THIS is why we are all disagreeing with you on your blanket Craftsman stance.
You can't see your own problem with your viewpoint.
As with every brand under the sun, some stuff is good and some stuff isn't. If YOU don't know which items from a certain brand are good, then that is YOUR problem. You can't blame an entire brand for your poor choice in tools from them. Hopefully you are learning better choices though now.
Yea, the problem is that 90% of the stuff I ever bought from Craftsman broke, often without ever accomplishing a single job.
Sockets and wrenches I have gone over.
Their pliers and visegrips are pathetic; the visegrips were defeated by a small spring hose clamp.
Leaf blower - worked for a single season, then the piston rings failed.
Pressure washer - Honda motor, which is good, but the frame is already coming apart after about a dozen uses, mostly for carport floors and washing cars. All they had to do was weld some steel pipes together, and they couldn't do that right.
Weed Trimmer - "Straight shaft," but it still had a **** flex drive shaft that broke constantly.
Rolling tool case, rated for 100# (plastic, natch); it broke the first day I had it with less than 50# in it.
Circular saw; motor shorted out on the 3rd 2x4 I tried to cut with it.
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I have some screwdrivers that are OK; not great, but OK. Very old.
I have a circa 1982 model Craftsman lawnmower that runs like a top; I bought that used 15 years ago, though.
There's an old Craftsman band saw out in my grandad's old shop, and I already sold off the drill press, but they both work.
The only Craftsman products that have ever done anything for me were old.
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I see people supporting brands for the wrong reason.
For example, when I was growing up, there were still a lot of people bad-mouthing Japanese cars, despite the late 70s, 80s and early 90s being the worst period for American cars. These people still clung to the idea, though, because it had been true, once, and now they had an emotional attachment. I still know people who swear by Dodge and Chevy, even as they pay through the nose for repairs; my dad was terrible about this; my uncle has put 3 motors in his Chevy Tahoe in 150k miles, but still calls it a "great truck."
That's what I think is happening with Craftsman; I think the people who are boosting them are either ignoring the problems, or aren't actually doing the kind of work that would show the problems.
Any tool will work if all it does it sit in the box.
), then I can start the upholstery on the Miata. Oh, and more electrical. And more electrical after that; I actually have like 4 car electrical jobs lined up before I can even start on the Miata body and paint work.
