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“Starter” Tool Set Question
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<blockquote data-quote="Blown 89" data-source="post: 16092741" data-attributes="member: 45161"><p>Keep in mind that quality tools are expensive for a reason. They use quality steel that doesn't flex and distort shape, they're the actual size they're supposed to be, and over time or in rough use they don't destroy the parts you're using them on. Not everyone appreciates that and for them any ol' harbor freight tool is fine.</p><p></p><p>I didn't realize this until I bought my first nice tools. I always assumed that repeated use of common head screws wore them out, allen bolts were a shitty design, hot glue guns were for middle aged crafters, and that rounded corners on bolts were an eventuality. When I bought my first high end screw driver set I realized that screws weren't wearing out and that the laser cut screw drivers were biting into worn screws and I could actually take them out. The hex/Allen bolts on my print presses and kart weren't constantly stripping out and need replacement. It's not that my cheap tools were breaking it was that their loose tolerances and weak metal were slowly killing the fasteners I was working on. Here's a good writeup about that in Allen wrenches:</p><p><a href="https://www.bikeradar.com/us/mtb/gear/article/home-wrench-dont-buy-the-cheapest-tools-44468/" target="_blank">Here's why you shouldn't buy the cheapest tools</a></p><p></p><p>And because they make awesome socket trays I'm throwing Westling Machining out there for y'all to put on your Christmas lists:</p><p><a href="http://westlingmachine.com/ToolHolders.html" target="_blank">Billet Aluminum Socket Organizing Trays</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blown 89, post: 16092741, member: 45161"] Keep in mind that quality tools are expensive for a reason. They use quality steel that doesn't flex and distort shape, they're the actual size they're supposed to be, and over time or in rough use they don't destroy the parts you're using them on. Not everyone appreciates that and for them any ol' harbor freight tool is fine. I didn't realize this until I bought my first nice tools. I always assumed that repeated use of common head screws wore them out, allen bolts were a shitty design, hot glue guns were for middle aged crafters, and that rounded corners on bolts were an eventuality. When I bought my first high end screw driver set I realized that screws weren't wearing out and that the laser cut screw drivers were biting into worn screws and I could actually take them out. The hex/Allen bolts on my print presses and kart weren't constantly stripping out and need replacement. It's not that my cheap tools were breaking it was that their loose tolerances and weak metal were slowly killing the fasteners I was working on. Here's a good writeup about that in Allen wrenches: [URL='https://www.bikeradar.com/us/mtb/gear/article/home-wrench-dont-buy-the-cheapest-tools-44468/']Here's why you shouldn't buy the cheapest tools[/URL] And because they make awesome socket trays I'm throwing Westling Machining out there for y'all to put on your Christmas lists: [URL='http://westlingmachine.com/ToolHolders.html']Billet Aluminum Socket Organizing Trays[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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