On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:12:29 -0400, john
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On Sat, 21 May 2011 16:15:35 -0700, wrote:

At the risk of starting a brouhaha, why would one pay the price for
Snap-on tools? Granted they are very well made, beautifully plated, etc.
But at 5 to 10 times the cost of other quality tools. This came to mind
after I bought a 3/4" combo wrench from a $0.25 box and looked up the
price after I returned home -$40-.

Stay calm.

Chuck P.

Snap-On makes tools the others do no. IE 1/4" drive 9/16 deep socket. Plus some very specialized
tools.

Snap-On delivers them to your place of work. ( i heard the dealer gets 30%)

Snap-On tool s are better made. The steel, or the heat treatment, or a combiation of both. I use
mostly Craftsman, but I have several friends that are or were full time auto mechanics. They would
break other tools like crazy, the Snap-ons held up to 40 hours a week use.

Snap-On gives free financing, just pay the guy every week when he stops by.

Snap_On replaces tools when you hand them to them, last time I was at sears I had to fill out a
form for each and every tool I was returning.. (Name, address and Phone number.)

I only own a few Snap-on tools. bought most of them new off the truck, usually when their was a
free t-shirt or jacket in the deal. I have stripped out a phillips screw with a craftsman
screwdriver, grabbed a S-O and took the screw right out, that was PRICELESS a few times! Same goes
for their sockets they will bite on a bolt another socket rounded off.

My favorites were the tools from K-mart about 20 years ago, pay $3.99 for a socket, break it and
for 5.99 shipping and handling they wil replace it FREE! They would not make the exchange in the
store, it had to be done by mail. But the promise of gauranteed forever did sell alot of tools.

I once swore I would never own a Snap-on ratchet, they're over $100 each, I now have 2 of them, a
3/8 and a 1/2". When I bought them S-O was the only one selling flex head ratchets. Great tools
and their standard ratchet is several inches longer than a Craftsman, Can't beat more leverage.


For a swivel head ratchet (particularly 3/8", for spark-pluds etc) you
just absolutely cannot beat the SK offering. It is a "ball head"
design, with 0 offset when run "straight" - as in spinning the handle

Never had a MAC dealer stop by my shop so I can't say anything about them.

I think the bottom line is you need to use them 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week, and earn your
living off your tools and then you can really appreciate them.

And even then I could always find a better place to spend the
difference!!

For the rest of us Craftsman is just fine.

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YOu can take Crapon and shove it. I need a part for my PDS3 air power
shear and they no longer support it, just like Sears. I wouldn't buy
any of their power crap for any price. I bet I can't get parts for some
of my other power tools by crapon.

John