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Ok, I admit it, I'm a tool junkie. I'm always looking and, now and again, buy tools that I will never use even though I convince myself that I have a need. Anyway, I've always been particularly fond of Snap-on[^] - they are, without question, the finest of tools. Sadly, these are the puppies I just can't afford.
Oh, how I'd love to own one of these... Roll Cab[^].
The problem is, I'm not quite sure where I could keep it in my apt. Plus, think the wife wouldn't be best pleased...
Oh well, a boy can dream... 
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: how I'd love to own one of these... Roll Cab[^].
I hope the decimal place is in the wrong place.  I've never even spent that much on a car. 
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Nope, that's about right for Snap-On!
Good quality kit, but not as good as it was in the old days when "you broke it, we replace it free" was the way they did business.
I do not have one of those cabinets, but I do possess a single, solitary, 10mm Snap-On combination spanner ...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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When I were a lad (and a mechanic) I did have a toolbox full of shiny tools (some of which I made as my education included such topics as tool-making, etc.)
You have to buy the Snap-On, not the Blue Point. 
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I'd agree - good quality tools pay for themselves, in the long run. In sticking plasters and skinned knuckles, mostly! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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$16020.00 for a workbench! For that it should have a cab, steering wheel and a motor for getting around the estate!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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If I had to buy one now I'd probably go for a craftsman (sears) box. About a tenth of the price!
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meh.
I'd make one (in fact I have, several times).
If a workman can't make appropriate storage for his tools, don't give him any of the good jobs.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: If a workman can't make appropriate storage for his tools, don't give him any of the good jobs.
I'd have to disagree with that. I can and have made plenty of tools (and spare parts) but I never had the time or desire to custom build a roll-cab and top box and I seriously doubt that you have built anything other than a small wooden box though I'm happy for you to prove me wrong.
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The last three houses I've lived in, I built the kitchens from raw materials (any mention of cr@ppy chipboard flatpacks gets growled at).
If I can get the storage good enough for my missus not to complain too much, I can get it absolutely bang-on perfect for anything else.
I'm not allowed to spend time working on my workshop, though; she's always got too many other jobs for me to do first -- e.g. I have to take down/move another wall in this house (the third, so far) when the weather improves.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Not Sears for long; they are selling Craftsman to Stanley Black & Decker (which I didn't know had merged!)
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Yes, good point - I am going to buy a few bits before that as it won't be the same after that.
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My toolbox only cost $800.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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Nothing wrong with that - it is, after all, just a box you keep your tools in.
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16K for something you put tools in!?
Not even if it came filled with all the best tools in the world
Anyway, if you buy this your wife won't be a problem much longer...
Just make sure she doesn't get (half of) the workbench as she leaves you
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Sander Rossel wrote: Not even if it came filled with all the best tools in the world
Oh, you mean this: Complete US Set 6[^]
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People actually buy this!?
Can I interest you in a wrench? For you only €1000,- because we're friends 
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Sander Rossel wrote: People actually buy this!?
I have no idea but I do know that professional mechanics will have toolkits worth many tens of thousands of dollars - it is their livelihood, after all and a really good mechanic can probably earn as much as a pretty good developer.
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: a really good mechanic can probably earn as much as a pretty good developer
Maybe, but as developers we don't need a second mortgage on our tools
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I have no idea what it cost him >35 years ago; but my Dad's got a similarly massive toolcart full of Snapon tools from when he worked as a mechanic.
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--Zachris Topelius
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Still many tens of thousands of dollars I would say.
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My dad retired from his 40+ year auto mechanic career 10 years ago, and his toolbox--empty--was worth over $20K. It looked similar to the one at the link, but also had a separate unit sitting on top of it, and an extension on the side.
He figured with the actual tools he accumulated over the years, the whole kit was probably worth around $70K.
Since nobody wants to spend that sort of money in one go, after a few years in the garage at home, and a few months on Ebay, he let the whole thing go for $14K.
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I'm surprised tools are that expensive and even more surprised people buy those things.
Then again, I can hardly tell which end of a hammer to hold
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Well, the toolbox was a SnapOn, and my dad used to be a big supporter of the company, until one day he realized that in some cases he was paying 10x the amount of a cheaper tool that had the same lifetime warranty. I don't think he bought anything from SnapOn in the last 20+ years of his career, except for the toolbox itself.
Still--when buying mechanic's tools, nothing's cheap. I remind him of that whenever he sees me buy new hardware that may or may not be related to my job.
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