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Ok, to start off with, I am no expert on surgery, but here is what I have been told. When a doctor performs a critical surgery like a heart or brain surgery that somebody’s life depends on, there is a tool guy in the operating room (in scrubs, of course), with a cabinet full of top notch doctor type of tools, and I guess this stuff is REALLY expensive (tool guy stays with the box) , so I think the surgeon pays for the use of the tools, which as you can imagine have to be the best, or somebody dies. Anyway, so little did some know, high end doctors have tool guys too, just in rooms instead of trucks. Anyway, that is not a joke. Here is where I am going, if you saw your doctor at harbor freight stocking up on the cheap scissors, razors blades, and what not, would you not be a little worried ? Some forget that peoples lives also depend on their cars working, properly, if not, the driver of the car could very well be killed just as the patient mentioned above. So are Truck tools not worth the extra cost ? Could you imagine the surgeons mentioned above wanted to cheap out and bring in their own cheap china tools in to surgery to save a buck. They would out of a job in an hour if they didn’t kill somebody first.. Why are mechanics so much different ? I do believe that truck tools are expensive, but its lifetime investment, a way to keep customers vehicles in top notch shape, keep them on the road, keep the tech’s food on the table. A mechanic could be viewed as a car doctor or car surgeon of sorts, and so of course in the medical field quality always trumps price with equipment, so why should shops be so much different. There is such a stunning difference in USA made truck tools vs crap from a discount store that has no place in a shop. So why a professional tech would even consider using cheap tools anymore than a brain surgeon would use Scissors from Kmart is beyond me. Of course Snap-on is expensive, its the best stuff, everybody knows it, and they obviously get their prices. As Eric mentioned in at least one video, one should get the best tools he or she can afford. Cheap tools are like cancer.
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[quote=”Camd64″ post=129475][quote=”Chevyman21″ post=129451]
Also, I was wondering if y’all knew anything about a particular brand of tool he gave me. He got’em in the mid 70s. They are opening box end wrenches. The manufacturer is Imperial USA..all SAE. Apparently the company went out of business a decade or so ago as the USA started to lose manufacturing jobs. They are made in Chicago IL. Here is a picture I have of them:[/quote]
I just did a search and found an Imperial Tools website, looks to be the same logo and tools you have listed as 195-F Kwik-Tite ratchet wrenches. Main page shows as being American made since 1905. Looks like those would come in real handy working on AC lines and hyd. fittings.[/quote] Ironically that’s what he did, he worked in pneumatics and hydraulics manufacturing and servicing for industrial. I was under the impression they were out of business, I guess not..heh. Thanks Cam for the info!
Worrying about people laughing at you because of what kind of tools you have seems like a waste of energy for me. The only reason I use snap on stuff is because I got it somewhat cheap through a student discount. All my tools get used at least a few times and I always end up going for my craftsman stuff more often than not.
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