Gearwrenches (was:Alden Wrenches)

[Brett Dikeman]

Richard Beels wrote:

> Snap-On makes Snap-On and also Kobalt for Lowes.

Snap-On also looks to make some of the hand tools sold at Autozone.  I 
picked up a mini ratchet which is super-handy and looks (right down to 
the stamping on the access panel reminding you to clean+relubricate) 
like a Snap-On tool; even the font which they used for their tool brand 
name looks the same compared to an official one a mechanic friend had.  
We both agreed that Snap-On's support (ie, break a tool, the Snap-On 
truck shows up pretty quick vs "drive down to autozone if they're open 
and have one in stock") was worth it for him, but that the 
(significantly cheaper) Autozone-branded tool was perfect for folks like 
myself.  The major difference seems to be degrees-between-clicks and 
country of manufacture; Snap-On is (I've been told) all Wisconsin-built, 
whereas this was made in Taiwan.

B

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