Base anchor slots instead of holes, exposed screw threads, undemanding quality of fit between the jaws and inserts and I am assuming 30,000 psi or less steel. And, as mentioned the paint...
Says Asia...
Cheap tools are why I changed our policy and our mechanics are buying company subsidized Snap-On. Though I am in general management, I pay close attention to maintenance because we are operating custom engineered 40 MM USD production lines and my goal was to eliminate downtime due to sloppy...
I work in general management and one of the first things that I changed in our facilities was to require that mechanics provide their own tools up to 1" or 25mm specialty tools aside. We had literally tens of thousands of dollars tools disappearing very couple of months and no matter what...