Show me your Tool............

[flatcat19]

What's in the box?

[thisismatt]

What's in the box?

What it says on it...

[flatcat19]

Awfully small table saw.

[thisismatt]

No Christmas updates from anybody? :D

 

 

[Draker]

I bought myself this:

 

[Lockleaf]

I got a Bluetooth obd2 tool and the Torq app.

[flatcat19]

I bought myself this:

 

The Matco kit comes with a third file. For less.

 

 

 

Having just the files is still worth the price of the kit.

Well worth every penny.

 

 

I wouldn't pawn my for half the cost. Lol.

[Draker]

Metric or standard file?

[EastBay521]

The Matco kit comes with a third file. For less.

 

 

 

Having just the files is still worth the price of the kit.

Well worth every penny.

 

 

I wouldn't pawn my for half the cost. Lol.

good to know. Ive had my eye on two Irwin sets but havent pulled the trigger

[flatcat19]

Every one should own a rethread kit at a minimum.

 

Tap and die kit will be my next big purchase though.

 

Looking at this one from gearwrench...

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=gearwrench+82812&oq=gear&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j35i39l2j69i60j0j69i60.2459j0j4&client=ms-android-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

 

Reason for this kit...Includes lots of bigger sizes. Most I will never use but it beats buying the small kit then still needing some 12 or 14 sizes that are only available in the bigger sizes set up.

 

And the price online is amazing vs. a smaller sizes kit from a truck.

[thisismatt]

good to know. Ive had my eye on two Irwin sets but havent pulled the trigger

eff irwin

[flatcat19]

eff irwin

O rly? Why?

 

Of the stuff I have made by Irwin, hardly a complaint at all.

 

Vice Grips? TurboMax drill bits?

[Ratwagon1600]

I bought myself this:

 

Ive had one of these kits for about 25 years and they are the bomb!

[EastBay521]

Thats longer than ive been alive.

[thisismatt]

O rly? Why?

 

Of the stuff I have made by Irwin, hardly a complaint at all.

 

Vice Grips? TurboMax drill bits?

Irwin is king of gutting well made tool manufacturers and moving their production to China. So my gripe is both quality and principle. Irwin...

 

[tr8er]

Irwin is king of gutting well made tool manufacturers and moving their production to China. So my gripe is both quality and principle. Irwin...

 

 

Oh, you like your clamps to lock in place?

[thisismatt]

Oh, you like your clamps to lock in place?

I like to clamp when I clamp, so I put a clamp on my clamp.

 

[mrbigtanker]

 

Why not

[flatcat19]

Why not? Cause you could have bought Milwaukee for a fifth of the price with 5 times the warranty and twice the quality.

 

 

Snap-On power tools are junk. That's why.

[flatcat19]

Oh...I forgot who was posting.

 

 

Spend all you want. No worries about quality...When they're not getting used.

[EastBay521]

It does its job well I use the fuck out of both of my ratchets.

[flatcat19]

Until it doesn't. And repair is time consuming and half the cost of the ratchet.

 

 

Working without a tool you rely on costs you money.

 

Or am I just one of the few flat rate guys in here?

 

 

My next stall co worker has that ratchet. Broken more than it works.

 

I'll never buy one.

[EastBay521]

When that happens ive got ol faithful

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bought second hand from a retired mechanic

[flatcat19]

I break mine out every now and again.

 

I actually sold my 1/4" air ratchet after I got the Milwaukee 1/4" 12v ratchet.

[Ratwagon1600]

New Snap On is junk!

 

I bought all of my Snap On stuff 25-30 years ago when the quality was markedly better.

 

I have a tiny 1/4 drive ratchet that ive done some stupid shit with and I just cant break it.

 

Mate recently couldnt undo a brake line with his new snap on brake spanner as the ends of the spanner kept flaring!

 

I grabbed my near 30 year old spanner (same design) and crack, undone came the nut.

 

You can even see the difference in the chroming.

 

And dont get me started on the price of their toolboxes. A mate has a snap on franchise and he wonders why I dont buy stuff off him.

 

#ratwagondoesntlikemodernsnapontools