Well all i have just enrolled in to New Engalnd Institute of Technology and to my surprise i get 51% off cost off the truck on Snap-On Tools. What to buy???

i will be going to a Honda Dealership so i wanty to keep in mind that i will be workign on imports in gernal. also hope to open my weekend shop A.D.D Motorsports, doing engine builups and swaps of all types. any engine building tools recomendations???

i love it at the school i will have my ASE in about 2 and 1/2 years so just thinking of the future. 18 month program (which counts as one year in the field) and work in the field as part time and BooooMMM . so ya as u can see i am very excited and cant wait to have weldign class on friday. lata all

 

well sir, how much money do you have ??

 

Ill start you a quick list.
ALL wrenches
Rachets 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 and extensions
All the sockets 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 (1/2 should be impact)
Impact gun(s)
Prybars are always good
Crowsfeet are helpfull
A hella screwdriver set
Electric drill Cordless
Electric impact gun (i like the 3/8 one they have) Cordless
Oil filter wrench(s)
Torque sticks
Torque wrench(s)
A good hammer/mallet set
Honda specialty tools (the little 'U' clip puller is a must)
feeler gauges
Angle grinder
Cut off tool
Air hammer
Umm a TOOLBOX

That should get you started


Modified by adictionbass at 5:02 AM 1/7/2005

 

i will take a personal loan out on the tools. about 3000

 

at half off, that should buy you a box, and some wrenches and screwdrivers...

 

First, get a box to put all your tools in. Get one with a hard top so you can use it as a work bench also. (If thats what you think youll need)

Then just read what adictionbass posted. Pretty good start. While your at it - get the cordless battery powered impact gun. That thing is way handy!

 

Electric impact gun (i like the 3/8 one they have)

for the dude buying the tools... when i said electric, i ment cordless

 

hey whats goin on buddy i go to your school as well. First things first, DO NOT GO TO A HONDA DEALER IN RI! I worked at one and they are all a bunch of ******* i ended up quitting and i love hondas with all my heart. Second thing is that you have to get the mag from the snap on guy to see what your options are because we do not get access to every tool snap on makes especially their digital ones and we have a 10k limit. Other than that all i have to say is keep an eye out for me ill be driving the phantom grey four foor with fat fives. Good luck in school and maybe ill see you in one of my classes

 

make sure you get the 18 volt not the 12 volt. we dont miss a event with out one

 

<FONT SIZE="5">our school does not offer us every single tool you are limited</FONT>

 

Snap on doesnt open their cataloge to you. You have certain sets that you can buy. http://snapon.com/student/, on the left are the sets that you can pick from. Matco and mac let you choose whatever you want but limit you to how much you can spend and you cant buy 2 of the same thing.

 

At that price, go take out a 10k loan and buy all that you can!

 

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Crowsfeet are helpfull
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OT but WTF do you use them for? A buddy and myself were just talking aobut this the other day and we really couldn't figure out where you would use them. especially if you had a set of gearwrenches

 

if hes going to be a honda tech, you get a good use out of em doin trannys on the odysseys. Mostly on the steering column. I couldnt image taking that out without em. And trust me, you do alot of them... For the regular person, probably not that helpful tho

 

damn, dude...with a discount like that, you'll only be paying about 75% more than a Craftsman. Now, if they will start putting a Snap-on store in every mall and town, you'll be able to exchange them as easily as a Craftsman when they break.
Yeah, I know...Snap-on has the truck...that's what you're paying for, when you pay so much for tools, is delivery service.

 

It might also have something to do with the quailty and the design of the tools.

 

Ratheting wrenches. I have a set of metric and standard. The snap-ons I think are the best.

 

Get this general import service set


And this metric set


And this box

Add some air tools and you're set

 

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It also may be that people think the more they pay, the more something's worth. Just look at tool boxes...and the price of a Kennedy box. They are nice, but there are boxes just as nice for half the money.

 

but those boxes dont say SNAP ON real big and stuff...

 

hey whats up just want ta say you 4 door look nice and it cool to know fellow HT members that go to my school.

 

much agreed on i have craftman, and the tear-drop ratchets are crap i have borken 5 of them this summer doign my swap.

 

heres what i would get... Dont get anything before a box, make sure it has a GOOD locking mechanism.

racheting wrenches.. all sizes
normal wrenches.. all sizes
deep, shallow, 6 and 12pt of each.. all sizes
impact sockets.. all sizes
extensions.. all sizes
rachets.. all sizes (the ones with like 3deg swing are handy
screwdrivers.. all sizes, stubbys, medium and long handle.
vice grips.. various ones
pliers, side cutters.
vernier set (measuring spec's)
various bars, cheater and pry bars.
torque wrench.. 3/8 and 1/2"
straigh and angled feeler gauges

Then theres the air tools.. impact guns, die grinds, drills, chisels, etc... They arent needed at first. Buy them last you can make due using normal stuff.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Engloid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn, dude...with a discount like that, you'll only be paying about 75% more than a Craftsman. Now, if they will start putting a Snap-on store in every mall and town, you'll be able to exchange them as easily as a Craftsman when they break.
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not at all. snap-ons tools are better than craftsman hands down. If they weren't why wouldnt everyone use craftsman? All snapon tools are made with a cold metal and stamped into their figure thus making the medal stronger than craftsman because they heat the metal expanding the molecules and it weakens it. w00t

 

****, i completly left out pliers and vice grips. o well. The thing with the locking mechanism on the box is very very important. Im going to go ahead ad say that most big shops (dealerships and such) are not flat. They normally lean one way or the other. Like both sides lean into the center like a v, for drains and whatnot.
I personally do not like boxes where the handle locks the drawer. They seam cheap. Look at boxes where its almost like a hump that the bearings go over to lock it in place. Someone else can explain it better than i can. Ive blabbed on too much.