Craftsman has some higher spec stuff that is ok. Polished chrome finish. Last two new chests I bought were benchtop Kobalt from Lowes. Nice enough.
Main 60" box is SnapOn from Craigslist. Great box. I think I paid 1200. Worth every penny. Used is pretty good unless all beat to hell, which most are not if high quality. Picked up some old proto stuff from a guy clearing out his hangar. Got a radial arm saw, two Kennedy machinist chests full of gauges and lathe tooling and two crusty cabinet boxes for 400. Might have been too much, but pribably not. On Wed, Sep 7, 2022, 12:50 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
