Anyone Know Why These Are So Expensive? - Page 2

Jon-
That is not a bad idea. I have a pancake compressor that I can get 150 psi max out of. It is enough to run my IR impact and bust lug nuts off cars with.. I may actually investigate that further. Thanks for the tip!!

Originally Posted by sledge

I think for the average dude.. a normal $5 screwdriver is fine.. and in the shop mostly fine as well.
My motto has always been to buy good tools- you have to have them when you need them.

On a jobsite daily I couldn't live without my Channel Lock Brand pliers- I've beaten those things.. and they never fail me.
I have to buy stuff that I know will last. Sometimes I've got to buy "light" as is weight-- I've burned through 2 cheap Skil Belt sanders in a year... only because the $190 Porter Cable would be a blankety Blank to hold up on a wall all day trying to belt sand texture off a wall.. but it is my next purchase sadly.
Things like my Sawzall, Compound Miter, Air Impact tools. I get the good stuff.. just sort of have to.

We live in an age where "You get what you pay for" has never been more true.
When I was a kid you had 3 varieties of products
1. Cheap Crap
2. Mid Grade
3. Good Stuff.

Now you either get Good Stuff or Cheap Crap.. the world has eliminated the Mid-Grade all together!

Can I get an AMEN!

Originally Posted by AdmiralAluminum

Yeah my bro-in-law just told me about that the other day and I almost didn't believe him! That's almost all we ever use at my work is Robertson. Best thing about them is with some patience and a grinding tool, you can make almost anything into the square shape of a Robertson.

He told me when volunteers would go down to help with disasters in the US from Canada, the contractors would bring their own tools and hardware so they could use Robertson bits and all the Americans would ask "where did you get those?"

You see, I don't understand this. All I have used for the last 25 years or so is Robertson screws and bits. In the cabinet trade, it is the standard. It is starting to catch on with carpenters because they have discovered how well they hold up to an abusive installer. It takes some serious abuse to round one of them out. Phillips heads are for drywall and machine screws, slotted screws are for the steel bin...