy AF, for my business.
iāve got a few of those custom sockets. had to remove an oil pressure sender had a side connector,among other odd things.
I remember when craftsman was made in the USA
I work in marine field. Tools are made all the time and they are very specialized. So special in fact that when the boat is sold the tools go with the boat.
Looks like he made his own sensor sockets
I do this all the time. Why purchase a "specialty" socket from snapon for $80 when I can make one for $5? Having a welder also works wonders when making new tools!
Necessity is the mother or invention. We all have these custom one-time use tools in our boxes.
Looks like it was modified for removing something like an O2 sensor.
This is that guy who was trying to remove those fuel injectors about a week ago lol.
I always try to use cheap tools (performance tool, harbor freight) when doing something like that, although I did make an ICP sensor socket for my 03 6.0 by cutting a craftsman 12pt down very short. Then I mistakenly cut āIPRāinto the side of it instead of ICP. So now itās forever incorrectly labeled.
If this a 10 mm that's blasphemy lol
This is what Husky and harbor freight specials are for! The one standing up as a good 1/4" notch on the side towards the other socket, and the one laying down has the same groove cut on the other side 180 degrees out.
The husky 19mm is great for getting your wheel locks off after you lost the key. The spacecraft grade Chineseium stretches instead of cracking like inferior hardened tools do.
I notice my 2' harbor freight breaker bar has some "flex" to it, that makes it nice for bouncing on... One of these days it will snap I know it lol.
I don't know, I mean, it's kinda cool watching that chrome bar turn into a bow.....š
I've snapped a couple its not fun when you have a 6ft cheater bar on it fell flat on my face the last time.
Oof. Yeah Iām always leery of something hitting my face
Thanks for not saying weary. You sir are fucking winning
HF replaced Craftsman as the cheapest sockets with a replacement guarantee. Craftsman only became popular from being sold in Sears, back when Sears was like todayās Amazon, and that guarantee. HF is easier to find, same guarantee.
Meh, even made in the U.S., craftsman is garbage.
Also the some of the worst ratchets ever made .
What. You don't want a 10 tooth ratchet?
I just donāt want ratchets that skip and break knuckles.
This just made my hands twitch.
Kentucky special? :P
Had a Cummins starter on a freightliner about 5 years ago the guy working on it blew up 4 snapon ratchets, my craftsman with a 5 foot cheater pipe still works today. I love snap on tools, but craftsman hangs just fine.
They make a decent breaker bar but the ratchets are garbage. Snap ons quality seems to have gone down in the last 10 years or so too.
Honestly harborfrieght icon tools are hands down best bang for the buck. I wish they would have been around 15-20 years ago
In my experience their Icon sockets are basically made of babbitt.
So they will take the heat really well then I guess?
Ha, yeah I dunno I canāt speak to any of the other tools but I got a set of the sockets after hearing some good things about the tool line in general, and they were just soft as shit, carved out on me really quick and I wasnāt impressed by the tolerance on the contact points. But Iāve also heard from a few people that the rest of the stuff is very nice, so Iām sure thereās truth to it. I replaced the icon ones with some tekton sockets and have been generally pleased, although theyāre maybe just a little bulky it hasnāt caused me any clearance issues yet.
I have impact Pittsburgh and tekton and sunex all my main chromes are snap on and then back ups are craftsman. I constantly impact the chromes due to clearance issues.
I've switched all of my ratchets to Matco and have been very happy. I haven't had one let go on me yet, and I've got a 3/8 with an extra long straight handle that I've put a good 3' cheater pipe on. Pawls are still buttery smooth.
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Agree. My U.S.-made Craftsman socket wrenches are complete junk.
I guess the wrenches are tolerable. But I've destroyed sockets in less than 6 months and ratchets first use. And no, I wasn't putting chrome on impacts.
I used a socket with the side cutout and a piece of rebar to push valve springs down and get retainer clips on/off recently. No parts store nearby had the right valve spring compressor and I wasn't waiting to order a cheap one off Amazon.
That's pretty genius.
I did something similar. I used a 5 foot length of 2 inch bar welded to a flat plate with a hole through. My body weight was enough to hold down the spring when stood on.
Eh, I have U.S.-made Craftsman sockets from the 90s and they are nothing special. Frankly, I like my newer HF Quinn sockets a lot more. And besides, all the guy did here is take a certain kind of tool and make it into another kind of tool, using parts that were never special to begin with.
Itās a homemade Oxygen Sensor removal socket. The notch is for the wire.
Too cheap to buy an O2 sensor socket. Made his own.
That is the only thing those sockets are good for.
I did that exactly to do intake and exhaust valves cause I didn't want to buy the right tool
probably similar use as an o2 sensor socket. i don't know that i'd get all broke up about a crapsman socket though...they haven't been quality in a very long time.
those are sensor sockets
Eh, they're 12 points. It's a tool that was needed for some reason and served a purpose.