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Re: wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT

 

That hasn't been my experience, and the same wrench was sold with or without the plastic cover. They have the same weight, since their isn't that much plastic. It was pre 'Cooper Tools' manufactured by Xcelite which was my preferred brand of electronics tools. I still have most of an original Xcelite 99SM roll up tool kit that was given to me by a friend in the Army when I was a short timer. I only wore out a couple tools, since 1974, and the reamers were NLA.

As far as other brands of adjustable wrenches, I have no opinion. Other than some thin open end sets from HF, most of my tools were American made. The HF sets were bought to assemble some connectors, where they didn't need high strength.


Michael A. Terrell

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Harris <cfharris@...>
Sent: Dec 8, 2018 10:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] wrenching ( was: Capacitor sniffing) OT

If by stink, you mean smell, a lot of plastics start out
benign, and end up really smelly. I have a set of Craftsman
nutdrivers from the 1970's that woke up one day and smelled
like vomit. And, have ever since.

I don't know if it is something the acrylic handles were
exposed to, or perhaps a plasticizer that was put in them
to make them less brittle, but I do know it stinks.

As to plastic dipped wrench handles. I think that in many
cases if you removed the plastic you would find the handle
was thin and spindly with sharp edges.... The plastic is
there to hide manufacturing economies.

-Chuck Harris
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