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Discussion in 'The Bench' started by John Codman, Jul 20, 2021.

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  1. 436'd Skylark

    436'd Skylark Sweet Fancy Moses!!!!!

    I bought a set of crafstman wrenches two years ago to have a cheap set to keep in my DD. No longer USA made. Real crappy looking finish and forging. Definitely not what they used to be.
     
    436'd Skylark, Jul 24, 2021
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  2. Mister T

    Mister T Just truckin' around

    Found this info tidbit regarding where their hand tools are made. > https://allamericanreviews.com/craftsman/

    All my Craftsman hand tools are at least 20 years old.
     
    Mister T, Jul 24, 2021
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  3. John Codman

    John Codman Platinum Level Contributor

    Craftsman is now owned by Stanley. Stanley has said that it has plans to bring it's tool production back to the USA. Supposedly it is building or has built a factory in Ft. Worth Texas for that purpose.
    I earned my living for 25 years with mostly Craftsman tools. I didn't have any more tool trouble the the mechanic in the next bay who was strictly a Snap-On guy. He spent a hell of a lot more money on tools then I did, and didn't make any more money.
     
    John Codman, Jul 25, 2021
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  4. Mike B in SC

    Mike B in SC Well-Known Member

    Almost all my tools are Craftsman, purchased in the eighties and nineties. Never any problems with them ever.
     
    Mike B in SC, Jul 25, 2021
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  5. TrunkMonkey

    TrunkMonkey Totally bananas

    I was an aircraft mechanic in the USAF 70s-90s and used Craftsman, SKS, and many less known brands.
    Some of the stuff was crap, because the "buyers" were not the "users", and as with governmental contracting....

    We did have some good stuff, including the occasional Snap On, but I would rather use a cheap tool than a shiny, slippery Snap On wrench. I actually preferred the SKS tools.

    (mostly speaking wrenches)

    Most of the screwsticks were Crafstman, and they held up very well. The cheaper stuff had handles that fell apart from exposure to JP-4 and 5606 hydraulic fluid in very short order.

    We were hard on tools. We did not throw them around, but dropping them on the ramp from a few feet to 20 feet off the back of a jet once in a while. And they got wet, and hot and cold and sand and...

    The biggest problem with craftsman were the ratchets (the above elements taking toll) and the fact that other than draining the water out of the tool kit and wiping off the tools, maybe spray some CRC on them, they got no love.

    I have an Armstrong Kit, and most of them are good tools, and I have a few cheap tools for "the road".

    But I can use just about any tool and get a job done, so I am not a tool snob, nor hate on anyone's choice of tools. :)
     
    TrunkMonkey, Jul 25, 2021
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