Recent content by romeo

To me, the new style wrenches from Craftsman have a "vintage" look to them. A lot of the old made in USA double open end wrenches that I have from the 1920's, 30's, and 40's are what I guess everyone here is calling the "Lobster Claw". As far COO of the tool, I have lots of Craftsman hand...

Here's mine, an ol'skool, greasy, oily, wood bench, but i like it!

We go through a lot of lunch meat at our house. I re-use these packaged deli meat containers from the grocery: http://fresh.amazon.com/product?asin=B000Q62R5O They are non-breakable, have a lid, stackable, and you can see what's inside. Someday I'm going to build a couple of shelves to hold...

Here's a short video I found showing what it's all about:

That belonged in my farmers plumber tool set along with one small pipe wrench, and one big pipe wrench. And as always, bring along a big hammer!

At some point I got the idea I could grind down the handle of the pliers and fasion it into a crude flat-blade screwdriver. This allowed me to leave the large flat-blade screwdriver in the tool shed and bring along a large iron Phillips head screwdriver / pry bar instead. I also always had my...

While posting in another thread, I got to thinking about the "Universal" tool set I used to carry around while growing up on the farm. I could fixed 99% of all farm machinery problems with the following tool set: 1.) a set of vise grips 2.) a pair of pliers 3.) an adjustable wrench 4.) a large...

Yup, a Craftsman Universal wrench and a ball-peen hammer = a poor mans impact wrench!

Yup, mine look just like a beater set should and I'm proud of it! Typically the rusty knarly nuts and bolts I use these on don't care what the wrench looks like. In fact, don't care if it's an English or Metric, whatever fits best, sometimes also with a little persuasion from a ball-peen...

I purchased the Craftsman 56-piece Universal Mechanics Tool Set to be used for these same reasons. The set I got is good quality. I use them around the home, mainly on the lawn mowers and my vehicles, and on the square head nuts and bolts used on wood decks. They work really great on rusted old...

Ahem, my first post. I have actually made out quite well using my Rewards Card for CC Sale days. For me, Craftsman tools are perfect, especially when you consider the whole shopping package Sears offers for a family. Yes I shop at Sears, and we use the Rewards card for all our purchases. We buy...