Re:Sears Hasn’t Fared Better After Bankruptcy
by bluGill on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @01:20PM
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What I was doing wrong was putting a 6 foot (2 meter) pipe on the wrench trying to get enough leverage. Either the bolt came out, or the wrench broke. When the bolt has been in there for > 10 years - through MN road salt each winter - the proper torque won't get the bolt out.
Re:Sears Hasn’t Fared Better After Bankruptcy
by inferiorhuman on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:02PM
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10 years - through MN road salt each winter - the proper torque won't get the bolt out.
That's what heat and impact are for.
Re:Sears Hasn’t Fared Better After Bankruptcy
by bluGill on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:41AM
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As a kid I didn't have those options. I agree they are better, but if your parents didn't buy those tools you can't use them. Heat is also fire, which means more care needs to be taken.
Re:Sears Hasn’t Fared Better After Bankruptcy
by inferiorhuman on Thursday October 17, 2019 @08:59PM
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I agree they are better, but if your parents didn't buy those tools you can't use them.
Yes, you could spend the money on (air, electric) powered impact tools. You could even spend the money on a hand driven impact driver (much less expensive than the powered option).
Or you could grab a length of pipe and a hammer, slip the pipe over your tools and bang on it. This works better with things that aren't designed to ratchet and uses bits and ends you're more likely to have around the house (or find secondary uses for) than power tools.
Heat is also fire, which means more care needs to be taken.
Which also depends on your budget. They're fantastically expensive but inductive heaters are great for helping break things loose in a safe manner.
If you're in a market where Amazon does 1-day delivery it's close. Otherwise there's Harbor Freight. For the most part though, the quality was good enough that if you were breaking your Craftsman hand tools you were doing something wrong.