Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:02:14 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

wrote:
On Jan 7, 8:44 pm, John H wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:50:29 -0800 (PST),
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Well, as someone who made my living with hand tools, I can honestly
say I think quite the opposite.. Crapsman tools have failed me more
than any other tool, they are crap in my opinion, warrantee or not..
Like I said, the warrantee doesn't cover the busted knuckle when one
of their cheap wrenches snaps, or pay for the lost time when one ****s
the bed...

Snapalong, and Porter Cable are my preference...I will never buy
another Craftsman gas or electric power tool again either, cheap ass
plastic junk...
Craftsman is made for the average home repairman, doing simple home
repairs who really do not stress out a tool. They are not designed for
a pro. Most homeowners don't want to pay for Snap-a-long,

It's not Snapalong or Snap-a-long - It's Snapon.

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/catalog.asp?tool=hand

Mac, or other
Pro Brands. Sears tools are substantially less expensive than the Pro
Tools. The pros buy expensive quality tools, because they can not afford
to stop working so they can exchange a wrench that broke.

While Sears makes a decent product for homeowner quality tools, they can
charge more, because Sears has successful convinced many homeowners that
their life time warranty is unique.

I have found that Home Depot's Husky and Lowe's Kobolt tools to be the
equal of Mac and Snapon - and that's speaking as somebody who owns
Snapon tools. The higher end tool boxes are the equal of Snapon also.

And you can get Snapon tools at a fairly inexpensive price if you know
a Snapon franchise operator - they repossess tools on a regular basis
and you can get them for the money owed. That's how I got my set of
auto tools - paid about 1/3 of the new price and the tools were hardly
used.

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I kept my father's chest of snap-on tools when I shut down the boatyard.
The flat and socket wrenches are first-rate, but the snap-on
screwdrivers from that era didn't impress me. He also had a set of
absolutely top drawer German-made wood handled screwdrivers that were
much much better.