26 Jul 12 14:34, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:



 RW>> I'm always throwing that Chinese stuff away and replacing it when it
 RW>> wears
 RW>> out or breaks. The "Made in the USA" stuff I've had for decades.
 RW>> Some of it from the early 60s. I have a 1/4" Craftsman electric
 RW>> drill purchased in 1962 that still works like it did in 62, a
 RW>> Craftsman 'twist and stretch' torque wrench that is just like new
 RW>> (still in the original 1967 box), and a 1/4" Snap-on rachet that had
 RW>> lost the on/off lever and recently repaired

 MH> All my "Made in China" ratchets have broken and been thrown in the
 MH> trash where they belong.

8^) Been there, done that. Still have a few chink-made sockets laying
around.

 MH> Several cost me some skin on my knuckles after they broke.  All my
 MH> original Craftsman stuff still works perfectly.

I've had a few 1/4" drive extensions break off, but that was due to abuse
by the user and not necessarily bad material.

 MH> I recently bought a few higher end air ratchets (one by Ingersoll
 MH> Rand and the other from Chicago Pneumatic).  I just checked and the
 MH> Ingersoll Rand was "Designed in the USA" but "Assembled in China".
 MH> The Ingersoll Rand goes up to 600 pounds of torque.

I have some of their air tools.

 MH> I guess time will tell on how the "Assembled in China" works out..

If there's a flaw in those tools, it'll be in the parts that don't get
lubed often enough. Which is because the user doesn't lube the inside of
the tool before each use.


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