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Originally Posted by jmcleek
Last year when Becca started school We went to a few local pawn shops and picked upthe basic ratchet sets ( Craftmans) 1/4' 3/8 ' 1/2',with most of the sae/ metric that are comonly used, along with a 3/8 air ratchet(mac) and inpact. I gave her my 1/2' inpact that I wasn't useing and picked up a 4 drawer tool cart and some scew drver set ,pry bars and hammers and basic wrenches from harber freight. All for under $800.00. Sence then She has been picking up a few tools a week as needed and learning which ones to get like the perfetional grade craftsman line wrench set sae/meteric /well worth the price(not springy like the cheap ones) ,traded in the tool cart for a 7 draw Craftsman bottom box (ran out of room in cart) and almost has this one full. She is just starting to look at larger size wrenches and specalty tools. The goal being to get a good veriety of tools on a afordable buget for school and spend the money where needed. Recently the school offerd her a unsoliceded job as a tec( person that takes care of ,and check out school loner tools and take care of the shop).
John
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Can’t beat hawk shops for used tools, the rule of thumb I always went/go by
“Never pay more than 50% of cost for same tool new” and you’ll do OK.
You cannot beat Craftsman tools,,,, with their lifetime guarantee. Some of Craftsman tools are to the point when they fail I take to the local store for exchange and find out they have been discontinued. Sears exchanges the closest matching tool they have. I am finding the quality may not be the same as my original, but hey I am getting to the point where they will still last a life time (the rest of my life time,,,, )
If I recall correctly Sears Industrial gave the biggest trainee discounts.