On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:07:31 -0400, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
The same parent company (whose name I forget) makes Milwaukee, Ridgid
and Ryobi power tools.

And possibly Black & Decker - at least I've seen B+D bench drills using
the same basic frame as Ryobi ones, with just a few minor detail changes.

Seems like it's getting harder and harder to shop around for a good
product these days because so many of them are sharing components (car
makers seem to have been good at this one for years) - which is all well
and good when they're *good* components...