Best pliers, hands down, are Knipex.
I have Wiha tools for special sizes for doing chainsaw work. I do 90% of my screwdriver work with a cordless impact, so it's Milwaukee bits for me, but their hand held versions are good as well.
Best pliers, hands down, are Knipex.
I have Wiha tools for special sizes for doing chainsaw work. I do 90% of my screwdriver work with a cordless impact, so it's Milwaukee bits for me, but their hand held versions are good as well.
Gonna need some drill bits, too. These keep breaking just drilling pilot holes in deck boards.
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Ryobi bits? I've broken like ten of them in the past two years.
Tough to say if it is just the bits of my aggressive drilling style, but the numbers suggest bits. Regardless, I've found that whatever is currently available pales compared to the stuff in the past. I suspect they are making them of mediocre steel with case hardening and then trying to use the various coatings to make them stronger and they are getting more brittle.
I'll probably just switch to Cleveland Machine and Screw bits (McMaster-Carr carries them) when I've broken my last Ryobi (gonna take a minute I bought two multi-packs before I realized my mistake.
In addition to the Wiha insulateds, Craftsman still sells US-made or at least -assembled screwdrivers at Sears, or at least they did a couple years ago.
Alternatively, I highly recommend Chapman Manufacturing, specifically their Mity-Master set. It's got a ratchet and a driver handle. Definitely American-made, of American materials, and by a woman-owned company.
https://chapmanmfg.com/products/1000-mity-master-set
https://chapmanmfg.com/pages/chapman-history
EDIT: They've got you covered for JIS bits too.
Last edited by Yung; 10-19-2020 at 07:51 PM.
Isn't this close to the same as the mity master set?
https://www.amazon.com/Chapman-MFG-5...dp/B00682RIAY/
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I dislike you all: New Socket set will be here tomorrow by 2100. 3/8 Drive, 6 pt (6-24mm and 1/4 to 1 inch) I suspect that the 1/4 12 pt set will be next on the hit parade.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
For drill bits under 1/4 or so, my advice is to buy a decent set (Milwaukee??), then when one breaks/dulls, buy multiple replacements from your favorite industrial supply place. For example, eyeballing your broken one as 1/8, McMaster sells those for $18 a dozen, or $1.82 each. Having replacements ready to go means I don't try to run them when dull, which leads to various kinds of frustration. You may never replace your 15/64, because you rarely use it, but the sizes you use a lot of you'll have on hand.
Drills 1/4 to 3/16 and larger I resharpen, but the dinky ones are harder to sharpen (with my equipment) and cheap enough to treat as consumables.
If the hex shank is important, you can get hex adapters that let you replace the bit:
https://www.mcmaster.com/hex-shank-adapters/
HF has a lot of good stuff for the money, but IMHE cutting tools aren't their strong suit, value wise.
Which of the Wiha/Wera screwdrivers have the most ergonomic handles?
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