I pulled 3 socket wrenches out of a tool box I got at an estate sale last year, it's amazing how many Craftsman tools were in it. And I found something interesting I'd never noticed about 3/8th wrenches before. And oil fitting
Back when we had a small SEARS store they would have those 3/8th drives and sockets in a small hard plastic case on sale for $100.00. I would buy one SAE and one metric set. I probably have at least two sets of each. Hard to beat that.
The rumor I recall was that Craftsman used to higher out some of their production. A regional machine shop would be hired to produce Xthousand units. I don't know if award was based on lowest bidder or experience based. Since Craftsman had such a good reputation (until corporatism/venture capital took ahold) I'd imagine there were just a handful trusted producers and each had their own bit of flair.
Back when we had a small SEARS store they would have those 3/8th drives and sockets in a small hard plastic case on sale for $100.00. I would buy one SAE and one metric set. I probably have at least two sets of each. Hard to beat that.
ReplyDeleteThe rumor I recall was that Craftsman used to higher out some of their production. A regional machine shop would be hired to produce Xthousand units. I don't know if award was based on lowest bidder or experience based. Since Craftsman had such a good reputation (until corporatism/venture capital took ahold) I'd imagine there were just a handful trusted producers and each had their own bit of flair.
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