Tools and such...

[Jon Page]

In regards to screw drivers:
Snap-on     Even the slot bit drivers for a 3/8" drive ratchet.

I've broken everything from Craftsman to Stanley.
Nothing I've tried holds up to the quality of Snap-on.

Among the basic tools in your tool kit should be a ratchet
and basic sockets on a rail with a slot bit and cross bit screw
driver bits for the ratchet.  These come in handy for all sorts of things.
The suplpy houses sell a screw driver bit with an adaption to use
in your tuning hammer but this is a dedicated tool, a socket set is
more universal. And the tuning/bit is not Snap-on,  accept no substitute.

Snap-on screw drivers are pricey, but well worth the investmant.

The craftsman ratchet and sockets are ok, but not the screw drivers.
true, Craftsman tool are guaranteed for life (so is Snap-on) but that is
not consolation when the tip breaks.  Been down that road but not since S-O.

Get the point?

Jon Page

At 11:07 PM 5/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 5/03/1999 7:14:52 PM, Caleb wrote:
>
><<"I am simply looking for a set of general tools. Screwdrivers, basic 
>carpentry, that kind of thing.">>
>
>Caleb;
>  I am afraid you have asked an 'almost' unanswerable question here.  Kinda 
>like going to a lumber yard and asking for just a piece of wood :-)
>
>  If it is just 'basic' tool sets you are looking for/at, then you won't go 
>wrong with the prepackaged sets that places like Sears sells. They have 
>socket sets, screwdriver sets, plier sets, cutter sets, wrench sets, etc. .  
>They have them in various number of pieces to the set.  Buying basic 
>handtools in sets from these places is your most economical route,
especially 
>if you can wait for a sale.
>
>  The tools from Sears come in several grades but any will serve you well,
or 
>at least until you have a more firm idea of just what you need
>
> A basic carpentry setup I don't believe I have seen, possibly because ideas 
>of what constitutes a "basic" set vary a great deal.
>
>  If you are speaking of hand tools..........saw, chisels, hammers, awl, 
>measuring devices, etc.  If you are speaking of power tools...drill motor, 
>bits, sabre saw, power saw, random orbit sander, Dremel tool......the list 
>here is almost endless if in fact it isn't a bottomless pit. When buying 
>power tools there are two ways to go, i.e. price or quality and they don't 
>come in the same package unfortunately.  As a general rule always buy the 
>best "quality" you can afford at the time you need to make that particular 
>purchase.
>
>  For tuning hand tools...Schaff and APSCO have pre-designed sets that will 
>give you the basics, as I am sure that other firms have as well.  In this 
>line buy what you need or 'know' that you 'will' need as your ideas of 
>needful items will change rapidly with experience.
>
>  I know this hasn't been a great deal of help, but given your question 
>.............:-)
>
>  BTW, Congratulations! on sucessfully completing your GED course.....please 
>don't let your education stop there though, as education is something that 
>will serve you well your entire life.
>Jim Bryant (FL)
>  

Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  mailto:jpage@capecod.net
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