Favorite Tool Brand

Schurkey · Jan 23, 2022

Schurkey said:
I've bought mostly SK for the last five-ish years. I can't justify Snap-On prices any more for most purchases, and Williams is tougher to find than SK.

SK was just sold to the Communist Chinese about a month or two ago. December of 2021.

Thus ends my interest in SK.

Some Williams (a Snap-On owned company), some Proto, and Wright are still made in USA and less-expensive than Snap-On. One needs to be careful with the part-numbers, some of their stuff is imported, some made here.

Wright is a family-owned company. The downside is that they don't have a huge variety of specialty tools. What they do make is good stuff.

GoToGuy · Jan 24, 2022

Some older sockets at home inherited from grandfather and father, Plumb and Williams. 1970's craftsman sockets 1/4, 12 point; 3/8, 1/2 in 6 & 12 point. And 3/4 drive. Bonney open ends 30x 60 degree great for pressurized hose fittings. Craftsman, Armstrong, Gearwrench box and combo wrenches. And a bunch of crazy exspensive Aircraft tools, Pratt&Whitney, Wright, so on. You know GM service manual list the tools in the section last page. Some older aircraft manuals might have a picture or drawing of a speacial tool or tools you have to fabricate as they are not available. Normal poeple call it challenging. Some days your the bat, and some days your the ball.....

Schurkey · Jan 24, 2022

GoToGuy said:
Some older sockets at home inherited from grandfather and father, Plumb and Williams.

Plumb, not Plomb? There was a Plumb tool company, but they made hammers. Plomb made sockets and many other tools. Plomb had a stylized marking on their tools, kinda looked like " PLVMB "

Plomb changed their name to become Proto in the '46--'50 era.

Plomb Tool Company

An article on the Plomb Tool Company from the early to mid 20th century.

alloy-artifacts.org

Hipster · Jan 24, 2022

Schurkey said:
SK was just sold to the Communist Chinese about a month or two ago. December of 2021.

I hate to hear that. I have quite a bit of S-K stuff and fond of their tools.

DonYukon · Jan 24, 2022

got a good mix of everything only tools i cant stand are the snap ons ... good tool but not worth the money

97C1500TJ · Jan 24, 2022

I like Proto and Stahlwille for my 3/8 sockets. Impact sockets and wrenches are Sunex and Tekton. I love my Mac and Klein pliers. My favorite screwdrivers are made by Stahlwille. As far as impacts go, Milwaukee and Aircat is the way to go. I do not recommend the DeWalt 1/2” pictured below. It’s pretty weak.

Home SAE tools are the old “=V=“ Craftsman, New Britain, Klein, and older Snap On.

Here’s a few photos of what I use as a Honda tech on a daily basis.

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97C1500TJ · Jan 24, 2022

DonYukon said:
got a good mix of everything only tools i cant stand are the snap ons ... good tool but not worth the money

Especially the new Snap On. The old stuff was a lot better but now it’s all the name. I occasionally go on the trucks to look at tools when I’m bored without work but I have only bought a Toyota filter cup off the Mac truck. All my name brand tools come from pawnshops and unfortunately some of them were so good of deals that they’re likely hot.

patchittogether · Jan 25, 2022

PROTO gets my vote for the most dependable, any of the brand made before the import invasion when I come across it, but the downside is usually no place left to warranty it if needed. Waiting 2 weeks and counting for the Craftsman substitute replacement ratchet that probably won't last a tenth of the time of the one it is replacing ...

97C1500TJ · Jan 25, 2022

patchittogether said:
PROTO gets my vote for the most dependable, any of the brand made before the import invasion when I come across it, but the downside is usually no place left to warranty it if needed. Waiting 2 weeks and counting for the Craftsman substitute replacement ratchet that probably won't last a tenth of the time of the one it is replacing ...

Give your local Grainger a call and warranty it out over the phone. They’ll ship you a new one free.

Papablunt · Jan 28, 2022

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