Recent content by vamcaptain

Replaced the windshield cowl, fresh air filter, engine air filter, and oil pressure sensor in my 2002 BMW 330xi. Next week I will replace the clutch and rebuild the shift pins in the transmission. Nice day in Virginia at 74 degrees and sunny! Yay!:3gears:

Good question! About a year ago I had a neighbor that was a regional manager for NAPA. He had mentioned a large tool contract with King Tony for NAPA, although I did not think much of it at the time. I only became interested after seeing Ron Capps racing for Carlyle and then winning a door prize...

I was driving by the local NAPA and saw Ron Capps funny car sitting outside so I stopped in. Wile there I filled out a card for a door prize. I won this Carlyle 3/8 drive set and I will tell you what I think. First, many of you are wondering who makes Carlyle. A Taiwanese company called King...

Actually, SK makes their own tools at their own facility. They were bought by Ideal Industries after that company from France screwed them up.

I have also begun to question the quality control over at Craftsman. I found a set that I bought contained three tools, two extensions and a 1/2" breaker bar, with serious defects. The long extension was seriously bent, the short 1/2" extension was punched incorrectly so it would not mate at...

Your right except that I had taken them to Sears for replacement weeks ago. 90% of my hand tools are Craftsman and I was not attempting to bash them for any particular reason. I think for the money they are fine. I am simply saying that other brands such as Sk and SnapOn have tighter tolerances...

You are correct on the typo...expensive it is!

My Craftsman's do say USA stamped into them although they can still be made to low quality.

I recently purchased several sets of Craftsman Tools. Within the set I found one long 3/8 extension bent beyond belief, a 1/2 inch drive extension struck poorly on the female end to the point that nothing would work attach to it. I then had a 1/2 inch breaker bar that the male end was out of...

I have stuck with quality Made-in-USA tools as well and I don't mind paying a little extra for the quality. So what is the biggest difference in USA tools vs communist made tools? From what I have observed by doing my own testing and measuring it's the tolerances that really are where you get...

Best wrenches/ratchets go to SK Tool and Wright Tool. Both high quality and tight tolerances. http://www.wrighttool.com, http://www.skhandtool.com Pliers: Knipex, bar none. Made in Spain but they are the best for price. http://www.knipex.com Screwdrivers/balldrivers/Torxdrivers, etc. Bondhus...

America needs to focus on getting our manufacturing back from Asia and lowering our debt load substantially. There is nothing wrong with having a 9-5 production job making things. All good points, though. Interesting discussion.