On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 3:33:16 PM UTC-4, John McCoy wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote in
:

I recently ordered an guide bushing adapter for my router on eBay. The
product came from Shop Fox, a "registered trademark of Woodstock
International, Inc." and "manufactured in China for Woodstock
International, Inc."

Having never heard of Shop Fox, I went to their website and noticed
that they carry a wide assortment of woodworking and metalworking
machines.

https://www.woodstockint.com/

I'm not looking to buy, just curious if anyone knows anything about
their equipment. I looked for a local dealer and was surprised to find
that their products are supposedly carried at a fancy lumber yard in a
"high end" neighborhood as well as a place way out in the middle of
farm country.

I am under the impression that Woodstock International is
subsidiary or representative for one of the big Chinese/
Taiwanese machinery makers, and they make & distribute
several brands of woodworking tools. Shop Fox is their
house brand.

When they first appeared on the scene, many years ago, the
Shop Fox brand got relatively poor reviews in the WW press,
as did all the other Taiwanese brands (which all came from
the same factory, so not surprising). In recent times, the
Shop Fox brand has had much more positive reviews in the
press. I strongly suspect this reflects more of a decline
in review quality and rigor than it does any great improvement
in the product.

John

You can't mean that we, as a society, are settling for less are you?

Say it ain't so! ;-)