For what it’s worth, I wouldn’t buy current model Craftsman tools, either. All of mine are legacy tools that either I purchased or were handed down to me from my Dad. Reminds me that I need to order some rebuild kits for my ratchets….
The tools that are in those new Craftsman boxes are nearly all HF “Quinn” brand, and I’m very pleased with them so far. -D On Sep 7, 2022, at 12:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: I quit buying Craftsman the first time I bought an SK ratchet. It opened my eyes to how bad Craftsman products post 2000 have been. Their wrenches in particular are pure garbage, barely smoothed, never mind polished, with clear casting seams on them. HF wrenches are better quality for half the price. More recently I've bought a few HF ratchets, I was initially wary of them but they've been excellent. I've got a 1/2" drive extendo at camp that I've stood on, it's only like 18" long but that's still 300+# at the ratchet pawls. It's held up fine. At home I've got one of the 3/8" bending head ones, works great for very little money. -Curt On Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 02:31:39 PM EDT, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: I wonder when the Craftsman stuff will be on sale again? It’s $598 currently at my Lowes. I’ll be down by the HF later today so I might pop in and give them a look. AZBob Sent from my iPhone On Sep 7, 2022, at 10:58 AM, dan penoff.com<http://penoff.com/> via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: When I was looking for a roll-around box for the Flagstaff shop I got a Craftsman set (bottom box w/drawers, top box w/drawers) from Lowe’s and I’ve been very happy with them. This is the set I got: https://www.lowes.com/collections/CRAFTSMAN-S2000-26-in-Red-Closed-Till-Tool-Storage-Collection/GR_2971 And yes, $500 is a chunk of change for storage, but it’s one area where the adage about “you get what you pay for” really plays out. -D On Sep 7, 2022, at 10:14 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com><mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: So….What is the common consensus of the best toolbox you can get? I don’t need the little plastic tacklebox looking things, I mean the nice large drawers, ball bearings, whatever makes them awesome ones. I am consolidating three separate boxes into one. Well at least that’s my intention. I am also retiring a large, old, metal chest of drawers that once was used to hold sewing patterns. I have it full of random crap that I’m either gonna get rid of or sell and one of those drawers has useful tools that will have to be consolidated into a toolbox. What’s good, homies? AZBob Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
