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You, too, huh? A little heat, a slight bend and a Craftsman wrench becomes a starter wrench. Got a Craftsman socket welded to a large nut ground down just a hair for reaching through axle tubes on modern 8.25 rears to make adjustments. Someone (my dad's box, I think) is a couple of ling...

Thanks, Mike. That's actually one of the things I was gonna point out. To me, the brand of tool can be like the brand of car. A lot of it comes to brand preference and brand loyalty. For me, a lot came down to treatment of customer. Working in various towns and dealing with various tool...

Yup. Went round and round with the engineers about this when I worked building trains. Everything else has been said.

I do. Buy what you can afford that has an easy warranty. In that you're looking at Sears, Lowe's, Home Depot, Harbor Freight. Even the parts houses like Auto Zone, NAPA, Advance (selling Gearwrench) Here's the deal with buying tools from the parts houses. If you're looking at a set, say...

Torque 'em and you can. Especially if everything is moving free like it should.

Sweet. I've got a white John Force MAC Economizer. Can't remember when I bought it... has to be well over 20 years ago. I'm still remembered as the guy who worked in a body shop with a white tool box.

I tried those once upon a time. Went to socket rails. Too many sockets for the drawers, any way. The drawers are needed for other tools. I have a cart for my sockets and use rails. 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 are divided and then divided into metric and standard. Shallow, semi-deep, deep, and extra...

I like the 11" Hutchins Hustler. I board to rough in, though, and hand sand for final. I've worked with guys who could use the board to final sand, but I was never able to get the feel for it.

And beam style is usually the most accurate, you don't have to "calibrate" them, and don't have to release spring tension.

Is there a link for this published test?

Used to have a customer who worked in a local plant who used to bring Kroil to me by the case. Never bought a can. Now that I closed down the shop I miss not having it. The only use I've ever had for WD40 is cleaning tar off of cars. Keep a can of it in my detailing crates. But you're...

I've thought about this time and time again. Seems like no matter what I pack in a travel tool box, the one tool I absolutely have to have is still in my main tool box back at the house.

When are you guys going to figure out that tools aren't like seeds? If you plant them, they won't grow new tool trees. :D (That's what my old man used to tell me when I'd use his tools as a youngster and forget to put them back in the box.) For me, the key to organization (when I take the...

Gonna agree and disagree with you a bit on your side track. Hope you don't mind. :D I've seen guys go the other way, too, from what I was talking about above when first entering the trade. Huge bills with the tool truck guys to the point they've got thousands in debt with just basic hand...

The Lowes box is a nice one for the price. I have an old MAC Economizer John Force Edition and a tool cart to keep my sockets on. I've been looking at the Lowes box as an inexpensive upgrade to get more room. I've been in shops with guys who are engaged in the toolbox races. To me, most of...

Or what the local U-Pull It junkyard here does. Two wheels, one upside down, the other standing on edge inside the other, welded together. I wanted to kill 'em for doing this. Back when they started it wasn't unusual to go in and see Magnum 500's or rallyes welded together like that. But it's...

Guns really are like engine oil. It comes down to preference. I, personally, still use a 12 year old Accuspray 10 gun with a #5 cap for clear, and #7 cap for heavy metallic bases. All my primer guns (all cheapies) are set individually to run sealers, heavy urethane fillers, etc. My Pop has a...