Point well taken, Jim. But you can spring a beam wrench too. Not as
easy, I'm sure. My 1/2" clicker is a Craftsman Micro-Adjusting, blah,
blah, over 20 years old. I just looked at the warranty sheet. I tend
to hang on to docs. ;^) Anyhoo, it was warranteed for 90 days against
calibration, 1 year against other defects and the limitation is that
Sears will repair, not replace it.
I have a 3/8" beam craftsman wrench maybe 10 years old. It sez
accuracy guaranteed to 2% over the life of the tool. Suits me.
I think the lesson is that quality tools will last indefinitely if
treated right.
Happy TG,
CR
P. S.: To Monte: Once a beam wrench is overstressed you don't bring it
back into calibration by bending the pointer. It's shot. It's like
over stretching a bolt.
James Nazarian wrote:
> The craftsman beam type wrenches also carry a lifetime warrantee, while the
> clickers carry 90 days. Too many problems with construction monkeys jumping
> on them and using them with pipes on the ends as breaker bars to keep the
> warrantee.
>
>
> James Nazarian
> Sears Employee
>
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