On Mar 27, 2009, at 1:19 AM, David Marshall wrote:

> I have a Bosch table saw that I paid dear money for - works well.
> Saw the *same* table saw at Canadian Tire with their Mastercraft
> logo on
> it for about half the price... yeah made me feel good!
>
> Really I
> find the Mastercraft line of tools from Canadian tire quite good.  I
> have a 4" angle grinder that I paid like $30 for on special - perfect
> - I use it ALL the time to clean up welds and other delicate stuff.
> The slightly larger DeWalt that I have is never used - just to
> heavy.  I think I bought my $30 Mastercarft grinder around 2000...
> starting to make some weird noises on start up and shut down - I think
> they are on special this week at Canadian Tire... go buy another.  No
> worries here.
>
> Most of my tools are from Canadian Tire - all
> sockets come from there as well as my screw drivers - lifetime
> warranty
> that I have used many times.  Try that with Craftsman or SnapOn or
> any of the other big name stuff.  Canadian Tire looks at it and goes
> wow... broken... and they hand you another one.  SnapOn... here comes
> the song and dance about how you abused it or some other way they
> weasle
> out of the warranty.

i think that smapon greatly depends on the dealer.  i broke a 3/4 drive
break over bar by driving a small dozer on it while trying to remove the
rusted on lug nuts on a school bus.  when my snapon guy came by i
told him exactly what i had done and he laughed and gave me a new one.

i've also never had a problem returning a craftsman tool at sears.  i
must
admit that both my snapon and craftsman experiences were decades ago
so things may have changed.

r

> Canadian Tire makes good tools at reasonable
> prices and when there is a warranty claim there is never an
> issue.
>
> David Marshall
> VW Adventure Driver and
> BMW Adventure Rider
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
>
> On Thu,
> March 26, 2009 19:08, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>>
>> Yup, if
> you're working with tools for a living and you buy the piece of
>>
> crap, you'll need to replace it pretty soon anyway with the more
>>
> expensive,
>> better item.  Just do it!  :-)
>>
>>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Max Wellhouse
>>
> <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>wrote:
>>
>>> My Motto is
> "Buy the Best and Only Cry Once!!"
>>>
>>>
> Sounds like Jake's motto too.
>>>
>>> DM&FS
>>>
>>> At 06:09 PM 3/26/2009, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>>>
>>>> As a tradesman, I couldn't possibly recommend
> ANYTHING by Ryobi or
>>>> Black &
>>>>
> Decker.
>>>>
>>>> You get what you pay for.  Go
> with Porter-Cable, Rockwell, Bosch,
>>>> Milwaukee
>>>> or Makita.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar
> 26, 2009 at 3:05 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> At 05:52 PM
> 3/26/2009, Someone wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> I have a Ryobi plate joiner from circa 1987 or so. I haven't used
> it
>>>>>> in years but it was "okay".
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
> Okay, must have been a sample problem then.  I think I was already
>>>>> wary of Ryobi and apparently leapt to a conclusion.
> Thanks...
>>>>>
>>>>> d
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jake
>>>>
>>>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>>>> 1986
> Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>>>>
>>>>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>>>>
>>>>
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>>>>
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
> Jake
>>
>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>> 1986 Westy Weekender
> "Dixie"
>>
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>>
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>

I remain, as always
YrLyl&ObdntSrvnt,

r