- 1. Craftsmen or Metrinch (score: 1)
- Author: Enrique Claure <spaninc@mail.entelnet.bo>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:01:32 -0400
- Hi List, I am about to buy a tool set from either Craftsmen or Metrinch. Any comment on quality, fit, price? Enrique
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- 2. Re: Craftsmen or Metrinch (score: 1)
- Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:33:45 -0600
- I've always had good luck with Craftsman wrenches and screwdrivers. Sidecutters and dikes are another matter. CR
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- 3. Re: Craftsmen or Metrinch (score: 1)
- Author: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@huntnet.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:48:09 -0600
- Unfortunately Enrique Craftsman is a shadow of its former self. Quality is an issue. Toolsd are made to a cost target, not quality target. I'm a fan of good tools, own Snap-on. good tools are very pr
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- 4. Re: Craftsmen or Metrinch (score: 1)
- Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 12:42:54 -0500 (EST)
- Some would say neither. I've never heard of a Metrinch but you can't go wrong with a Craftsman set. Your best bet is to wait for a sale and get one of the sets that has 1/4 1/2 and 3/8 sockets. These
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01323.html (7,580 bytes)
- 5. Re: Craftsmen or Metrinch (score: 1)
- Author: mgdave@uswest.net
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 11:52:36 -0600
- I have a set of Metrinch and have done all my repairs with them. I did buy an additional extention because the short one that comes with it is too short. On the other hand if you break a Craftsman yo
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01326.html (7,466 bytes)
- 6. RE: Craftsmen or Metrinch (score: 1)
- Author: Scott Hower <howersl@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 13:02:23 -0800 (PST)
- Useless tidbit of information: Lowe's (home improvement chain, ala Home Depot) markets a brand of hand tools under the name of Kobalt. Lifetime guarantee, blah, blah.. If you wade through the fine pr
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- 7. Re: Craftsmen or Metrinch (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Houser <mgs4dave@warwick.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 19:34:52 +0000
- Just got the Metrinch set on sale in the latest Damart catalog. Beautiful finish, better than my other Sears tools and a lifetime guarantee included. now i don't have to run back and forth for the Wh
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- 8. Re: Craftsmen or Metrinch (score: 1)
- Author: Vallely <vallely@ibm.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:22:16 -0500
- Enrique I've been buying Craftsman mechanic's hand tools for almost 30 years. I've rarely had a problem with defects, or been dissatisfied with quality or design. Any tools that wore out or broke in
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- 9. Re: Craftsmen or Metrinch (score: 1)
- Author: Mgbbob@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:46:34 EST
- Hi Enrique, I've been buying Crafstman tools for a VERY long time (35 years) and have had good luck with them. Some tools tend to be more abused than others. The wrenches are of good quality (never b
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- 10. Re: Craftsmen or Metrinch (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Cotty" <neilc@tradesrv.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:11:23 +1000
- I've bought a few Metrinch sockets. They work very well on rounded bolts, better than my Sidchrome sockets. Sidchrome is an Aussie brand and extremely good, lifetime guarantee etc. I wouldn't buy a
- /html/mgs/1999-03/msg01376.html (7,406 bytes)
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