How versatile is the Craftool Pro Hand Press?

[alpha2]

Resurrecting this thread. I got a smokin' deal on the Pro version of the Tandy press. I've tested it with the die sets I've accumulated, and it works flawlessly. I should have gotten one long ago, but I couldn't get past the price. It was on sale this week, and I get a manufacturers discount on top of that, so couldn't resist. Frankly, it would have been worth it at full retail, to me anyway. I'm tired of having snaps not get enough "bite" on the components, and rivets clinch over with the setter and hammer approach. I'd stopped using snaps it got so bad. Now, they all set perfectly and I no longer worry about long term use. I went the Harbor Freight route thinking I'd save some money. Not so. The alignment with the hand setter is perfect, and fortunately for me, idiot resistant. I still need the HF arbor press, to use my maker's mark, because it's so darn long, but that's about it. I need to get a mark made with a length I can use in the hand setter, and I can get rid of the HF arbor press. Too bad, I'd already drilled the thing out to accept dies, and machined the ram so I could get maximum force on the bar!

Jeff

[macimago]

I hear that you get what you pay for. That said, I have been looking at the Weaver hand press or some better options. Such as gold star tools. There are sooooo many options out there. I wish there was a realistic breakdown of sizes, threads, weights and so on.

[Sattendorn]

I purchased the Gold Star semi auto spot setter and love it! Full  warranty for life anything goes wrong Alex the owner pays to ship and fix it. Extra dies are only 185. Comaped to 1200- 1500 bucks through weaver. Best investment for my shop to date.