I just thought that it may be a good thread idea to bring up a thread about some good tool brands to watch for that aren't as main stream as Craftsman, Mac, and SnapOn.
I recently had a conversation with a old timer who used to be a Mac tools rep who was telling me about how the Stanley company worked. He said Mac was the high end Stanley brand aimed towards the automotive industry and Proto is the brand marketed to industrial shops that do heavy equipment work, and mine shops. According to him Proto and Mac are the same quality stuff, just some of Mac stuff is nicer with fancier handles, etc. A good thing about knowing this is often you can pick up Proto tools cheaper then Mac tools used because it is less popular of a brand.
If anybody else has info like this, or about a certain tool brand that we may not know about that is really good, please post that info in this thread.
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I recently had a conversation with a old timer who used to be a Mac tools rep who was telling me about how the Stanley company worked. He said Mac was the high end Stanley brand aimed towards the automotive industry and Proto is the brand marketed to industrial shops that do heavy equipment work, and mine shops. According to him Proto and Mac are the same quality stuff, just some of Mac stuff is nicer with fancier handles, etc. A good thing about knowing this is often you can pick up Proto tools cheaper then Mac tools used because it is less popular of a brand.
If anybody else has info like this, or about a certain tool brand that we may not know about that is really good, please post that info in this thread.
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