Chinese Craftsman tools vs. USA Craftsman?
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Foul mouth a sign of a polluted soul Lord help him
Amen! Preach it brother!
@@arduinoversusevil2025 "Focus, you fuck!" Is the best life advice I've received in years. Keep it up
This is hilarious
Ted pollard, what an American name.
@Ian Terry Roy MacLeod " A fool has said in his heart there is no God"
"Don't buy tools on speculation; buy tools when you need them."
I feel personally attacked.
Lol. Ditto. Just dropped $150 on a tool set in case I go on a road trip for work, so I don't have to empty half my toolbox into a bag 😂
@Disobedient Nomead just bought a paintbrush, A PAINTBRUSH, to back up the exact same brush, because I’m afraid it won’t be available when the other one wears out.
Ya I'm always doing that and I also take care of my shitty tools.
Well, that was after he talked about Wright tools and wishing he bought 10 of the Craftsman that aren't made anymore.
@@bstrickler i just did the same fucking thing!!!! I bout feel off my couch laughing!
my greatest fear is that, when I die, my wife will sell off my fishing gear and tools based on what I TOLD her they cost...
Don't worry too much, she is thinking the same about her shoes and purses that were "on sale"
@Captain MufDyven make a joke about it. Humor could help. People who can't appreciate tools make me sad.
Captain MufDyven - by law new wife gets a minimum % of his assets, regardless of what’s in the will. Tools will be sold off first by women 😳.
@Captain MufDyven better talk to your dad about giving them to you two before he passes away women are greedy if they think they can make money selling them no matter what the will says.
I FEAR THE SAME THING WITH MY GUNS, LMFAO.
FUN FACT: During the craftsman switch I was having trouble getting warranty on some broken tools, jumped thru the hoops online to get them replaced. When the replacements showed up they missed a socket and sent the wrong size breaker bar so I emailed again and guess what showed up? a PROTO breaker bar and socket...
Uh isnt that an upgrade lol
@@damoos3. I think that was his point lol
I recently found an old broken 3/4" ratcheting combo wrench and they sent me a replacement, except it was an 11/16s normal combo wrench. I emailed back. They could not find a single 3/4 wrench in Canada, so they sent me a full set of flex head ratcheting wrenches for free lol. Gotta love lifetime warranty
My brother and sister in law both used to work for Gray tools. They met there, fell in love over a pile of pristine chrome. Point is their tools are amazing. They last forever.
Nothing lasts forever eventually the earth will be gone and a new earth created, and your tools will be gone forever so nothing lasts forever except our souls. Reality check
@thepropheticevents5680 He didn't mean it literally. Yes, we all know nothing lasts truly forever.
@@AdamantLightLP I know, its just my way of being silly. ❤
After working on a job, I was missing one of my spanners. It was from a nice set and I was a bit sad about it.
Years later, I was back at the same place, working on the same gear. Struggling away in a tight spot, I put down my (replacement) spanner - and there right beside it was the old one :-)
You and your set were filled with the hope and promise of a long, fulfilling, productive, and prosperous life together.
Then sudden, unexpected heartbreak. A piece of you dies when you lose a little one.
Yet, against all odds and when you least expected it, you were reunited.
Take care of it, hold on tight, and never neglect it again.
Goosebumps!
Not sure why but I really love that story!
Now DAT iz humungous good juju.
I'm missing a large flat screwdriver from my nice S&K set for the last 15 years -- I still get heartbroken every time I reach for the other screwdrivers in the set. I feel your pain ...
RIGHT WHERE YOU HAD LEFT IT!
When I graduated from high school in the early 80's my grad present was the full set of Craftsman mechanics tools.
Metric and imperial, wrenches, sockets, deep sockets too, the full set, 1/4" drive, 3/8" drive and 1/2" drive, with all the extensions, and even the wobbly bits, full set of hex sockets too. Now 37 years or so on I still have them, and they are great tools, much better than some stupid ring with my class year and stuff on it LOL
Thanks, mum and dad!
Same here (albeit early 2000's), but most of them are still going strong. I bought my younger brother a tool set too when he graduated.
Bought my first set with hay baling money in ‘82’. Still got ‘em.
I was a technician at Monkey Wards years ago and could only afford Craftsman, and my shop was across the street from a Sears which was convenient. It took 25 years to finally wear out my 3/8 drive 10mm.........Replaced it and that one lasted about 6 month and had to replace it again. Luckily that replacement had lasted a few years now. Something to he said about the old American Made Craftsman.
Agreed, took my first real paycheck when I was 17 (1993), and went and bought a full set of made in the USA Craftsman sockets and wrenches from Sears. To this day, I still have the full set and use them often as a home gamer. Wouldn't trade them for the world.
Same here, I bought a Craftsman tool set and roll away in the early 80's and still have them today and use them often.
"people who've never been out the warm confines of the home shop" I'm pretty sure they like to be called engineers.
LOL!! As an engineer, I represent that statement!
Made my day, thanks!
Enginerds ha ha
That's giving a lot of engineers too much credit honestly. I sometimes wonder how some of the ones I've worked with or talk to hold the positions they do!
"I was gonna help kids without fathers but never got around to it"..... Story of their poor little lives. Lol
My craftsman sockets are rusting in my tool box. The finish doesn't go inside the socket. Broke 3 ratchets already. Loved Craftsman from 20 years ago. Bought the biggest set from the Sears Wishbook and still have most of them, made a career from using them. All the new stuff is garbage
Ouch! I've had good luck with my cheap Stanley set, but even that must be 10 years old now. Nothing broken, but they do like to rust a bit if put away moist.
Just dump some oil in the box... No rust
@@throttlebottle5906 I always had issues with my bearings rusting when I soaked them in wd40 in the past, soak them in oil and no rust...
@@kaipos8601 If you've ever watched the deboss channel "filthy Rich" is no stranger to oiling (himself included), indeed did a video mentioning use of food grade oil post use keeps safety razors sharp longer. If its rusting its lack of quality not lack of care. For my part a light mist of WD40 has been enough as a water dispersant (thats what it was originally designed for), but if your working around something caustic then washing/oiling may be necessary.
Just like Stanley Meyers No longer Made in the USA
And the 10mm, you might as well chuck that in the f***it bucket because it's gone. LOL!
Haha. I got about 7 kits missin that fuker.. lmao
I figured out what happened to thm. The 10 MM hand2pocket monstah appears where you're working and eats it.
I keep mine in a necklace charm full of grampys ashes
@@infidelmat i want this to be real.
When it comes to Craftsman tools, If it doesn't say "USA" then it's NOT a Craftsman.
Your wrong. It has to say “forded in the USA” for it to be a real craftsman. If it only says “USA” Iran’s it’s an American company, but it can be made anywhere in the world.
@@joseoviedo1644 Are you trying to say folded, because that's exactly what sears did, they Folded.
@@antoniodelgado1516 meant to say “forged in the USA” look up the craftsman V series tools. Best tools in the history of the US
@@joseoviedo1644 Mostly all my craftsman sockets, ratchets, and breaker bars are from the V series.
@@antoniodelgado1516 NO way!! I’m working on a set. That’s awesome! Just turned 25 and I’m trying to complete it by 30
"Polishing my tool the whole afternoon". Can't tell if its a euphism or just plain literal.
Well he did say, especially when the wife gets home....
Both....and you can do both at the same time,as well!
Welcome to humour
Pretty sure there was a grain of truth in that.
I almost died laughing when he tossed the 10mm, because that is so true.
Every damn one of mine ended up gone 😂😂😂out of probably 3 sets of sockets the 10mm ends up gone even if its not used often. The only time ive really ever needed one is when working on a Chrysler
LOL. I have the same 10 mm that came with my set from over 20 years ago. It gets used a lot on my Chevy Suburban.
In the 70s most small bolts were 1/2 inch nowsame one are 10 mm i use it so often the chrome is almost gone .
If you ride a Harley Davidson from Shovelhead up to Twin Cams a 10 mm is a must have socket , every license plate frame is held on by a 10mm that needs removed to put the new tag on the plate.
@@michaelledford4751 He threw it away because it's the most used socket. Most people lose them first. That's why I laughed, might as well toss it out, gonna lose it anyways.
They should just stock the sets with extra 10mm instead of all the jeezeless standard/philips bits. The more you got the faster you can lose em!
Or just pick up some extras from the Free 10MM socket van... imgur.com/gallery/3NTf8V9
When Lowe's was phasing in the new(shit) Craftsman stuff they had a lot of their kobalt stuff on clearance and I bought several 10mm sockets and a ratcheting wrench, lost all the sockets before I even got em out of the damn packaging.
10 10mm..
My local walmart is on the ball, they sell three packs of 10mm sockets in 1/4 3/8 and 1/2 drive for about $5. Long and short.
Exactly as cheap as you would expect but they keep the job moving, I cant figure why nobody else seems to do this....
i bought a special ratchet with 10mil socket for fixing chinese scooters, but when i added the swivel thing..yep i lost it!
I gotta soft spot for Craftsman. Growing up with my Grandpa, all his tools and appliances were Sears Roebuck/ Craftsman, literally everything. Lol. As a kid, I always working on my BMX bike, and I was always grabbing tools out of his tool chests and boxes made out of sheet metal and finished in that classic Craftsman red.
I have lot of their wrenches you could get a huge set back in 1980s on a big sale for a great price, and they were made in USA decent quality, but for the price they were great.
My father and uncle were kind enough to buy craftsman back in the day. While I do miss both of them, at least i didn't have to buy my own tools 😊
"What do you tell a camera that has two black eyes? Demonitized!"
A lot of his jokes go over my head, but I know this one, wonder how many people don't know.
@Brian M it's an old joke.
What do you tell a woman with 2 black eyes? Nothing you already told her twice.
Unfortunately it loses a bit of its giggle when you have to sit someone down and explain it's a play on domestic abuse
@@Vodkanipples Or "slow learner"
Bye Bye 10MM, good pre-emptive take on making that lost right away.
It's like that first scratch in the toolbox, just get it over with right away.
Someone needs to sell a box that just has 20 each of 8mm, 10mm, 13mm, 15mm.
Tyler Angle Gearwrench already makes that. They have kits with about 10 of a single size in them.
Not a fan of this "meme". Take care of and losing your tools.
@@jdrevenge the problem is that they're tools, you're going to lay the fuckers any witch where. Then, most sockets being small, are going to wander off. Therefore, you lose the fuckers. and 10mm being one of the most used, gets laid places more often, and therefore lost more often. It's the circle of life for a tool.
"Nobody uses pens anymore.. you probably have a special clacky keyboard"
_Cries in Cherry MX Blues_
Justin Rowan ggggg
Recent Cherry MX Brown convert....never another membrane keyboard.....EVER! #ClickityClackWontGoBack
Rejoices on my Model M
Hahahahahahaha!!!!
@@jonasgeisel6907 Oooooh, I soooo badly want a Model M keyboard!!!! I love the clackity clack!!!
Every time I watch this guy I start out interested in the tech discussion, and then leave laughing my ass off ! I've been a gearhead my whole life and you have the internal dialog down ! I love it !
This was educational. I can curse like a mechanic now.
Craigslist and garage sales are where it's at for stuff like this. I picked up this massive box of ole wrenches a few years ago from a fella selling his dads tools at a sale. I think I spent 5$ and got all sorts of neat, obscure or interesting brand name wrenches like AvE has above.
I put slat wall up in my garage so every denomination has a hook and each hook can hold like 10 wenches
Wenches. I think I got off topic..
These're what I morbidly call "Dead Grandpa Sales". Kids just want room in the shop to park their plastic SUVs. And don't feel bad about offering them a penny on the dollar for what it's worth. Put yourselves in his shoes, the old man would've rathered you be using them than his ungrateful inheritors. A lifetime of craftsmanship cleared out for a parking space.
@@MattsAwesomeStuff
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Along with garage sales I’ve found flea markets are good spots to find an old fellas entire life collection of tools for 12 dollars with the box included. Gotta get there early the tools and fishing garb are the first to go.
The smalls at estate auctions. Depending on who's there, some of them old timers like spending more than retail, but more often then not you can get quality for pennies on the dollar.
I inherited a ton of stuff from my Pops. Old-school proto and s&k stuff mostly. I try to keep my Snap-on addiction at the work, but it's nice to have good stuff at home too.
I was chastised once for making a "skinny wrench" with the bench grinder. My rebuttal? "I told you we needed a mill".
You preach ... I'll hold them down ...
Bruh I made a "special tool" skinny 17mm for mercedes brake calipers and i was made fun of until the bastards needed to use it.
Happened across some old FORGED IN U.S.A Craftsman wrenches at work and instantly fell in love. Went to ACE hardware to get some new ones like them for home use. They did not feel like the old ones. I use the old ones every day at work.
Careful,they might get lost or need new replacement
"you don't buy tools before you need them", tell that to my wallet
All 10mm sockets should be labeled with "404".
LOL
🤔My shorty 10mm Craftsman (original) is the only socket missing in my rather large set. I know my Son has it somewhere. Took the baby 1/4" ratcheting socket wrench too.
I went to Lowes hoping to buy a few 10MM sockets...even they lost theirs because there were none.
Same experience with 12mm, in my box
I literally laughed out loud when he chucked the 10mm socket.
In regards to the 10mm, I welded one to a 3" extension and it's never gone missing, I open the drawer and SOB is staring at me.
I had to weld 2 deep 10s for working on Mercedes bumpers n shit, the real 5 in socket is pricy
Me too. I keep mine with a 3/8 articulating shorty ratchet...
I've done many things like this with tools. Cut them in half with a grinder, made box ends into line wrenches, welded sockets to bolts, etc. Whatever it takes to get the job done. I call it Troglodyte Engineering. Oh, I'm always fucking praying to find the fucking tools I constantly fucking misplace!
This guy is awesome to listen to, reminds me of my old man, kind of guy I’d lime to spend a few weeks on the tools with for sure
Why did you toss the 10mm? I need that! I speak for everyone on here we all need that one.
10MM and 13MM go to the same place that the missing sock from the dryer goes
Missing socks get turned into Tupperware lids that don't fit any of your damned tubs in the pantry.
Always knew those creepy garden gnomes were up to no good.
@@beezul they also take the worm hole to the closet and turn into coat hangers
It's not the 10 mil socket that goes missing for me. It's the 10 mil combination spanner/wrench that goes missing! Argh!
What if I told you it's the washer that eats the socks, not the dryer.
Wouldn't be the first time I found a 10mm socket tumbling in the dryer. I usually find the missing socks out in the shop. The horrors of why both of those are true... is best left as one of those mysteries of the cosmos.
Last summer I decided that my "glory days" were behind me and I sold my "away box" of tools to a logging machine mechanic. All the big stuff, 1 1/2" thru 4 1/2" Mostly Proto (I worked for Ingersoll-Rand when they owned Proto) $200.00 US. There were wrenches in the set that cost that much each, but I wanted it gone, he was starting out and poor, I'll never use it again and most of it was "expensed". Kinda felt good to free up the tool space
Dude scored! Nicely passed on; good feels when your stuff doesn't own you eh.
Awesome, pay it forward!
Where have you been all my life? I noticed your name is Gary, and I don't usually play for the same team, but I've never been given a good reason to.....until now.
That is a result in my books. Keen young lad, just starting out. Great deal both ways. Much better than going to waste or some tosser who doesn't know what he's got and leaves them rusting in a shed. OR the little woman flogging them off for tuppence to some arsehole out of your control. While you watch, helpless.
He'll remember you too, and smile, every time he rounds off and smashed his knuckles with one of your tools, or get's another one of his doubtless many black nails. .
And. Isn't that just how shit should play out?
You are a good human.
I liked my Metwrench kit. You could use the same wrench on standard and metric. The used the flat surface and not the corner of the bolts to turn them so they worked on stripped out bolts even. It was a great kit to keep in the truck. Compact with half as many tools to carry.
I've beaten the jeaslus out of fixed end gear wrenches with a pretty BFH and have been very impressed at how well it held up.
“Ya don’t buy tools until ya need “em!”
...or until AFTER you need them...like that Toyota crankshaft holding tool that arrived the day after I had already put the truck back together and sent the customer on his way...
300DBenz
how did you manage to hold it without the proper tool?
Vincent Sluga
Dont know anything about crankshafts but most things can be done with basic tools, it just takes way longer
There's the easy way to do things, and the hard/shitty way. Most of us prefer the easy way, but there are those times where it ends up being nothing but a shitty fucking day. Lol
I have an 18mm wrench i bent to fit a chevy blazer frame. Its my favorite 18mm wrench, it fits everywhere!
Ah ha! You're supposed to pre-lose the 10mm. That's what I've been doing wrong all these years.
You should also chuck the 12, 14, 5/8ths deep well, 6" extension, and any 3t8ths-to-1/4 adapters to make up for lost time.
Works with drill bits too. Just pick one out of a new set and chuck it. Then you don't have to be frustrated when the first one in a set breaks and the set is incomplete. God that pisses me off. Every time.
Practice how you play. Its going to be gone when you need it so just go ahead and yeet that thing right outta there.
“Yeehaw stick in grandma.” Best quote I’ve heard in a while.
"Nobody uses pens anymore, you probably got a special clacky keyboard"
Me: "How did he know?!?"
My tools were almost all acquired with a second hand discount, unlike that ethanol tainted gas, old hand tools never go bad.
Get ya some Stabil Gas Treatment, it will work wonders on keeping it from going bad.
And, it's cheap.
Don't receive stolen property.
Don't take from people who work for their hi end tools.
And return them to their original purchaser.
Just listen to the flar flar. Coming out.
This guy has never worked an honest day.
Phony philanthropy stories.
Horrifying.
Buy made in USA when u can.
Be careful.
Educate yourself.
Don't cut yourself.
Or break knuckles
Pretending you know when you don't.
My Dad gave me his extra craftsman wrenches fro 1960s. Love em
"you always buy the best you can afford, buy once and cry once, i take care of my tools!", the proud declaration from a man who has never experienced the joys of mentoring a teenage son, by mentoring i mean just trying to survive the peril with something still left in your toolbox, if you had any experience with the wonderment that is a teenage son i'd be willing to bet you'd be singing the praises of Princess Auto or your over the border excursions to the harbor fright!!!!
"Only buy tools when you need them." That just changed my entire life XD
Dean Siegos, I will apply that wisdom to everything I wish to buy. I thought this was the philosphy channel. I guess I was right.
I have a set of Craftsman Tools from the 1980's and a set I bought in 2019. The set I bought in 2019 is China junk, period! Broke a extension and a swivel in a couple of uses. Never had a problem with my old set.
So true
Pretty sure they have a lifetime warranty
I have 2 half inch sockets from the 1960s with a flush grease fitting at the top. These are my go to socket. Near indestructible.
fastech ! I got a set of craftsman tools too, I broke 2 socket adapters and a socket just taking a 2-stroke motor head off and bent and broke a whole ratchet trying to take apart my atv
Still using my craftsman wrenches from the 80’s as well.
AVE - people who work in offices have a favorite "#2 stall" ;)
If it’s cold don’t forget to dip your nuts in anti freeze.
The 10mm thing got me good, I have a 14 year old stainley set that I got for my 18th birthday and have kept every piece of it. Except the 10mm of which I have replace at least 10 times in two different sizes because mine was a 72 piece set if I remember correctly. Comedy gold
"I take care of my tools"
Then why are they always broken and in a pile?
I took care of em alright!
or in the garbage can.
like AK-47s they work better if they spend some time in a metal trashcan.
Have you even heard of an old folks home? A "retirement" community? Maybe an "Assisted living" facilty? You don't just throw your old working stiffs away after they've become brittle. Ya throw em in a pile to wither or finally walk off into the sunset. You'd throw your own mother into a smelter wouldn't you? Ya monster.
Barry Linkiewich that’s the “Art” storage
Tools don't cost money, they make money!
I'm to a point in my life where I just simply refuse to buy cheap tools, not worth the aggravation.
And it's harder to replace hands, than tools ... bad tools will cost you more than you think, unless you want to be called "lefty" the rest of your life ...
As a definite amateur I use HF tools bc they rarely let me down the four days a year I actually make use of them. If one breaks and I miss it, I'll consider buying something better next time (rarely happens; almost always I have no justification for spending the >3x money for next tier up). If I did this stuff for a living I expect my criteria would be different)
Nick Rapoport OI what’s so wrong about bein a lefty huh
Buy once cry once.
Still have a set of Crafstman sockets that I purchased 54 years ago. Sure that I could sell them for more then I paid for them. Sears & Craftsman all garbage mow a days.
I died at the throwing away of the 10mm
I can totally appreciate a great pen! Brilliant colour and smooth running is what I look for!
Didnt even give the bloody 10mil a chance!
It never had a chance
@@westernkratom1694 "Wait, the 10mm is lost?"
"Always has been."
I’m on vacation with my bride, and it gets dark early, and I’m far away from my tools and projects.. and television is mindless, so..
I’ve been catching up on your channel after sunset and enjoying every second... and my bride finds you amusing and acceptable as well.
Great episode. Thanks for the entertainment, education and inspiration.
Mark
She sound like a keeper. You should marry her.
when he threw that 10mm I laughed so hard, the guy who trained me on the spot was in his mid 50s and told me to get a ratchet just for the 10mm 1/4 and 3/8 drive and keep the socket on them at all time so it would be more difficult to lose them and it worked I have never lost a 10mm in 9 years.
That's not a bad idea. I was thinking along the same lines when I bought a battery wrench - 5/16", 10mm, and 1/2". That particular tool sucked, but having that go to thing would be handy.
Have had this exact toolkit for a couple years now, worked good for me so far
I get a lot of comments on my “People are Monsters” tee shirt!
Care to share some of them?
kingpopaul,
“Ain’t that the truth!”, “WTF, why would you wear something like that” (that was a negative one), “I like that, where’d you get it?” Several people noticing a smiling/laughing, etc...
I dont work in an office but a small plant. Pilot G2 .07 Blue. Don't write on my log sheets with anything else. They hang on the wall and it looks sloppy if you're switching pens day to day. Also jet professional adjustable wrenches are my go to.
Taylor Johnstone pilot g2 1.0 in black I like the bold 👍🏼🍺
Lamy Safari. Fine nib. Noodler's Zhivago ink. I haven't bought a pen in ten years
Anything that uses Parker Quinkflow medium, blue for day to day, black for anything official, metal body as needs a bit heft to be comfortable.
And have suitable threats of retribution ready for anyone seen coveting your precious shiny shiny
Zebra Sarasa 0.7 Blue, ohhhhhhh fuck yeah bud. Gelly and thick, but she dries up faster than mother theresa in the desert
Guessing all in this thread have some legitimate pen rolls/flips
I'm so glad I found this guy. So many things I thought I wouldn't have the time to care about make the world of difference
Tekton was my upgrade after I left the HF behind. Ship free in the US, by weight to CA. Lifetime on everything, just take a picture and they send you a new one. Broke a 15 mm socket, but I wollered on the thing with an impact, so it gave up the ghost after a while. Would be curious to see what you think of them.
Sent them a picture of one I screwed up and trapped and had to cut in half to get out and they wouldn't sell me one but shipped a free replacement
How is this guy even Canadian? He didn't apologize one time in the entire video!
Mr. MidLifeCrisis maple syrup poisoning
Because he's Dutch by origin (I think).
That explains it, my cousin is lives in the Netherlands and he is like him
Sounds like he works in the Alberta oil patch. Lol
You have no idea about Canadians. You watch too much fake news!
I wish I had the deep vocabulary as AvE and just talk like this on the fly.
I have a set of Craftsman sockets and wrenches that are 44 years old plus a 9" hand grinder, a half sheet vibrating sander, 4x24 belt sander and 3/8" drill that are over 40 years old and still working. I can not get parts for them but they have served me well.
He who dies with the most tools wins!
he who dies with the most polish Wins !
Damn.. thought it was cannabis.. been doing it wrong all these years 🤷♂️
As long as you include guns in the tools category -- you have to fill both requirements for it to count
You cant win when you're dead, friend. We win buying that used stuff from the twits you call family that got left behind
Your wife then sells them for what you told her you paid for them. 🙄
I gotta say, I've become a huge fan of Wright Tools over the years!
I agree I recently replaced my smaller combination wrenches with a set of Wright's metric and sae up to 1-1/4 and I love them got quite a bit of Wright tool stuff at work too
@@Bkrites I agree just bought a full set of Wright combos very nice.
I have a set of the Bonnie wrench style like he shown and a set of offset wrenches. I've always liked them except the wrench slots are lacking some finishing and if you dress off the rough edge you break through the chrome.
I love wright. My wrenches, sockets, and favorite ratchet are all wright. I love the Wrightgrips, the only issue I find is how sharp the corners are on the open end. If you touch that wrong it will slice your finger open
They are nice they make a nice little 3/8th rachet it's small and nice all around
I recently found a bunch of my craftsman tools I bought in the late 80’s. No rust. Still look great. I really didn’t appreciate them as much as I should have back then.
I got a used westward wrench from a swap meet. Still run it today 1 1/8 with meaty handle does the job well.
When you started to open that Snap On cabinet i said to myself "i bet everything is all nice and organized".... and NOPE... it looks exactly how mine does.
That's becsuse when u use them and want to go try out what u just fixed and never have time to organize them until u can't find anything, then u have do it.
When working on hydraluic systems on equipment I always take the time to say my thanks for snap on offset wrenches!!!
7:30 I actually do have a mechanical keyboard and yes I've bought one for each one of my workstations at the office and yes they all have cherry blues because I've been coding for years.
I second the comment about those “old school Craftsman tappet wrenches”. I carry a few of the exact same ones in my service truck. A couple of times they have been THE ONLY WAY to get a fitting undone or to hold a nut in a small inaccessible space.
Laughed my ass off when you threw the 10mm
Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) today announced it will expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint with a new CRAFTSMAN manufacturing plant in Fort Worth, TX. The groundbreaking for the 425,000-square-foot facility will take place in summer 2019, and the plant is expected to be completed in late 2020.
Black and pecker huh. Well they're hit and miss let's see if they can live up to the Craftsman name that used to have
Brett Begani read a lot on this. Very satisfied.
MAGA!
so there's hope, but also the possibility it'll be even more hit and miss on quality. Seems to be one way or the other with no in between for US made tools.
Would be interesting to see them introduce (re-introduce?) a Craftsman Pro line to compete with Snap-On at a lower price.
I always love when your camera won’t focus because I know the cussing is a coming 😂
That set including the case is identical to my cheap Stanley set and frankly they have worked just fine the past 3 years. Never bent or broken anything but I’m sure a few rolled away.
Craftsman was sold to Stanley, Stanley put them into Lowes.
Yea....Also Craftsman is sold at Menards, Ace, Farm & Fleet....Definitely not the same as the old Craftsman.
@@stever4651 fleet farm too!
Lol
They should probably have put them to pasture. These new ones look hideous. Harbor Freight quality with a name too big for them.
Craftsman will soon be made In Texas. They are bringing production back to the USA. Factory is already being built.
“Polish my tool when the wife is gone” lol
Don't we all...
Hey... I resemble that remark LOL
Stanley, Black & Decker now owns the Craftsman name. They are sold at quite a few retailers. SB&D is building a new hand tool manufacturing plant slated to open in late 2020 in Texas
I’ve been a big fan of Stanley tools for a long time. I bought a set of black chrome sockets and ratchets 8 ish years ago and even after using them with the ugga dugga on occasion and slipping the 3/8 inside a four foot pipe as to provide a bit of persuasion, the set still remains complete and functional.
i have a 10mm Proto satin finish wrench in the collection, definitely my favorite.
Your underground rants kill me every time. Nothing makes sliding under a scoop to wrestle 15 ft of wound up screen from a driveshaft better then finding some filthy miner feces on your sleeve after.
"WHY IS THERE LUNG BUTTER ON MY COLLAR?!"
@@arduinoversusevil2025 Some might tell you that's good luck if you don't wipe it away
Is there no porta shitter in the mine?
Diamond miners are much more civilized
When you throw the 10mm
It makes me think of Tom and Ray from Car Talk radio show (now on podcast... kinda)
3:30 killed me with the 10 mm 😂😂
OMG... I near fell out of my chair laughing when you through out the 10mm.
No lyin'! I just bought a new 21mm Craftsman wrench as a replacement in my early 90's set. It's an okay copy as far as skin deep/10' aesthetics go, but all the finer things that make a nice tool are gone. I'm guilty as hell, too, as I don't remember the last time I used the damn thing. Just needed it for continuity's sake, damn empty slot was wearin' on me, lol.
Reading your comment "why the hell would anybody buy a 21mm wrench? Working on a Hungarian submarine, shoeing horses, prototype space shuttle? Oh... empty spot syndrome. It's a legitimate condition."
@@arduinoversusevil2025 Only scratching the surface of my tool sins. As a side note, about to fire up the freshly seasoned Blackstone griddle that your stir fry vid caused me to buy.
Need some Town pump planchettes(?) as I believe you called them
I work on heavy trucks and truck mounted cranes for a living, European ones, mostly Volvo and Scania, and 21 mm is actually quite a common size in the air brake and hydraulic fittings. They also have lots of "weird" nut and bolt sizes like 12, 15, 16, 18 mm etc. so we have wrenches in every size.
AvE the lug nuts on my Mazda are 21mm. Seemed like a weird size to me and I had to buy a 21mm impact socket separate from my set.
Reminds me of my dad. His racing box had a mix of good tools and a few throw aways. But every tool has a story.
When were you in Honolulu AvE? You mentioned at 10:59. Well thank you for all your videos. They helped me out in many ways, and your videos stick in my head thanks to your hilarious commentary. Keep it up!
The 10mm is always missing when I need it. Now I know why.
I own a full set of Gedore wrenches that were my great grandfather's. Really well made wrenches.
Also a lot Dowidat wrenches.
Dowidat are very good, but hard to find, got a few myself.
I bought a new Crapsman no2 Phillips not long ago, it lasted a couple months.. returned it and heat treated the tip and she's gone the distance so far. Wrapped the shank in cold wet rag and heated the tip to non austenetic and quenched in canola earl
I live now for the most part on a boat and I have tools I'll take on deck, thereby risking an involuntary tribute to Neptune, and tools I keep below in the workshop or the pilothouse. The crap tools go on deck. Of course, I also have crap tools I can't lose in a hurricane, but I did lose a vanadium chromium screwdriver my late dad had owned off the stern at haulout undoing the mast stays. I made a fishing pole at spring breakup, rigged a Dyneema line and a big magnet and got it back first strike. I did a single stroke with an SOS pad and she was good to go, but now has a hole drilled and a little lanyard.
The good tools get lubed and CRC'd and Boeshielded. The crap tools, less so.
"Half a millimeter from summer teeth" lmaoooooo
Lol your Canaderpian accent really comes out when you say "quarter"
Caught me off guard the first time I heard it haha
eh ? :-)
It's pronounced "karter".
Had to play it back a couple times.. “3 Karter”.... say what?
I just landed a snap-on tool box with a rizer and some drawer trays worth $10,000 retail for $1,500. Spent 9 hours cleaning it today, looks amazing and drawers open and close like new.
My Crapsman Mechanic set all have Forged in America on them. Still remember that sale, I think it was half off the 150 piece set, still have all the 10mm. As I haven't used the 10mm. Got them before I needed them, was glad I had them when I needed them as it meant I could do the alternator replacement myself.
When you kept say 3 carters, I was thinking, 'What the hell does Jimmy Carter have to do with this?" Then I realized you meant 3 quarters...
went to the comments to see this comment :)
Ya took me a moment too
Putting on the Newfoundland accent...
Had a Stahlwille set when I was an apprentice, awesome set!
Just bought a 26 piece SAE and 26 piece Metric USA Made VA Series combo wrench. Both new. Super excited.
Beach tool boxes are also a great option if you dont mind an older unit... I loaded mine full with all my tools and billets when i moved and it made it across Canada in 1 peice. I was filly expecting it to collapse on it self. Best $100 box ever!
That “miner piss” reference is a winner. Respect.
was sure i could remember a time when the open end rounded 3 corners at a time, only took 2 grunts to wreck a nut instead of 3
I've also got the "warm glow of false nostalgia" for a Craftsman 1/2" socket set that I received for a present in 1975.
Can’t say I know much more about the video topic now, but I am thoroughly entertained.