expensive tools

My Dad is a hardcore Snap-On guy...but he was a heavy equipment mechanic for a long time too.

When I was doing electrical out in the field, I bought Kline tools. When you make your living with them, it important to have quality.

That being said...

All the tools in my roll away are Craftsmen. In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with them for the things I use them for. Not to say that they are not a quality tool, they just aren't as high end as Snappy or Mac. I think they are perfect for what I need them for: weekend stuff around the house.

i gess im that guy i have a full snapon boxat work full of snapon and at the shop at home we have 2 full boxes of mack and snapon i think its just what you like

ackualy the huge mack box and tools at are shop is my wifes i got her the box for a weding present she loved it hehehe

thats awesome, my GF would be like what the hell do i need the tools for, and then i would be like you need them and really just wanted it for my self so i could have more tools... lmao

i have a pic of my wife welding on her pathfinder with her pink thong showing

some ware thats car porn for me hehehe

snap-on guy here. but i was a body tech for a long time. i tried the cheap tools at first, but when i needed them most, they would break and skin my damn knuckles. and when you go on the snap on truck to be raped, they have speciality tools which is always my money spending downfall

I have been useing Black Hawk tools for years. Same lifetime warrenty as snap on or craftsman, and there is a dealer a half block from my shop that warrantys them no questions asked.

I like the fact that I don't have to use the warranty. At least not very often. Wal-marts tools have a lifetime warranty also. But I don't want to stop working in the middle of a job and have to run and get a new tool. Also the more expensive tools have less chance of rounding fasteners and such. At least that's what their ads :. But for just working in your garage I don't know as though you need the real expensive tools. But also look at how different brands hold their value.

for regulair stuff like spanners and the sort i use cheap tools cause i have a habbit of losing a lot of tools in the mess i make .

the stuff like visegrips ratgets special tools for undoing strainge bolts and the sort i usually get the better stuff , nuttin is as frustrating as a slipping visegrip or radget breaking under stress .
i have worked with snap on and its fantastic stuff but too pricy for my toolbox

I agree with a post from above, If you work at a shop and the tool man is there every week or maybe twice, then yeah high end snap on, or mack or whoever is fine. But if you only work on your own stuff(not at a shop) then craftsman is great as far as I am concerned.

I bought some Mack stuff while employeed at a stereo shop and it was cool, until he wouldn't replace a unibit(drill bit) And now that I have a broken 1/4 inch drive mack ratchet (for the last 3 years) it sucks, If you dont work at a shop you have to find the tool man who is 95% of the time to busy to find you(unless he kicks ass)


So overall I say craftsman(even though I like snappy's ratchets better)

Mine does.