Recent content by DoggyDan

This happened last year. And it wasn’t the EU that caught them it was the US https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/king-kong-tools-settles-claims-customs-fraud-19-million

I think the main reason I was so interested in made in Taiwan specifically is because they really dominate now in mid range and even some higher end priced tools. I’ve never seen a single Chinese made tool do well compared to tools with a different COO. The made in Taiwan stuff however can...

I’m still not sure why it got deleted. I wasn’t taking any political viewpoint. I only responded to his post about the tariffs not being implemented yet with some facts regarding current and future tariffs to clarify.

Not sure why my reply got deleted but the tariffs are already here. They've been taxing china made tools at 25% for a number of years now. Look up the section 301 tariffs.

I was in HF recently and I noticed that just about every tool in the store was labeled as made in Taiwan, even the cheap Pittsburg stuff. Today I was watching a youtube video recorded 4 months ago where Torque Test Channel was testing impact driver adapters. He had two identical looking Dewalt...

I wouldn’t lie about my intentions. I go to estate sales to get things I need but I won’t leave behind good tools I don’t need if I think I could sell them or trade for other tools.

If it’s the deceased persons family selling the tools, I would be a little more sensitive. I was at one such sale recently and they asked me the same question. They looked happy when I told them I was going add them to my set up.

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Nice, yeah I once found a full set of those double flex head wrenches, all snap on except for one which was New Britain. That was the most SO I’ve found in one sale so far. This was also a sale run by family, not an estate company. There were a few other sales run directly by the owner or family...

This is most of the haul from the last month. I'm trying to put together a full tool set of usa made tools from estate sales. I haven't had time to organize it yet which is why it looks like that. I do have some extras but sometimes when I'm there I can't help myself.

A few weeks ago a bought a tool cabinet similar to the one in your picture but slightly smaller. It has the fork lift points on the bottom and locking individual drawers with huge roller wheels under the drawers for $100. I don't have room for more stuff. I passed up on mid sized Cornwell box...

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of the sales are from baby boomers living in multi-million dollar houses passing away or moving and all their stuff is up for sale. Most of the estate sale people here are pretty clueless about tools. A lot of their children are well off and probably...

So I’ve been going to a lot of estate sales lately and I noticed that almost every one would strangely have one or two snap on or Mac sockets or wrenches buried at the bottom of a drawer as if it was the last potato chip in an empty bag. The estate sale people really don’t know much about tools...