Now, I am in a different position. At 69 years I figure I can get away with
cheeper stuff at this point. However, all my early stuff is craftsman.
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From: <RampantNM@aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:38 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] CHinese Quality
> In a message dated 2/13/2008 12:02:56 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> spridgets-request@autox.team.net writes:
>
> The choice is always price
>
>
> Gotta agree with Jay here. I could have bought a $250 Dewalt or some
> such
> air stapler and had a quality staple gun that would have served me the
> rest of
> my life with daily use. But, I use if infrequently, and the $15 Harbor
> Freight gun put up the ceiling in the cabin quite nicely.
>
> I mostly but mid-quality tools from Blowes or Home Defect. I've got a
> couple of Snap-on, but they were left in my cars over the years by
> mechanics. I
> don't use most of my tools enough to justify the high end stuff.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert B. Houston
>
> 74.5 MGBGT
> 73 MG Midget
>
> As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Skinners Union
> carburetors in his vintage MG, highly functional yet pleasingly formed,
> perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced
> hands,
> the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and
> adjusted as
> described in chapter seven of the Haynes shop manual.
>
>
>
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