55mm wrench, M5OD, a little pricey at $1,200 ??

[pjtoledo]

https://www.amazon.com/Wrench-Metric-Smooth-Finish-Overall/dp/B07GSQYGP8/ref=sr_1_59_sspa?keywords=55mm+wrench

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Highly recommend, I really like mine.

Actually I borrowed a big crescent wrench.

 

[pjtoledo]

due to the lack of comments I assume nobody noticed the price?

 

[sgtsandman]

You need one of these

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

due to the lack of comments I assume nobody noticed the price?

That is why eluded to having one...

 

[97RangerXLT]

jeesh... did Apple make that wrench?

AJ

 

[91stranger]

I would have guessed snap-on before apple. I could see snap-on selling that for that price and swearing I need it. We have a guy at work that is obsessed with snap-on junk and probably gives half his paycheck to them. He recently was showing off his $200 bit set. As in $200 for a 50pc screwdriver bit set that came with a free $80 screwdriver. He says they have lifetime guarantee. I says, "that's fine until you lose one". I've rather buy 5 of the $10 drill bit sets and just open a new one every time I broke a bit and then I would still have an extra $150. Snap-on is a joke IMO and should be out of business by now. Guy at work has a snap-on box that is half full of snap-on tools and says he has well over 20 grand in it and I just can't fathom spending that kind of money. It's even funnier because he thinks he can retire on those tools when he sells them. PSHHHH.

 

[Ranger850]

I actually like/prefer snap-on over a lot of the other stuff. Kobalt, Husky, and the other HD/Lowe's brands are just as garbage as Harbor freight most of the time. and YES Snap-on has lifetime replacement on broken tools. If you lose a bit, then you lost a bit, there is no refund for incompetence. Does Craftsman offer replacements for lost parts? NO. They are pricy, especially if you buy from the guy who comes around in the Snap-On truck, but IMO well worth it. ALSO some of the BEST socks in the world are Snap-on Socks.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I actually like/prefer snap-on over a lot of the other stuff. Kobalt, Husky, and the other HD/Lowe's brands are just as garbage as Harbor freight most of the time. and YES Snap-on has lifetime replacement on broken tools. If you lose a bit, then you lost a bit, there is no refund for incompetence. Does Craftsman offer replacements for lost parts? NO. They are pricy, especially if you buy from the guy who comes around in the Snap-On truck, but IMO well worth it. ALSO some of the BEST socks in the world are Snap-on Socks.

My favoritist tool is my Snap-On ratchet, nothing else I have compares. I got it for Christmas a few years ago and I was like Tuco when he built his pistol on "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" listining to how nicely it clicked. If I could afford it I would have a herd of them.

Cheaper sockets/wrenches work... they generally are a lot more bulky than high end stuff because the steel isn't as good. I have harbor freight impact sockets, they have so much more meat on the inside than a name brand the bigger ones don't fit on my peg style socket organizer. Dad has Mac, Matco, Snap-On, Wright... all older than me and they fit fine.

Working on my own crap doesn't pay well enough to get the good stuff though.

 

[BlackBII]

I really like the Stanley Proto ratchet I have. Very clicky

I got my 55mm wrench on ebay for about $20

 

[pjtoledo]

I really like the Stanley Proto ratchet I have. Very clicky

I got my 55mm wrench on ebay for about $20

but is it a special Nickel-aluminum-Bronze alloy that is non-sparking, non-magnetic, and corrosion resistant?

I think the pricey one is intended for an oil refinery or some other hazardous place.

 

[Dirtman]

I dont get it

 

[pjtoledo]

I still have the Snap-on 3/8 set I bought back in the mid 70s. don't use them much anymore, being fractional.

 

[pjtoledo]

I dont get it

at that price I won't get it either.

 

[snoranger]

I did some work on an industrial paint line years ago, (they painted steel and aluminum rolls for seamless gutters.) they used nickel aluminum bronze tools in the paint booths. They needed them for the non-sparking aspect. I guess they didn't want the paint line to burn down again and cost another $12 million and 2 years to rebuild.
When you consider the cost of the non-sparking wrench vs the cost of 1 small spark... $1200 is cheap.