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| What is the best brand of Professional grade tool? |
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PutterMcGavin
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| EvanM5 wrote: | | ncbimma wrote: | | i broke my Husky ratchet too...lol |
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What you both do in your spare time is up to you I guess...
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ncbimma
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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He's the one calling hisself a tool....
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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given enough time, anything bought at harbor freight will eventually become a hammer.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Rigmaster wrote: |
If you've never used a Snap On ratchet- try one, you'll probably sell all your craftsman, husky, stanley, etc and buy all Snap On.
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This is the absolute truth. Most of my sockets and stuff are kobalt and craftsman but I have one of the 80 tooth snap-on ratchets that is one of the best purchases I have ever made. Getting used to it makes it damn near impossible to go back the the terrible ones craftsman puts out today. Using really good tools can be dangerous road becuase once you get used to them its near impossible to go back to crappy ones and it can get mighty expensive keeping the toolbox outfitted with the latest snap on stuff.
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Val
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| Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| the professional tools are worth it, but only if you're a professional. lots of people who use their tools more casually think otherwise but its a hard fact for the cheapo's to recognize until you've used them all day every day year after year. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:08 am Post subject: |
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| Nürburgring wrote: | | grizzlyone wrote: | | Snap-on isnt any better quality than many other brands out there, and def arent the best. |
Interesting, why do you say that?
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My point is people are comparing apples to oranges. Talking about how nice the Snap-on is vs say the Craftsman. The Snap-on costs 4x what the Craftsman does, of course it nicer.
What I am saying is if you are going to spend $80-100 on a wrachet then you have several options, many of which are actually better than a Snap-on. And that you can spend $40 on a wrachet and buy one just as nice as a Snap-on.
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jon328
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:18 am Post subject: |
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Never had the pleasure of using a "professional" tool. Then again, I'm just a garage floor hobbyist. For now I'll stick with my mixture of Crapsman and Harbor Fright tools.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| grizzlyone wrote: | My point is people are comparing apples to oranges. Talking about how nice the Snap-on is vs say the Craftsman. The Snap-on costs 4x what the Craftsman does, of course it nicer.
What I am saying is if you are going to spend $80-100 on a wrachet then you have several options, many of which are actually better than a Snap-on. And that you can spend $40 on a wrachet and buy one just as nice as a Snap-on. |
Where can I find a $40 ratchet thats as good as a Snap-On.... For that matter where can I even find a $100 ratchet that BETTER then a Snap-On?
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Nürburgring wrote: | | grizzlyone wrote: | My point is people are comparing apples to oranges. Talking about how nice the Snap-on is vs say the Craftsman. The Snap-on costs 4x what the Craftsman does, of course it nicer.
What I am saying is if you are going to spend $80-100 on a wrachet then you have several options, many of which are actually better than a Snap-on. And that you can spend $40 on a wrachet and buy one just as nice as a Snap-on. |
Where can I find a $40 ratchet thats as good as a Snap-On.... For that matter where can I even find a $100 ratchet that BETTER then a Snap-On?
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^ this.
C'mon Grizz, spill it.
I know some people prefer Mac or Matco or whatever ratchets to others, even Snap On, but alot of that is just personal preference or supporting the brand because they have $40k invested in it. |
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EvanM5
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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For the price I like my gearwrench stuffs
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Nürburgring
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| Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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they do make a pretty good ratcheting wrench set ^^^^
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David W
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| Nürburgring wrote: | | they do make a pretty good ratcheting wrench set ^^^^ |
that's what they are known for but they make a lot of very nice products beyond ratcheting wrenches (much of it is rebranded)...and yes, i'm pretty heavily biased 
their parent company (danaher tool group) recently merged with the cooper tools to form the apex tool group
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