Craftsman plant in texas

[Bill1234]

They will be by end of this year. You can thank the idiot eddie lampert for messing with sears really.

[Coatingsarecrack]

Stanley/B&D on Mac also.

I had a bunch of USA craftsman, raised panel, that I gave to my son when I started buying SO stuff. He got a bunch of tools for free and he likes them. The one thing I didn't care for were the ratchets. Lot of slop in them

They were/are good tools, but the SO stuff is just a pleasure to use. Their dual80 ratchets are incredible. Great news they are coming back to the USA. Looking forward to seeing their new stuff

“SO” stuff?


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[FUNX650]

“SO” stuff?

Snap-on



Bob

[Bill1234]

Stanley/B&D on Mac also.

I had a bunch of USA craftsman, raised panel, that I gave to my son when I started buying SO stuff. He got a bunch of tools for free and he likes them. The one thing I didn't care for were the ratchets. Lot of slop in them

They were/are good tools, but the SO stuff is just a pleasure to use. Their dual80 ratchets are incredible. Great news they are coming back to the USA. Looking forward to seeing their new stuff

I have a snap on ratchet from the 1940s G model for government, basically a work of art. I think today things like the ratchets, sockets and wrenches are great on the truck as well as the specialty tools but why would I pay 100 for a ball pein hammer when I can get trusty cook, once snap ons oem for alot less?

[eaglefan]

Some guys need it right now, when the truck pulls up. Or call the driver and you get it when he can get there.
Also, some guys have loans on their stuff, so they just put it on their account. Good friend of mine has a account and its how he got his tools. He got a killer deal on a Epic cart also.
I agree though, hammer wise, that's not a specialty hammer, no thanks. But if you have the money or need it now, then yes

[57Rambler]

Not to be a "Negative Nelly", and something is better than nothing, but you can be pretty certain that these plants will merely be assembly operations using foreign-sourced parts. Assembly operations are relatively easy to get up and running quickly, whereas building a foundry or forging operation to make tool components would take years, even if you are reviving a previously-shuttered operation. This gimmick has been around a while and you see it in the fine print of lots of product ads claiming "Made in America". The big problem with this is that your final assembly product quality can still be easily compromised by crappy components. "Sum of the parts" thing.

[PaulMys]

When I shredded my back in December 2016, and was out of work for almost 8 months, my Snap-On tools kind of saved my life.

I had invested nearly 100k over my 20+ years at my marine mechanic job on these tools, and although a damn shame, I was able to sell them during my injury for about 35k which kept my wife & I afloat. I can no longer work at that job, so they are really not needed, but missed terribly at times. :/

As for Craftsman, I bought a pretty big set (500 pc. or so) back in 1988, and I still have about 495 of them to this day.

For my home use, the are more than adequate.

[FUNX650]

Not to be a "Negative Nelly", and something
is better than nothing, but you can be pretty
certain that these plants will merely be assembly
operations using foreign-sourced parts.

Assembly operations are relatively easy to
get up and running quickly, whereas building
a foundry or forging operation to make tool
components would take years, even if you are
reviving a previously-shuttered operation.

This gimmick has been around a while and
you see it in the fine print of lots of product
ads claiming "Made in America".
The big problem with this is that your final
assembly product quality can still be easily
compromised by crappy components.

"Sum of the parts" thing.

Well take me out behind the barn at sunrise;
and with a paint gun: color me SHOCKED!


Bob

[pilotpip]

Unfortunately the "globally sourced" part is par for the course now. Additionally, these plants are mostly in right to work states and rural areas where they can pay significantly less. Still better than nothing, but it's the name of the game today.

[Whalerfreak]

Hey it’s still better than “designed in America assembled overseas”


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