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Fess up, what brands of tools do you have in your boxes?

In no particular order:

Craftsman
Snap-on
S&K
Knipex
Gedore
Channelock
Proto
Klein
Allen
Williams
Rigid
Sandvik
Wright
Facom
Stanley
Wiss

And an unknown set of pseudo tools bearing the imprint Japan. They were the first set of tools my father gave me when I was about 8.

Oh and my boxes are Craftsman.

I have that list handy because it was recently used, (along with many pictures), in filing an insurance claim after my roll away was rolled away with about 75% of all the tools I owned. I actually signed on here for the tool advice for rebuilding my set. Well that and I like to argue on teh internet. I had to leave the big boxes in storage due to current condo dweller status. The garages I have seen here have increased my yearning to return to a a single home with proper man-cave, thanks for that.


*I tried to search for a similar thread but came up empty. Apologies if this is a duplicate. See duplicate sockets thread.
 
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Snap-On
Blue Point (original)
Bonney
New Britain
K-D
OTC
Ken-Tool
Barcalo
Plomb
Challenger
Husky
Blackhawk
Greenlee
Fluke
Gardner-Bender
MAC
S&K
Craftsman
Wiha
Diamond
Thomas & Betts
Xcelite
Nicholson
Guhring
Great Neck
Gedore
Channellock
Jensen
Makita
AEG
Campbell-Hausfeld
Pittsburgh (1 screwdriver)
Proto
Klein
DeWalt
Milwaukee
Black & Decker
Allen
Williams
RIDGID
Wright
Stanley
John Deere
Crescent
Wiss
Davey
Rimac
Chicago Pneumatic
Herbrand
Holo-Krome
Kraeuter

And probably more, but it's cold out there right now.
 
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-Craftsman
-King **** (whitworth)
-Koken (whitworth)
-Irwin/vice-grip
-Lisle
-Wilmar
-Channel Lock
-Proto/Stanley
-Klein
-Gearwrench/KD

No snap-on, mac, matco since I feel they're overpriced for the kind of hobby work I do.

The boxes are Craftsman but I'm looking to upgrade to a set of big International boxes as soon as the money/time/inclination show up.
 
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Here Here! and a big amen to that! :spit:
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yep don't have the time or the memory for that kind of accuacy! but as far as hardline goes ai work i have mostly snap on with very little mac and matco.
at home i have mostly matco and mac since i brought them home when i replaced them with the snap ons!
 
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GT crew said:
Fess up, what brands of tools do you have in your boxes?

In no particular order:

Craftsman
Snap-on
S&K
Knipex
Gedore
Channelock
Proto
Klein
Allen
Williams
Rigid
Sandvik
Wright
Facom
Stanley
Wiss

And an unknown set of pseudo tools bearing the imprint Japan. They were the first set of tools my father gave me when I was about 8.

Oh and my boxes are Craftsman.

I have that list handy because it was recently used, (along with many pictures), in filing an insurance claim after my roll away was rolled away with about 75% of all the tools I owned. I actually signed on here for the tool advice for rebuilding my set. Well that and I like to argue on teh internet. I had to leave the big boxes in storage due to current condo dweller status. The garages I have seen here have increased my yearning to return to a a single home with proper man-cave, thanks for that.


*I tried to search for a similar thread but came up empty. Apologies if this is a duplicate. See duplicate sockets thread.
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That's a bummer about your tool loss; was it a break in at shop/home deal? Care to give any details? I'm in the process of upgrading the security of my shop; doberman locked in shop at night is getting old and toothless; looking into electronic security plus my 357mag backup policy...:lol_hitti
 
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Craftsman
Kobalt
Wright
Easco
Blackhawk
Jensen
Stanley
Husky
John Deere
Task Force
KD
Companion
Irwin
SnapOn
Mac
Matco
Cornwell
New Britain
Williams
SK
ProAmerica
Great Neck
Vlchek
Cooper
Bonney
Crescent
JP Danielson
Diamond
Marples
Nicholson
Vaughn
Allen
Mustang
Spitfire
Bondhus
King Tony
Eklind
And some other brands that I can't remember off the top of my head.

Coach
 
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most of my hand tools are snap on, mac tools, matco tools and craftsman... but i do have stanley, proto, and pittsburgh as most of junk tools are my father's...
 
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40in C-Man Box
Mostly S&K from my school kit I got
S&K wrench add ons
C-Man(screw driver, impact sockets, pry bars)
Snap-On sockets, ratchets, and some wrenches (was my dads)
Snap-On die grinder
Blue-Point cut off tool
Cornwell
Napa
CP-749 1/2 and CP 3/8 impact wrench and a CP air ratchet
Matco 3/8 impact socket set
Matco various tools
Lincoln 1134 grease gun
Napa light
Some ??? tools

To all that has more than me :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::beer:
 
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Craftsman mostly. SOme old, most new.
Husky
Proto (old stuff)
P-burg (HF stuff)
Vise
Cresent
Some stuff I have no idea who made it. (Pops was a crew chief in the early 50's on the F-86's. I have tons of his Air Force tools from that era.)
Snap-on
Matco
S&K
Cobalt
Delta


For the rest I'll have to go look. Can't think of it all right now. Some of the most interesting stuff I have was my grandfather's. He made tools that he needed. He was a brewer in Canada around the 1920's. If they needed a tool to fix something, and they didn't have it, he made it. Its cool stuff!
 
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Went out to the garage

I checked brands in 2 drawers;
1/2 drive manual (ratchets/breaker bars/extensions)
3/8 drive manual (ratchets/breaker bars/extensions)

Found;
Craftsman
Snap-on
Husky
Williams
JS
ForgeMaster
PowerBuilt
Sparta
Plum
Kobalt
DuraChrome
Bonney
Challenger (Proto)
Penncraft
ACE
Walden
Wizard
These were all American made
At least half a dozen other brands, mostly Japan/Taiwan and a couple things from China

It was cold.
I decided to heck with it.

Been accumulating tools since I lost 99% of my tools in a fire in 84.
In rollaway cabinets and top boxes alone I have
Craftsman
Waterloo
Husky
Kennedy
Homak

And some weird Chinese intermediate boxes.

Anyone who has lived a long time and works on things will have more than 100 brands of tools but who wants to thumb through wrenches etc?
 
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I think wilbilt has the biggest variety.:shocking:

snap on box
cornwell box
craftsman boxes
mostly snap on tools
quite a bit of craftsman
some Husky
some ridgid
2 mac tools
1 matco tool
1 SK 3/8" drive socket set that I used a couple times
a few OTC

That pretty much covers everything in my boxes.
 
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Snap-On (mostly)
Blue-Point
BETA
Irwin
Mastercraft Maximum
Campbell Hausfeld
Righetti Ridolfi
Ingersoll Rand
Channellock
Gearwrench
Motion Pro
Streamlite
Crescent
DeWalt
USAG
B&D

That's all I can think of right now. I am trying to expand this to many other brands.
 
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Metric sockets: Fu Yung Shin-E-Krome (generic Chinese rubbish), Stahlwille, Facom, Draper, Snap-on
Imperial sockets: King ****, Britool (from before Stanley screwed them)
Metric wrenches: Snap-on, ancient Toyota techs' tools, GearWrench
Imperial wrenches: King ****, Britool
Ratchets: Fu Yung Shin-E-Krome, Stahlwille, Facom, Britool, Snap-on, GearWrench
Screwdrivers: Wiha, Stanley, yet more Fu Yung Shin-E-Krome
Ratchet wrenches: GearWrench, SK
Power tools: Makita, Black and Decker, Ryobi, even more Fu Yung Shin-E-Krome

Other than the odd tool here and there, I think that's about it. My support for the worst of Chinese industry was from when I was skint. My latest purchases have all been from premium Euro brands, other than some GearWrenches.
 
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Well; I've just about a bit of everything; so since I just inventoried the handtools for updating the rider on my insurance policy here's what I have

SNAP-ON
MAC
MATCO
Williams
Wright
Bonney
EASTCO
Challenger
Craftsman
GEDORE (whitworth stuff)
Stahlwille
HAZET
 
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Mastercraft
craftsman
snap-on
blue-point
channel lock
Gray
Armstrong
Proto
a little bit of irwin
one set of chinese impact sockets
KD
Lisle
 
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jay50 said:
That's a bummer about your tool loss; was it a break in at shop/home deal? Care to give any details? I'm in the process of upgrading the security of my shop; doberman locked in shop at night is getting old and toothless; looking into electronic security plus my 357mag backup policy...:lol_hitti
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They were stolen from a public storage facility. I was forced into a condo with no garage or other means of secure storage after a messy (read: destroy everything that I had built over 25 years) divorce. Luckily I had one portable chest in the car and a machinist's chest in the spare bedroom at home or I would have lost every tool I owned. (The machinist chest had belonged to my father; no need to list brands there, dad spelled tool: S-T-A-R-R-E-T-T. I guess I inherited the tool gene from him.) The theft occurred 4 days after I had been there on a weekend to set my sons up with sets of their own. All three of them got a pretty complete Craftsman and up tool set complete with rolling chests. The investigator believed that someone had observed me and the tools while I had everything out in the open for the grand divvying up, and decided to break in and get all my goodies. The doors to individual storage rooms had been jimmied by the thieves down the line until they got to mine. Fortunately I had already shipped the stuff to my sons on the Monday prior to the break in or I really would have been screwed.

Bottom line: I got about a third of what my tools originally cost from the owner of the storage facility's insurance co. I had not submitted a new list of tools stored after shipping what I had given to my sons, and the owners had seen several tool chests being crated and picked up by the shipping co. Of course the invoices included an inventory of what was in each crate, but I could not 'prove' that I had taken nothing else. I had no tool specific insurance of my own at the time. (Pause to kick self) Security is good, but full coverage insurance with receipts and 100s of photos is better.

I accept that my tools are gone, but on the odd chance that those who leech off of honest folks can be busted: Each of my tools is engraved with a 4 digit number, 5063, in a conspicuous place.
 
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I had no tool specific insurance of my own at the time. (Pause to kick self) Security is good, but full coverage insurance with receipts and 100s of photos is better.
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Does anybody know of a "Tool Specific Insurance"???

I'm interested in this because all my stuff is in a rented garage building.
 
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My list is basically an abbreviated version of Wilbilt's. :D
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Armstrong. I forgot Armstrong...:headscrat

Most of my tools are old. I have inherited tools from two grandfathers and a great-grandfather, as well as buying plenty of my own.

Things do tend to follow me home, and lately I seem to have developed a minor obsession with buying US-made tools on the cheap when I can find them.

I am running out of space, though. I think it may be near time to get another toolbox. :pimpflash
 
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I have a lot of SK and Craftsman with Snap-on and Mac gaining ground. Some Matco, Proto, Bpue Point and Armstrong mixed in.
 
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Too much? I've been getting and losing tools since I was 12.
I have a lot of pick up items. You know, "Oh no I need a left sided thingama jibber! Go get one!" types of stuff.

Never was much for brand loyalty, bought what I could get when I needed it.

Brands in box? Well no Matco never had a chance to pick up any yet.

Cman USA
Cman Taiwan all the Cman are from the 60's 70's and 80's.
Snap on
MAC- Former land lord was a Machinist at the Washington CH Plant and later Sabina.
Williams
Proto
Stanley- Wally world is the only thing open at 3 am.
Blackhawk
New Britan
EASCO
SK Wayne and SK
KD My most favorite 10mm combo wrench!!
Husky OLD
Wright
Cornwell
Penncraft
Mastercraft
Master Mechanic
Truecraft
Plvmb
Klien
VACO
Channell Lock
Vise Grip
Gear Wrench
Hazet
Armstrong
Lisle
NAPA
Belcamp
And a lot of Japanese and China Junk Some semi decent Tiawanese odd ball stuff.
Most of the impports were I need it and no one around here sells the good stuff.

And think I lost 90 percent of my tools after a messy devorce too. They were at the house when I left and she had no ideal what happened to them.
 
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Does anybody know of a "Tool Specific Insurance"???

I'm inteested in this because all my stuff is in a rented garage building.
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I don't think there is specific insurance, but the storage facility may offer insurance to you.

25 years ago the shop I worked for was broken into and they went to every toolbox, pried it open and took all the good stuff; and left the Craftsman and odd brands. I personally lost about $10K that day and was basically out of business. They mutilated my brand new MAC box. The shop had limited insurance and I got back pennies. I did claim a good bit of the loss on my taxes though.

It's a devastating feeling and I was depressed for about a month. Best thing you can do is get back into the game and just work -- it get's your mind off the problem. I bought Craftsman tools to get back on my feet and over the next five years managed to replace all of the lost tools without going into debt. I eventually kept the Craftsman set for home use.

After that incident, I would not work for a compamy unless they provided some sort of theft insurance for tools.
 
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arkracing said:
Does anybody know of a "Tool Specific Insurance"???

I'm inteested in this because all my stuff is in a rented garage building.
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I KNOW YOU CAN GET RENTERS INSURANCE TO COVER YOUR TOOLS LOOK INTO IT; YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE A CHANCE THESE DAYS!

I think you can specify insurance specific to covering your tools. When I moved here years ago I seem to recall requesting right at $30,000 in additional coverage for my tools. I had my agent visit and I had a video inventory of my tools. Gee...... perhaps it is time to revisit this subject with new video and a comprehensive list. I shudder to think how many hand tools and even machine tools I have added since that time! :wtf:
 
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Yes you can get insurance for your tools. I think the one I have is called a marine policy, it is basically what contractors use. I had to go to that after trying to insure more than $10,000 in my garage. Since I use my tools for work the lady explained to me that I had to go with this. I think I am paying about $400 a year to cover $20,000 in tools. It is not cheap but it is a cheap peace of mind knowing that if they are stolen I don't have to worry about trying to replace all of them out of my pocket.

I know that $20,000 won't touch even half of the tools that I have but most of them are usually at work so I don't need more coverage than that.
 
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Man, I can't spell (actually I just type too fast and don't proof-read) Sorry about that guys.

I'm Interested in "Specific Tool Insurance"

Contractors usually have to have an "inland marine" policy rider for tools on the trucks. This doesn't really apply to shop type tools.


Problem is that I currently live in an APT and also rent garage space to work in. I asked about it with my "renter's ins" and they basically told me that it would only cover a portion of the tools in a seperate location like 10% or something of my personal property coverage (which would 5k {10% of 50k coverage}). I know I have more than $5k in tools (I don't have a box full of Snap-On's or anything but lots of stuff including welding equipment etc.)
 
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Most everything in my box is snap-on or blue point. There's one set of 1/4 universal craftsman sockets and then a few other items here and there that are not SO or BP, but I can't remember exactly. I know I have a Hazet trim tool and a Proto torque screwdriver. Some Sata paint guns and 3M sanders. Oh well, that's all I can remember now.
 
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When I worked at a Toyota dealer a few years back, all the guys with Snap-on boxes had MAC tools in them and all the guys with MAC boxes had Snap-on tools in them. :dunno:
 
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you need to look into some sort of buisness insurance. most insurance that is personal property based will have limits to each catagory of item based on what they think is 'average'.
I have a small warehouse I have to rent to keep my cars and the landlord makes me carry insurance.
1 mill liability
forget the amount for the building damage
and $150K in contents with no restriction as to car parts or tools (but the cars are not covered)
this costs right about $400 a year but I had to go get a buisness liscence to be able to do it for that price.
check your homeowners policy, but most have limits as to the amount theu will cover for tools, most will not cover 'comercial tools' (I have a mill, lathe, brake lathe, boring bar, valve equipment, P-Hammer...etc) because they assume the only people that would have these are people using them to make money and that makes them not 'personal tools'.
also keep in mind that most insurance companies will not cover any tools that may be called personal tools now, however if you ever used them to make money (construction, mechanic, etc) then they are also not covered as well because that takes them out of the realp of personal tools.
technically if you were a mechanic you would need to sell off all your tools and then you can buy replacement tools that are new, used, or whatever.....hummmm.
homeowners insurance will also not cover car parts, they used to but not anymore...

they can also deny the claim if the do not belive you had what you claim. the burden of proof is on you. easiest thing is to open each drawer and take a picture or two. even better is to have an inventory list and even the the original reciepts (good luck on that one)

slimey little bastards arent they

bob
 
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you need to look into some sort of buisness insurance. most insurance that is personal property based will have limits to each catagory of item based on what they think is 'average'.
I have a small warehouse I have to rent to keep my cars and the landlord makes me carry insurance.
1 mill liability
forget the amount for the building damage
and $150K in contents with no restriction as to car parts or tools (but the cars are not covered)
this costs right about $400 a year but I had to go get a buisness liscence to be able to do it for that price.

they can also deny the claim if the do not belive you had what you claim. the burden of proof is on you. easiest thing is to open each drawer and take a picture or two. even better is to have an inventory list and even the the original reciepts (good luck on that one)

slimey little bastards arent they

bob
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I actually work for an insurance company (I'm a Motor Vehicle Damage Appraiser for the claims department). I know a little about home owner's and all the exclusions and burden of proof and all that garbage.

what did you have to do to get a "business license" and what does that typically cost? I thought that you had to get a laywer involved in creating a business and it would cost in upwards of 15k-20k. If you have a business license and aren't really a business - how do you get around the "not making any money" part. I thought that you had 3 years a business to claim a "loss" before you considered a "hobby" or "non-business"

:uzi:I think I sort of hyjacked the thread - sorry guys
 
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