"brianlanning" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
"brianlanning" wrote in message
You guys are just jealous because you don't get gloats.

It's not jealousy in this case, just a strong hatred for all things
craftsman. Their large tools (like the new table saws) have been
getting better. But they have had many many years of using their good
name to push junk on people. Just ask around about the random height
adjustment feature. I'd buy another ryobi tool before craftsman. And
that's saying a lot.

On the other hand, there's that new router that's a clone of the bosch.
I have to wonder if it's different or just a rebadge. iirc, the
craftsman is cheaper. I have to wonder why. It may just be marketing,
or maybe not. I would probably just buy the bosch to be sure unless I
could get a major discount on the craftsman.

If it's a "Craftsman Professional" and looks just like a Bosch except for
the colors and the nameplate then it's almost certainly a Bosch. For a
while they were selling a rebadged Bosch jigsaw too.

Nice thing about Sears is that they buy a ton of parts for whatever they
sell and hold onto them until the use up the stock. I can still get parts
for my old radial arm saw, while Bosch USA doesn't even know that the jigsaw
I got at the same time ever existed.