Garage Shop: Tools

Convinced the boss to get me a toolbox and some tools for my office.



It's a start.

 

Already told my wife that’s what I want for Christmas lol

 

One of the few tool truck tools I have is a Snap-On ratchet screwdriver. Haven’t looked at the prices of competitors but the Snap-On one was actually reasonable and I use it a lot; it’s really, really nice. Ratcheting teeth, grip, mechanism, size, etc are all perfect.

I have Matco 1/2” impact sockets and Matco ratcheting wrenches and they were worth the purchase since I was using them a lot when I worked in a shop and I got a fireman discount with our tool truck guy.

That being said, I’ve never been let down by any of my Milwaukee stuff...and I have a lot of it

Matt

 

Son of a bitch I watch a video about the new Milwaukee fuel torque wrench... that’s things badass

 

$599 MSRP though for bare tool. Still a neat product.

 

Williams WRS-1 Magnetic Ratcheting Screwdriver
Williams is Snap on's industrial brand.... same quality at 1/2 the price.
I have this exact one. I use it often and like it.

 

Williams is one of many manufacturers for Snap On and manufactures the ratcheting screwdriver for SO.*

It isn’t the “industrial brand of Snap On,” unless that’s something I’ve completely overlooked.

 

When I’m working on an engine at work I could see it being a big asset, but that is a price that’s hard to swallow when I already have snappy torque wrenches

 

Williams is the industrial brand. It’s what big industries would buy. It’s a lot more available these days thanks to Amazon

Bahco too if I remember right

 

We use a lot of Williams and Proto stuff. A lot of our torque wrenches are Snap-On though

 

I can definitely see uses for it. Just expensive. Most of our work torquing is done in stages anyways. So a regular ratchet to get things snugged and then a regular torque wrench works great. Especially since we often use dial torque wrenches so doing each torque pattern pass is pretty much as fast as the mechanic can go from fastener to fastener.

But i can definitely see it being an awesome tool in certain applicaitons

 

I'm getting more boners right now.

 

SO model has a knurled shaft.

 

Forgot pic..


Ready and willing for the die grinder release.

 

From Wikipedia:

J.H. Williams Tool Group

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Snap-on Industrial Brands, historically the J.H. Williams Tool Group, is a division of American hand tool manufacturer Snap-on that makes and distributes tools to industrial markets. In addition to the Williams brand from which it originated, the group includes Bahco and CDI Torque Products.[1]

Williams

Product type Subsidiary
Owner Snap-on
Country USA
Introduced 1882
Website www.snaponindustrialbrands.com

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HistoryEdit
In 1882, James Harvey Williams and Matthew Diamond founded Williams & Diamond in Flushing, Queens, a drop forging business.[2] The business was relocated to Brooklyn in 1884 and took the name J.H. Williams & Co in 1887. The company was one of the first to offer mass-produced drop-forged hand tools. [3] A second factory was opened in Buffalo, New York in 1914 (now the site of General Motors' Tonawanda Engine plant[4]).

The company was acquired by Snap-on in 1993,[5] and it was officially renamed Snap-on Industrial Brands in 2011.[6]

 

I looked it up too, news to me! Funny how all the jokers on YouTube that talk tools all the time mention it the other way.

I feel like I’ve been cheated.

 

tisk, tisk... that’s like only getting your news from Yahoo or Facebook.

 

I think I noticed the girl in the red shirt more than spooked freak.....

 

Die grinder eh? I just used this tool to rough this out and use my air die grinder to finish it off. Would definitely prefer a electric die grinder lol.