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IIRC the trade laws that dictate this sort of thing, require all products marked "made in USA" to not only be manufactured domestically but also be made from domestically obtained raw materials (unless otherwise stated) iron mined here in the states is getting more expensive and hard to come by...

i would imagine that if it was cost effective, or even possible, to retrofit the old machines they wouldn't be for sale for so cheep.

its coming together really nicely

just picked this up, 36" Craftsman Pro

nice score, how much did you spend?

Chinese made tools and ethical dilemmas, in this thread i have seen all the reasons that this is an unpopular move; patriotism, humanitarianism, xenophobia, economics, and anything else that may have come up. i noticed the issue of quality mentioned many times, but i think it is more a matter...

i have never seen this sort of thing before

nice get. you might be able to get that much for them as is, but if you put on a new coat of paint and the snap on logos you could get at least that much probably more.

:rolleyes: stop trollin' mine says usa right on it. also on that note i got the 80 tooth ratchet and have yet to need to loosen a bolt where my swing is limited enough that i can take advantage of the super fine teeth.

also found mini-maglite im not gonna take pic tho cuz you all know what that looks like :bounce:

i was at my moms house cleaning up some of my old ****, and i found a few things, thee snap on screwdrivers a streamlight a mac 12v tester a husky razor knife a tread-depth gauge and some **** for my guitar also i got a cool box to put them all in when i take them back to my place.

as a tractor/trailer mechanic i don't use a 1/2" ratchet at all i do everything with either 3/8" or 3/4" but i do some of my own automotive work and for that i use just 1/4" or 1/2" and i don't use 3/8 hardly ever.

gratz to simplespeed on a nice pipe wrench for a dollar. and thanks to mrholeshot for saying what i was going to say. also i recently bought something for less than what the seller wanted for it.

im using an led mag lite 2d, hasn't failed on me yet. http://www.swps.com/mag-lite-led-2-d-cell.html

you need to have it because the 8 would look awkward next to the 10

good review, whats the cost difference?

craftsman box should be fine, they have lifetime warranty. if you find that you need something more heavy duty check out a proto box, that's what i've got, also has lifetime warranty, and still way less than a snap on or mac.

not really the type of thing i would spring for, but im interested to see the results

south gate

looks great man, props