On 7/2/2017 3:02 PM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk wrote:
For me new tools pretty much come for European companies, from estate
sales,
An old fellow pulled into an astronomy related material swap meet next
to me several years ago, opened his trunk while I was standing there and
pulled out one of
Sears long ago stopped making tools. They finally got out of the holding
business with the products and sold them to Stanley Black & Decker.
While under Sears, they would lease the brand-name to pretty much the
highest bidder, if that bidder was also a company that made Harbor
Freight Sears could c
On 7/2/17 2:15 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> Some brands have suffered badly under the shadow of acquisition. Klein
> used to be the best source for small pliers and cutters, but my
> experience with them lately has not demonstrated that.
Xcelite was never the greatest stuff in the worl
On 07/02/2017 01:33 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> But Sears got SO bad for a while that in my Honda book I said, "better
> to have a few good tools . . . than a lifetime supply of scrap metal
> tools, ready and waiting to hurt you." (p 236)
I recently had the retainer ball (that holds socke
The quality of tools has declined. It used to be that Sears Roebuck
"Craftsman" hand tools were among the best and were sold with an
unconditional warranty. Not so any more.
On Sun, 2 Jul 2017, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk wrote:
Snap-on brand tools are the best that I’ve come across though th
