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Roseglen, North Dakota | Does anyone know where to buy a reasonably priced ($25-35 range) set of metric comb wrenches with ALL the sizes from 10mm-24mm. Every set I've seen is missing one or more you need--16mm or 18mm, etc |
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| So it's not just me, had to go $$$ to get everything I needed or buy the one or two missing and add to the cheap set. |
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| Try buzzardgulch.com |
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Fort Smith, AR | In most cases the sizes omitted in budget priced sets interchange with SAE sizes. 11/16 = 17 mm, 3/4 = 19 mm etc. |
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Central ND | I cant figure out why they leave out some nunbers of wrench sizes.... Silly if you ask me. |
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Northern CA | I have never broke a Harbor Freight wrench. They would be in the price range you are looking to buy. They have a lifetime warranty |
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Somewhereville, Earth | ya get 18
27, 30, 32, 36,38,41,46,50 lol
buy anything you can, in resonable quality, will be expensive now, but the headaches it save will out weigh this |
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Macoupin County IL | I went through the same thing when buying a metric set ended up finding a nice full set at John Deere
It is not 25-30 dollars the SAE set I have is John Deere I have had them for 30 years they have held up great I have broke a couple they warrantied them.
Edited by swcil 9/21/2011 06:01
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Alton, Ia | Does anybody have a table or list of what size metric screw needs what wrench, similar to 3/8" uses 9/16", etc.,
Thanks. |
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45 miles south spingfield il. | The cheaper wrenches don't seem to fit well enough to use, unlike sae wrenches. I was told to buy metric in another brand so I could tell apart from my sae set- Thought that made sense |
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West Texas | Northern Tool. |
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NE Iowa | I don't have them, but you'll need 2 tables. Seems about the time metric hardware has come along on much equipment, so did the flange-head bolt (the bolt with the washer formed as part of the head). These almost always have a smaller hex than a 'normal' bolt. Wouldn't take too long at a hardware store to create the tables you are seeking. |
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Arva, Ontario | Rough rule of thumb is that the head size will be one and a half times the size of the thread. Where the "wheels come off" is that there are European, Japanese and American versions of metric...
6mm thread (about 1/4" shank) - almost universal - 10mm wrench
8mm thread (like 5/16") - anything Euro or Japanese = 12mm, American will be 13mm so a 1/2" wrench can be used...
10mm thread (heavy 3/8") - mostly a 15mm wrench. Some American manufacturers will make it 16mm to accomodate a 5/8" wrench - GRRRR. Most wrench sets (esp made anywhere else in the world) don't have a 16mm because they aren't retarded enough to worry about a 5/8" "spanner"...
12mm thread (1/2") - actually - almost universally a 19mm wrench. The 'convention" in metric is that once they get to 15mm, they go up in 2's (17, 19, 21, then 3's - 24, 27, 30). So most hardware is almost always a 19mm head on a 12mm bolt, but Deere in their infinite wisdom decided to spec some stuff with an 18mm head - GRRRR.
16mm thread (5/8") 24mm wrench - 15/16" works
20mm thread (fat 3/4" - 30 mm wrench - 1and 3/16" socket out of the 3/4" drive set...
Thats a start - with some editorial.
Luke |
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| I'm constantly searching the internet and checking out the fleet stores for specials on cheap tools, for the tool boxes on the tractors, combine, and my pick-up. I would rather be hundreds of dollars than thousands of dollars when the dirtbags start stealing tools off my rigs and the fact that they only get used maybe five times a year on every different machine, but it is sure nice to hop outta the cab and know you got about every tool you might need on you to fix something without driving to the pick-up or the shop. But one rule I try to stick to when buying them, try to all 6 point ratchets and sockets...........I have been lucky with just googling the tools I have been looking for and most of the time there is someone offering something you want for a cheap price. |
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| 10 mm is .3937". Nothing crosses.
11 mm is .433". 11mm wrench is snug on 7/16" bolt heads, 7/16" should work on 11 mm metric.
12 mm is .472". Nothing crosses except maybe a 15/32" could be a snug fit. 1/2" does not work on 12mm.
13 mm is .511" Half won't fit, 13 doesn't work well on 1/2" all the time.
14 mm is .551" 9/16"may fit loosely.
15 mm is .591" No cross.
16 mm is .630", .005 larger than 5/8" Wrenches should interchange.
17mm is .669". 11/16 will be loose.
18 mm is .708". 23/32 might work.
19mm is .748, .002 smaller than 3/4. Wrenches WILL interchange.
20 mm is .787. .006 larger than 25/32"
21 mm is .827". .014 larger than 13/16. 13/16 won't fit.
22 mm is .866". .008" smaller than 7/8"
23 mm is .905". .001" smaller than 29/32".
24mm is.945". .008" larger than 15/16".
25mm is .984". .015 smaller than 1".
26mm is 1.023". .009" smaller than 1-1/32"
27mm is 1.063". almost exactly 1-1/16"
28mm is 1.102". .023 smaller than 1-1/8".
29mm is 1.141". too big for 1-1/8, about right for 1-5/32"
30 mm is 1.181". .006" smaller than 1-3/16".
31mm is 1.220". .030" smaller than 1-1/4". .001" larger than 1-7/32"
32mm is 1.260" .010" larger than 1-1/4".
33mm is 1.299". .013" smaller than 1-5/16"
Metric to english is metric mm times .03937" By SAE standards sockets and open ends are usually about .010" larger than the hex. Might be more in the inch and larger sizes.
I've had both metric and fractional sets since 1964 and I've found many more metrics work on fractional nuts than fraction work on metric in the sizes under 19mm/3/4" that have been common in my cars.
The different brand would be a handy idea. Mine aren't different. Maybe dunping the metric in blue paint (or some other distinctive color) would separate the sets better. I just read the clear size stamps on mine though at one time each had its own plastic pouch that helped cut the mixing. Plastic hasn't lasted nearly as well as steel.
Gerald J. |
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| Cresant Wrench! LOL |
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Manitoba, Canada | http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200381520_200381520 |
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Denhoff,ND right in the center of the State | I will second the JD wrenches, they are nice long wrenches, almost resemble a SnapOn, My wife bought me a set for Christmas a few years ago,very good wrenches, They do make a cheap set made in china or tiawain, or the good JD that are USA made like mine. Think a set is nearly $150-$200. Terry |
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Northeast CO | Try looking on E - B A Y you can buy them individually and usually are pretty cheap |
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East Central IL | The John Deere sets are complete and decent wrenches for around $200; my biggest complaint about cheap wrenches is that they're too short. |
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Alton, Ia | Thanks a bunch. |
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