Topic: Where to find GOOD mechanic tools!

[rrocket]

Sears tools used to be "Made In The USA".  Perhaps in the States they still are, but not in Canada.  Not any more.  Sears Canada has gone the same route as almost everyone else:  China.  Not saying the Chinese suppliers can't make a good set, they are not asked too.

"What can you make us for X price" ?   Can you say Wally World. 

In the grand scheme of things though...does it matter?  They are guaranteed for life still.  It's not like they will break every time you take them out of the tool box...

[tpl]

I have lots of Craftsman... but they are mostly all >20 years old and made in the USA.   A few Gray that I won, again all >20 years old and a few Snap-on which were expensive enough I only bought them when it was something special no-one else made... example Posidriv screwdrivers when I had a SAAB.  Like RR the only socket I have ever broken was  from Sears a long 17mm which they replaced in a second. (That's what comes of using a cheater pipe on a wheel nut that had been tightened with an impact wrench set to 500 lbs ft.)

[jamie1]

Sears tools used to be "Made In The USA".  Perhaps in the States they still are, but not in Canada.  Not any more.  Sears Canada has gone the same route as almost everyone else:  China.  Not saying the Chinese suppliers can't make a good set, they are not asked too.

"What can you make us for X price" ?   Can you say Wally World. 

In the grand scheme of things though...does it matter?  They are guaranteed for life still.  It's not like they will break every time you take them out of the tool box...

That guarantee does a lot of good when the fastener you are trying to remove has been stripped by said tool. For your money you might as get the best dollar for dollar. Craftsman is not that choice for me.

[rrocket]

That guarantee does a lot of good when the fastener you are trying to remove has been stripped by said tool. For your money you might as get the best dollar for dollar. Craftsman is not that choice for me.

Shrugs.  I've stripped/broken stuff with the best tools.  This is not exclusive to "cheap" tools.

[blur911]

Sears tools used to be "Made In The USA".  Perhaps in the States they still are, but not in Canada.  Not any more.  Sears Canada has gone the same route as almost everyone else:  China.  Not saying the Chinese suppliers can't make a good set, they are not asked too.

"What can you make us for X price" ?   Can you say Wally World. 

In the grand scheme of things though...does it matter?  They are guaranteed for life still.  It's not like they will break every time you take them out of the tool box...

That guarantee does a lot of good when the fastener you are trying to remove has been stripped by said tool. For your money you might as get the best dollar for dollar. Craftsman is not that choice for me.

IIRC you can no longer get a 6-point socket at Sears, all are 12-point.  So yeah, great for stripping the corners off nuts and bolts.   Their ratchets haven't been up to snuff for quite a while either.

If you have an Acklands Grainger in your area check them out.  I have bought some nice Westward tools there.
 Lots of professional tools to be found.

[articsteve]

Sign of a great ratchet is when you can, with arm/hand extended in a nasty position, often out of eyesight, flip the direction of the ratchet with one's thumb or forefinger.  My original 25 year old Sears set is like that.  Left the 1/4 drive on the transmission of a Volvo S70.  Bothers me to this day.