bwringer
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Yeah, is 12-1/2 years some sort of record?
When I saw the first post, I had to wonder what sort of rock the OP was living under if he didn't know Craftsman = Chinese nowadays.
Anyway, a lot of air tools, many of excellent quality, have come from Taiwan for many years and sold under a wide assortment of brand names. For example, a lot of IR's stuff is made in Taiwan.
So there's nothing very unusual about those sanders.
In fact, if you look up a current Ingersoll Rand inline sander, it looks for all the world like an identical casting with a coat of black paint:
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/t...n=Ingersoll Rand&utm_content=154382&gclsrc=ds
I don't know whether that particular IR is made in Taiwan, but it's pretty likely.
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