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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
Torque wrench comparison : Snap on vs Harbor freight
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Husqvarna
Crashaholic
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I've used HFT for decades and have come to refer to them as The Disposable Tool Company. But in recent years a few of their tools have been getting very good reviews on their website telling me that they are working on improving the quality of their stuff. I still think they have a long ways to go to have the same overall quality reputation as the Snap Ons's, Matco's, and Mac's of the world.
As for price, well in some cases these other guys have made a bad reputation for themselves as being rip-offs but then how do justify price when one tool is made in a developing country and another tool is made in a country that seeks to provide things like a living wage, healthcare, and education. And not just for its citizens but for anyone on its soil.
Bottom line, I think a person needs to decide what their personal need in a tool is, i.e. light or heavy use, and if they can buy an import brand cheaper for that particular need.
As for price, well in some cases these other guys have made a bad reputation for themselves as being rip-offs but then how do justify price when one tool is made in a developing country and another tool is made in a country that seeks to provide things like a living wage, healthcare, and education. And not just for its citizens but for anyone on its soil.
Bottom line, I think a person needs to decide what their personal need in a tool is, i.e. light or heavy use, and if they can buy an import brand cheaper for that particular need.
lankydoug
Husqvarna
Pro Class
If you want to save on a torque wrench the beam type is the best option. Simplicity and the fact that if they get messed up and out of calibration you can tell because the pointer won't return to zero. Also the click type can easily get out of calibration if you use them to loosen things. They have ratchet heads on them but it's not a good idea to switch directions on them.