"Dan Williams" wrote in
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Rigid has for years "owned" the market in pipe threading power
vices
and pipe cutting tools for the construction industry. (Plumbers,
Electricians, Steamfitters, cut and thread heavy wall pipe which is
commonly known as rigid pipe or conduit ) I don't know exactly when
they ventured into wood working tools, it may well be that they
partnered w/ Home Depot, Rigid is a well respected name in the
construction trades, don't know anything about the quality of their
woodworking equipment.


Home Depot licensed the Ridgid name and controls the specifications and
products on which they appear. The tools manufacture is sourced at various
times from different vendors.

I have had reasonably good experience with their products. However, no
product line is completely consistent across all products.

Patriarch