Aluminum vs Stainless

[TJim]

    I can purchase a set of taps and dies retail for between 30 and 60 bucks (you can probably get a large set for less at the flea market), you'll spend probably 20 for the 5 seperate and this does not include the fuel to go there, wear and tear on your vehicle not to mention the lost time and speeding ticket you got on one of the trips that cost you 75 extra bucks................................now why is it better to buy the 5 individually again? I get at least as much use if not more from my taps for cleaned corroded gummed up threads.....shall we add 5 more trips for those and another ticket for running a stop sign  ;) Even for the DIY it pays to buy a basic set.

    Pinch a penny and spend a dollar is all to common in todays world, I should know I am a Carpenter who has "graduated" to Commercial Construction Superintendent building multi million dollars jobs and I am still amazed, after 28 years, at how much money and effort people will expend to save a buck. Numbers on a piece pf paper never tell the whole story, in fact they rarely tell half the story.

[TJim]

Accidently posted before I got my 2 Cents in which is:.... I already got a $1000 worth of rusted useless tools on my boat.  I think I'll waste a little gas and save a lot of money on tools by buying what I need
when I need it.  I got about the same kind of experience as you except I was buying the tools for employees and I got a whole differerent take on it.....TJim