01dyna wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:46:35 -0500, dpb you wrote:

01dyna wrote:
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:06:52 -0700, aspasia you wrote:
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Many years ago, Craftsman was limited to specific tools.
What do you define as "many"?

20 years or more...I have Craftsman tools handed down to me that
are *at least* that old and they are FAR better quality than the ones
sold today.

I've stuff that's at least 3X that...



...Later, Sears
branched out to more mass produced items and well as one-off items
that are manufactured off-shore. When that happened, their quality
suffered, however their warranty still stands.
Hand tools ime are essentially the same quality they've always been and
the warranty is still applicable to Craftsman-labeled only, not
"Companion" or other lines.

..hogwash. You make this up as you go along. Do you know *anything*
about hand tools?

Probably far more than you, I'm getting to feel...

Although on reflection, it's probably been nearly 20 years since I
bought any additional hand tools to speak of since I had my own which I
brought when came back to the farm where there was already an 80-year
accumulation of essentially everything needed.

I've swapped out one pair of electrician's pliers the son chipped a jaw
in by using them to try to cut #10 fencing wire instead of Cu and as
near as I can tell, their identical other than the handle cushion
material is slightly different to the pair that were probably on the
order of 20 years old, themselves.

OTTT, I think the only additional hand tools I've bought since I
returned was a full metric socket set for 1/2 and 3/4 drive as that was
the one place I was short and until recently most farm equipment was
still SAE so that was the place Dad was short, too.

On sale, their kits including another socket and breakover were cheaper
than anything else that I saw in town. Of course, we don't have a True
Value so couldn't go there...

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