angle wrenches

[82355]

If you are buying angle wrenches, buy Snap On (crazy money) or Tekton. I think there might be one other brand that builds decent ones. The rest all suck.

Snap On has 30 and 60 degree angles. Most brands have 60 and 15. Your standard combination wenches already have 15 degree open ends. It makes ZERO sense to have a 15 degree end on an angle wrench.

Tekton has a good illustration.





I have Snap On from 1/4” to 1-5/8”. Maybe bigger, I don’t remember for sure. I’d have to look in my tool box.

Martin

 

[82355]

Yep, 1-5/8”, but I skip 1-9/16”. If I remember correctly, Snap On didn’t make 1-9/16”?



Martin

 

[82355]

Looks like Harbor Freight continued copying Snap On, and their ICON wrenches come in 30/60 now.

https://www.harborfreight.com/professional-sae-angled-open-end-wrench-set-7-piece-59214.html?hftm_sc=2926&hftm_source=google&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=23905019991&campaignid=23905019991&utm_content=194118214061&adsetid=194118214061&product=59214&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23905019991&gbraid=0AAAAADAHb4efHjIkUumfmGzwRHzITCRvN&gclid=CjwKCAjwyuDTBhB-EiwANCQhLI7yt1lFaD46h_dSHBGJi95ZtqqPC3A9y6iQp_t0aTn21M3Y96QkZRoCaW4QAvD_BwE

Martin

 

[imiceman44]

Looks like Harbor Freight continued copying Snap On, and their ICON wrenches come in 30/60 now.

https://www.harborfreight.com/professional-sae-angled-open-end-wrench-set-7-piece-59214.html?hftm_sc=2926&hftm_source=google&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=23905019991&campaignid=23905019991&utm_content=194118214061&adsetid=194118214061&product=59214&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23905019991&gbraid=0AAAAADAHb4efHjIkUumfmGzwRHzITCRvN&gclid=CjwKCAjwyuDTBhB-EiwANCQhLI7yt1lFaD46h_dSHBGJi95ZtqqPC3A9y6iQp_t0aTn21M3Y96QkZRoCaW4QAvD_BwE

Martin

If my sources are correct, Icon is made by the same factory in China that make the snap on.

 

[82355]

If my sources are correct, Icon is made by the same factory in China that make the snap on.

In Tennessee???

Martin

 

[Truckman4life]

If you are buying angle wrenches, buy Snap On (crazy money) or Tekton. I think there might be one other brand that builds decent ones. The rest all suck.

Snap On has 30 and 60 degree angles. Most brands have 60 and 15. Your standard combination wenches already have 15 degree open ends. It makes ZERO sense to have a 15 degree end on an angle wrench.

Tekton has a good illustration.

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I have Snap On from 1/4” to 1-5/8”. Maybe bigger, I don’t remember for sure. I’d have to look in my tool box.

Martin

Mass Fabricator sells them also. Made from AR500 plate. 1/2"-1 1/4" for like $416 on their website.

 

[Wes Harden]

Snap on branded crome hand tools are still made here. Blue point and non hand tools are mostly made in Taiwan.
I really have my suspicions that the blue point factory is making other brands. Brands such as Icon and Kobalt.

 

[Polymath]

Also, same factory does not mean same quality. Manufacturers who are contracted to make something high quality in china can ship out said high quality item on Friday, change a few specs to make the tool slightly easier to manufacture, use a cheaper base metal, and ship out "the same tool" with a new brand on Sunday for half the cost.