From: Camilo on
Odd question here: My nephew is going to school to be a professional
auto mechanic. He hasn't really begun to amass his tools, and I'd
like to buy him something for Christmas.

Criteria:

$50-$75 price limt

A tool that he will use throughout his career

Something that can be "excellent quality" within my price range, not
necessarily "the best", but something suitable for beginning
professional auto mechanic and would be good enough to be appreciated
later in the career as well.

Something that one COULD skimp on if he wanted to (and my nephew will
tend to do that at first), but where a "$50" tool is much better than
say, a $15 one.

Ideas that have been given to me are a good (e.g. Fluke) electrical
meter and a dial or digital caliper or micrometer. Unfortunately,
even "moderately priced examples of these things seem to be $100 or
more.

Any ideas for a $50 tool that a beginning pro mechanic would
appreciate?

Thanks much!

Cam
From: Heron McKeister on
"Camilo" <campascual(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ebd7d737-713a-4c6b-bd11-01ad983b6123(a)z10g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
> Odd question here: My nephew is going to school to be a professional
> auto mechanic. He hasn't really begun to amass his tools, and I'd
> like to buy him something for Christmas.
>
> Criteria:
>
> $50-$75 price limt
>
> A tool that he will use throughout his career
>
> Something that can be "excellent quality" within my price range, not
> necessarily "the best", but something suitable for beginning
> professional auto mechanic and would be good enough to be appreciated
> later in the career as well.
>
> Something that one COULD skimp on if he wanted to (and my nephew will
> tend to do that at first), but where a "$50" tool is much better than
> say, a $15 one.
>
> Ideas that have been given to me are a good (e.g. Fluke) electrical
> meter and a dial or digital caliper or micrometer. Unfortunately,
> even "moderately priced examples of these things seem to be $100 or
> more.
>
> Any ideas for a $50 tool that a beginning pro mechanic would
> appreciate?
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Cam

Torque wrench, fuel pressure test set, flare
nut or crowfoot flare nut wrench set.


From: Tegger on
Camilo <campascual(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:ebd7d737-713a-4c6b-bd11-
01ad983b6123(a)z10g2000prh.googlegroups.com:

> Odd question here: My nephew is going to school to be a professional
> auto mechanic. He hasn't really begun to amass his tools, and I'd
> like to buy him something for Christmas.
>
> Criteria:
>
> $50-$75 price limt
>



What HAS he got so far?


--
Tegger

From: Scott Dorsey on
Heron McKeister <not(a)home.com> wrote:
>
>Torque wrench, fuel pressure test set, flare
>nut or crowfoot flare nut wrench set.

I agree about the flare nut wrench set, but where in God's name do you
find a decent torque wrench for $50?
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: Paul on
Camilo wrote:
> Odd question here: My nephew is going to school to be a professional
> auto mechanic. He hasn't really begun to amass his tools, and I'd
> like to buy him something for Christmas.
>
> Criteria:
>
> $50-$75 price limt
>
> A tool that he will use throughout his career
>
> Something that can be "excellent quality" within my price range, not
> necessarily "the best", but something suitable for beginning
> professional auto mechanic and would be good enough to be appreciated
> later in the career as well.
>
> Something that one COULD skimp on if he wanted to (and my nephew will
> tend to do that at first), but where a "$50" tool is much better than
> say, a $15 one.
>
> Ideas that have been given to me are a good (e.g. Fluke) electrical
> meter and a dial or digital caliper or micrometer. Unfortunately,
> even "moderately priced examples of these things seem to be $100 or
> more.
>
> Any ideas for a $50 tool that a beginning pro mechanic would
> appreciate?
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Cam

Ball peen hammers.
Two of them, a big one and a little one.