9 ms·
I think the rule of thumb for non-professionals is: Buy cheap and if you use it enough that it breaks, buy expensive the second time.
by sedawkgrep 5mo ago
I think the rule of thumb for non-professionals is:
Buy cheap and if you use it enough that it breaks, buy expensive the second time.
- jeffbee 5mo agoBy following this rule you could easily end up with a tool that lasts forever but strips out all your screw heads.
- MarkusQ 5mo agoReplace "breaks" with "fails to work as intended" then. A tool that doesn't break but does smell like a refinery or damages nearby electronics when used, gets strangely hot or inexplicably changes shape when idle, etc. should still be replaced.
- jerf 5mo agoI don't think anyone is asking you to stupidly follow the advice off a cliff. You're welcome to call "stripping all your screw heads" broken and take appropriate action.
- fatbird 5mo agoI don't follow this example. Isn't stripping screw heads a skills issue? How does a tool help/hurt with that?
- everybodyknows 5mo agoBetter machining on a Phillips tip really does help.
- skeeter2020 5mo agothat's not an example of a tool that works, though.
- flanked-evergl 5mo agoI don't think that is how screws work. I really have a hard time seeing how the drill makes a difference with that. The bit you use, sure. How you use the drill, sure. Maybe if the drill has a completely messed up clutch maybe, but then the tool is not functional and you should return it.
- bluGill 5mo agoAll too often I've seen amateurs do this and thing think "don't blame the tool, I must be bad", when it really is the tool! A good craftsman never blames his tools is a reflection on the types of tool a craftsman has, not just the skill they have.