I've always been partial to Sears Craftsman tools. My father was a carpenter and swore by them (and occasionally at them I guess), and I've alwys had good luck with them too. You have to get the Craftsman branded ones, not any of the el-cheapos they also carry. And stay away from the Bob Villa gimmick stuff too. I'm pretty sure the Craftman tools still carry the lifetime warrantee. Cheaper than Snap-one and easier to pick up at the local Sears too.
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11-13-2004 04:58 PM
FIREDOG
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I'm partial to Craftsman myself.
I've got some snap-on, but have a hard time convincing a truck come out when I have a need. (One dealer even told me that since I wasn't his regular customer, he wouldn't warranty my busted ratchet)
I've got some other brand speciality tools, but I think Craftsman is the all around way to go. (Especially if your not getting the tax write-off)
What do ya'll think about catalogue ordering? (Harbor freight, etc.)
I really hate to buy something I can't look at first.
I can fix a whole lot of stuff............I can tear up even more!
12-03-2004 09:39 AM
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yes sir crapsman all the way!!!!! I love putting a 4ft breaker bar on the 3/8 drive and listen to the teeth snap in the wrench....and going to get a new one...priceless......about five years ago I brought some rachets back to my local sears for replacement(they just broke :lol: )and the kid hands me a bag of new teeth and gears,I said whats this he says your new ratchet sir (I'am old)i said no i want a whole new rachett,we dont do that any more we give rebuilding kits now!!!!hot isn't the word!!!!I was so pissed I went to home depot(lumber store)who was saying bring in your crapsman tools and we'll give you husky no questions asked,,so i traded the ratchetts for husky but they are not as fun to break,,,,so back to sears and now their giving replacements tool for tool I thinkl the kid ran a flim flam on me(cause I'am old)they said they have never done the repair thing its allways been tool for tool,,,,so know I got a couple of husky ratchetts in my box rusting all my crapsman..... 8) 8) :lol: :lol: ....crank.it
Hi, I like the brand "china" no one will steal them.
Just kidding I like craftsman as well but what happend to
the non slip rectangular handles. A little oil and try to hold on to a rachet with a long extention. I almost knocked out a tooth once. The slippery
bugger spun in my hand. A little ruffage please. bruce
I buy Craftsman whenever I buy new tools, but I also hit garage-sales whenever I can and look for quality tools cheap. Anything made in USA or Europe is generally a good bet. People tend to take home tools from work or inherit them, never use them, and then want to get rid of them when they clean out their garage or move. I've gotten some great tools that way.
Bruce posted;
Quote:Hi, I like the brand "china" no one will steal them.
Ya' know, Kragen (the local auto parts chain)sells 200 piece mechanics tool sets for $30 and I'm tempted to buy one to keep in my vehicle for when I need to make repairs away fom home(hey, it happens when you drive a 17 year old truck). I just hate the thought of buying Chinese, though.
(Here's a list of tools and their typical usage. Anyone who has spent time working on cars will be able to relate to this.)
HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive car parts not far from the object we are trying to hit.
MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing convertible tops or tonneau covers.
ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning steel Pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age, but it also works great for drilling rollbar mounting holes in the floor of a sports car just above the brake line that goes to the rear axle.
PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads.
HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.
VISE-GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting those stale garage cigarettes you keep hidden in the back of the Whitworth socket drawer (What wife would think to look in there?) because you can never remember to buy lighter fluid for the Zippo lighter you got from the PX at Fort Campbell.
ZIPPO LIGHTER: See oxyacetelene torch.
WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for hiding six-month old Salems from the sort of person who would throw them away for no good reason.
DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against the Rolling Stones poster over the bench grinder.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned guitar callouses in about the time it takes you to say, "Django Reinhardt".
HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering a Mustang to the ground after you have installed a set of Ford Motor sports lowered road springs, trapping the jack handle firmly under the front air dam.
EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2X4: Used for levering a car upward off a hydraulic jack.
TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters.
PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbor Chris to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack.
SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog-doo off your boot.
E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit.
TIMING LIGHT: A stroboscopic instrument for illuminating grease buildup on crankshaft pulleys.
TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the tensile strength of ground straps and hydraulic clutch lines you may have forgotten to disconnect.
CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying tool that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end without the handle.
BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for transferring sulfuric acid from a car battery to the inside of your toolbox after determining that your battery is dead as a doornail, just as you thought.
AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.
TROUBLE LIGHT: The mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin", which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105-mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading.
PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper- and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; can also be used, as the name implies, to round-out Phillips screw heads.
AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty suspension bolts last tightened 40 years ago by someone in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and rounds them off.
heavy laugh ,snort,snif,gasp-OH GAWD-Ithink I busted a gut! BTW I have no prob getting snap off to visit me in my retirement abode. Of course I have $15,700.00 worth of receipts ,most of which has his company logo.also some crafty stuff.
LIFE'S SHORT GO FISH ASE MASTER TECH 30+YEARS EXP
HAPPILY RETIRED
If anyone is interested Channellock is coming out with a pair of pliers to adjust airbrakes. So if you do any work on large trucks you may want to check in on this
Shadetree :wink:
If it's got wheels it's gonna give ya trouble!
So let us know.
Don't take offense to the age thing. I have a crescant wrench most people will never see. It is a very old Sears-roebuck brand and Has migrated down through the years to me. It still looks and works loike new. I wish I could get more of them. Most of my other tools are craftsman but this crescent is usually my first grab for general losening or tightning.
Most of my stuff is Blackhawk, with a little Craftsman in the mix. My favorite tool right now would have to be my 3/8 drive craftsman pro thin profile ratchet....Least favorite 3/8 craftsman air ratchet, great ratchet but MAN is it loud! :shock:
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