Recent content by wolfinator

As a guy with (apparently) a much tighter tool budget than all you nuts, the idea of losing Wright-grade wrenches or Milwaukee power tools *around my property* absolutely blows my mind. You need to find out what type of organization works for you for most of your tools. If you're a person who...

This is the automatic stripper design I've used. Mine are Irwin branded and at least 15 years old. I've only used them as a DIYer, mostly to strip smaller gauge wires. I've never been left wanting, they've always stripped well and never damaged wires. I have heard from others that different...

I would contact Craftsman directly to ask about your options. I expect the best they would be able to do is to send you some kind of "equivalent" replacement if your ratchet is out of production.

Yes, Craftsman sold (and still sells) Phillips screwdrivers with a handle that is mostly clear with a blue band at the bottom. Looks like someone painted their screwdrivers pink (maybe to deter theft?). Not sure what you're looking for but those are not what I call "unused condition". That...

A little late to the complain-fest, but I too am quite unhappy that they abandoned the red hard handles. Like many others, I found the tips to be pretty mediocre. But the handles were fantastic and the price wasn't bad. I'm not a fan of soft grip screwdrivers (or anything really). They always...

Oh that's interesting. I picked up the set last year. I don't remember the price, but I think it was discounted down even from their promo price. I couldn't resist! I've only used them lightly, but have no complaints. They're quite serviceable. Not as smooth as Knipex but work well enough. A...

IMO the way to fix this is to put the edited word in brackets. That's the historical way in newsprint to indicate that you're substituting a word in a quote for clarity to the reader. I.e. "...hard time getting [allen] drain plugs out..."

It's interesting how the same company can be so different across the world. Near me, DHL deliveries are done by the absolute lowest bidder bottom-feeder contractors. They seem to have damaged, clapped-out, rusty vans that are too far gone to be allowed to host a prouder corporate logo. But...

That's pretty bad, but its going to coincide with rolling waves of ~2021-2022 like inflation. It's a similar supply shock (although totally artificially induced this time). Higher prices, worse quality. Stock up on the stuff in inventory now if it's important!

That said I have no idea why people are paying insane amounts for Craftsman ratchets. Even the "good ones" IDed in this thread seem pretty lousy to me. The 00's versions I have are nigh unusable. Unless you're trying to find internals to repair a ratchet with nostalgic value, they seem worth...

That's not necessarily true. That doesn't fix spread open wrench ends, ground down wrench ends, cut off wrenches, cracked sockets, worn or broken ratchet pawls, chrome that has flaked or worn off, etc etc. I'll also say, in response to the original post - I personally don't find this stuff...

Then Home Depot shouldn't put "lifetime warranty" on the box, and then put out an ad saying that even if it belonged to your grandfather, you could just come in and get a new one, no questions asked. Nobody held a gun to Home Depot's head and made them construct this set of guarantees. If it...

I think you might be right about HF and their simplified warranty buckets, but Husky is absolutely "owned" by Home Depot. It's their house brand! They completely control it. Same for Kobalt at Lowe's. It's just a case of cheaping out (on employees and training, mostly). Every excuse being made...

I've had a negative experience. I brought a (brand new but defective) ratchet back. It was from a kit, but identical to their open stock ratchets. I got into such a tiff with the idiots behind the counter - who insisted I needed to bring back the entire kit and a receipt, and refused to exchange...

Does a Shopsmith count? I think they are still MiUSA. Though I checked their website for pricing and they're up to around $5k now too! :eyecrazy: I guess $5k is just what it costs to make a shop tool domestically :dunno: