Recent content by wycx

Here is a good reference for thermocouples: http://www.picotech.com/applications/thermocouple.html The sensitivity (µV/°C), temperature range and the chemical characteristics/resistance of the different thermocouple types will define what you need. What makes the Klein so much better than the...

The Taiwanese manufacturers are worried about competition from China. They (and I think others) believe they produce high quality tools, but will not be able to compete on price with China at the low end. The Taiwanese tool industry saw a significant drop in sales volume to the US/Europe as...

Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3) is the mineral corundum. When corundum has trace amounts of chromium in it it becomes red, and we call that ruby. When corundum has trace amounts of titanium and iron it becomes blue and we call that sapphire. The corundum used in abrasives is unlikely to be natural...

It would appear that Taiwanese working conditions have improved from their "heyday": "Kissinger Lin, vice chairman of the Cendai Industrial Co., laments that he has to travel more often now to solicit orders from overseas customers. "During the heyday of our industry, " he comments, "we had no...

If it is a quality tool, and I am getting it cheap by ordering direct (no need to pay extra to support a distributor/warranty network in my country) I will take the risk. Quality tools should break rarely, especially if used correctly. Thus, I don't expect to be sending packages to Taiwant every...

Thanks for the links also. Of all the brands King Tony does the best job of internet sales that I have seen via http://shop.ktprotools.com I think you can order pretty much anything in the KTPro catalog from that site, but I am not sure how useful it is for people outside the US. However, a...

cens.com has many news stories about Taiwanese hand tool manufacturers. It is industry propaganda, but provides some insight, and you can find out who some of the Taiwanese manufacturers are. It seems they have been struggling with competition from cheap (mainland) Chinese tools...