Tools...sub$500 range for a decent set?
Road Master
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From: Oklahoma
RE: Tools...sub$500 range for a decent set?
Sears Craftsman Tools has a club you can join for free. They have some decent sales on tool occasionally that you can benefit from by being a club member. They issue a catalog with nothing but tools in it.
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RE: Tools...sub$500 range for a decent set?
I recommend Craftsman hand tools and have thought highly of them in the past and still do now, but......Now that K-Mart owns Sears, I wonder if quality will start to slide....You can buy Craftsman tools at K-Mart, now, ya know.
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RE: Tools...sub$500 range for a decent set?
If money is the hold-up then you may stop in at the pawnbroker around your area.. The son got a real nice set there for little for nothing..and they was craftmans tools.. I now stop in and look around every once in a while... Best time is the next to last week f the month..or around that time...Seems they get more things in around the last of the month... He paid less then the stores sells them for and still gets can take them back to sear if anything breaks....
Cruiser
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From: Knoxville,Tennessee
RE: Tools...sub$500 range for a decent set?
All of mine are Craftsman. You can start with a small set and add to it when you can.
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From: south jersey
RE: Tools...sub$500 range for a decent set?
ORIGINAL: High Gear
Ditto on the craftman club it's saved me quite a few $$ .
Ditto on the craftman club it's saved me quite a few $$ .
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From: denver
RE: Tools...sub$500 range for a decent set?
Can I hijack this thread for a minute?
I turned wrenches a long time ago (long enough to get through college) and still have the basic skills. Looking forward to doing my own work again for some things. Besides the basic tools (1/4, 3/8, 1/2 sockets; combo wrenches; allen wrenchs; torx bits; screwdrivers) are there any bike specific hand tools needed? Bike will be an '07 - inch sizes only or are there metrics as well?
thanks all...
I turned wrenches a long time ago (long enough to get through college) and still have the basic skills. Looking forward to doing my own work again for some things. Besides the basic tools (1/4, 3/8, 1/2 sockets; combo wrenches; allen wrenchs; torx bits; screwdrivers) are there any bike specific hand tools needed? Bike will be an '07 - inch sizes only or are there metrics as well?
thanks all...