Tools: Cheap and disposable vs. the best you can find/afford?

[Leszek Vogt]

Totally agree with you, Alan G. Got Klein wire cutters and after hooking up all the receptacles in the house + garage, they are still working great.

[John Kasaian]

I just picked up a pair of handsaws, a vintage Disston D8 and a circa 1935 Keystone (Disston) K-6 Challenger 10 pt. at an estate sale for $7.
Very high quality saws at a nano-fraction of the price a new "quality" saw.

[Jody_S]

Hey, Alan. I own a pair of your electrician's pliers. Great tools!


https://www.homedepot.com/b/Electric...5yc1vZbm95Z3xg

I have worn out 3 pairs of Klein linesman pliers and 6-7 Klein side cutters. I have a drawer in the garage full of worn-out Klein tools. Had I gone with no-name tools, I would need a much larger receptacle for the worn-out ones.

[Tin Can]

Snap-On Tools once offered Side Cutter #87 Vacuum Grip resharpening. I have 3 and see they are now collectible. http://www.collectingsnapon.com/inde...alCutters85-86

I have 3 of most hand tools as I used to maintain 3 identical toolboxes in 3 locations. Easier to use...


















I really prefer the bare metal tools with Black Oxide finish to chrome as the are far less slippery.

[Willie]

No problem with fine equipment. If it works for you it can only help.
But, would a Sinar 8x10 have improved the images of Morley Baer over the old Ansco 8x10 he used for decades?

There is more to be said for being comfortable with what you have than obsessing over "better". This does not discount the advantages, both technical and aesthetic of owning and using fine gear. Comfort and familiarity are more important, in my mind.

[Alan Gales]

[QUOTE=Randy Moe;1473791]

I have 3 of most hand tools as I used to maintain 3 identical toolboxes in 3 locations. Easier to use...






That can get expensive, Randy. Especially with quality Snap On tools!

I used to carry two tool boxes to work. One for the tools that I used every day and one for the tools that I occasionally needed. Both boxes were full and heavy but one stayed in the trunk of my car. I could always go back to it for a certain tool. Of course I worked construction jobs all over the place so I had to take mine with me. I can understand having tools at the sites you worked. That would be nice!

[Per Madsen]

Life is too short for bad tools.

Always buy the best tools you can afford.

I can recommend Proxxon:

https://www.proxxon.com/en/

[Tin Can]

Time is money.

I wish I had more time.


[QUOTE=Alan Gales;1473801]

I have 3 of most hand tools as I used to maintain 3 identical toolboxes in 3 locations. Easier to use...






That can get expensive, Randy. Especially with quality Snap On tools!

I used to carry two tool boxes to work. One for the tools that I used every day and one for the tools that I occasionally needed. Both boxes were full and heavy but one stayed in the trunk of my car. I could always go back to it for a certain tool. Of course I worked construction jobs all over the place so I had to take mine with me. I can understand having tools at the sites you worked. That would be nice!

[Roger Thoms]

Starrett factory tour!

https://youtu.be/T7JqXbm-Nwo

Roger

[Jac@stafford.net]

I am too old with a pessimistic mortality to acquire anything that will last longer than I will.