Posted by Caleb in Kansas [108.162.221.145] on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 11:55:32 :
In Reply to: Stay Away From That Snap-on Truck! posted by Mark in Flagstaff [172.68.143.189] on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 03:45:28 :
Bought a pair of those, we use them all the time. I had all of his tools in my shop for quite a while when he was moving and I missed those pliers the most when he finally moved most everything to his new garage. He is an aircraft environmental systems "mechanic" for the Air Force. I say "mechanic" because that is what he is called but he mostly does avionics and patches holes with 100mph tape...I was really surprised how many aircraft blow out parts of the fuselage in flight (No big deal apparently...peels open a seam somewhere above the landing gear)...then he explained the age, flight hours, comp/decomp cycles, most of the aircraft are 40 years old, etc. Not I am surprised that more of them don't just fly apart.
I still have his drill press, it's big and has a low enough speed to drill metal without burning up the bits unlike my small bench tops.