On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:17:13 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:27:53 -0500, Doug Miller
wrote:
On 12/28/2011 12:55 PM, Pete C. wrote:
Honestly, I haven't broken any Craftsman or HF hand tool that I wasn't
*seriously* abusing.
Then you've gotten damn lucky with the HF tools. IME, they're garbage.
I had to return this set of snap ring pliers
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece...s-set-610.html
because the points on the jaws bent, the first time I used them, to the
point that a snap ring wouldn't stay on them.
These punches
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece...set-93111.html
mushroomed and bent on first use under gentle tapping.
and so on. Crap like that just doesn't happen with Craftsman tools.
When you buy HF tools..dont always buy the cheapest tools they have on
the shelves. They have a line of Crap tools..and a line of actually
decent tools. The crap tools are dirt cheap..and worth less than what
you paid for them.
I purchased 4 sets of pin punches from them..one for each truck and one
for the shop, and one for the other shop..and all are still working
nicely. Yes..I did have to grind a couple over the years..but I was
swinging a pretty good sized hammer and it took a while to mash em up
Those snap ring plyers are the crap ones. Take them and the punches
back to the manager..and tell em you want either your money back or a
better set of each. You will get them.
Gunner
Oh...on their sockets. They had a line of black "anodized" sockets with
the sizes anodized on them. The sockets themselves were pretty damned
good. The anodizing on the other hand...was thin and wore off rather
easily. I tend to keep my metrics in one bag, SAE in another bag...and
over a couple 3 yrs..all the "anodizing" rubbed off while bouncing
around in the side boxes of my service truck...leaving me with full sets
of 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2" sockets in both metric and SAE..that have no
identification on any of them. Which is a pain in the ass. The
sockets themselves have been given hell..and they remain in good shape
and Ive not busted any of them. And Ive used impact drivers on some of
them..and long cheaters with breaker bars. None broken. But the ****ing
things..no way to tell what size they are..
So you might want to purchase the sets that have the sizes punched into
them like most normal sockets do...unless you want to go nuts every
couple weeks keeping them seperated. Ive not tried to take them back and
exchange them...I may electrochem engrave the sizes on them one of these
days..or use a big electric engraver..or simply take them back and
exchange them for properly marked sockets.
If they live in your tool box in proper holders..there is nothing to
worry about.. but if they bang around in the back of your truck in a box
with other tools...buy a different flavor.,
As I recall..they were marked "high visibility" sockets...but they were
smooth black with the size in clear allowing the silver to show through.
Not the rough black of the impact tools..which are surprisingly good as
well.
Gunner
One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch