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To: Monty22002
Craftsman was known for being the top of the line

Not really top of the line, but good enough for most things, and lifetime warranty w/o receipt if broken.

I used Craftsman for most mechanic's tools, but for a few things that really mattered (line wrenches, screw drivers, 5/16" combination wrench) the upgrade to MAC/Snap-On was worth the extra few (hundred) bucks (IMO).

36 posted on 01/21/2016 9:46:46 PM PST by Darth Reardon (During the Great Depression, World War I was referred to as the Great War)
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To: Darth Reardon; Monty22002

Mechanics I knew all used Snap-On. They told me that the difference is in the balance of the tools. Craftsman made fine and rugged tools but if you were going to have a wrench in your hand all day long you wanted it to balance properly or you would wear yourself out working with it.


38 posted on 01/21/2016 10:26:31 PM PST by Pelham (Nikki Haley, ethnically cleansing South Carolina for the GOPe)
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To: Darth Reardon

SK are good wrenches, too. There have been a lot of tools hitting the pawn shops lately around here, and some are good ones.


46 posted on 01/22/2016 4:33:36 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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