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1. Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 05:56:36 -0400; My father always told me that you invest in the best tools you can, even if it means you have to save up for them. This makes sense, in a way, paying for Craftsman over a cheap no name knockoff will; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00127.html (9,326 bytes)
2. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:09:19 EDT; << But, am I crazy here? When are cheap tools OK? >> I got one case--When you have teenage sons who use your tools and they (the tools) are never seen again. Durability becomes MUCH less of an issue.; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00128.html (7,489 bytes)
3. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:48:44 EDT; - - - - - - - - - - - - Your father is not wrong. You should always buy the best tools you can afford. But, you should also be efficient in your purchases, and look for bargains. These Chinese angle; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00131.html (8,364 bytes)
4. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 09:58:29 -0700 (PDT); In my personal experience, it pretty much just buys you lifetimne warranty, and the Craftsamn tools I have are not macth for the hodgepodge of good toiols I have by Facom and Mac and Hazet. But I ag; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00132.html (8,826 bytes)
5. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:17:52 -0700 (PDT); Paul M. SEZ - Most Craftsman hand tools are made by Easco, which offers the same warrantee for a lower purchase price. Easco now seems to be owned by Allen, inventors of the eponymous hex drive syste; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00136.html (8,382 bytes)
6. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:32:52 -0700; A while back I realized that I had never had buyers remorse over good When is it OK to buy cheap tools? For one, I tend to buy cheap everything in one box for under $60 sets to carry as "oh shit kits; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00138.html (12,485 bytes)
7. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Carl French <leylandauto@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:58:41 -0700 (PDT); I have both kinds of tools. My sockets and wrenches are Craftsman tools and have been excellant. My 1/2 drive wrench broke and was promplty and politely replaced. I have a cheap set of bigger open en; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00140.html (8,883 bytes)
8. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Peter Chast <pchast@francomm.com>; Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 16:45:46 -0400; I am glad to find cheap tools like this angle grinder when it is convienient to have more than one. Like for a grinder, wire brush, cutoff wheel. they last reasonably well and most come with spare b; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00144.html (8,537 bytes)
9. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com; Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 17:09:58 -0400; Re: Your preference for S-K: The reason I'm bitter about my kids losing my tools is that when I was a starving student in Florida in 72, trying to maintain my '68 B-GT on pennies and dimes--car was b; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00146.html (8,609 bytes)
10. RE: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Chuck Renner <crenner@dynalivery.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:45:21 -0500; Given that Craftsman aren't the very best out there, their warranty does come into play. Since I don't use a given tool enough to justify stepping up to the Snap-On, S-K, etc. level, Craftsman has t; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00149.html (8,640 bytes)
11. RE: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Chuck Renner <crenner@dynalivery.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:50:47 -0500; Definitely. I've even found some of these cheapo kits to have fairly decent tools. I also drag one of these along when I go to a salvage yard. Nearly everything I could need in a small package, and; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00150.html (10,264 bytes)
12. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 14:58:36 -0700 (PDT); Chuck Renner SEZ - The Easco dealer in my area (Western Washington) is Tacoma Screw Products. I actually worked there about 10 years ago (I was their IS department). It worked the same way. The custo; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00152.html (9,695 bytes)
13. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 16:23:38 -0600; I told my son that you can never go wrong buying tools. Kind of a generic statement but I've bought name brand and I've bought cheap. A few of the cheap ones broke or bent after limited use, but very; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00154.html (9,305 bytes)
14. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:09:31 -0700 (PDT); I agree wholeheartedly. My cheap tools are beaters that almost never get used for their intended purpose, but once you've removed a nut with a good socket, a cheap socket feels like a dog's butt. Or; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00155.html (9,780 bytes)
15. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: "Telewest $PH$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 15:27:06 +0100; This is where common sense takes over, and why it is worth going through a couple of duff rebuilt dampers at eight quid a time rather than paying 40 quid for new. The difference is in between buying; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00169.html (8,923 bytes)
16. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Greg_Hutmacher@i2.com; Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 17:05:50 -0500; I have been lurking on this thread but feel compelled to pitch in my 2 cents. I worked for Stanley Tools (Mechanics Tools Division) prior to my present employer and know a little about the brands and; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00180.html (13,503 bytes)
17. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: "David F. Darby" <darby@tri-lakes.net>; Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 18:01:50 -0500; Thanks for the "insider" explanation. Most interesting. David Darby /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00183.html (7,991 bytes)
18. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Larry Colen <lrcar@red4est.com>; Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 10:52:20 -0700; Jewelry. Have you ever noticed that if you tell someone that you spent $200 on a set of wrenches, they look at you like you've stripped your gears. But if you tell them that you spent $200 on jewelry; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00198.html (9,116 bytes)
19. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>; Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 07:41:57 -0400; There is more than the finish, they tend to also be thinner. So a socket has a thinner wall. I've not found where this is an advantage on an MG, but aircraft occasionally have nuts/bolts which a Craf; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00234.html (8,265 bytes)
20. Re: Cheap Tools (score: 1): Author: Chris Thompson <ct-mg@cthompson.com>; Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 04:45:38 -0400; Greg, what you're not saying, though is whether these are the same tools altogether. Does Stanley make the same ratchet and sell it under their own brand at one price, Husky at a cheaper price, and M; /html/mgs/2003-06/msg00235.html (8,948 bytes)

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