"carl mciver" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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I made a similar crack to a Snap On salesman that makes a mint selling
to Boeing. I was talking to him about a software package for managing
tools, and he swore up and down that Snap On makes their own tools.
Always
have, and always will. That doesn't mean that Snap On doesn't make tools
for others, though. After all, the numbers and letters are stamped in an
operation after the tool is usually initially forged, before heat
treatment,
and it's the forge that's the big ticket item.


Carl,
They are definitely made in the US . There was an American Chopper bike
that they did for Snap On. Included in the program was a tour of the Snap
On plant. Pretty impressive. It definitely looks like their automation, is
there attempt to compete with the Chinese. Use their brains not brawn.

Anyone else notice the abundance of Snap On tools and boxes in the OCC shop
after that build. Poor guys. I remember one show were they were cursing
the abundance, Snap On boxes everywhere. I wish they were live or broadcast
in a timely fashion, I would gladly drive down there and take one off their
hands, no charge.

Snap On making tools for Lowes is the first I have heard of them making
tools for anyone. Sure their could be others as well.

Software package for managing tools??? I would be the coolest on the block
with such.