Just wondering what you guys use.
Craftsman Air Tools here. ;)
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Just wondering what you guys use.
Craftsman Air Tools here. ;)
I mainly use Craftsman too, but also I use Ingersol Rand if I can. But when I did my Procharger install I needed a couple sockets quick so I went to the Autozone around the corner and bought their duralast brand. I'm ashamed to admit to it.
10 yrs worth of Snap On
I use Craftsman because they are supplied by sears, so if something breaks, I can go down there and get another one right away.
While I don't doubt the quality of the tools sold on the trucks at work (Snap-on, Matco and Mac) if I break something, sometimes I can't wait a week for the guy to come back and replace it.
I have a wide variety, mostly Craftsman, but I also have Mac sockets and Snap-on wrench sets and ratchets. I have had Snap-on air tools and actually had better life out of the craftsman and no name cheapies.
Snap On/Craftsman....hell I have a full blown shop...air compressor/welders (wire/gas) saws etc. I like to "fabricate":)
craftsman mostly. a couple others from here and there.
When I started working on cars for a living I had all Craftsman since thats what I had at home. Over time I switched to Snap On. Craftsman is great for the home but you'll be more likely to break the craftsman tool vs the Snap On/Mac tool. And if you dont want to wait a week ( I usually have back ups anyway) you can always call the tool man and go meet him where hes at on his route. Usually alot closer than heading to Sears. Alot of times my guy will stop by that day anyway to help me out.Quote:
Originally Posted by keliente
A mixture between Snap-On and Craftsman.
Snap-On and Craftsman. I have quite a bit of both. I'm with Keliente on the convenience of being able to take a quick trip to Sears and replace a broken tool.
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Originally Posted by Demon_Speeding
i confer, again, i confer.
craftsman & stanley ;) always need those last minute cheap tools :devil:
Have a large 6ft tall Craftsman toolbox with mostly Craftsman tools. I'm only 18 and don't have a huge collection of tools, but evey time I go to Sears I expand my collection...:)
I didnt see an option for Makita?
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Originally Posted by Ed Blown Vert
Air tools = Mac
Handtools = mostly Snap-on...some craftsman, Mac, Matco, and Cornwell
Electric = Snap-on (bigger 18V impact) and Makita (drills/impacts and flashlight)
I've always been loyal to Craftsman. First, Sears is always convenient and always a good price. Second, in 176 I was trying to remove an exhaust manifold from an Austin Healey 3000 (I was a Healey freak for a while) and I could not free a bolt, so I put a six foot pipe on the end of a 1/2 inch rachet coket wrench and applied pressure: twisted the ahdnel before the racket tore.
Sears replaced it with no questions (and odd look at me, but no questions).
I took the new one home and promptly broke it.
Seats replaced it, no questions, too.
the next time the penetrating oil and worked and the maniufold came off.
I always thought that was quite nice of them to replace two rachet coekt wrecnhes in 24 hours like that.
sawzall is what I use most
I worked for Sears-you can take a wrench and heat it red hot and bend it in the vise to make a special tool. when you'e done -take it back-as long as they can read the number they'll return it:hitit:
Lots and lots....air compresers..drill press...metal saws...welders (gas/tig/mig/arc)
every metric/sae wrench/socket known to mankind...
My little hide out:)
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99% Craftsman (just as my father used who was an auto mechanic most of his adult life).
I also have a small handful of Snap-On, MAC, and Kobalt (from Lowe's) tools thrown in the mix.
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Originally Posted by keliente
Craftsman hand tools, Ingersoll air tools for me. :)
i do body work for a living and prefer snap on hand tools but also think highly of mac and s&k. you wont see any craftsman in my box. there good hobby tools but if you use them everyday they dont seem to last very long unless you get lucky and find the older craftsmantool but as far as rachets go snap on ONLY
you may want to add s&k they are pretty good. don't see proto either.thanks
i use snap on hand tools, dewalt power tools(4 3 speed drills, 1 hammer drill, 1 1/2" battery powered impact wrench 2 redipicating saws, and 1 large 1 small rotor hammers, and a bunch of wood tools), and lot of hand me down air tools. i use miller welders(mig,tig,arc,and spot) and plasma, and hoods. and a kreepster to top it off
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my lathe and mill are from grizzly, and my pipe bender is costom made and "protable"(it wieghs 400 ponds in the 5'x4' case along with the acessories.
i refuse to by craftsman due to the fact that tehy screwed me to many tims when thir product broke. i had several tools such as a torque wrench with a 2 foot arm and the arm bent when i was using it. they called it "abuse" and after arguing the gave me back a crappier version of what i brought with me claiming that it was the replacement model. i also had a scewdriver with a 5/8" hex nut driver for a tip and the handle rotated off and they claimed that i use a wrench even though there were no teeth marks.
i have had very few problems with snap on and the ones i have had are heavy use. i have had a couple of problems with dewalt such as main gears in the recipicating saws wearing out and slippin, along with 2 of the drills but i just took em down to the service center a mile away and they had em fixed by the end of the day no charge
me, my father, my grand fathers and his father all have been iether iorn workers, or carpenters so tools are a way of life, im not just buying a tool for one job
Craftsman-most are hand me downs from my dad. my favorite rachet is a 40 year old snap on. it's shorter fatter and just sits in your hand perfect
The Neighbor's.
I use alot of diff. kinds, but I perfer craftsman and snap-on.
Now theres a good idea :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:Quote:
Originally Posted by badass67
My Uncle sells Mac Tools for a living, so i get a good deal on them. I got a bit of Snap-on and Craftsman too.
Those 3 are the only way to go.
we use a lot of craftsman & miller products.....the little cordless electric makita impacts work well too :)
Have mostly craftsman, some snap-on tools and some tools my father kept with him from the beginning of time which are so old the manufacturers name fell off of it...
Strap On.....I mean snap on!
Craftsman manual tools... since I don't have room for all the air equipment.
-somebody
I mainly use Craftsman tools but have bought some GM Goodwrench tools from the auto parts store when Sears was closed.
Started with Thorsen.. then worked into some Craftsman for hand tools.. the newer hand tools are Snap-on and going to stay that way. IR air tools... IMHO they are some of the best bang for a buck. and for power tools DeWalt all the way. I have really kicked the crap out of them and they keep wanting more.
I own mostly Craftsman.
They work well for around the house repairs, and are easy to exchange if needed.
i have snap-on, mac, a lil matco, and craftsman. my impact gun is craftsman and its the best gun i have had yet, albeit its a rebadged ingersoll rand. craftsman wrenchs suck period. they are too short and the finish sucks. snap on and mac make the best in everything. but, the craftsman arent inferior enough sometimes to negate the fact that they are a ton cheaper and have the same guarantee. i have never broken a crafstman impact socket and they are a ton cheaper. i lost a matco semi deep 3/8 the other day and it was 13.83. thats right almost 14 bucks. now i think i have a set of 8 mm through 18 shallow 3/8 craftsman for the same price. as far as wrenching professionally, theres sense in using the premium stuff. the common guy wont ever get deep enough into a project to need anything better then craftsman unless your really good at working on cars. believe it or not though the snap on and mac guys do have stuff on sale and thats when the best buys happen. i got a sweet pry bar set for 79.99 and anyone who has seen snap on pry bars will understand. this includes the biggest pry bar they make. any mechanic that gets his or her hands dirty uses a pry bar jus about every job lol it also works as a good weapon for an annoying tech in the bay next to you lol
I have all Snap-on because when we were in Germany this tool truck used to come around selling stuff and I would stock up..
I have a little bit of everything...but i have 120+ piece husky socket set, but then a mismatch of air tools, lots of generic stuff cuz even if they break or I need to make a special situation tool its only 1/5th the cost out of my pocket lol. I've got just about every tool for every situation though over the years.
I like most of the posters use all of the above. Anytime a truck come to the shop they have a section of "trade ins" when someone wanted to upgrade. I'll usually go to that section and get some good stuff for cheap, or I just wait for the little flyers they drivers bring everyweek to have a good special in them. Only thing I never saw being worth it off the trucks is the boxes. I got my Craftsman For 1200 and the same in MAC SNAPON MATCO CORNWELL would have been upwards of 6000:Ohno:
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theoretically the toolboxes off the trucks arent necessarily worth it when it comes to space/cost. BUT i dare you to compare a craftsman box and a mac or snap on and say that youd still really have the craftsman. the professional stuff is made 100 times nicer, they give plenty of financing programs where you only pay around 50 bucks a week for 5 yrs. so its not like you have to come up with that money right away unlike craftsman. plus you can always trade in and upgrade. when it comes to boxes it comes down to whether or not your wrenching as a career or not and how much quality means to you. i know plenty of guys that get the biggest boner having the latest snap on box thats the biggest. i have a decent size mac box right now but i am looking to move up shortly as i am jus about spilling out of the current box.
I use Stanley Hand Tools Which makes Matco,so I voted Matco.....which I think are better than Snap On and Mac, I have busted too many MAC tools, so I switched to Stanleys new line, and have not had a problem yet, and I use an IR Impact wrench. -Tim
Craftsman handtools. I`m surprised I haven`t put them out of business yet exchanging all my tools over the years.:devil:
stanley owns mac not matco. matco is its own company and theres no way your telling me its better then snap or mac. they are about equal, but way more pricey.
I am impressed with the numbers snap-on has pulled out. I have mostly snap-on and mac, with some craftsman just because when you need something spur of the moment you can drop in and get craftsman any time you want. Hand tools it makes no difference to me, but when it comes to impact sockets, air tools, etc I am solid snap-on with the exception in the industrial mechanic side where we use CP a lot, man they make a hard hitting 3/4 inch drive impact, their 1/2 is also equally as hard hitting and durable as snap-on's if not slightly better in both categories
craftsman for me, i don't know if you all got money fallin out your asses, but i'd rather spend my $$ on my car or gettin laid. i've broken every brand there is so i can't justify 5x cost for prestige. plus its really nice that sears asks no questions about the seemingly impossible thing i must have done to thier poor tool. and i've been going with home depots power tools lately (the blue ones) they're the cheaper ones cause i've never had a hard used tool last more than a few years (aside from old school tools) oh and craftsman for the air tools and (unfortunately) compressor, already had to get it fixed once. but once again they took care of me for free. i just remember my neighbor selling snapon and wondering what rich a holes could afford that crap. a full tool set could put me through college lol
MAC 70% - Tool Box, most hand tools
Snap On 20% Ratchet handles, deep metric sockets, etc.
Craftsman 10% Gear wrenches, torques wrench
Mostly Craftsman air and hand tools. Sears is close to me and their guaranteed for life.
Craftsman mainly...couple of emergency trips to teh Zone for the Taiwan stuff and have been known to chase down the Snap-On truck for stuff (damn LT1 Opti socket!):D
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Originally Posted by keliente
+1. Thats why I've always used craftsman. I've had to get a tool replaced twice (stripped a socket and had a defective ratchet, it wouldn't ratchet) and they didn't give me any trouble.
yeah, i've replaced numerous Craftsman tools and they never asked any questions...just chuck it in a box and tell you to go get another one =)Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbo98z
The only real tool I have is my trusty Snap-on 3/8 ratchet. Everything else is no-name. I never have a problem getting the job done. Then again I don't do any major work like I used to. The last big job I did was lower BJs on a 99 Expedition 4X4. I haven't broken any tools in a while.
Gotta love those Snap-On ratchets....on/off label helps when you're tired or had a few adult beverages :nono:
You can't beat IR for power tools. Hand tools I use mostly Snap-on and some Mac.
What ever cheap piece of crap I can get my hands on. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ed Blown Vert
Craftsman, and other no name brands picked up here and there, best tool old rotary lift I picked up and repainted. How did I live without this thing...:yup:
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AHH, thats exactly what I need! where can i pick one of those boys up? I can't find a place that sells any type of lift like that.
2 foot steel pipe. "helps with those rusted and stubborn bolts.
Im kinda partial to craftsman bc it is so easy to return although I'm not too thrilled with there taps and bolt-out kits. Let me down several times
J
I started twisting wrenches for a living back in '71. used to be able to buy craftsman at the swap meets around here for almost nothing. I'd buy all I could and turn 'em in for new ones so thats my main collection. the important thing to know is don't buy a toolbox taller than you are - the top drawers are wasted.
most tool boxes nowadays are work stations, and go out and not up. for the guys that dont understand the snap on thing. its not "rich aholes" that necessarily buy them or who they are intended for. snap on doesnt market their tools to the home user, hence why theres no stores that sell snap-on. a sales guy drives around in a truck to dealers to push their expensive products. they are intended for professional techs that have their livelihood based on turning wrenches. most guys dont buy their tools off the snap on guy outright. you pay weekly. whereas if the average shmoe off the street that doesnt have an account with the snap on guy where he has your cc number and your address, you have to pay in full. so yes, your gonna say oh thats a rip off when i can go to sears and get the one tool i need right now but will never need again for 9.99. but buy that cheap tool and try and use it for a living, when it breaks it can be very inconvenient. its not good to strip and destroy things on customers cars. they dont like that. its annoying to be in the middle of a job and have the tool break. its frustrating to try and beat the book time and use a tool that makes the job harder. the tools pay for themselves. if a tech can complete a job faster and move on to the next job because he uses a tool that allows him to do so, hes gonna. otherwise hes working for free. do you like to work for free? the one tool company that truly does tick me off cause their prices are ridiculous and they dont really offer anything thats head and shoulders above the rest is matco. fuck matco. the only thing i have from them i actually like is a metric 3/8 drive impact socket set. its pretty nice. but in general matcos sale prices are equivalent with mac and snap ons list. and mac and snap on are better names.
make my living with tools and i tell you if you can do it with a craftsman set well ok but i have found that craftsman doesnt make tools that fit like its not 1/2 its not 9/16 or 13 or 14 then i grab a snap on wrench and its a 1/2 with no slipping at all. the hell with it craftsman they will do if its 8:45 at night and sears is 2 blocks away and you want to drive you car to work the next day fine but other than that no thanks.
I was raised off of Snap-on, and Craftsman! I thank My grandfather for that!
I use craftsman, and haven't had a lot of trouble with them breaking, but I'm not out there using them all day every day. I've broken a socket and bent a screwdriver (which was my stupidity because I didn't have a prybar on hand) and Sears takes them back, no questions asked. Most people I know that are professional mechanics use Snap-On stuff, and I have a few things they make that I couldn't find with craftsman (mostly specialty tools for my old porsche, which is a total PIA to find tools for).
Basically, for normal uses, there's nothing wrong with Crafstman stuff, and it will last a while. I mean, I've got some craftsman box-end wrenches that my grandfather bought before my dad was born, and he got his money out of them.
whatever is cheapest.
my toolbox has a little of everything for air tools i use Cornwell and Matco for hand tools are Craftsman , Bluepoint ,Cornwell ,Mac and Matco i buy a shitload of tools on ebay during the winter when i am off from work lots of good deals to be had
between me and my best friend (everything in my garage) we have only craftsman and snap on from tool chests, to aircompressors and air tools down to screw drivers.
i am a craftman type just as good as everyone elses and i can get them replace very easily
I use craftsman and have never had an issue with them. I use them a lot too so it's not like I just use them every other week or something. I would love to try some snap on or mac stuff sometime to see what I'm missing. Those 2 seem to be the way to go but for the money I'll stick with my craftsman stuff.
I mainly use craftsman hand tools, but when it comes to craftsman air tools they blow dogs for quarters! im picky on my air tools, you get what you pay for. i have the IR titanium 1/2" 3/8" impact guns they are the sheet! Matco 1/4" pistol grip impact. MAC 3/8, and 1/4 closed head air ratchets also the sheet! Mac air hammer and drill, matco air saw, cut off wheel, and 90 degree die grinder. just my .02 its what i have an make my living with
I only use snap on tools because they feel the best in my hand, made in america and are the best tools out their. They come to me and replace what i break no questions asked. The best use the best. I'm a perfesional mechanic and only use the best.
wow, you sound like my snap on rep. He's a douche bag, and a pushy SOB therefore i do not own any strap on tools and i will never buy any strap on tools from him. not that they are bad or anything my strap on dealer is just an ass**** to everyone in my shop. i will buy from anyone else though depending on the tool Mac matco Cornwell Sears what ever lasts and has a lifetime warrenty
We have all snap on tools at work and they are nice and really expensive and what not, but a lot of the stuff I think is hceaply made. A lot of it has to do with them ordering stuff made of the wrong material but most of all the apex bits snapp off ALL THE TIME. Too soft IMO. But most of the stuff is nice. I go Craftsman all the way but the Dewalt stuff is awesome.
Got a combination of Craftsman, Snap-on, and MAC......just depends on which one will get the job done.....
Mac tools here
Well i'm not a duche bag and not a snap on rep. I am a A&P mechanic and a vette and f-body mechanic. We don't have time to run to sears to get a tool. If i need something he bring it to me, sears won't do that. If i go into sears to get a tool warrentied out in my work uniform they wont warrenty it. That a bunch of crap. So i stopped buying them for work. I only used them at home around the house or in my road bags for my cars. I use what feals the best in my hand and get the job done without breaking. I love my snap- on tools and will keep on using them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smokey-01-WS6
Its nice being able to see everyone's point of view...there is no doubt in my mind that each company is different the way a craftsman socket grabs on a bolt is different from a snap on...snap on i very expensive...but is the cost always worth it is another question..a novice may not see that while someone more experience may greatly prefer the best tool that they can buy be it whatever brand...I personally hate bashing my knuckles. and i dont like the added length of the snap on wrenches, though they do make for easy clean up...snap on has better gears in their ratchets but i like the feel of the craftsman better...and i havent ever broken a craftsman impact yet... most of my tools are craftsman, including my 3 boxes(the box doesnt make you any money its just holding all the tools)...but for precision equipment i will forever buy snap on...i own 3 torque wrenches 2 for every day use and they are craftsman but i also own a snap on digital torque wrench for building engines and trans work...all my mic's and gauges are starrett, and most of my air tools are IR and craftsman...and cornwell makes the nicest set of torx ive ever seen...no one else has a set that has 1/4" and 3/8" torx,tamper proof, and inverted with inverted all the way up to an E20...its just an amazing set
Matco mostly. The saleman for Matco is the only one worth a damn where i work. So he gets my buisness. 2135 Titanium IR impact is the only way to go when you need serious power in 1/2". Some snap on/ no Mac. Quite a few Craftsman. Problem with them is they dont have enough large sockets and wrench's.
Also, any tool I break at Cat they have to replace. No running to the store for me. Just a quick run to the tool crib.
Pretty much Snap-On around here for the real work but I've got a small collection of Craftsman as well. Also a double-handful of those specialty tools from various manufacturers and of course I can't resist occasionally buying some things from the wholesale tool places but keep most of it in separate boxes.
Snap-on all the way. Just Amazing Productshttp://www.renegadepartswashers.com/...napOn-logo.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Kevin
:iagree: Nothing is better than Snap-On tools although I am not rich by any means so there are also a few Craftsman tools floating around in my box! :)
All Snap-On, All the time. Hands down, the best tools, but they are a little on the expensive side. You get what you pay for. Over 10k in Snap-On tools, and countin:D
cant beat craftsman. Its the last tool you will buy.
+1 :yup:
Mostly Craftsman, some Snap On, and recently some Cobalt 1/4" and 3/8" sockets/rachets. But some tools, I have no idea who made them. Basically, standard sockets, wrenches, screwdrivers are all high-quality brands in my box(es) in the workshop, but I keep other tools in each vehicle, some in the house, and others in the garage. I look at it in a way similar to discussing what the best pistol is to have:
"The one in your hand when you really need it".