Recent content by Dzmax77

I honestly haven’t used them much. Ever since I got these Klein wire strip pliers on clearance at HD, I’ve been using them for everything. Cuts wires with much less effort than larger cutters and twists just fine. These Kleins and KTC slip joint pliers have been my go to, most in use.

Yes, overhead and labor. I think it’s already Universally known that labor is far less elsewhere. Right, but upgrading machinery and production is meant to lessen human labor input and thus decrease labor costs. Labor and the rest of the overhead (amortization, depreciation, etc.) needs to be...

Contract manufacturing is exponentially cheaper because of overhead and labor. The cost of upgrading these old factories with machines that require less labor to produce is not an expense a CEO is willing to take given the scope of the market and current competition that have flooded the market...

Interesting. Very strange to switch from forging the logo and text to stamping. Especially when USA was always forged into the tool and to exclude it on your last production runs might be because of foreign sourced steel? I’d like to hear from former employees of WF, Crescent, Armstrong and...

Interesting; do you recall the source of the info?

Ok well, I think I figured it out. The Apex plant in Sumter, NC appears to have closed recently and the building is being sold.

I thought snappy gets theirs from that oem in Spain. I wonder where the actual factory is located.

Yes that looks like the set but the one I have has the updated logo and no USA stamped. Actually, stamping and finish isn’t great. Functionally tight and fine just rough.

I purchased 4 Made in USA Crescent Wrenches. The 4” has a 1/25/20 date and USA stamped on the handle while the 6”,8”, & 10” came in a set with a pouch and only state made in USA on the box they came in. Why are these stamped differently? Any idea on where these were produced? I thought WF...

I think I should get a few more myself.

Yes, I corrected the post. Thanks.

I posted this on another thread but here it is. Get them while supplies last! CMMT45016 - 88pcs set at Lowes for $69.99.

I just purchased this at Lowes on sale for $69.99. USA made sets were cheaper than the offshore made sets. Seems decent. CMMT45018 - 88pcs Set

Are you planning on buying the small run USA made sets if/when they decide to ship them out? Will you actually use it? I think i will.

EU/German COO laws are different and define made in EU more loosely - and include just assembly without regard to sourcing of materials. Taiwan and China the COO for just about everything Tool related that has a ratcheting component. The pawls, anvils, mechanisms for Wera, Felo and MegaPro...