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    Husky Tools and the Home Depot "Lifetime Warranty"

    Dunno I've never had an issue exchanging busted husky at the depot. Even a couple weeks back, brought in a pair of diagonal with a busted/stuck pivot... had to be 10 or 12 years old no receipt. Lady at the customer service desk said no problem go pick a new set and bring them up... took maybe...
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    Good small cutters for guitar strings

    Another difference is with acoustics the bridge & it's saddle adjustments are pretty well fixed. String height / action and intonation are usually tweaked by adding or removing shims. Most electrics have 3 screws per string saddle... 2 for height & 1 for intonation. And generally the less they...
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    Good small cutters for guitar strings

    Cutting used strings in the middle is more about speed & ease of removal... Otherwise you've gotta pull the curly Q tuner winds through the saddles / bridge block which can lead to scratches & the inevitable finger pop & bleeding. 25 year pro player & studio rat here - use regular 6" diagonal...
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    Screwdriver Decision Fatigue

    Totally agree those new acetate Cman drivers are one of the few things they actually got right... basically 100% identical to the old USA side by side but yeah, maybe just finished a weebit nicer. Not the bestest screwdrivers ever but sometimes you need something to poke prod abuse and maybe...
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    Screwdriver Decision Fatigue

    Geez we really are completely over thinking this... If you need a chisel buy a set for $20 and if you need pry bars get a proper bar. The USA made at wallyworld are like 10 bucks. For a basic set the $22 Milwaukee pack at Depot is certainly good enough... I've had a set in my homeowner loaner...
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    Craftsman OVERDRIVE

    Saw these in bLowes today yeah wow the 180 tooth ratchet head is massive but it's also really ******* heavy! Kinda shocked by the overall heft of the 3/8 drive. It's a club. On the wrenches I noticed that same discoloration on almost all of em... inch & metric alike. Didn't look like rust to me...
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    Craftsman S2000 Series Rolling Tool Box

    My cab was in stock at the local bLowes. Only drama was finding someone who was authorized to drive the freight lift & willing to pluck it from the heavens... then finding a lift that worked... But the box they pulled down showed no damage, I loaded up myself dragged it home & cut away the...
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    Box for Holding AAA AA C D 9v Batteries?

    My old man wanted a battery daddy... it's such a piece of ****. Super light weight ultra cheap plastic but... he loved the thing. At 80 I think it gave him something to do... like sorting his pills. I keep batteries sorted by size in ziplocks and then all the zips in a $5 plastic toolbox on a...
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    Craftsman S2000 Series Rolling Tool Box

    Nobody leaves depot or bLowes with floor models they should fetch one in a sealed box. I bought a 5 drawer roller in December 2020 and it's been fine. Zero complaints. Same as pictured above with the deep drawer... walmart plastic ammo boxes fit perfect in there. Not a pro mechanic but I'm in...
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    USA made Ball Pein Hammer

    Seems like Vaughn still makes 4oz & bigger? https://www.vaughanmfg.com/Products/TC504-4-oz-Commercial-Ball-Pein-Hammer__15130.aspx And not USA or that small 2oz... Husky has at least 8 & 16oz peens made in Vietnam that are actually kinda decent. Not as refined as Vaughns but not bad at all &...
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    Craftsman OVERDRIVE

    I bought a round of the stuff earlier this year when it was just called "gunmetal" and on blowout pricing. All of it made in Taiwan. Grabbed the 7 piece inch wrenches first because I needed another set... 29 bucks. Thought about & picked up the very last set of 11 metric wrenches at my bLowes...
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    Has anyone noticed a drastic decline in Wiha quality?

    Can't say about other stores but the only local bLowes in NJ got Wiha in stock last year & blew it all out... full clearance about 6 months later. As of today, even 6-8months ago it was all gone. No more Wiha seemed more like an experiment then a commitment. The couple things I bought... two...
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    The former Craftsman Factory auction?

    Technically they did make some pre rusted & incomplete blowmold socket kits before pulling the plug... but yeah. That seems to be the much hyped... much anticipated... and now abandoned USA plant. What a shame. Flip side... I feel like the quality of the modern Taiwan stuff, especially the...
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    Wearing out my chrome.

    If as a pro you had 3 failures in a decade then one set should last a home gamer like myself a lifetime & then some. Thanks for the report!
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    do you have a set of T-handle hex wrenches with side stub that you really like?

    Have a set of the husky w/ red & green handles quality seems fine I think they're Taiwan but I honestly almost never use them. Only sizes that ever get used are 4 & 5mm when changing saw blades & a few other bits... Actually pulled all the SAE out & put them in a zip lock with overflow...
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    New Milwaukee long reach/hose grip pliers coming soon

    Most of the Milwaukee hand tools I've seen & purchased recently have been labeled made in Vietnam... Those look pretty nifty. Interesting how they moved the pivot point.
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    unknown electric antenna??

    I was gonna put $10 on something out of a homebrew ham radio setup but no... we got an actual answer! It totally does look like an antenna. Huh.
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    How about another Craftsman USA sneak peek?

    Almost put this up but decided not to after the last thread devolved into monkeys throwing poop. Are we smarter then a 3rd grader..? But worth reading & some revealing comments from 'on the record ' ex employees. Forged with tears of sadness. Reports in the article of sockets going through...
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    New Craftsman CMST22602RB 5 Drawer Base Cab - Real Dims?

    Think I would trust the bLowes dimensions the others might be shipping size? Have a 5 drawer box I bought in Dec 2020... it's 26.5 wide by 18 deep... Height... slightly different drawers but I'm at 32.5 without casters & 38 with.
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    Craftsman USA Factory - Bad News

    Ok so despite tools actually being released & purchased by forum members it seems the last couple pages all we have are grown *** men arguing like toddlers..? No doubt this is the stupidest ******** I've ever read here. Fittingly pathetic.
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