Daddy got new tools

[SyntheticShield]

I dont know who makes the stuff they have in there (i.e. like craftsman making another line at a lower price point) but Im a believer in Harbor Freight. It may not be name brand but a good deal of their stuff is pretty dang decent and you certainly cannot complain about the prices.

They have another place in Tusla called Re-Tool where you can find slightly used name brand stuff mostly with some pretty decent discounts. Though I have not made it there yet. There is another place called Steves Wholesale. When I work in a machine shop (I was their electronic and electrical tech) we went to Steves A LOT! And it is pretty much just a smaller version of Harbor Frieght and I never had any trouble with the stuff we got from there.

[TDCRacing]

Can you imagine what harbor freight's wholesale cost would be....sickening lol ...I agree they got some good stuff

[SyntheticShield]

Can you imagine what harbor freight's wholesale cost would be....sickening lol ...I agree they got some good stuff

Agreed. To give you an idea of what it is. The straight die grinder I bought, well it normally sells for $15 or $19, cant remember which, but I picked up one of their coupon books and in there was the straight die grinder for $5. Now assuming they are still making a profit on that you can probably assume that their cost was a dollar or two less and they normally sell them for the $15 or $19 and are making a mint. Kinda neat I think. They still make some money and I can pick up decent tools for next to nothing.

[Sabrewings]

Except for my torque wrenches, all of my tools are usually Kobalt. Very high quality for a decent price. They used to be made by Snap-On for Lowes, but I don't know if this is still true.

[SyntheticShield]

Except for my torque wrenches, all of my tools are usually Kobalt. Very high quality for a decent price. They used to be made by Snap-On for Lowes, but I don't know if this is still true.

Something critical like torque wrenches I wont play around with. Both of mine are Craftsman. Ive looked at some of the Kobalt tools and they do appear to be very good quality and the price isnt half bad.