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Volume of sales would be my guess? At my HF sales seem to sell down hardline stock, Icon especially. I guess in the scheme of things they sell they would find it more difficult to bring the value proposition in sales to a set of 4 or 5 wrenches.

I had a similar welder that was my grandfathers and was labeled Sears. 50 Amp stick welders cant do much if anything well, so I’d send it along as well. Honestly, the only use I would imagine it would have would have been for an artist/sculptor in the days before affordable mig welders.

The easiest way to save space with a router table is to sink it into your table saws extension. That is of course if you have a tablesaw taking up space in the floor already. I have a folding Freud one I am happy with, nice fence and stores easily. That said, I do cope and stick doors on a shaper.

Jonesing for updates, guess I’m headed to instagram…

Try Grizzly - https://www.grizzly.com/products/g0645/parts

^ This. I don’t see anyone in the Craftsman space pre-internet days. HF probably has the best tool department in my region of northeast Pa. Lowes and Home Depot have decent selections, but automotive hand tool choices are lacking. I see very similar parallels between HF and the sears of my...

Looking closely at the pictures you and along the lines of the other posters you need shelves and totes. You have several bins, cabinets, milk crates, and drawer cabinets of all sizes and shapes. You appear to have high ceilings, I’d start by getting some 8’ or taller pallet racking, a pile of...

The box is great, but like you I previously kept all of my drills and impacts on a French cleat style bracket above the box out of the way. I don’t think I’ll mind having them in the drawer, but the two deep drawers next to it don’t seem like there’s an easy way to make use of the space with...

I jumped into the Series 3 56” box during the 12 days sale. Slowly but surely moving into it from a series 1 44” box. I am struggling with the oversized depth drawers. I did buy the power drawer add on to make better use of the extra deep drawer. I really cannot find the right mix of tools to...

I’m finding better ratchet quality is really making breaker bars not needed. A good long handled ratchet really does all I need. I also find myself not needing cheater handles as much these days, which I only used on breaker bars…

I’d suggest Grip on but they don’t do the wire cutting - https://shopgraytools.com/collections/grip-on-locking-pliers/products/grip-on-locking-pliers-curved-jaws if your looking for good 5” locking pliers they are a good start, but if the wire cutter is a deal breaker you’ll need to keep searching.

That same issue may have led to me painting all my crowbars red and yellow!

Like many of the replies, I have an original leatherman. Over time a good use or reason to carry daily never appeared. It lives in my drill driver box. Rather than load up with extra tools I added it to that kit for the pliers. I use them when an impact bit is stuck in an extension or I need to...

I have a two battery Makita hypoid saw I bought two years ago as a special at HD that just chews through through 2x stock. I was using it last month to rip 6/4 ash natural edges off so I could run them through the jointer, made a ton of 8’-10’ rips on pair of batteries and had plenty of power...

After taking some time to read all the replies, and half of the thread is corded vs cordless. I bought into cordless saws so long ago it seems silly. Thinking about it I had a DeWalt 18v drill and 5 3/8 Saw kit in 1995. The drill was great, the saw not so much. The tech kept getting better and...

From your original list I’d omit the linesman’s pliers and pick a vice grip flavor of your choice. That said, @Larryg had great advice, buy for the circumstances to smooth the road, not to kit them up like your ideal. I see a variety of house tools mixed with the general junk drawer type stuff...

I struggle with this dilemma often. I have a large collection of woodworking, construction, and mechanics tools along with a smattering of electrical, plumbing, etc. I have tools I haven’t used in years, tile saw as a quick example, but I am hesitant to part with because I see a tile job at my...

Sounds like a set of Williams fit the bill? Looks like they run around $100 in a 10 pc set.

I did look at that, it seems like a good deal if storage isn’t a concern. If I roll this out of the way to a wall I end up with a bunch of dead space underneath and above. Thinking of building a flip top bench for it, saw some videos on YouTube and while it may cost the same it may get me back...

That’s very close to my “what did GJ make me buy this month“ list, well done!