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Title: cornwell crowsfeet
Post by: Dustin21 on January 06, 2012, 02:44:05 PM: a year or 2 ago i sold my only set of sae crowsfeet for 15 bucks they were new britian and i thought id never use them again. well a few months ago i needed one and didn't have one so borrowed it.. yesterday i went by the pawnshop and scored a set of cornwell crowsfeet 3/8 to 1in for 25 bucks by going thru they're online catalog i found the set sells for around 250 new.

so do i get a you suck ?
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Title: Re: cornwell crowsfeet
Post by: Papaw on January 06, 2012, 03:38:58 PM: You suck!

I have almost never needed one, though I have several.
Title: Re: cornwell crowsfeet
Post by: Ken W. on January 07, 2012, 09:47:36 AM: You really suck.
Title: Re: cornwell crowsfeet
Post by: skipskip on January 07, 2012, 08:16:50 PM: when you need one of those you REALLY need it.

I use mine one or three times a year, and it's worth having them.

Nice set!!

Skip
Title: Re: cornwell crowsfeet
Post by: rusty on January 07, 2012, 08:27:47 PM: >when you need one of those you REALLY need it.

Truth.

When you need a box wrench, and all you have is an open end, you can fudge it
When you need a open end, and alll you have is an adjustable , you can fudge it
When you meed a crowsfoor, and you don't have one, you might as well bang your head on the wall.

I always look for them at flea's, I find them occasionally floating around in the bottoms of tool boxes, and when they are a decent maker (Sk, bunney, snappy) a snatch them up, I have most of a set now, tho, it's a bit pecular...

And, no, the chinese ones do NOT work ;P
Title: Re: cornwell crowsfeet
Post by: Ken W. on January 08, 2012, 09:00:12 PM: I have 2 sets of Snappy flare's in ASE and metric.I think I have only used 1-2 sizes of each.You don't need them very often,but they are handy.