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06-22-2004, 04:50 PM
#12
500 Watt CAFz'r
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 524
I see everyone has the same idea i have. I use Mastercraft sockets and wrenches, they all have lifetime warranty for less than half the price, but it's gotta be Snap-on for the ratchets, they can't be beat. My air tools are all Snap-on or Bluepoint as well. My wire cutter/strippers, testlight, and multimeter all came off the Snap-on truck as well. Oh ya, all my tools sleep in a Bluepoint box as well.
06-22-2004, 05:11 PM
#13
500 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 832
I used w/e the hell i can find. One time, i needed to cut a sub hole in a piece of MDF, and i didnt have a drill bit to make the whole for the blade on the jig saw. So i took a philips head and drilled away for an hour until i could get just enough for part of the blade to go in.
Then, i worked the jig saw at an angle and slowly dug into the wood until i was in good working conditions.
I'm a jimmy-riggin' master.
Then, i worked the jig saw at an angle and slowly dug into the wood until i was in good working conditions.
I'm a jimmy-riggin' master.
06-22-2004, 09:17 PM
#17
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 241
One thing someone mentioned that the Craftsmen sockets were good for over the SnapOn. Seems that they will stretch, so if you have a mess up bolt, you take a craftsman socket, pound the crap out of it to get it onto a mess up nut, get your impact gun and unbolt it, take it to Sears (with nut and all inside) and get a new one. Seems you can't do that with a Snap On (it won't crack or stretch enough to do it, probably considered abuse to boot).
I would buy Snap On if I had the dough, I have lots of Craftsman though.
Juan
I would buy Snap On if I had the dough, I have lots of Craftsman though.
Juan
06-22-2004, 10:06 PM
#19
500 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 909
Well here is my latest toy that I got on friday night. Well my wife basically got it for me, damn I have one awesome wife 
Only paid $699 for it at Home Depot. Regular price is $1189.99. I even got an extra battery with it (3 total).
[ June 22, 2004, 11:10 PM: Message edited by: CaptDeth ]
Only paid $699 for it at Home Depot. Regular price is $1189.99. I even got an extra battery with it (3 total).
[ June 22, 2004, 11:10 PM: Message edited by: CaptDeth ]
06-22-2004, 10:11 PM
#20
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 51
A good buddy of mine is a Westward rep. so I have a very large collection of Westward gear. Torque wrenches to tamper-proof torx. Favorite tools would be the 1/4" die grinder/sander, and my fibreglass resin mixing bucket and brush. You really get the feeling that your creating something with these.
