[MBZ] Cornwell Tools
I was driving around town today and saw a tool truck turn in to show his tools to an automotive repair shop. The tools he carried were Cornwell tools. He said they were on a par with Proto and Snap-On. Has anyone heard of them before? Thanks, Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cornwell Tools
Craig via Mercedes wrote: I was driving around town today and saw a tool truck turn in to show his tools to an automotive repair shop. The tools he carried were Cornwell tools. He said they were on a par with Proto and Snap-On. Has anyone heard of them before? Thanks, Craig I never heard of a Cornwell tool truck, but they used to be pro grade tools and probably still are. Factories seemed more likely to buy Proto and Cornwell than Snap-On, MAC or MATCO, and car mechanics tended to get deliveries from the latter three. (but I can count my lifetime MATCO truck sightings on one hand, not that common here in Michigan) Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cornwell Tools
Yep, and Mac Mac was good, but I don't see them any more. I see Corny and snappy regularly. Except for an occasional specialty tool, I still buy from HF. Much better value. I have a 3/8 drive, long 6mm ball driver from snappy for the intake bolts on the OM603s. Too expensive... I was driving around town today and saw a tool truck turn in to show his tools to an automotive repair shop. The tools he carried were Cornwell tools. He said they were on a par with Proto and Snap-On. Has anyone heard of them before? Thanks, Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cornwell Tools
Bought a Cornwell tubing wrench for use on injector pump lines years ago. It was too bulky and had to be ground down. Snap-on is, or was, the thinnest and most rigid line of wrenches IMO. In my experience they do break more easily but replacements are free. No experience with Mac or HF wrenches. Gerrywith lots of old Sears, other brands, and specialty wrenches. Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yep, and Mac Mac was good, but I don't see them any more. I see Corny and snappy regularly. Except for an occasional specialty tool, I still buy from HF. Much better value. I have a 3/8 drive, long 6mm ball driver from snappy for the intake bolts on the OM603s. Too expensive... I was driving around town today and saw a tool truck turn in to show his tools to an automotive repair shop. The tools he carried were Cornwell tools. He said they were on a par with Proto and Snap-On. Has anyone heard of them before? Thanks, Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cornwell Tools
For box end wrenches HF is impossible to beat. Their 9 piece sets are cheap cheap and as near as I can tell indestructible. I've got 3 sets and have never broken one. I have a couple of the 32 piece sets which are even cheaper per wrench but stop one size short going up, I'd rather have a larger number of the smaller sets for a little more money. -Curt From: archer75--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cornwell Tools Bought a Cornwell tubing wrench for use on injector pump lines years ago. It was too bulky and had to be ground down. Snap-on is, or was, the thinnest and most rigid line of wrenches IMO. In my experience they do break more easily but replacements are free. No experience with Mac or HF wrenches. Gerrywith lots of old Sears, other brands, and specialty wrenches. Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Yep, and Mac Mac was good, but I don't see them any more. I see Corny and snappy regularly. Except for an occasional specialty tool, I still buy from HF. Much better value. I have a 3/8 drive, long 6mm ball driver from snappy for the intake bolts on the OM603s. Too expensive... I was driving around town today and saw a tool truck turn in to show his tools to an automotive repair shop. The tools he carried were Cornwell tools. He said they were on a par with Proto and Snap-On. Has anyone heard of them before? Thanks, Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Cornwell Tools
I see those trucks all over the place at the dealers etc here. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Craig via Mercedes wrote: I was driving around town today and saw a tool truck turn in to show his tools to an automotive repair shop. The tools he carried were Cornwell tools. He said they were on a par with Proto and Snap-On. Has anyone heard of them before? Thanks, Craig I never heard of a Cornwell tool truck, but they used to be pro grade tools and probably still are. Factories seemed more likely to buy Proto and Cornwell than Snap-On, MAC or MATCO, and car mechanics tended to get deliveries from the latter three. (but I can count my lifetime MATCO truck sightings on one hand, not that common here in Michigan) Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
