Originally Posted by
oldnslow2
...............Tools are an investment, I still have S/K sockets that I purchased in 1968 when I was 12. The only time they broke was when I abused them by adding a pipe to the breaker bar.
A couple of my Snap-On breaker bars dating from the 1920s-30s have really nice knurling on the handles. Using a pipe-breaker like you did, I switch over to using sockets made for impact wrenches. Those sockets have really thick walls as you already know!
