tools?

czir30
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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 12:09pm
what brand of tools do you use mostly to work on your bike or anything else?
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mx757
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10/21/2011 10:24pm
Good old craftsman for most of the stuff, I bought a Pit Posse rotating T handle ( http://pitposse.com/noname24.html ) and its pretty sweet. It has a bearing on the shaft so you can hold it and put pressure on the bolt at all times.
ocscottie
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10/22/2011 12:20am
you can find tons of tools here

c'mon, someone had to do it Laughing

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mx757
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10/22/2011 1:17am
Ba-Zing!
MXD
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10/22/2011 7:26am
If you are a mechanic by trade then I can see spending the money on the Snap On or Mac stuff since it's your livelihood. Craftsman isn't a bad choice either for the serious backyard auto mechanic but if all you're doing is working on bikes which for the most part are small bolts and low torque, it's tough to beat Harbor Freight. Entire socket sets are like 12 bucks! I bought a 13 piece screwdriver set on sale for $4.99! All of their stuff is lifetime warranty but at those prices, who cares. I have yet to break a harbor freight tool working on my bikes. You can set up an entire tool box with everything you need and then some for less than the cost of a screw driver set from snap on.
TerryB
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10/22/2011 8:01am
Craftsman, with a sprinkling of Motion Pro and K&L specialty tools.
lumpy790
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10/22/2011 8:32am Edited Date/Time 10/22/2011 8:34am
Im an ex-A tech motorcycle mechanic with 25+ years of wrenching.......so I have a huge rolling Snap On cabinet with a mixture of Snap On, Mac and Craftsman. I personally liked Craftsman screw drivers.....exception is my ratcheting Snap On screwdriver.

When people would ask me about tools I would pull out 3 large wrenches 1 Craftsman, 1 Mac and 1 Snap On.......and ask them to close their eyes and hold each tool. Then I would ask them which one they would prefer to have in their hand working all day.....1st was always the Snap On, 2nd Craftsman and 3rd Mac. The Snap On wrench has a nice contoured edge that just feels good.

Craftsman makes or made extremely good quality long lasting tools with a life time warranty. I know things have changed and not everything with a craftsman name on it is now warrantied like it was before.
kawboy388
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10/22/2011 8:47am
Snap On,MAC,Corwell and some Craftsman, for when I'm working on the bike or truck at home. Cheapest of the cheap
goes with me to the track. First,I'm not gonna get into any job so big at the track, to need really good tools. Second,somebody
always wants to borrow something(I don't care who you are,you aren't going to borrow my good tools). Third,if I'm working
on something at the track,my mind is on getting it done and getting back out there,not on making sure I put everything away
nice and neat.
lumpy790
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10/22/2011 9:09am
BTW....I am getting tired of shuttling tools between the tool box and box van......I plan on buying a large Craftsman kit with wrenches, sockets and screwdrivers to leave in the BV.
TerryB
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10/22/2011 12:19pm
lumpy790 wrote:
BTW....I am getting tired of shuttling tools between the tool box and box van......I plan on buying a large Craftsman kit with wrenches, sockets and screwdrivers...
BTW....I am getting tired of shuttling tools between the tool box and box van......I plan on buying a large Craftsman kit with wrenches, sockets and screwdrivers to leave in the BV.
You want to leave your "tools" in the Boob Vault?Woohoo

"...my ratcheting Snap On screwdriver." From your previous post. Actually, the only Snap-on tool I own. Got it as a gift. I do love it.
TeamGreen
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10/22/2011 8:52pm
Kowa, Craftsman, Snap-On, Motion-Pro

In that order.
FIREfish148
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10/23/2011 1:56am
MAC tools are my fav. Craftsman are worth the money too though.
akmx17
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10/23/2011 3:23am
On job sites, power tool wise I am all over Makita.
In the shop or hand tools in general Craftsmen with a blend of Motion Pro.
Void Main
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10/23/2011 7:15am
Void Main wrote:
Crescent.
TerryK wrote:
Metric or standard?
Metric if I'm working on the bikes. Standard if I'm working on the cars. Wink
lumpy790
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10/23/2011 8:06am
BTW...... Saw a cool new motion pro t-handle at privateer connection yesterday. Has a bearing hold so you can spin it with no friction
MotoChief
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10/23/2011 10:06am Edited Date/Time 10/23/2011 10:11am
Craftsman hand tools and Black & Decker E-tools. I have quite a few klein tools as well for electrical work.
ocscottie
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10/23/2011 3:28pm
Here is the best "tool" i recently purchased, best 3 bucks i ever spent Cool



Its a telescoping back scratcher, it is pure heaven! The gnarly scar from my back surgery itches like hell, was sitting in line at Walgreens waiting for my 'scripts and saw it on the shelf. My cat also fully digs it Laughing
Mr. G
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10/23/2011 11:13pm
Void Main wrote:
Crescent.
Hey now, it's "opened end adjustable".
I told my wife the other day to get me a pair of dikes. She looked it up on her smart phone and came back with it. Not bad. Probably sounded like a joke, " Get me a pair of Dikes.................

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