Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "" video.

A lot of it is the tech. If you know what you're doing you can do it a variety of ways. I've seen some real masters working with total junk. But that's all they needed. Because they knew what they were doing.
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A lot of tools today are serviceable. Alloying steel and heat treating it is well known today. There's a lot of companies out there capable of doing it too. Now with some companies what you're paying for is consistency. The Quality Assurance they offer. Some go the extra mile.
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@Nitroscion all professional means is there's money involved. I have seen a lot of so called professionals that I wouldn't let change a light bulb. Don't act like you're the second coming or something. Oh, I'm a professional. Well la de da.
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@Nitroscion I question the ability of anyone that needs the best to do something. If you know what you're doing then you can make anything work. But at the same time you know how to work.
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I do love me some Snap-on ratchet drives. I have a 1/4", a couple 3/8ths and a 1/2" flex head now. Happy pappy wants me some Snappy!
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If you were them wouldn't you do the same thing? I know I would. It's a money racket. You have to kick some customers out too. They're not all assets. Some are just asshats.
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I like Snap-on tools. Other than the price what's not to like? I was at a yard sale once and I found some Snap-on drives for a buck a piece. I ran out of there like I'd stole something. Whoo hoo! I have only bought one Snap-on tool off a truck myself. But I've got more than one Snap-on tool. Not a lot but a few pieces now.
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The warranty only covers defects in materials and workmanship. It doesn't cover you breaking tools. If you exceed the maximum allowed torque a tool can withstand it is going to break. There is nothing anyone can do about that either. Tools are made out of steel not some magical indestructible material. You as an individual has to know what those limits are. You have to expect normal wear and tear too. No one ever said anything was going to last forever.
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People get the gold fever. That wild look in their eyes. It ain't rational. It comes from the lizard brain. They have to have that anniversary box with the complete matched set of tools. It's sad.
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@peterwill3699 the biggest purchaser of Snap-on tools is the US government. By far. There's implications of that fact too. Knowing that you should be able to understand a lot about why Snap-on is how they are. Snap-on could close their civilian concerns down entirely and it'd barely impact their bottom line. When the US Army needs a special track tool Snap-on will shut a factory line down to tool up for it. Because the Army has no problem paying two grand a pop for that widget. You're lucky they bother to sell you tools at all. You peon.
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@peterwill3699 my ass is worth it
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With nicad battery packs there's options as far as refurbishing them go. There's zapping, or changing the cells. you're never completely out in the cold with old nicad battery packs. You can fix them.
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@unclejoe6811 yeah work is a 4 letter word I suppose. Then just buy a new one I guess. There's always that option. It is a tax write off.
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@jdj5952 do they sell crystal balls at Harbor Freight so we can see how things are going to go? I have a lot of stuff from Harbor Freight and it's pretty much a crap shoot what's going to work and what won't. If there's a way of knowing I'm not seeing it. Defects in quality, design and workmanship are pretty much random. Until you've used the tool it is hard to say. They don't let you try it before you buy it either. It'd be nice if they did though. There's definitely some things I'd have passed on. Maybe there's others I'd have gotten too? But there's just no way of knowing.
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What people have to understand with Snap-on is they're a government contractor. Uncle Sam has the world's biggest Snap-on tool collection by far. He's got tools piled up in warehouses that won't see the light of day for 500 years. But being a government contractor that puts Snap-on in a unique position. They can't charge Uncle Sap one price and everyone else another price. You see where this is going? You are competing against the guy with the deepest pockets on the planet for Snap-on tools. You ARE going to lose that fight too.
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I question the skill of those that need the absolute best. Maybe they're operating on a level where they do? But I still have my doubts. For most 90% is good enough. You can get there with a lot today. 90% of the way there for 90% less.
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Not breaking tools is priceless.
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@Nitroscion you'm know, huh? I'll bet you'm do. Dunning Kruger here we come! Top 5%! You ever met anyone that thought they were in the bottom 5%? Me either. But statistically someone has to be. If you think you're in the top 5% then you do think you're God's gift to tin knocking. You must be able to flange ducts with Amazing Kreskin like mental powers. If you're that good you don't even need tools. The air handler whisperer.
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Drill bits are consumables. The warranty only covers defects in materials and workmanship not normal wear and tear. I don't care what drill bit you have you use it and it is going to get dull and maybe even break depending. That's the nature of the beast. Learn how to sharpen a bit.
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@bhoges5145 no it isn't. It is a lifetime warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. At no time was it unlimited. If you take a torch and melt a tool into a pile of slag they can't cover something like that. Well, I suppose they can. But that's not covered under the written warranty. When a dealer does you a solid by covering for the boneheaded things you do they're doing you a personal favor. Things are done in the name of customer satisfaction.
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@altonbarbee8864 they can only warranty tools that are still in production. If you have something that's no longer made there's nothing they can do for you then. I have Craftsman rabbet planes. They haven't made those in decades. I bring them to Ace hardware and they're just going to look at me funny. Fortunately my rabbet planes are fine.
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You can't afford a steady diet of Snap-on. Variety is the spice of life though. If you're using one socket a lot it may pay to make that one Snap-on. You don't need the whole set though. But then again you can buy some sets for what one Snap-on socket can cost too. Snap-on does sell singles and usually they don't actually give you a break buying full sets anyways. Which is kinda nuts. Snap-on is a la carte.
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Lately I've been seeing some brand spanking new Snap-on trucks in my area here. I imagine it is a tough racket to be in though.
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