Problem is you have to find a source of old tools to get the "good" stuff nowadays. As far as I know almost everything is made in China now, even if you pay more for it. The problem started a few years back when people quit buying quality and started buying at a specific price point, that is, the cheaper the better. You know, the Walmart sales strategy. When price replaced quality, the flood gates opened and everyone started following the same marketing model. I hate it, but that's where we are now.
The Chinese bandsaw that was mentioned earlier is alright, but you should take it apart when you get it home and make sure that it's clean and ready to use. These things fly out of the factory so fast that they don't have time to clean the molding sand and other manufacturing "artifacts" out of them before they are shipped. And it will not be the best tool for working wood, you need more blade speed for that type of stuff, but you can get by with it if you have to. Denny ... larry flesner <fles...@midwest.net> wrote: . Buy the best even if you have to save up. I have a drill press made by Rockwell that is 37 years old, and still very much serviceable. >Bob Stone, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I've been jotting down some "Observations of Life" for the past few years and one reads: "Buy a good tool, use it for life. Buy a cheap tool, cuss it for life." Enough said? Speaking of getting parts from Sears, I broke the "blade washer" on my circular saw last week and it's so old that Sears no longer stocks parts for it! D*M# !!! Turns out it was made by Ryobi about 35 years ago. Larry Flesner Carterville, Illinois 211LF @ 136 hours _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html "I can train a monkey to wave an American flag. That does not make the monkey patriotic." Scott Ritter --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!
