On Apr 18, 9:21 am, "Swingman" wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote in message
On Apr 17, 12:24 pm, "Swingman" wrote:

Apparently the Grex Tool Company has found a way to make top notch
products
in Taiwan [snipfered]

I recall clearly that Made In Japan meant crap. I guess we all know
what happened there.
I recall clearly that Made In Taiwan meant crap. I guess we all know
what is in the process of happening now.

With the rest (the pertinent part) of the sentence not snipped, you can see
that you are not talking about the same thing:

"... without succumbing to the temptation to cheapen them so management can
afford more swimming pool chemicals"

I'm talking about _deliberately_ cutting back on quality, a la Delta and PC,
with "price point" engineering on already established products that were
once some the best in the world, but are now crap.

That's going backwards, not forward.

You're right. I was talking about the "Apparently the Grex Tool
Company has found a way to make top notch products in Taiwan "
I was commenting on the fact that they're perfectly capable of making
good stuff in Taiwan. You were commenting on the fact that they indeed
can, but that the likes of Delta and ilk don't for greedy reasons.
Elu meant something...till it became DeWalt. B&D? Fuhgeddabouddit.
Delta? Meh.

There's a famous story around these parts about a pizza joint. They
weren't selling much because people around here thought they were
cheap with their pepperoni and cheese. In order to try to stay in
business, the pizza joint started cutting back on their .....you
guessed it....pepperoni and cheese.
Porter Cable production routers? For that kinda money? What opened my
eyes, was this coincidence of two PC routers STB (**** the bed) within
a couple of weeks from each other. Similar issues with bearings. One
of the two was 15 years older.

Some companies get ahead by constantly improving their products. Other
by playing the 'dummies will buy anything' card.
When I look at a Skil or B&D piece, I feel insulted.