On 12/28/2011 6:17 PM, 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.

I didn't. That set of snap ring pliers, for instance, was actually the
most expensive one they had in stock.

They have a line of Crap tools..and a line of actually
decent tools.

No, they don't. They have a line of crap tools ... and a line of crap tools.

The crap tools are dirt cheap..and worth less than what
you paid for them.

Well, you did get that part right, anyway...