[Spridgets] CHinese Quality

Jack Laird jlaird237 at cox.net
Wed Feb 13 13:11:51 MST 2008


Now, I am in a different position. At 69 years I figure I can get away with 
cheeper stuff at this point. However, all my early stuff is craftsman.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <RampantNM at aol.com>
To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:38 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] CHinese Quality


> In a message dated 2/13/2008 12:02:56 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> spridgets-request at autox.team.net writes:
>
> The  choice is always price
>
>
> Gotta agree with Jay here.  I could have bought a $250 Dewalt or  some 
> such
> air stapler and had a quality staple gun that would have served me the 
> rest of
> my life with daily use.  But, I use if infrequently, and the $15  Harbor
> Freight gun put up the ceiling in the cabin quite nicely.
>
> I mostly but mid-quality tools from Blowes or Home Defect.  I've got a
> couple of Snap-on, but they were left in my cars over the years by 
> mechanics.  I
> don't use most of my tools enough to justify the high end  stuff.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert B. Houston
>
> 74.5 MGBGT
> 73 MG  Midget
>
> As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual  Skinners Union
> carburetors in his vintage MG, highly functional yet  pleasingly formed,
> perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for  experienced 
> hands,
> the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be  inspected and
> adjusted as
> described in chapter seven of the Haynes shop  manual.
>
>
>
>
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