Craftsman (was: Microdata "Microprogramming Handbook"

Since Sears has to honor the old warranty and they bring people into ususlly dead sotres with the tool warranty, they've gone to really crappy handtools instead. I have never had the tip of a phillips 2 or 3 snap clean off in a screw until I got one of the new dull/satin finish screwdrivers. I also don;t like that the flats no longer have a square shaft - this is how I've had the leverage to get stubborn screws out before and coan't with the new ones (you could put a smaller adjustable on the square shaft to assist in turning the screw). Now even a vise grip won't hang on with the new coating - it slips around. I take old Craftsman tools back for replacment but I no longer buy any Sears merchandise - too high and the quality just isn;t there anymore. -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Chad Fernandez Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:24 AM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Craftsman (was: Microdata "Microprogramming Handbook" "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote: I can see a bit of difference between the 70's tools and there tools of today. I don't think I have ever seen the tools from the 50's. I thought the stuff from the 70's was pretty good. I just choose carefully. I have some Kobalt stuff from Lowes that I like. The Kobalt stuff is made my Williams, now a Snap-On company. Home Depot? They sell Husky.... There own store brand I guess, don't know who makes them. I've never seen Craftman sold anywhere but Sears and at flee markets (used). Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA