Yes. They can be used with hand ratchets, as well.
Socket wrenches are made all over the world.
No. You are not supposed to use a regular socket on an impact wrench. You need a hardened or impact socket.No, you do not use a hardened socket... impact sockets are made with a softer steel, which makes it able to absorb the shock of being hammered on by an impact wrench.
With a spark plug socket and socket wrenches and extensions.
Many of the most popular and trusted brands in power tools manufacture best-selling impact wrenches. Craftsman, DeWalt, Kawasaki, and Hitachi are all reliable brands with high-rated impact wrenches.
Brands of impact wrenches include: Kawasaki, Ingersoll Rand, Chicago Electric, Dewalt. The most famous is Ingersoll Rand, also most used. Known for its small, but powerful electric wrenches.
Typically, no. Stainless steel is a very weak steel compared to other types. Your cheaper socket wrenches will typically be made out of chrome-vanadium. Higher-end models will use some form of tool steel.
Impact sockets are made of softer metal.
Because the impact will crack an average socket.
Spline socket
You will need some wrenches and sockets too...
Impact and wrenches
A socket set and a set of end wrenches is all you need.