[V8] Tool story

[Bryan Kamerer]

That's nice, and my story isn't quite as good as Tom's. But mine made me
happy, too.  So I'll tel it.

I had a 1/2" drive Craftsman socket wrench for about 25 years, a hand-me
down spare from my Dad's tool box he had used since the mid '60s.  Even
probably wrenched on his killer '68 Chevelle SS396 street drag racer (yeah,
you should see pics of that car!)

It's one of the old-type with the directional twist-adjust immediately above
the drive/ratchet gear, not the newer ones with the thumb lever.  I had been
nursing a cranky ratchet gear for years, but it gave up the ghost last.  I
figured I'd have to go to Sears and trade it in for a newer style, or turn
it in to a door stop.  I looked around the shelves, and of course, no old
ones like that still made.  At the desk I asked, and voila - they rebuilt
the old style still, and offer them in exchange on warranty.  So I got a
freshly rebuilt one, albeit with a black anodized steel gear set and not the
brass top like from the '60s.  But I got the same old type wrench and was
quite pleased.

I admit the thumb-lever ones are easier to use, and I have them, too.  But I
just like that old twist-type gear set and thumb-grooved shaft the new ones
don't have. Made my day.

Bryan



On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:48 PM, toml99 at todomundo.com
<toml99 at todomundo.com>wrote:

> Recently, found my 12" 3/8' drive Flex head socket wrench had failed
> (favorite).  It was a Stanley, and it's been in the box for at least
> 15yrs, and I may have bought it at a garage sale for nothing (can't
> recall).  Anyway, I was throwing it in the scrap metal bucket, and
> thought I'd check w/ Stanley.  Warranteed for life.  Stanley has
> since sold their mechanics tool division to Proto.  They say, "We'll
> have to see it".  I put it in the mail a month or so ago for about
> $8, thinking it's worth a try.  UPS just delivered a shiny new Proto
> 12" flex head socket wrench that, while identical in size/
> build.....is really shiny,nice,and above all brand new.  Way nicer
> than the old Stanley in finish.  Never underestimate the power of
> asking.....Tom
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