Tools made in your home town

[bobcatdan]

Drive by the Miller plant everyday. I have toured SO's Milwaukee plant. Milwaukee Morgan is still in Milwaukee. A few sawzall are still made in Brookfield I believe.

 

[Evilunclegrimace]

Bucyrus-Erie, big boy tools, the Bucyrus part of it started here but has been long gone.

The Erie part of it is also now gone here in Erie but the building is still there at the corner of West 12th. & Weschler. It is currently being used by Perry Ship Building as heavy steel fabricating facility.

 

[anndel]

Nothing here in Hawaii at all but the girls in bikinis and the marijuana is good.

 

[Super Sport]

I grep up just north of Muskegon, MI, where they once made Yost vises. I'd love to find one for sale stamped with Muskegon. They are now manufactured a half hour south in Holland, MI.

I am now living in Kalamazoo, MI where Atlas bench tools were made, later bought out by Clausing. Clausing still operates here, but I'm not sure if they do much manufacturing at this location. Kalamazoo Industries makes industrial power tools here also, but they're priced out of my league. I live just about 5 minutes from KM Industrial Machinery, which makes CNC machines, lathes, and other industrial machinery.

 

[eagleknight]

Troy, OH here is home of Hobart Welders.

 

[shanny19]

I grep up just north of Muskegon, MI, where they once made Yost vises. I'd love to find one for sale stamped with Muskegon. They are now manufactured a half hour south in Holland, MI.

I am now living in Kalamazoo, MI where Atlas bench tools were made, later bought out by Clausing. Clausing still operates here, but I'm not sure if they do much manufacturing at this location. Kalamazoo Industries makes industrial power tools here also, but they're priced out of my league. I live just about 5 minutes from KM Industrial Machinery, which makes CNC machines, lathes, and other industrial machinery.

I have a 1978 33c stamped Muskegon. Keeping it

 

[413dan]

a lot of the older craftsman v coded tools were made at a place called moore drop forge in springfield ma. the bulk of the craftsman tools i inherited from my grandfather are craftsman v USA labeled tools made right down the street from where I was born and still live. my grandmother retired from sears years back before she passed, my grandpa acquired mostly craftsman tools as she always got an additional 10 to 20 percent off at sears. I love them and the connection to a local manufacturer!

love the thread idea. glad I'm not the only one who feels a certain way about certain tools. i often see other tools i got from my grandpa that were a lot generally made nearby. cool to see local history tied to the area. sad a majority of the companies aren't still open and manufacturing.

 

[ganymede]

Rhode Island is so small it counts as a town. At the height of the industrial revolution they squeezed a lot of mfg into a tiny place too..
In front of my Simplex Tool Co vise 4 micrometers..
Federal Products Corp, Central Tool Co, JT Slocomb Co, and the legendary Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co. To the right a couple of Nicholson Files...View media item 54904

 

[leg17]

Nothing here in NYC, maybe New Jersey at one time?

I got a bunch of Williams wrenches made in Brooklyn.
Close enough?

 

[Bdgjr215]

In and around phila pa how about
disston saw works
North bros mfg
In southampton pawe still have
Little Wonder and Mantis tillers

 

[Brownsfan]

Wright Tool & Forge is about 10 minutes from my hometown.
Cornwell is about 30.

From Cleveland they are both like 45-60ish away. I would love to tour them one day.

 

[f575gtc]

Bridgeport Mills were originally founded in Bridgeport, CT my home town.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport_(machine_tool_brand)

 

[Mark914]

Growing up in New Haven CT , I am always looking for old new Haven made stuff. I have a couple of Kilborn and Bishop wrenches from the early 1900's.

 

[tjmonsen5]

Precision twist drill bits home office is in my town, as well as Knaack home office. Snap-on customer service and regional distribution center too!

 

[RustnGrease]

No tools made around here, except some of the walkin and talkin kind. But we do have Coal, and beer, Yuengling to be exact.

 

[brownbagg]

you see those black plastic container that plants come in . That all we make

 

[engineer2]

Used to be local to my area and I knew people who worked there:
Sun Electric (Harlem & Avondale, Chicago, and then Crystal Lake, IL)
Bear Automotive, New Berlin, WI.
Snap On Diagnostics, Lincolnshire, IL
Klein Tools, Chicago IL

 

[blazinPond]

Drive by Bondhus nearly everyday to work.
Monticello, MN