Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Unconventional
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Those would be "personal" choices. Don't get caught without a seatbelt
or get caught with a butane lighter in your pocket 
, those are the only citations they write to the miner personally, that I know of.
All my tools are ...Blackhawk, Bonney/Utica, SK tool, Kd Tool, Very few Snap on... Only what I have been given.....LOLThe sad part is I have on my own will walked onto a snap on van ....many times
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Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
I used to be all about Craftsman and I would only buy specialty stuff from Mac and Snap on....
No more with craftsman ....I am now pretty into HF because I have had HF hand tools break and got free replacements with no hassles and at that,.... I broke them because I was being an ape, but had I used them the way a human is supposed to.........
Yea.....hand tools don't like 6 foot cheater bars LOL
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
Tools they sell at Oreilles and Advance auto are not bad either.....again most have good warranties and are available, and not priced too bad either.
Yeah, These days, craftsman are junk. They won't honor their warranty unless you have the original receipt. And even if they do, the stuff the replace it with is total junk. So sad really
I don't have any receipts for my old Craftsman tools... How do they expect me to keep them that long...
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Oh, I have too. Just been a while. We have a Matco guy that comes to work, but I don’t see him since I’m 2nd shift.The sad part is I have on my own will walked onto a snap on van ....many times
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You should see some of the Special/Modified tools , that I have altered , over the years... LOL.......
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
I still have receipts from 1982 taped inside the boxes for Crapsman vacuum guage and compression tester. kinda cool actually..
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
I've altered a few myself... Changed them from useful to junk...
Tools? You talkin' tools?
I've sold a few... Not near as many as M2 tho.......
Unconventional
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The combination wrenches cut in half or altered with the help of a rosebud. The sockets welded to the 2" steel shaft for the frequently used hammering wrench. Those tools that get hidden at the asphalt plant from MSHA inspectors, OSHA was a real PIA
hard to hide stuff from them, they inspected it all. One of my favs was the 24" pipe wrench with that annoying knob at the end of the handle cut off so the 4' snipe could be used on it. 
GeorgeH
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Have a bunch of torched, cut up , bent , twisted tools that were made for some specific purpose so long ago i can't even remember. I still can't bring myself to throw the stuff out being it hasn't been used in decades. lol
When I was 17, In worked for Newton Asphalt Co. in Alexandria Va.. Wow ...what a learning Exp. ... Road crew... I weight about a Buck 35... With a shovel and a rake... Learned a lot.. and took a lot of abuse... But It was fun... AND... I got a good tan...No OSHA in those days....The combination wrenches cut in half or altered with the help of a rosebud. The sockets welded to the 2" steel shaft for the frequently used hammering wrench. Those tools that get hidden at the asphalt plant from MSHA inspectors, OSHA was a real PIA
GeorgeH
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LOLWhen I was 17, In worked for Newton Asphalt Co. in Alexandria Va.. Wow ...what a learning Exp. ... Road crew... I weight about a Buck 35... With a shovel and a rake... Learned a lot.. and took a lot of abuse... But It was fun... AND... I got a good tan...No OSHA in those days....
When I started in a bodyshop at 14, I was the shop ***** lol When they taught me enough and my skills progress a little they called me the "Ding King". Man, I was somebody!
They taught me alot in short order, but the abuse I put up with............... Those guys were brutal and had no mercy. lol
I am 64 and the abuse I take just to be a part of the Coffee thread and I ain't learning squat!!!
Unconventional
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I hear tiny violins
just funnin' ya Dartn .. All about the fun Baby .. Got that painted on my racing and motorcycle helmets .. Along with the "Sublime" outline flames 
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
And yet you keep coming back!!! Kinda tells you something, don't it???
changing hemi plugs... SUCKS
GeorgeH
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Pfft! yer still learnin'
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
It’s not hard, just tedious.
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