Blue point impact wrenches

noid · Dec 13, 2010

Seems that snap on's website says the blue point impact wrenches are made in china.... someone needs to find who supplies snap on so we can all indulge ourselves with cheap blue point impact wrenches.

mrholeshot · Dec 13, 2010

I have a Blue Point Angle 1/4 collet grinder. Despite being made it Taiwan it's still been an excellant tool. It's 5 years old and still getting it done. It's pretty quiet as well.

Bruce Lancaster · Dec 13, 2010

I think the point here is that the Chinese stuff has to meet Snap-on specifications and quality control; the same supplier could be making the unusable junk available elsewhere for the vendors that have no standards.
The Chinese are perfectly capable of making good stuff, but we have generally taught them that Americans will buy anything, then buy another of the same when the first one breaks...they pretty clearly see no point in watching over quality unless they have to to get a contract. Go around the quality control, and you're back at K-Mart.

briggsguy17 · Dec 13, 2010

Just about every Blue-Point branded tool is going to be of Asian origin. Blue-Point impacts are not even near the same as Snap-On branded guns.

noid · Dec 13, 2010

I think you guys misunderstood what im saying, im not saying because its Chinese or Taiwanese thats it bad i just said we should figure out who supplies bluepoint/snap on so we can get ourselves some good impact wrenches for cheap.

fordbroncodave · Dec 13, 2010

+ 1 on the blue point quality is good.

we have a blue point 3/8" impact wrench at work over 10 years old and still going strong. we use to have the flex head 3/8" air ratchet too but the head was getting too floppy

kams1973 · Dec 13, 2010

The only Blue Point I've ever used appeared to be a rebranded Sioux impact.

fordbroncodave · Dec 13, 2010

http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/Air-Ratchet-maneuvers-with-flex-head-21517

pipsters · Dec 13, 2010

He wants to know who produces the blue point guns before being rebranded and buy it direct.

Monte · Dec 13, 2010

the blue point flex head air ratchet from the link above might be from Shinano

http://www.shinanoinc.com/si/product/detail_ratchet/images/img_si1241a.jpg

the blue point "micro tools" probably too www.shinanoinc.com

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