It is a little old, but likely coming of age! :-)

Seems that Sears is tired of hunting down companies that
would make a line of tools for them. Every few years the product
line would be changed as the manufacturer would win a new contract.

I suspect they ran out of low end bidders other than overseas. So the
Craftsman brand was sold to "Stanley Black & Decker". Might be
interesting to watch and see the quality level of different tools in
coming years. Will the Craftsman name continue or on a few items.

The broad lines of Stanley Black & Decker should be able to handle the
number of products.

Martin

On Sun, 24 Sep 2017 00:29:06 -0500, Martin Eastburn
wrote:

It is a little old, but likely coming of age! :-)

Seems that Sears is tired of hunting down companies that
would make a line of tools for them. Every few years the product
line would be changed as the manufacturer would win a new contract.

I suspect they ran out of low end bidders other than overseas. So the
Craftsman brand was sold to "Stanley Black & Decker". Might be
interesting to watch and see the quality level of different tools in
coming years. Will the Craftsman name continue or on a few items.

The broad lines of Stanley Black & Decker should be able to handle the
number of products.

Martin

It is a broad line. It includes Porter Cable, DeWalt, and Delta.

--
Ed Huntress

On 9/23/2017 10:29 PM, Martin Eastburn wrote:
It is a little old, but likely coming of age! :-)

Seems that Sears is tired of hunting down companies that
would make a line of tools for them. Every few years the product
line would be changed as the manufacturer would win a new contract.

I suspect they ran out of low end bidders other than overseas. So the
Craftsman brand was sold to "Stanley Black & Decker". Might be
interesting to watch and see the quality level of different tools in
coming years. Will the Craftsman name continue or on a few items.

The broad lines of Stanley Black & Decker should be able to handle the
number of products.

Martin
I considered the only virtue of Craftsman hand tools was that if you
broke one,
they'd replace it no questions asked. They used to be made of better
materials than the chinese versions...but that ship has sailed.

Yes.

I used to chuckle people who bought tools at estate sales and
with the intent of getting 'new ones'.

I always thought if it - better steel and stronger than new shinny ones.
And the 'moral' end of it was a bad taste as well.

Martin

On 9/25/2017 4:03 AM, mike wrote:
On 9/23/2017 10:29 PM, Martin Eastburn wrote:
It is a little old, but likely coming of age! :-)

Seems that Sears is tired of hunting down companies that
would make a line of tools for them.Â* Every few years the product
line would be changed as the manufacturer would win a new contract.

I suspect they ran out of low end bidders other than overseas. So the
Craftsman brand was sold to "Stanley Black & Decker".Â* Might be
interesting to watch and see the quality level of different tools in
coming years.Â* Will the Craftsman name continue or on a few items.

The broad lines of Stanley Black & Decker should be able to handle the
number of products.

Martin
I considered the only virtue of Craftsman hand tools was that if you
broke one,
they'd replace it no questions asked.Â* They used to be made of better
materials than the chinese versions...but that ship has sailed.