Date:         Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:22:13 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Multimeter recommendation
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <D60B8140-E60F-4CB3-9113-98BA9265518B@cs.indiana.edu>
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Craig, I  beg to differ on the subject of low quality wrenches.  When that
17 MM socket shatters under load as I'm pulling on the breaker bar, it dies
a quick death, not a slow and agonizing one!   :)

I don't want a guaranteed cheap replacement, I want real tools, which often
means old, used & American-made.  I still have the Husky 3/8" drive socket
set I bought to use on my '65 MGB in 1971.  The wrenches are still terrific,
the car is long gone...........

On Dec 17, 2007 8:48 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> On Dec 17, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Anthony Egeln wrote:
>
> > Sears doesn't manufacture their own tools....what are the odds that
> > Fluke makes the Craftsman branded multimeter?  I typically buy
> > Craftsman because if something goes wrong with the tool, Sears will
> > usually replace it without question.
>
> I mentioned that Sears sells Fluke meters, AND their own Craftsman
> brand.  I did not say (and I doubt it to be the case) that Fluke
> makes Craftsman meters.  The original poster mentioned that he shops
> at Sears, and Fluke was mentioned early in the thread, so I was
> suggesting that he could pick up a Fluke meter at Sears.
>
> By the way, the "return no questions asked" only applies to their
> hand tools, not to power tools or electrical/electronic items even if
> Craftsman branded.
>
> Allan
>



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