Milwaukee Tool Begins Making Hand Tools in the U.S.

[jsbhike]

"Made in China, designed in <state>, USA" which seems likely to mean they picked options from a pull down menu.

[SteyrAUG]

I got rid of my crescent wrenches when I discovered the Knipex pliers wrench. Expensive but so much better than a crescent wrench.

That's what I need in my life. THANK YOU.

[P2Vaircrewman]

When I got my first car in 1959 I was given a set of Auto-Lec sockets and ratchet, the ratchet is gone but all but one of the sockets live on. In 1970 I bought a complete set of Proto tools from a hardware store that was going out of business. They also all live on. For a tool that I might only need for one particular job I go with Harbor Freight or Auto Zone. Drill bits, taps and dies and files McMaster-Carr. Precision measuring tools Starrett. I got a bunch of pullers, valve spring compressors and other specialty automotive tools from a friend whose grandfather had been in the automotive repair business since the 1930's. I have more tools than I can remember I have.

[Coal Dragger]

That's what I need in my life. THANK YOU.

Fair warning, the Knipex stuff will slowly but surely spoil you if you like it. Then it starts to multiply…

Which reminds me I need to buy a few more different sized pliers wrenches, and a set of their regular pliers.

[Coal Dragger]

In the spirit of this thread I will contribute my efforts to acquire better tools to replace the junk you buy when you’re young and broke. Or got as wedding gifts 15 years ago, or Christmas gifts from family who don’t know what to get for you.

For me it started last fall with my shitty old Chineseum Stanley screwdrivers.



These damn things couldn’t drive or remove screws for shit. They mostly just round them off and cam out.

So I started watching Project Farm. Then discovered that a somewhat local hardware/Ranch store stocks Felo (German made) screwdrivers. The Felo’s did reasons well in testing and aren’t made in Shit Ass China. So I bought one of every common size slotted, Phillips, and Torx that the place had in stock. Then I decided my jumble**** of hex keys was unacceptable in quality, organization, and bought a full set of Bondhus imperial and metric hex keys.

[Coal Dragger]

Strangely enough a properly fit Phillips head screw driver should be able to do this:



All of the Felo’s can do this, and they are not magnetized.

[Coal Dragger]

I then became furious at a crescent wrench. Which I chucked down the cliff behind my house, while saying many many bad words.

The Knipex Pliers Wrench replaced it:


neruda if you forget me

These are worth every damn penny. Made in Germany and not cheap.

Forged tool steel, industrial hard chromed, jaws stay parallel at all times and have a very generous range of adjustment. They even have the little divots where the tool was individually Rockwell hardness tested.

Plus they’re non marring, and do not slip off because compound leverage multiplies your grip strength 10X on whatever you’re gripping.

You can find them in stock at Menards of all places.