It's the little things.

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Lots of little projects are only really useful to get practice for the bigger jobs. While I was training so furiously with learning to use the mig welder, I tacked all my cheapo universal joints. The pins always pop out and I need these to keep going until they are replaced with better ones. All in good time! Tig would have been ideal for this job,  or better yet, I could replace them with Snap~On Tools...eventually. Yes , I see the porosity too! City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:get a set of craftsman, ive used snap on swivels, theyre not worth the money...
Reply:My Snap-On impact swivels are the best swivels I have used to date.
Reply:snap on impact stuff is really nice, but standard chrome swivels are not worth the money compared to craftsman, in my opinion
Reply:I got a set of the snap on impact swivels over 10 years ago and I love them.  I have never tried the craftsman swivels, but all my other tools are craftsman.Build a Barstool Racer at BarFlyRacers.com!
Reply:Almost anything 'impact' will last forever unless you are severely abusing it in a way it was not meant to be used.  I bought a couple sets (SAE & Metric) of no-name-brand impact sockets off Ebay for $20 shipped, and have used them quite extensively with my 600ft-lb, and my buddies 1200ft-lb impact...and they hold up just fine!Good idea Danny!  I need to do this to a couple breaker-bars of mine!Miller Syncrowave 200MillerMatic 180 AutoSetHobart Airforce 500iVictor O/A (80cf)
Reply:i agree with cheap impacts, i have expensive high end impacts and cheapos from harbor freight.  the cheap ones work just as well as the high end ones.  I hammer on both my 3/8 and 1/2 stuff with ingersoll rand air guns rated at 280 and 1000 ft lbs