Originally posted by Ryan Sain:
Quote MARTINSR
"A good rule of thumb is if the tool costs only a fraction of the cost for a top quality one, how could it possibly be very good?"
This logic may hold on occassion - but it is not flawless.
- Ryan
You are right,
Example 1. That is why I said it is a
"Good rule of thumb" 
Example 2. That is why I recommend in the text to buy Craftsmen. Me personally? Yes I buy "some" Snap On, Mac, Matco off the "Tool trucks". I Buy things that I feel give me the best value. The truck comes to me. With Craftsmen, I have go fight the mobs at the mall, walk past the Underwear dept, small appliances, and ladies shoes to return my broken socket. I do have many Craftsmen tools in my box, but they are chosen carefully.
Cost does not alway mean quality, I made that clear in the text "But if you go to middle cost and quality like at Sears or Lowes (Lowes Kobalt wrenches are made by Williams tools a division of Snap On) you will get darn near as good a quality (just not the artistic quality) as the Tool trucks".
I think that is pretty clear about my intentions in the "article". These are guide lines for people who know little or nothing about tools. It is good guide line. The "Odds" are if you follow these guide lines you will have a good tool for your project. I even explained how my cheapie Porto power has done it's job. I did this to explain that there are exceptions that we could talk about til the cows come home, it is just a guide line.
