now we all know snap on is one of the best.......and most expensive. but crafts man is nearly as good. but what do you all think about stanley? they sell them at target now and they have very good prices! i was in there the other day and they have a full set of ratcheting box end wrenches for $9! there is much more but thats all that caught my eye
for some strange reason I have a large supply of "Husky" tools... I must have picked them up somewhere along the line and not known but they last longer than the craftsman...
for some strange reason I have a large supply of "Husky" tools... I must have picked them up somewhere along the line and not known but they last longer than the craftsman...
do they give the life time guarantee as well? i know craftsman may not last forever but you can always replace them and thats cool
for some strange reason I have a large supply of "Husky" tools... I must have picked them up somewhere along the line and not known but they last longer than the craftsman...
You can get Husky at Your local Home Depot... The store trusted by "Garage Racers" everywhere!
do they give the life time guarantee as well? i know craftsman may not last forever but you can always replace them and thats cool
dunno, none's broken so far...
I hate craftsman's wratcheting mechanisms... its like they're made out of plastic or something cuz once you apply too much force they brake sometimes they do that like half engagment thing where it won't turn in either direction. dunno if that is just a fact of life or if there is a better brand out there.
I hate craftsman's wratcheting mechanisms... its like they're made out of plastic or something cuz once you apply too much force they brake sometimes they do that like half engagment thing where it won't turn in either direction. dunno if that is just a fact of life or if there is a better brand out there.
I've had the same problem with the half engagement problem. I thought it was just me.
you get what you pay for. there's a reason they're that cheap- because they're cheap quality. cheap quality tools break on you, causing you to buy more which in time equal out to the same price as decent quality tools that you should have bought in the first place. SK tools are pretty good and inexpensice, matco has more stuff than I've seen from any other tool company
craftsman hand tools rock... but snap on and MAC are better... the wratchets(sp?) break under extreme loads but i love that sears NEVER gives you a problem, no questions, just a new tool. Ive seen some obvious abuses, hammer marks etc... no questions asked...
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pssst yo token . your not black any more...there is no man
oh and BTW... sears companion brand suck my nutz! they are about 20% cheaper and have no guarentee... spring for the quality, trust me... i got some for xmas and bent a screw driver head on an aluminum screw!
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Originally Posted by apachewoolf
pssst yo token . your not black any more...there is no man
oh and BTW... sears companion brand suck my nutz! they are about 20% cheaper and have no guarentee... spring for the quality, trust me... i got some for xmas and bent a screw driver head on an aluminum screw!
funny you should say that i was just looking at tool boxes at sears about an hour ago and found a small box, i want a small 2 drawer box that i can carry wrenches in and what not, and i founf a companion one for $30 in the exact size i wanted would it be worth it? its just a tool box. and i know what your saying about the ratchets and that happens to me too but i think i could live with buying a snap on ratchet and then all craftsman you would save hundreds if not thousands that way lol (if you had a FULL set of tools)
I've had crafstmen power tools and wrenches break on me. I had their "special" Robogrip rust even though it was not ever expsoed to water. Craftsmen is allright for the occasional usage but they are by no mean the heaviest duty. Their older stuff may be better as my Dad has had a Model I drill for as long as I can remember and I still use it. Torquey as hell too. Anything they advertise as cordless I've found a joke. They are not that bad of tools but not for heavy dusty applications either. Most socket wrenches I use were made some time ago and a lot of it is pulled from my dad's stuff. These things are just strong and held the test of time.
The quality of Craftsman tools has declined over the years if my experience is typical. I bought a Craftsman socket set in 1956 when I was in high school. In the mid 1980s the 9/16 socket broke (split down the side) when I had a 3ft. pipe on the breaker bar and put all my weight on it. I took it to Sears, and they replaced it with the equivalent current socket. Here is a photo of the 5/8 old socket and the new 9/16 they gave me:
I complained at the time that they were not of equivalent quality, and was told that it was the best they had. Look at the thickness of the old and new and the depth of the 12 point grooves. The larger 5/8 socket is much thinner than the new 9/16, and I'll bet it's stronger. I can slip those old sockets over a nut where there is really small clearance around it.
Lew
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so far, all of my craftsman sockets have held up. I even use my 3/8" chrome sockets on my bigass impact wrench (600ft.lb reverse torque) and haven't snapped one yet...
power tools.. I have a craftsman pro 18V cordless drill... I've used that sucker to buff my car, and anybody that's done high speed buffing knows you need high speed and torque to do that. no problems with it, but I have to keep a battery on the charger.. they go fairly quickly when doing stuff like that.
the rest of my power tools are all DeWalt... air tools are Craftsman Pro. hand tools are mostly craftsman, but then I have my snap-on ratchets. wouldn't trade them for the world.
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