Professional Wrench Set-METRIC

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    Up for sale is a Carlyle (Napa's professional brand) wrench set. These are actually some extraordinarily interesting wrenches. I'll get to that in a second. Sizes 9MM to 19MM with no skips (which means it contains every size except an 8MM needed to work on a Subaru). Lifetime warranty at Napa. They feature corner driving technology on the box end AND ON THE OPEN END. Yes, these have a "flank drive" technology on the open end.. pictures below with an explanation on how it works (on the open end). This technology allows you to apply more torque to a fastener because it doesn't put pressure on the corner, instead it engages slightly behind the corner for a lower chance of rounding it off. $80 SHIPPED

    Now on to some pictures :)

    Shiny chrome... VERY Shiny
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    Very thing profile box end for better access
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    In fact, the wrench is very thin all over! Very good!
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    Now onto that open end....

    You can see the radiused corners on the V-notch part of the wrench that help to not drive the corner.
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    Furthermore, you can see the notches cut into the open end of the wrench, this allows for even more contact (once again, not on the corner) to prevent rounding off even more.
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    These are amazing wrenches with some neat engineering that makes the open end more like a box end in terms of resistance to stripping out a fastener. Very cool.
     
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    I can do pick up around Plymouth until Jan. 6

    After that it is pick up around Northfield!
     
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    Interesting wrench design. It is amazing all of the different "improvements" that have come out in recent years after decades of nothing new (except going to full polish finishes - makes my old Craftsmans look so archaic).

    I have to ask...where do you get all the wrench sets to sell? Just curious.
     
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    Curiousity is ok, I get a lot of questions about it!

    Most of the new stuff, if it is SAE, were tools I bought for myself, and never used (I don't use SAE often at all). If it is Metric and new, it was probably a gift, and when I already own 150+ wrenches, buying me wrenches isn't the best... This set I actually picked up as part of a larger buy on SK stubby wrench sets, but didn't want it.

    If it is used, it means I upgraded to a more expensive brand

    Oh, and these are pending pick up tomorrow already, so basically sold!
     
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    Sold!

    Close it down please!
     
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