On 10/29/2017 4:58 PM, notbob wrote:
On 2017-10-29, wrote:

When I started my apprenticeship as a mechanic I bought my Craftsman
starter set....

You started when?

and a classmate bought "snap-off" at over twice the price.

I'm assuming "snap-off" is a joke. Granted, Snap-0n prices are high.
I stopped buying their stuff when I realized they were buying Chinese
oil cans and mine broke after 2 pumps.

OTOH, I'll never ferget my first experience with Snap-On. I borrowed
a 7mm-19mm combo wrench set from a bud. The motorcycle head I needed
to remove was a four-square-bolt, down between the head fins, assy. I put a
10mm open-end wrench on the "square" head bolts. I put a "crescent"
wrench on the 10mm's shaft and did a "breaker" action on the head
bolts. Got the head off after the "shank" twisted 45 degrees from the
"head" ....w/o breaking!

I reversed the process, thereby re-aligning the shank to the head. I
told the guy I'd borrowed the set from, if you can identify the
wrench I'd twisted, I'd replace it. He could not.

Who made that wrench? I suspect Bonney. OTOH, Mac and Snap-On were
the only companies that hadda FULL catalog of tools.

nb


I worked in the automotive service field from HS until I retired at 40.
I never understood the Snap-On appeal other than being able to buy tools
during work hours with out leaving the job.
The warranty was probably worst than Craftsman, you had to wait up to a
week or more to have a tool replaced.