Tool Time

I bought one of the Autogeek.net Porter-Cable kits. So far, so good. There are two versions-the biggest difference being the length of the cord. Get the longer cord, keeps the plug on the ground while you work.

 

What did every get on the Black Friday deals? I picked up some craftsman sockets for the truck and a Milwaukee drill from Home Depo.

 

Kobalt tools. They have the warranty of craftsman and compete with them, and were $89 for a 250 peice set for black Friday until December 6 I think.

 

Nada. Zilch. Well, a putty knife-that doesn't really count

 

I'm by all means not a professional I'm just a 17 year old who loves to fix and tinker with everything. I love the tekton tools off Amazon. Great prices, with a lifetime warranty. And good quality. I also like the good old craftsman tools

 

My tools are all different kinds really. Most of my sockets and ratchets are SK, (1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 3/4) but I've got Westward impact sockets/deep wells/swivels. My impacts are a 1/2 I got from NAPA that I really like and a Ingersoll Rand, and I've got a 3/4 IR and my new toy is a Milwaulkee 1/2 electric impact that will snap a stainless 5/8's bolt with ease. Channel locks are Channel Lock brand and same for my crescent wrenches. Most of my screw drivers and pliars are Klein, (I do have a 10 inch Klein spud wrench that is super handy), allen wrenches and torx are Bondhus, and wrenches are SK but I do have a roll of WrightGrips that are nice to. I can go into further details about feeler gauges, and stuff like that but it would take forever.

However the tools that I carry in my truck are mostly Kobalt/Craftsman and I've got a roll of Northern Tool brand wrenches, both metric and standard together, that have took some major abuse and they sadly don't make anymore.

Also, Metabo makes probably one of the best angle grinders that I've used. Tough as hell to, I've seen them dropped and used as hammers and they still work like new. And Martin makes pretty good adjustable spanner wrenches to.

 

I'm somewhat surprised that this thread hasn't taken off more.

 

Toolbarn.com fucking sucks...Don't know if the 10-14 days to ship out is standard for them, but waiting 30 days is a bit much.

 

I've never even heard of them. I'd never wait a month for tools. I'm the type that goes out and buys it locally if I need it.

 

Most of my woodworking power tools are antique Craftsman, probably 50% of my woodworking hand tools are Craftsman, and most of my mechanic's hand tools are Craftsman as well.
Almost all of them are pre-1970, because I picked them up at garage sales and out of Craigslist over the years, but I do have some newer ones as well (Once you use Gear Wrenches once you just can't go back to a basic boxed end, lol)

 

Cool! I was lucky enough to obtain my grandfathers antique collection of Snap-On and Williams. Old tools, in my opinion, seem more durable compared to newer versions. The gear wrenches spoil you.

 

snap on ratchets, sockets, pliers, wrenches, torque wrenches, some milwaukee electric guns and ratchets, our sears doesn't have much up here in canada, we have canadian tire which sells decent basic tools, but for speciality stuff usually snap on or mac, everything at home is craftsman and master craft though.

 

One can dream

 

Yeah, I had an antique ratchet that I broke trying to break loose the lug nuts on my dad's old tractor. I had a 4-foot length of iron pipe on the end and I was jumping up and down on the end of that and stripped it. Stupid, but I brought it in and they swapped it out, no questions asked.

Of course, since then I've broken the replacements twice, doing much less abusive things.

 

I m not brand specific. I have gearwrench, sunnex, tekton, craftsmen, wigs, wera, ryobi, dewalt, black n Decker....you get the idea lol.

I tend to read reviews and then wait for the best deals.

 

All lifetime warranty?

 

Some are lifetime warranty and some arent.

All the wrenches, ratchets, and sockets are lifetime warranty. All my screw drivers are lifetime warranty as well.

Others like the grinder, air compressor, ryobi tools, ect arent life time. But i dont know of any that are really. And if they are they cost way more than id want to pay

Some things i dont care about being lifetime warranty since they were cheap to begin with

 

I used some ryobi tools in construction... Personally I would never buy them... There was a reason them builders bought it... Cheap as hell...

 

ok?

 

Majority Craftsman just because of the price/warranty/ease of exchange. I've broken Snap-On and Craftsman sockets without anything more than normal use so I really see no point in the added price, other than being told Snap-On has tighter tolerances. The Snap-On ratchets I've heard are worth the investment but it's a rarity to destroy the internals of a Craftsman socket wrench (which I've also seen) so I've yet to have a chance to swap them.

Harbor Freight for one off tools or sacrificial lambs to the mechanic gods. You get what you pay for there for sure with some stuff being better than others.