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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 03:10 PM
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Let’s turn this into a real thread.

if you lost your old tools, what brand would you replace them with?

Craftsman was my go to but the quality seems to have diminished. MAC and Snap-on are great but too expensive. SK Tool any good?

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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 03:32 PM
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I think Lowes in Canada took over the Craftsman brand since Sears went bankrupt up here. I'm sure everything is Chinese made, just like everything else now. , Doug.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 04:38 PM
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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Muppy1840
I think Lowes in Canada took over the Craftsman brand since Sears went bankrupt up here. I'm sure everything is Chinese made, just like everything else now. , Doug.
Same here in the US , Craftsman is the main tool line at Lowes.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by bigwin56f100
Finders keepers
Yes, I'll play...

Losers weepers.

Or we could turn this into a knock knock thread.

I'd really hate to see it turn into something useful like a tool recommendation thread...
 
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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 05:35 PM
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Jeepers creepers

I buy most of my stuff from Harbor Freight, so I can't give any advice on tools.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 05:49 PM
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One way or the other we're bound to find out what My Old Tools really wanted to tell us.

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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 06:26 PM
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Lowe's and Home Depot...
 
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My harbor freight socket wrench came apart while using it. Put it back together and it works. But still...I wasnt working it that hard.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 07:07 PM
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My 60 year old Craftsman wrench set. It belonged to my Dad.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by abe
My 60 year old Craftsman wrench set. It belonged to my Dad.
buying older craftsman sets from eBay might be the way to go.

Chris
 
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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 08:03 PM
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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 08:26 PM
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When I was growing up, my Dad would not let me use the his tools because he needed them for his work. Instead he took me to garage sales and bought me "dead man's tools" where the husband had died and the widow was selling off his tools 40 or 50 years later, when I open one of my roll around tool boxes and spot some of those old "dead man's tool's" I wonder if someday my vast collection will become the same thing. "dead man's tools" for some other young man.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2018 | 08:46 PM
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Here is my Dad's Craftsman socket set.

 
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