All I found was Klein[/url]
And there is something wrong with the top of the
line in electrical tools? My own tool box if full of them and Klien hot tools.
In the end, you get what you pay for. My Klien black insulated
grip 8"
C-Wrench is my Ultimatate focus tool. No, it's not a hot tool but will insulate hopefully sufficiently. Also it's more comfortable.
This is a primary focus tool I would not leave without.
When buying a
C-Wrench, before you even leave the store with it, check out the
play in it's adjustment, than how parallel the jaws are. Big details in a adjustable wrench by way of what will work well and be a pain in the rear. Often you do get what you pay for.
In the Klien tool bags, not bad tools overall but not what I would have as primary choices for a starter kit. Hate the almost cartoon like yellow handled
wire strippers they have, the Klien Curve is ok second only to my old version of the insulated
grip wire stripper, but the normal ones are both too short in handle length and just plain funkey looking. My primary choices in screw drivers especially the 4" one are also different while from them.
For a starter kit, a good 8" Craftsman
C-Wrench, a Klien 10:1 screw
driver and a Craftsman 3/8" drive
Socket set initially. Than Klien Journeyman series J248-8 or #D2000-48 dikes, and a NE style #D213-9NE-CR linesmens pliers. This followed by a #603-4B 4" #2 Phillips, #600-4 1/4"x4"
Keystone tip, square shaft screw
driver, and a #601-4
flat head 3/16"x3" cabinet tip screw
driver will server well as with a cabinet tip 1/4"x4" cabinet tip for use on lamp bases and inside say a L21-30
plug. Plus some Wiha rotating top micro screw drivers. That's the way to go after the 10:1 screw
driver maxes out for usefulness amongst other tools. You than get into
conduit pliers, #85191
conduit screwdriver with reamer, and the magnetic
nut driver set.
Conduit pliers #D333-8 are amazingly useful for
stage work. One would not believe how useful they are for all sorts of things. This in addition to a good pair of Crescent #1037-8
Duck Billed, 5/16"x8" Tapered Nose Pliers w. Serrated Tip. And a #627-20 6:1 screw
driver tapping tool.
As option on screw drivers, were it not that I already have most, I would no doubt do the "
Grip it 5pc Ergonomic Triangle Handle Screw
Driver Kit." Klien #85090 every time I look at them seem really like a good screw
driver style. It's what I would go with over my insule
grip versions had I already not owned multitudes of them.
Still as a concept on electrical tools, there is some such as the ideal #30-425, the above Crescent tool, various
socket and in general wrenches from Craftsman, even the Cementex #Y3-CG insulated
flat head screw
driver, most companies make similar tools at some
point and often of a similar design. Similar design doesn't mean the same tool. A Klien say 4" insulated
grip #2 phillips screw
driver will outlast the exact same design of it from Stanley by a factor of ten. Sure, it will wear out especially if you loan your tools out to others that don't know how to use them, but as a concept, you get what you pay for in tool steel that will last.
Start with the Klien or Craftsman
C-Wrench (other brands are ok at times also) that's the
ultimate focus tool to start with. After that, perhaps a
speed wrench. This along with in general tools.
