Snap-On’s origin coincides with that of the US auto industry. In 1920, an engineer by the name of Joseph Johnson created a set of 10 sockets of varying dimensions that interchangeably “snapped on” to 5 different handles, allowing mechanics to rationalize their toolset (“5 handles could do the work of 50”). When presenting to garage […]
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