It all looked like WF to me. Put it next to most USA Craftsman pliers of the era and it matches up.
If you own and know where 25 different 10mm sockets are I honestly can’t imagine how many you have lost!
I’m guessing the only reason these are still in USA is because they got thousands of them they made 40 years ago that still never sold since they got obsolete by power tools
Sounds like it's time to move on. Onward and upward.
Yes, Western Forge made a full range of pliers and cutters for SK, as well as adjustable wrenches, and also their CushionGrip series alongside their Craftsman Professional equivalents.
Correct. They were not always outsourcing their pliers from Western Forge.
That doesn't include the round head ratchets with 200+ positions, does it?
No.
Me too, man. Me too.
I think that for ratchets it's American made or not based on the model number.
Well, the OP of this thread, 1320it, quotes an email from SK, above, saying, “Ratchets are Made in the USA of domestic and globally sourced components”.
OK, but my point was that they already have a good number of US factories, part of the S-K brand purchase.
I like the LP90 usa made. I have the flex head and the not flex head.
There are USA made vacuums, they just cost a lot.
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I grew up using a rainbow vacuum. Very nice.... Captures all of the dirt and water so you can see what you pulled out. Works better than a HEPA filter cuz it catches everything.There are USA made vacuums, they just cost a lot.
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These aren’t the only ones.
I’m sure some of these use some foreign made components or materials, but the vacuums are mostly actually fabricated and assembled in the USA.
Most vacuums like this are/or were sold by salesmen who would come to your door, demonstrate the product, and then give you a payment plan to pay the vacuum off over time.
These vacuums are actually repairable, and there are actual repair shops, like there are for decent sewing machines, which routinely sell for $1,000-$5,000 or possibly more.
Standard vacuums and appliances sold at places like Walmart, etc., are basically “disposable”, and it’s cheaper to just give a customer a new one, if something fails, than to have someone try to repair the old one.
Power tools, hand tools, and licks, seem to be some of the relatively inexpensive items that people actually still pay to have repaired, or which are repaired.
Giving only three months or so for a product to “succeed”, isn’t really a lot.
Maybe if the product is demonstrated on something like QVC or in some other major infomercial, but most products can require a year or more to tell if the product is successful.
Customers for a “random widget” might buy a cheaper Chinese version to test whether the widget is useful or not, before bothering to purchase more, or to spend extra on a USA made version.
I routinely by clearance shoes and boots just to see if a manufacturers sizing or build quality works for me.
Only then will I consider paying full price for the brand, unless the brand is fairly inexpensive.
SK doesn’t make any of their branded tool products in the US at all?
They are still selling some tools that say made in the US, I don't personally know if that means that they're just clearing old stock or if they're still producing them here...
Not me.
Do you remove transmissions?
I never removed transmissions yet but maybe someday and I read about this tool on here and found one new old stock on marketplace last year and bought it, it’s a 3 footer and honestly I didn’t know the 2 footer existed. Should I also look for that or is the 3 footer good enough?
I own both. Have never used the 2-footer.
In the end, it's a three-foot torsion bar. You're gonna lose a bunch of torque due to flex, even though it's stiffer than the Snap-On version.
No, because I won't own rechargeable impact tools. God bless fresh-squeezed air.
SK doesn't make anything anymore, greatstar sold the factory and equipment. They have contracted some other companies to make their USA line for them. AJ manufacturering and some other for sockets.
There are USA made vacuums, they just cost a lot.
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These aren’t the only ones.
I’m sure some of these use some foreign made components or materials, but the vacuums are mostly actually fabricated and assembled in the USA.
Most vacuums like this are/or were sold by salesmen who would come to your door, demonstrate the product, and then give you a payment plan to pay the vacuum off over time.
These vacuums are actually repairable, and there are actual repair shops, like there are for decent sewing machines, which routinely sell for $1,000-$5,000 or possibly more.
Standard vacuums and appliances sold at places like Walmart, etc., are basically “disposable”, and it’s cheaper to just give a customer a new one, if something fails, than to have someone try to repair the old one.
Power tools, hand tools, and licks, seem to be some of the relatively inexpensive items that people actually still pay to have repaired, or which are repaired.
Giving only three months or so for a product to “succeed”, isn’t really a lot.
Maybe if the product is demonstrated on something like QVC or in some other major infomercial, but most products can require a year or more to tell if the product is successful.
Customers for a “random widget” might buy a cheaper Chinese version to test whether the widget is useful or not, before bothering to purchase more, or to spend extra on a USA made version.
I routinely by clearance shoes and boots just to see if a manufacturers sizing or build quality works for me.
Only then will I consider paying full price for the brand, unless the brand is fairly inexpensive.
Dues that include the USA made LP90 ratchets or are they just using up old stock?
AJ manufacturing is making them more than likely, especially since they're who's making them for Olsa and VIM.
