Im still using some 25 year old craftsman wrenches made on usa they work just fine for me

@pedaltheglobe419

5 ай бұрын

Same. I use them when I need to beat on them with a hammer. Try to keep my Snap-On pretty haha.

Hello CP & HENRY: THANK YOU for this video. Chad you are bringing back lots of memories of when I got started WITH NO MONEY 63 years ago. I still have almost all the wrenches 🔧 I started with. That includes some Crapsman and SK. Thanks again & my best to Henry. TMP from N.J.

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I actually love the old Bonney/matco wrenches from the 80’s-90’s have used for years and still great and comfortable in hands compared to snap on and older knuckle savers from Mac and Cornwell USA But my favorite is the older snap on oh series round handle wrenches

That Snap-On wrench looks to be a 1964 model. Pretty simple, Google “Snap-on date codes” and find the normal looking “4”. You have yourself a nice old wrench. I wonder how desirable a Pittsburgh is going to be after 60 years.

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

About as desirable as herpes is my guess!! Lol

@peterchristlieb

5 ай бұрын

@@CPthetooladdictAh De Erpees! The visitor that never really leaves, kinda like rust. I found some 20 year old Pittsburg at work a few weeks back, we were cleaning out an old cart. A dry aged turd kept under ideal conditions will still be a turd regardless of how long ago you lost it or got pissed of and threw it behind that bench or trash can or whatever…

@peterchristlieb

5 ай бұрын

Some of those old cheap box wrenches are ok for making something out of in a pinch. I built a custom torque adaptor out of a junk 1/2” drive socket and an 1 1/8” wrench

I have a lot of old USA made Allen brand and Armstrong tools I use in the field. They keep going. I purchased said tools used mainly NOS and government surplus for a very reasonable price. Those are my wrenches, ratchets and sockets. My pliers and screwdrivers I bought new mainly Klein and Channellock. Truthfully when you start out, you can find Armstrong and Allen brand tools for a reasonable price comparable to Tekton or Carlyle. They are better tools. As you break them or they wear you can easily upgrade them individually either by the tool truck or by a US domestic brand Such as Proto Williams or Wright. A cool thing about Armstrong Fat Maxx fine tooth ratchets is they are compatible with Matco 88 tooth repair kits. My go to ratchet is an Armstrong fine tooth. I bought it for 15 bucks because the ratchet was seized and wore out. For another 20 bucks I purchased a Matco 88 tooth repair kit. Installed it myself in said ratchet. Now I have an inexpensive quality ratchet that can easily be serviced. In my opinion I've increased the value of that ratchet.

America has closed many great tool companies in the past 25 years and started outsourcing. I think Armstrong was probably the last straw for me. If they could not cut it there is no point.

Thanks for sharing bro. Awesome video. Keep the videos coming. Hope all is well. Much love and RESPECT

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit

Thank god! Turned my night around CP my KZread is full of a bunch of nonsense today

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

I'm glad to have obliged!!@

I did learn something. I been a machinist for 30 years, I bought a Starrett Tap handle and there a quality difference between the cheap one I bought and the Starrett.

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Anen

Thanks for mixing it up CP. It was kind of nice seeing the video that was again reminding the general public the difference in qualities and really drive home. The fact that tools are an investment and not just some purchase. I mean I’ve been there where I had to buy the cheaper stuff to get by, but it was Long-term to build up a better portfolio of tools and now the cheap stuff if it’s still around is been bent or cut on as a cheap one of the kind specialty tool for one time used job and I like how you finished the video telling people that you could still trade in or trade up the tow truck brands because you’re right I’ve done it and it’s helped

I recently picked up a set of old school SK USA mid sockets and a set of metrics. Like new

Personally I've used harbor freight, tekton, and snapon impact sockets. I've broken 2 snapon impact sockets. Never one harbor freight or tekton

@peterchristlieb

5 ай бұрын

I’ve had the opposite results brother, I’ve only got SAE Shallow Snap On impact sockets but a couple sizes get used daily. The square end does take a tiny bit of damage but the hex seems to be holding up nicely. I’ve got 3/8 drive deep both SAE and MM from Tekton and both sets have survived about 4 years of beatings. The markings are wearing away though. The Pittsburg and China stuff is indestructible under size 19mm or 3/4” but the larger sizes are a little too hard. I’ve cracked cheaper ones. I’ve heard the Snap On sockets are left purposely softer and wear rather than break.

I’m glad I’m not alone with not being able to stand raised panel wrenches. They are trash. I get the nostalgia of a craftsman raised panel but that doesn’t mean they were good. I never could stand acrylic handled screw drivers either

@TylerSnyder305

5 ай бұрын

The wrenches were excellent quality in the 40's-80's before MDF / Easco was absorbed by danahar. Once danahar took over the chrome quality dropped, the wrenches were mostly shorter & wider, and overalll the quality just wasn't as good.

Dad’s race car trailer toolbox still has some assorted Challenger by Proto, Easco, SK and Thorsen stuff in it. Works just as good now than it did when I would borrow it after breaking a craftsman or old satin finish husky

As far as those MAC wood handle screwdrivers I love the grip ,and I have a set of Grace gunsmithing screwdrivers with the same handles that I use all the time but no I certainly wouldn't beat on them. They were popular because wood is known to grip well when greasy and oily. My absolute favorite screwdriver is a 1950's PROTO wood handle 5/16 that I found for $1 at a yardsale awhile back. That thing is a beast with it's thick forged square shank and steel striking cap, the ergonomics are great too. Sadly this handle was discontinued before PROTO really started offering a lot of philips. I'm currently thinking if finding another with a damaged tip or something and replacing the shank with a heavy duty #2 phillips of some kind.

SK-Wayne tools ended in the late 60’s when SK was sold to Dresser industries. Wooden handle screwdrivers were not the inly to buy in the 80’s. I bought SnapOn, Matco and AC hard handle screwdrivers in the late 70’s and acetate SK, Matco and Craftsman in the 70’s.

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Great info thanks for sharing

Were the craftsman wrenches actually chrome or just polished? Kind of apples to oranges comparing the Snap On Chrome to a Craftsman polished wrench.

I have a couple old snap on wrenches a friend gave me from yard sales, or someone passed and was getting rid of stuff. They have those notches too. Weird

They put the notches to mark it like engraving the initials or name that means its old

I have some snap on that is that old. Never had a need to warranty them. Same with the wooden macs. Have about 3 or 4. Good stuff, still.

Get what you pay for just like that video you got thats older with the snap-on picks when you Got a paper receipt. What you paid for them 20 years ago and what you could get in today's market the better tools keep their value

I am all for investing in your future. Sadly, spending 10-20x for tools from a tool truck just isn’t the way to do that. Are they better tools? Maybe Snap-On has SOME hand tools that are better but at the cost…it’s a very low ROI. They have the same ratio of depreciation. A smarter move would be to buy quality tools like Tekton, Capri, Icon, Milwaukee and the like. Then invest your money. Work for money…then make your money work for you. The other major issue with tool truck tools is that the majority of them are purchased with credit. With insane interest rates. They make you poorer…not the other way around.

@roninbushito

Ай бұрын

False misleading statements

Do you like snap on or matco impact sockets better id like to hear your opinion on them thinking about upgrading impact sockets to the matco or snap on ones thanks

@CPthetooladdict

4 ай бұрын

Neither unless it's the matco pro non slips those are amazing!!

@brettwalkom948

Ай бұрын

Better off with wright or koken

Your tools work for you its like investing into your employees

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Exactly

I have some Harbor Freight crap as far back 77 Taiwan tools the stuff was better quality than the crap today I would buy stuff from the guy out of the back of a station wagon wrench sets from 1/4 to 2.1/2 in the last one I bought in the mid 80's was $40.00 bucks you could bend them cut weld and beat on them I still have a set of 3/4 chrome sockets that wen from 3/4to 2.1/2 there is a set that went past 3.in you could go down town LA there were stores that specialized in container freight you would be shocked at what tools we came out of there with keep them coming CP 👍😎👍

Another great video!! And I agree with you 100%

@CPthetooladdict

4 ай бұрын

Yay, thank you!

Hope all is well with you and Henry. We haven't seen the little man in awhile, he doing well.

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Henry is doing well I will get him on some vids soon

I'm not going to argue on the quality of those Craftsman wrenches because I know the quality went way down when Easco was absorbed by Danahar in the late 80's, but I will tell you that they weren't always hot garbage. From the 40's-70's they were better and once excellent for the home gamer, in the 40's-50's they had thinner longer handles too. I will also tell you that back in the 70's Sears / Craftsman was offering some ratchets that were better than anything Snapon had. It's no secret that snapon ( and MAC) clung to their 36 tooth batwing pawl ratchets for far too long, and in the early 70's with the introduction of the Kilness patent dual pawl mechanism Easco made Craftsman their excellent " RHFT " round head fine tooth ratchet with the dual pawl mechanism a QR button and a built in thumb wheel. ( Easco offered their own in a superior knurled handle that was also rebranded by NAPA too )

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

I'd honestly disagree that when kd Danaher owned them and amrstrong was making the professional line, they had peaked, and that was the best they had ever made early 90s, I believe, was the timeline..I'm no craftsman collector so the prices may be higher in the 40-50s retail wise but the tools were absolutely pro grade for the professional line I still have those and use them and love them they are 20 yrs tried and true!

@TylerSnyder305

5 ай бұрын

@@CPthetooladdict The professional line sure they were great ( some stuff was S-K BTW ), but in the standard line the ratchets sockets and wrenches were not as good in the 90's+. The chrome wasn't as good, the ratchets had the wafer thin plates , plastic selectors and QR buttons, the edges / corners of the handles on the ratchets and wrenches weren't as softened.

Another awesome and correct video!!!

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Great video CP 👍

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I'm still calling you an old fart! Jk keep up the good work!

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

I'm an old fart soul, thank you!!! Lol

You ever go to somebody else’s house and help them with something? You ask for a tool and you see a bunch of cheap crap and say man I wish I brought my toolbox.

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Every day of my life lmao

@peterchristlieb

5 ай бұрын

Those old Snap On wrenches feel better in the hand than the current flank drive plus wrenches, heavier but the handle is thicker and rounded off better. My Spark plug ratchet came from the same era, bent handle 32 tooth, traded a beautiful Tekton 90 tooth detent flex with the Bent handle for it.

11:20 my snappy guy will literally warranty ANYTHING I give him no matter what it is and no matter what the reasoning is. He doesn’t even ask I hand it to him he gives me a new one. The tool could be brand new he would still give me another one. And that’s why I do all my business with him. Oh and cuz the tools are also the best lol

That old craftsman still better than half these new tools today

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Lmao, you are smoked up, bud

@tristanfletcher6621

5 ай бұрын

I’m from the UK, never seen a Craftsman raised panel in person but they look total junk!

@jeffl7852

2 ай бұрын

Just gotta clean it up...

Great video my brother

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Much appreciated

What I don’t understand is there’s plenty technicians out there that seem proud that they’re working with Harbor freight or equivalent tools with many being 20 plus year technicians making 100k plus a year and they’re proud of it rather than investing in their trade and having a sense of pride of having quality tools allowing them to be more efficient which intern makes them more money

Brazil brand is SK tools

The only raised panel USA Craftsmen wrenches we purchased back in the day were the huge sizes that were rarely used. You could grab and pull on one of those raised panel wrenches and regret it. I still have many of those old USA raised panel Craftsmen wrenches and I don’t understand the collective value of them at all.

CP, Excellent Video !!!Back in 01/ 02 my Diesel mechanic shop teacher said the same thing. When the other kids would bring up craftsman and other brands he would laugh. Grant it our tool was all Snap on/ bluepoint stuff.

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"shitsburg" 😂

Always spend your money on a better tool cuz I've had buddies that just wrench DIY and they've had ratchets fail on them cheap ratchets that they buy at Harbor Freight O'Reilly's Home Depot they've had Kobalt ratchets I even gave them a blue point and the blue point out lasted all of the other ratchets that he had by like three to four years he went through nine different ratchets and the blue point was the only one he had left and he was desperate to try to fix his truck I'd rather spend a few extra dollars when I have the physics to Dollars to buy a better ratchet so that I'm not worried that I can't fix my truck because my tools are breaking when I'm broke and at my worst screw cheap tools they've screwed my friends enough

Clowns driving the car, now cp is getting political!

@CPthetooladdict

5 ай бұрын

Mote directed towards social media bafoons lol

I never really liked Crapsman I gave mine away for snapon, proto, mac.