Pittsburg are cheapley made tools!

[Tri-ZNate]

I was just trying to take one of the bolts, that hold the engine in the frame of my Kawasaki, out and my fricken 1/2 to 3/8 drive twisted right off at the part that it goes into the socket. :mad: OMG IM PI$$ED!:mad: It seems like this project will take forever. And the piece only had like 10 uses out of it.

[Bill X_R]

One more reason not to shop at Harbor Freight

[Tri-ZNate]

I got it for christmas. I had no choice in the brand. :(

[Trikeaholic]

One more reason not to shop at Harbor Freight


no chit! "you get what you pay for"

There are some good imported hand tools, "pittsburgh" is NOT one of them.

[deathman53]

buy cheap, get cheap. seriously I'd get a set from sears, you can get a carftsman set with 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 sockets and ratchets and a set of metric wrenches for a very resonable price. Alot of people disagree with me about craftsman tools, but they are good for the average guy.

[cliff2302]

Lifetime warranty too, can't beat that

[bigredhead]

i have alot of mastercraft.. canadian tire brand. same thing.. lifetime warrantee and they handle a good amount of abuse.

Canadian tire also sells " Job Mate " brand.. now that is total Cr@p !!!.. anything with the JOB MATE title should be burned.

I don't think i have anything craftsman yet... weird enough. i think i'm going to get my torque wrenches from sears...... they'll be my first.

[Pistonhead]

i have alot of mastercraft.. canadian tire brand. same thing.. lifetime warrantee and they handle a good amount of abuse.

Canadian tire also sells " Job Mate " brand.. now that is total Cr@p !!!.. anything with the JOB MATE title should be burned.

I don't think i have anything craftsman yet... weird enough. i think i'm going to get my torque wrenches from sears...... they'll be my first.

Good old mastercraft! I have little experience with job mate, mainly because I dish out a few more dollars to get more out of the mastercaft. I got a mastercraft socket set, wrench set, torque wrench, drill press and air compressor.

[TRI Z Racer]

those stupid bigger to smaller adapters always break, ive broken a few... ive found using a 3/8 inch drive for 3/8 inch sockets and so on works best. Use what you got man, you could have a million dollars in tools, it wont make you a better mechanic. Its all in the user.... im not ragging on you, just letting you know that you dont have to pay much to achieve the same results.

[cliff2302]

They aren't the best though, Mac and Snap On are, more Snap On than mack. The tollerances are tighter, but you pay for it. i honestly don't think it matters that much, but go to any shop and look at what the guys are using. They have lifetime garauntees too. But, at like double price for everything, i say craftsman are the best for the bang. I'll never buy anything else unless i get a good deal on someones box and tools

[wheelie king]

Believe it or not, my best set of pneumatic impact sockets are pittsburg. Got them as a gift 2 years ago, and they are great. Use them a lot. Most all my other stuff is Husky and Craftsman- LOVE THEM! Never any problems.

[ejc042]

Buy Husky, they are made by Craftsman for sale at Home Depot. Have the same warranty and are cheaper than Craftsman.

[OldSchoolin86]

Buy Husky, they are made by Craftsman for sale at Home Depot. Have the same warranty and are cheaper than Craftsman.
I went to 3 Home Depots looking for tools that last time I needed things and not one of them had anything for a selection. If I have to order tools I'll do it online. The prices on the little bit they had wern't worth braging about either.

[Mobular]

Who deals in Westward tools? They carry a lifetime warranty and I've got some broken stuff that needs repacing...

[foster]

I swear by Craftman tools, even though I am NOT very handy with tools. I'm learning, though. Paid the big bucks and got the socket set with the ratcheting wrenches. They're GREAT! Very handy.

Job Mate tools are for children. I never used such crappy tools in my life. I gave them all to my boy when he was about 10 years old, and even he said they were awful.

[ejc042]

I went to 3 Home Depots looking for tools that last time I needed things and not one of them had anything for a selection. If I have to order tools I'll do it online. The prices on the little bit they had wern't worth braging about either.


Their selection isn't big if you are looking for individual tools, but the tool sets are normally about 15%-20% less than Craftsman and are the same tool.

[cool_racer]

im 100% snapon, best tools ever, last as long as you dont loose them. i seriously can not think of any snapon HAND tools that i have broken

[OldSchoolin86]

Their selection isn't big if you are looking for individual tools, but the tool sets are normally about 15%-20% less than Craftsman and are the same tool.
I was looking for sets but I think the sets I wanted were too big (1"+ stuff). I went to sears first to get prices and ended going back because there was nothing to compair them to. To bad too because the Husky stuff looked nice but like I said there wasn't anything for a selection. It could be a regional thing too IDK. I was just disapointed that our True-Value hardware store had more hand tools then the 3 home depot stores I went to.

EDIT:
For contibution purposes I use mostly craftsman hand tools and IR air tools. I learned real quick that spending a little more on air tools was well worth it.

[Lots_Of_Nothing]

I have 99% craftsman tools, the other 1% is "Do It Best" or wtf ever, they sell them at stores like Wise Buys, in the hardware department, the tools are good priced, and gaurenteed for life, Just bring in the broken tool, they give you a new one.. Just like crasftman... Although I have yet to break one of those tools. I have a nice sized bucket full of broken crasftman stuff, I wait untill I break a few things, then go trade it all in at once.. Simply because sears is a 45 minute drive away.

Sometimes when I snap a craftsman I will just go buy the same thing "do it best" brand, because its a 5 minute drive, and Its good to have 2 of the same thing.

I never buy a tool unless it is guarenteed for life. Although I have bought a few cheap-o ones in the $6 dollar bin at NAPA, of course I only bought those that cheap because I knew I was going to be using them incorrectly.

[hotroddal]

well i use whatever does the job, no matter how cheaply made they are, but i can say most of my tools are craftsman tools.

[Mike_Ham_250R]

One more reason not to shop at Harbor Freight
Does this mean my new steel ramps will bend and break?!

[Mike_Ham_250R]

We use snap-on, craftsman, and MAC.