Laser etching on tools with a poll (If I could figure out how to make one.)

[JDNobodi]

So, how many of you like the laser etch, if any, on your tools. I personally don’t really care for it. I just received my new Snap-On in-lb torque wrench and all the numbers and graduations are laser etched, not stamped like it used to be. The Snap-on impact deep sockets I’ve bought last year have the laser etch rubbed off, and I’ve hardly used the sockets. At least the sockets I’ve bought still have size stamped on unlike my torque wrench.

Forget the poll. I can't figure the bitch out.
Yes-I find the laser etching to the ****z.
NO-I find the laser etching to be a waste of money.
I’m siting in my recliner nekid and playing with my cat with a laser pointer.

 

[Confedneck79K30]

its being changed as we speak...get rid of that torque wrench and buy an atech series so you only need one, that never has to be calibrated....

and the sockets are slowly going back to stamped like we all love...

 

[4X4HIGH]

I hate the lazer etching. I've always figured that at some point it would rub off and leave you guessing what size socket you're trying to use.

 

[dremu]

...unlike my toque wench...

Just to be stupid, this is a Canadian woman.

A toque wRench, of course, is what you use to tighten or loosen said Canadian woman.

Now a toRque wRench ... your R key seems to have issues...

-- A

 

[chevyin]

I agree that the lazer stamped tools are not durable enough. I also don't understand why manufacturers don't use higher power and more duration to make the etch deeper. Lazer can cut steel inches thick, so why can't they etch info deeper?

Also, why doesn't anyone use pin stamping. This is the method almost everyone uses to stamp vin and id numbers on metal parts. This process is easily automated and very durable.

Just my two cents.

 

[JDNobodi]

Just to be stupid, this is a Canadian woman.

A toque wRench, of course, is what you use to tighten or loosen said Canadian woman.

Now a toRque wRench ... your R key seems to have issues...

-- A

Sorry, I'm not the world's greatest speller. I run everything though the spell checker, but the checker only catches misspelled words, not wrong ones.

Edit-Fun fact, "a toque is a women’s small hat without a brim made in any various soft close-fitting shapes" (Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, page 1244.)

its being changed as we speak...get rid of that torque wrench and buy an atech series so you only need one, that never has to be calibrated....

and the sockets are slowly going back to stamped like we all love...

Is this the wrenchs you are talking about?
For now I'm a shade tree mechanic. I can't justify buying something that expensive and hardy use it. Also, mechanical stuff would last forever if taken care of and not go out of date. Don't get me wrong. If had to use the digital stuff every week, I would buy it, not for something I’m going to drag out of my tool box three times a year.

BTW, what made Snap-On go back stamping their tools? Too many people were complaining or warranty repairs.

 

[JDNobodi]

ttt
I’m about ready to send the torque wrench back. Confedneck79K30, is Snap-On going to go back to stamping on the torque wrenches or just the sockets. My sockets have both the stamp and the laser-etch.
Also, how many sells have you lost to Snap-On’s decision to laser-etch?
One factor that’s making me not send the wench back is the measuring tool’s I have at work (a Brown & Sharpe 0-1" mic and a Mitutoyo depth mic) don’t have the numbers and graduations engraved like the older tools. Instead, the tools seem to have some kind of etching paint. It must be some durable stuff because I’ve used the mic every day for three years and I know there are other mics in the shop older than that. I know the stuff is going wear out sometime-it may last a lifetime, instead of three lifetimes like the engraved tools. My problem with Snap-On’s laser-etch is I know it is NOT durable.
P.S. can a mod add the poll please.

 

[Confedneck79K30]

dont know about torque wrenches, no lost sales because of something so trivial...

btw, mechanical torque wrenches should be calibrated AT LEAST once a year... so yes it will wear out, so to speak...