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Thanks, Mike! To everyone else, I know what it is, I just didn't know what it is, LOL. My next Snap On ratchet is likely to be an FBF80 (I think) 3/8" flex bent handle. If only Gearwrench would come out with an XP120 bent handle, instead of the 84 tooth that they have now.

Mike, what's the bent handle?

I think this is all of them.... maybe.

Seriously, this stuff. http://shop.zebcobrands.com/quantum-accessories-htsce-bp12.html Freed up, and then smoothed up, an ancient Snap On ratchet I found that would hardly turn. I dripped some of this stuff in the cracks of the head and just twisted it back and forth. Works pretty well on my Shimano spinning reels, too. LOL

Oh, I'm well aware, I have lots of scars from screwing around in the obsidian beds in central Oregon when I was a kid...

I was just looking at those Kobalt rails last night, but yeah, they are pricey!

Air. I can get a lot more tools that I can power with air. I figure I could get a brad nailer, a finish nailer, and maybe a pinner and still have a little money towards a Rolair,,,

For me, it's come down to which battery platform I'm invested in, which (for some dumb reason) I am into Makita and Milwaukee in 18v and Milwaukee in 12v. When I was first looking at cordless tools, I took a look at Hilti, but a couple of factors made me go with the other red team... 1. I'm a DIY hack, and doubt I use my BRUSHED M18 or LXT drills to their full capability. Probably not even my M12 Fuel. 2. I damn near had an aneurysm when I saw how much a Hilti impact wrench was. 3. Hilti has a very small presence in Portlandia, just a small storefront in inner SE. 4. Milwaukee has a much broader selection of tools that I'm interested. But that doesn't mean that when I roll up on a jobsite to stake something I'm not oohing and ahhing if a guy has Hilti tools.

Allright, ya harsh taskmaster, here's my meager selection: 1/4" chrome MM, standard 12 point and deep 6 point, 3/8" MM impact sockets, 3/8" standard XP120 ratchet, and some non-reversible SAE wrenches. I still want to get a few more XP120 ratchets, and I hope that GW will introduce a bent-flex handle in the XP120 line (otherwise, I guess I'll have to buy the 84 tooth version+. I want to get the two 3/8" drive sets of the pinless universal impact sockets (unless SK finally introduces their upcoming set before I buy) I'd like to get all four sets of the semi-deep chrome sockets (1/4" 3/8" MM SAE). I'd like to pick up a few more ratcheting wrench sets (reversible, probably, and some Gearbox sets).

Dammit, you're going to make me go back out to the garage?

I dunno why I was expecting you to sound like the butler in a couple of Peter Sellers movies... LOL Nice tools, man. I have a few GW items and will undoubtedly get more. But, yeah, landscape mode. Us old farts need all the screen real estate we can get. And watch your background music. That second song nearly had me slashing my own wrists. (kidding, kidding!)

True, but there's NAPAs everywhere, at least in Oregon.

SO 1/4" MM Carlyle 3/8" MM SO 3/8" MM Sunex 3/8" SAE impact SO 3/8" SAE

Compared to my Snap On semi-deeps: Group shot of mid-length:

Since I have about a dozen of the locking pliers, I guess you could say I kinda like them... thankfully made in Taiwan, not the PRC... much nicer than anything coming out of Irwin lately. One of these days I'm gonna go on a locking plier bender, and order a bunch of stuff from Europe... Grip On, Gedore, Knipex, whatever else I can find... maybe some of the Grip On rebrands like Proto or Snap On...

Since when has need mattered?

I pretty much stay away from anything Irwin anymore... they released some re-branded NWS pliers, but knowing how badly Irwin screwed up Vise-Grips, I'll just get the original. I will buy new Vise-Grips when Ace or somebody else has them for cheap... I'll not pay more than $7 a pop for them.

Far and away my favorite HF product. Though I'm still making up my mind on the flex versions. The new composite rats are good as well, though my simple mind cant get used to the quick release, but you can't blame the tool for my stupidity... I have the standard 3 ton floor jack, seems to be pretty good.

Yeah, man, good info. The GF and I are planning on moving into a house on a little more property (with a shop). A big 60-80 gallon compressor is on my want list, and this is good stuff.

I'm a bit of a Snap On honk, but when I get around to getting a decent compressor in my garage, the two main (3/8" and 1/2") standard impacts will be Ingersoll Rand QTi models. I may ad a Proto or two, and maybe an M7 or two, but I don't think I'll invest in much, if any, Snap On.

I was wearing goggles, so I was okay, but it got my attention...

The first day I was using my first angle grinder I had a cutoff wheel let go on me. I dunno if I was putting too much side load on it or if it was just a POS DeWalt disc, but it was definitely no bueno....

Ooooh, pretty.... LOL

I like your thinking, sir!