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Originally Posted by bighead2,Nov 3 2006, 04:12 PM
I looked at that one too but all my tools are craftsman and I guess I'm ocd like that 
The thing that is killing me is that the really good stuff is SO DAMN EXPENSIVE! Matco/Snap-On torque wrenchs cost $300 + !!!
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Originally Posted by WhrDLMI,Nov 3 2006, 04:18 PM
You should be OCD like that... Craftsman is at least decent stuff. The HD tools are garbage... I'm just cheap...
The thing that is killing me is that the really good stuff is SO DAMN EXPENSIVE! Matco/Snap-On torque wrenchs cost $300 + !!!
The thing that is killing me is that the really good stuff is SO DAMN EXPENSIVE! Matco/Snap-On torque wrenchs cost $300 + !!!
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Bobbie got me a $150 gift card to Snap-On for my b-day... I still have it... I think I am going to invest it in a set of socket wrenches... I use them on almost every project. I figure that is where I should really go quality. The only thing that is giving me pause is how critical an accurate torque wrench can be. The question is how much is "can" worth. I still don't know and probably won't find out until I break something cuz I went cheap on a tool... 
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Originally Posted by bighead2,Nov 3 2006, 04:19 PM
I don't see a point in having expensive tools for weekend wrenching... now if I had a shop it would be a different story...
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IMO as long as you unload the torque wrench after you're done there's no reason that it would be correctly calibrated for at least a year... so to have it recalibrated every year wouldn't be a problem...
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My Dad was a car guy when he was my age... Most of my tools are from back then... Say... The 60's... He never invested in good stuff either so... You guessed it... Most of the stuff I have (box wrenches, sockets, etc.) are spent and not worth poo. 
