Say It An't So...

bullskin · Jul 13, 2016

Went to the Sears tool department today only to find Craftsman hand tools "Made in China." Nothing built in China ever works, much like Sears power tools went to hell a few decades ago. So, where does a guy go to get quality, American-made tools these days?

eelgrass · Jul 13, 2016

Garage sales, flea markets, and antique stores.

DW · Jul 13, 2016

>Garage sales, flea markets, and antique
>stores.

Bingo!

1911 · Jul 14, 2016

Draconian regulations, taxes, and labor unions have just about put a kill shot behind the ear of American manufacturing industry.

elkassassin · Jul 14, 2016

I Will NOT Buy another F'N Sears/Craftsman Tool if it says:Made in China!

Buck Knives tried that same BS!

They had to move back to the U.S.!

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hardbone · Jul 14, 2016

Your a relic.
Bone

elkassassin · Jul 14, 2016

>Your a relic.
>Bone

Maybe So!

But I Ain't Buyin No More China Built BS than I have to!

Keep Supporting them SMACKDADDY!

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BeanMan · Jul 15, 2016

I'm with Bess on this. If you just use little wrenched it might be ok. Try wrenching on a tractor and have the 15/16 break and smack your hand on the tool bar. That will cure you of cheap tools pretty quick. Made in China are the worst of the worst when it comes to anything made of steel.

overton · Jul 15, 2016

I believe DeWALT is once again manufacturing some of their tools in America

eelgrass · Jul 15, 2016

I bought some 1 1/2" drywall screws the other day. The head strips out when hit wood. Made in Taiwan. JFP!!

feddoc · Jul 15, 2016

Drywall screws in wood...I bet the heads are weaker.

BeanMan · Jul 15, 2016

The small compressor division of Ingersoll Rand has moved back to Iowa from South Korea. A local guy makes machines that had to rely on the compressor, when they start failing he flew to Korea to find a solution. Turns out they didn't want the company and ##### bought it for a pittance and moved it into his manufacturing facility in Iowa. Good news.

Wiszard · Jul 15, 2016

Are you building a new clubhouse, eel?

Cancer doesn't discriminate...don't take your good health for granted because it can be gone in a heartbeat. Please go back and read the last line. This time really understand what it says.

eelgrass · Jul 15, 2016

feddoc, maybe it's just me but I usually screw drywall to wood.

Wisz, just a remodel job. Hardbone insists on a transgender bathroom.

Wiszard · Jul 16, 2016

LOL

Cancer doesn't discriminate...don't take your good health for granted because it can be gone in a heartbeat. Please go back and read the last line. This time really understand what it says.

DW · Jul 16, 2016

>The small compressor division of Ingersoll
>Rand has moved back to
>Iowa from South Korea.
>A local guy makes machines
>that had to rely on
>the compressor, when they start
>failing he flew to Korea
>to find a solution.
>Turns out they didn't want
>the company and ##### bought
>it for a pittance and
>moved it into his manufacturing
>facility in Iowa. Good
>news.

Buddy just picked a new one up, 5horse 60 gallon. Pump was made in China, motor was made in Mexico. Didn't see where the the tank was made. But she was put together in the USA! Hope for his sake it lasts!

kilowatt · Jul 16, 2016

LAST EDITED ON Jul-16-16 AT 10:21PM (MST)[p]I noticed the other day at my friends shop almost all the power tools laying on the floor were De Walt. Drills, sanders, off angle drills and grinders etc. He is restoring a 1943 Military Jeep.
I bought some De Walt hand tools awhile back and they were good grade as try to drill screws into old 45 year old lumber with out striping the head.

I have not bought any tools from Sears in a long time. I took an old Craftsman ratchet that the reverse mechanizism would not work. The 3rd country national working there said I could not exchange it as it is too old...

OSH sells Sears products but said they are no longer with the company....so why selling them then.

For a quick repair ON SMALL things, go to Harbor Freight and when it breaks, toss it is the garbage can.

Brian
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elkassassin · Jul 17, 2016

For a quick repair ON SMALL things, go to Harbor Freight and when it breaks, toss it is the garbage can.

That's about How they want things to happen!

Everything is 'Throw-Away'!

Warranty/Guarantee?

WTF is that?

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Gator · Jul 18, 2016

YEA that lifetime warranty is gone too.
Pawnshop's are a good place to buy hand tools.

"I have found if you go the extra mile it's Never crowded".
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bullskin · Jul 20, 2016

And it WILL break. My brother in law bent a 1 inch breaker bar he bought at Harbor Freight. Yes, he used a cheater, but a 1-inch bar ought to lift the Titanic.

Longun · Jul 21, 2016

Throw a Chinese AK in the mud....it comes up spittin' lead...throw a colt M-16 in the same situation...you're screwed..just sayin' not all Chinese is bad..

DW · Jul 21, 2016

Google Mikhail Kalashnikov, just sayin.

elkassassin · Jul 21, 2016

Originated in Russia though!

Alot of Ssshhhiiittt Mocked & Copied by China!

It Ate on Mikhail His whole/Long Life wondering if He was Responsible for so many Lives as Him being the Inventor!

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Tristate · Jul 21, 2016

I can remember cussing seeing "Made in Japan" on products. Now that China makes everything I would do anything to have Japanese products again. I wonder if all the tools in their factories say "Made in China" on them?

I have heard several people mention Dewalt. We use a lot of Dewalt rechargable tools in my shop. They used to always work perfect. Now the chordless drills I buy the chuck comes loose all the time if I stop the drill and restart. Used to not be a problem. Every one of them I buy does it. Not that big of a deal when its a drill bit but it turns into a disaster if you have a mixer in the drill and it comes loose.

bullskin · Jul 25, 2016

You have a point, Longun. No doubt the stuff they build for domestic consumption works just fine. It's the crap they build for us that doesn't work.

Longun · Jul 26, 2016

I'm like the rest of the guys on here though...get all my good tools at yard sales and auctions....even found wrenches with my metal detector that have been laying in the ground for years clean'em up with the buffer and they look and work like brand new..