Craftsman Industrial Singles CHEAP!

[Jeremy77]

Yes, they were the Industrial Round heads. The 3/8 drive showed up at the store 2 days ago but the 1/2 just came in today. Went and picked them up earlier. Used the 1/2 to screw some 3/8 lag bolts into a fence I'm working on, just to test it. Unbolted my 4" vise from the work bench with the 3/8 drive. Both worked ok. I'll take a few pics and post. The 3/8 has an odd feel to my hand as its on the smallish side but the 1/2 feels really good.

 

[Jeremy77]

If they do fail, I'm wondering what they will warranty them with?

 

[Jeremy77]

 

[Jeremy77]

 

[Jeremy77]

. First pic is the 3/8 beside a Stanley pear head, 3rd is the 1/2 beside a Craftsman RP.

 

[Jeremy77]

Sorry for the multiple posts, I can't get multiples to upload to a single post. You can see the "small" size of the 3/8 in this pic.

 

[Pumpman1968]

If they do fail, I'm wondering what they will warranty them with?

I'm going to find out.

 

[Car_Guy]

I'm going to find out.

Most items at sears that cannot be warrantied will just give you a gift card.

I have even had issues with a single part of a set being broken that they could exchange the entire set, but not a single, so they gave me a giftcard

(yes I tried to explain to them that exchanging a single from a set was the same as me exchanging my set with them....)

 

[Jeremy77]

The only ratchets in store comparable to these would be the newer U.S. Made premium ratchets or something to that effect. From reading about them here on GJ and the Craftsman website, I'm not sure I'd want one. Not too many good reviews on them. I did warranty a Craftsman Industrial flat head screwdriver a few weeks ago. Since they don't carry them in the store, the lady told me just to get whatever driver i wanted off of the shelf. For all their faults, my local Sears is really good about warranty.

 

[06 DIESEL]

Ordered enough of the black oxide wrenches to use for handles on my new shop drawers, all USA made and cheaper than buying drawer pulls from the hardware store.

 

[Pumpman1968]

If they do fail, I'm wondering what they will warranty them with?

Update. Went to see my parents downstate and I knew I would be passing right by a Sears Hometown Store, so I brought the Craftsman Industrial roundhead with me. When I got there, the parking lot was EMPTY.....as was the store.

The 1 guy in the store looked at my ratchet and said the words we all hate to hear "Ain't never seen of thems before." He grabbed it and went to the display to try to find the replacement ratchet he had never seen before........and, of course, they didn't have one. He then tried to hand me a Chinese raised panel....which I declined.

When you look at the tags that Sears puts on the tools, you can tell which ones are Chinese. Even from a distance, the all red tag is easy to spot. Just as I was about to give up looking myself, I saw something hanging on the old style tag...............with the flag on it......behind a bunch of misc items. I bent down, pulled off 6 of those stupid black oxide-ish "Universal" ratchets.......and there it was........a USA made 84 tooth thin profile!

Apparently, the employee had never seen one of those either, because he agreed to replace my roundhead with the thin profile..........YAY!

 

[holdtherice]

I've gotten 2 of the 1/2" ratchets and a 3/8" too. They keep sending me the non-fine tooth versions of them. Anyone else have this problem? I suppose the 36 tooth version is not a bad thing, but I was hoping for the fine tooth version.

 

[stage20]

I don't think the industrial is a fine tooth.

 

[Tellingthem]

I don't think the industrial is a fine tooth.

Its called "fine tooth" its I think 45 teeth. So by today's standards no it is not a fine tooth. But it is what its called and it has a slightly higher tooth count over the RP versions. Its not the classic rhft. Or designed like the rhft. But the name seems to be a holdover from the round head fine tooth ratchets of old. And again in not saying this is a copy of the classic rhft ratchet.