Posted: 8/25/2008 5:30:42 PM EDT
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Now that I'm looking at them, I really want to see an episode of "How Its Made" on tool manufacturing. Tools are fun. |
Is Allen fairly decent? I took a chance on them because of the discount and gift certificates. There wasn't much else that I wanted and had to use it on something. Its going to bum me out if I spent it on crap. |
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Its cool really they are cold formed in heading machinery in 5 cycles, slug is cut off a wire roll, then inserted in the first die then handed off to the other 2 for final forming on successive hits the finished piece is ejected from the machine on the 5th cycle. Then the pieces are fed into rotary stamping machinery for marking. then they get heat treated cleaned and plated then packed. Noisy filthy process |
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These will be used at home. I've been buying a collection of snap on , sk and mac for work. Really had no knowledge of the Allen brand and needed to use the gift certificates for something. 
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| all my 1/4 inch drive stuff is pittsburgh. and some of my impact sockets too. the impact sockets are huge but i havent broken them yet using a ingersoll 1/2 inch ti impact gun running at 160 psi. Im a small engine mechanic. all my common impact sockets are snapon, but for the stuff i dont use much, even if i do break it, i can replace it 3-4 times over easily |
I can't tell you if it is crap or not. It may be good stuff. It may not. I'm still using tools that are OLD. Well worn, but still serviceable.  You'll know after you've used them for a while. If you only use a tool every once in a while, it may go for a long time without problems. If it gets used everyday, it may not last very long at all. But even a tool that wears out quickly is damn sure better than not having that tool when you really need it. |
