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On Saturday, November 22, 2014 7:21:16 PM UTC-6, Larry Blanchard wrote:

But the tools all come out of the same warehouse.

I'd be interested in knowing which tools you saw in both HF and
Woodcraft. The same brand?
The local store here had sets of different marking and layout tools as well as inexpensive clamps. I purchased these at HF, and soon after saw them in Woodcraft when I was teaching wood turning. I used these when turning pens, and at HF they were half the price of Woodcraft. The only difference was the color of the plastic box the came in:

http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/143...l-Caliper.aspx

I also bought the digital model and it too was half the price of WC, with no discernible difference.

I also bought these at HF for $8 and encouraged my students to buy them to check wall thickness, various marking needs, etc.:

http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/154...vider-Set.aspx

Bought this to keep my miter saw square when cutting complicated crown moldings that require me to be as accurate as possible (think flat cut composite angles on wide moldings, not upside down and backwards). This was less than half price at HF:

http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/03B...er-Square.aspx

Took it to WC when they got them in as I thought I recognized it, and they were identical down to the markings stamped into the actual metal. Ditto this one, except one size smaller:

http://www.woodcraft.com/product/03B...are%204pc.aspx

At one time they had this set that was Chinese made (this link is for example only, this particular set is made in USA) that was $49. I bought mine at HF after spending some time in there to find a set that was square for $19:

http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/149...quare-4pc.aspx

You get the idea. Inexpensive clamps, utility brushes, empty dispensing bottles, cheap rulers, and on an on... the list at one time was quite large.

Robert



I thought this one I bought from HF (for less than half the price)
looked familiar!

http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/147...l-Caliper.aspx

BTW, it's handy even without the digital readout, which is nice because
the power of the battery
will be gone the second time you go to use it.

Bill