Alex Chamberlain wrote: > On 7/17/07, andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> While I do appreciate the finer tools, for my purposes a tool is utilitarian >> and nearly anything will do. > > But this is a false argument. The better something works, the more > utilitarian it is, and good tools are expensive secondarily for their > form but primarily for their function. For example, I recently had > the chance to examine, side-by-side, three 12-point box wrenches in > the same size, made respectively in the U.S., Taiwan, and mainland > China. There was a noticeable difference in the consistency and shape > of the "teeth" within each box. The U.S-made wrench had sharp edges > and each tooth looked exactly the same as the next. The Chinese > wrench had round edges and some teeth were much larger than others. > The Taiwanese was somewhere in between. In this case I am sure that > more precise forging techniques and better quality control meant that > the U.S.-made wrench would be less likely to round off a bolt or nut.
Are you suggesting that ALL the tools from a specific country are of the same quality? Marshall -- Marshall Booth Ph.D. Ass't Prof. (ret.) Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
