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Kobalt is not Snap-on
Posted by nwas (more from nwas) on Fri, 5 Aug 2011 18:37:14
In Reply to: Re: Snap-On from the bay - old &ugly better, Simon S, Fri, 5 Aug 2011 10:18:07
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They shared a parent company. You can google a lot about it. The best I found was an email from a Snap-on engineer:
"I just wanted to add my 2 cents. Well a nickle really, considering that I work for Snap-on and we over charge for everything :)
I was reading on your site about 'who makes what tools' http://www.team.net/http://www/morgan/tech/whotools.html. One part explians that the various manufactures use 'the exact same forgings' for all the various brands they sell. This is NOT true for Snap-on tools. Our retail brand Kobalt sold through Lowe's stores, shares very little if any traits with our traditional Snap-on line. They are made in the same plants, but most of the manufacturing tooling is different. They are made by the same UNION skilled machinists useing the same tried and true processes. The designs for these tools are completly different. They use different material and are heat treated differently.
I hope this clears things up slightly
Dan Peronto
Tool Designer
Snap-on Tools
Kenosha Mfg Plant
"
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