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NUTS & BOLTS
TOOLS, TOOLS, TOOLS
NOT “SOMETIMES”, YOU “ALWAYS” NEED THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB
We talk a lot about repairing various parts of our cars in these bi-monthly articles (actually I yap a lot and you listen.... or flip to the next article and ignore me), but I tend to leave out the most crucial aspect of any job....Tools! And what guy doesn’t like to talk about tools (insert best Tim Allen grunt). Many times the difference between a job being incredibly frustrating and incredibly easy, is nothing more than the tool you are using. After years of wrenching on the weekends with friends, I keep getting the response to repair advice I would give as....”well I can’t do that like you can.” That always puzzled me as I’m not a rocket scientist by any means.....then I realized that they were trying to do a repair with their great grandpa’s worn out crescent wrench and a set of screwdrivers their mother won at a bake sale in 1956. When you think of professional mechanics, you start to think about names like Snap on, Mac, Cornwell, Matco, Hazet, etc. When you hear
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those names, you also cringe thinking of the price tag! I think back at all the cheaper brand tools I have bought throughout the years, only to end up with a high end brand later on..... would have saved myself the money had I just bought the good tool first! Some will say that you are only paying for the name with a high end brand like that, and well....they have never used high quality tools. It is true that some tools are just relabeled from brand to brand, but the bulk
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of it is a much higher quality tool than the competition. In most cases though, those high end tools are what make the difference. Now for the average guy working in his home garage once or twice a month, it is hard to justify spending big bucks
on tools, so I thought I would throw out my 2 cents on putting together
a nice complement of tools for the home user. My box contains a mixture of everything from Snap On to Craftsman, to no-name stuff. For sake of argument, you can think of tools in three grade levels: Top (Snap
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