Only if you have "one tool" made in U.S.A.

Many Klein tools are made in the US - their adjustable wrenches are the best IMO, and I love their side cutters as well.

Some German tools are nice, Knipex Cobras are great groove-joint wrenches.

 

less complaining, more cars.
this thread is now about caddys.

 

Dont forget the tax man gets his cut outta of the 320 a week too!

 

Let's make it Caddys and Hot Rods!!! Both made here.

 

Being one that is too damn cheap to buy "all SnapOn, etc., I have bought a lot of SK tools, most are made in America apart from the ratchet wrenches. I think they are a good quality tool overall, although the SnapOn ratchet handles are markedly better.

I feel that the SK wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, etc. are a step up from Craftsman in fit, and function, and are more than suitable for daily use while still being practically affordable.

 

Klein makes great screwdrivers, I wouldn't take another brand over them, EVER!


But I gotta disagree with the adjustable wrench. I have a 12" with the plastic coated handle (600V rated), that thing is the biggest piece of junk ever. Loose fitting jaw and it won't hold its adjustment worth beans. Those Knipex are awesome too, have three different sizes, they hold their settings, and they're the first slip joint pliers I've ever owned that you can put on a pipe, press, and then let go of the bottom to push just from the top... which is a big deal to me, I've busted my knuckles (literally) trying to undo conduit joints before.

 

I got a rock! I don't know where it came from either. All I know is when I throw it at the neighbors cat, the little ******* runs off and sh*ts in some one elses front yard. Oh!, did I mention I don't care where that rock came from because it works great and has never failed me?

 

***uming you live in the USA, absolutely nothing wrong with politely asking for tools made in the USA. Keeping your money at home provides jobs.

The above is NOT a statement of quality. One can get both junk and quality from virtually any country. Rather it is a statement of economics. People that have jobs pay taxes, and don't draw unemployment!

But of course, one can always check the label without pestering the clerk. Interestingly, politely asking can be contagious. Try it some time. And no, the clerk doesn't do the sourcing; but if the clerk misses enough sales, some of them are conscientious enough to tell their supervisor they could have sold more if the stuff were made in the USA.

Buy USA a dead horse??? NEVER!

My opinion, others will differ.

Jon.

 

Would like to know where you're selling. Might be worth a trip for me.

All I ever find at local swap meets is used HF junk or worse.

 

your inquiry was confrontational at the very least. You are the one that behaved like a guy just looking for an argument. I would have ***umed you were an illiterate imbecile and gone back to what I was doing before you came in all full of yourself.

 

Supporting your country and buying products made in it is great, but it's not the dead horse being talked about here. The dead horse is the confrontational at***ude some folks have when talking about this subject. The salesman at Sears has about as much input about where to make the tools as a chicken does about where its feed comes from. Having worked as a salesman with commissions when I was younger, I can honestly say that anyone who came in with an at***ude, for whatever reason, was not someone I was going to waste a lot of time on because they rarely listened, as they seemed to know it all to begin with.

Don't beat up on the minimum wage people just trying to make a living and get by, use your computer to write to the corporate lackeys and ***** at them.

DEAD HORSE ALERT!

 

Saw this on a website yesterday
"I would like to see a reality show in which ten presidential candidates were forced to live on the minimum wage for six months"

 

Try Googling, AMERICAN MADE WRENCHES, you will be surprised as to what comes up.

 

Want to Buy American? Check this out:

The list price for the WRIGHT #760 28pcs. metric 12 pt. combo set-6mm-50mm is $1,168.48.The WRIGHT #726 26pcs.sae 12pt. combo set-1/4"-2" list for $1,737.34, these are the WRIGHTGRIP wrenches.Keep in mind I said list price!If I can help with any more info,just ask.WRIGHT Tool has been in business since 1927,hot-forged,American steel,American made!!!!
TR Tool Supply

 

I love the green gr***....

 

Could have been an astroid from outer space or... It came out from the center of the Earth through a volcano... I'd hang on to it if I were you..

 

I would guess that 90% of the tools in my shop are USA made. Some date back past 1928 when my GreatGrandfather pasted away and his tools have p***ed down to me.If it helps anyone feel better about wages,I worked in a Drug store after school in 1962 for.35 cents an hour !!!!!

 

I really think that you missed the point here. I support my country, and my friends and family that defend our right to ***** about these things. I go out of my way to buy American and usually pay more for it. Doesn't bother me to do so. I left a manufacturing company once partly because they were starting to outsource to China and I did not want to be a party to that. I truly wish things were the way they were when I was a kid. But they are not. All I can do is try to change what I don't like.

What I was talking about is that threads about this subjuect pop up about every two weeks or so and lots of folks get their blood pressure elevated and at the end of the day nothing has changed. The dead horse is the rhetoric that goes with every one of these threads. Lord knows, I have been guilty of flogging ol' Seabiscuit from time to time.

Are you guys saying that not everything on TV and the Internet is true?

 

You watch reality tv??? You poor man...

 

Ain't that the truth!

BTW, minimum wage is not ment to be lived on, it's for entry level jobs that help teens buy gas and nights out with other teens. If you are thirty something trying to live on minimum wage you made a seriouse vocational mistake. Get a marketable skill.

 

Nobody pays list, what's jobber?

 

I've been on blood pressure meds since after 9-11.... But I'm not gonna get into that... All I know is that this country of ours has become a pushover! I just wish we had the "same" spirit that our grandparents had back in the good ol' days and say enough is enough! We gotta change.. Don't mind me, I'm just babbling....

 

Nope, I said I saw that on a website.

I'd watch at least one episode if I was guaranteed to see politicians having to live out their policies though.

 

The one hanging in my trousers?

 

yeah seriously. this thread is only slightly less useless as that other sears/craftsman thread. both threads are nothing more than an excuse for post *****s to bump up their post count with pointless comments that add absolutely no value whatsoever to the conversation.

ding dong, hi, welcome to today. nothing is made here any more and you should already know this. businesses go out of business when other businesses do a better job of conducting their business than the other business does. this is the risk of doing business.

you, mr. american consumer, are wholely responsible for this mess. not the manufacturers, not the retailers, and certainly not the govt. its YOU. you demand the lowest price and will only buy the best deal. you do not want quality if it means paying more for it. you have driven the entire american business and manufacturing model into the ****ter with your new walmart world. walmart will only buy at the lowest price forcing their vendors to lower their selling price which only takes away from their own thin margins. only those manufacturers than can hang on to making pennies on the dollar can survive but for how long? and all of this is only the tip of the ice berg.

like i said, welcome to today. this is nothing new. it's been this way for years and i can see this change being a permanent one in my lifetime at least.

 

My opinion " " and you can quote me on that
Later,
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The clerk that I talked to, wasn't offended at all...........he knew exactly what I was meaning by asking this question. I would have bought almost anything if it had been made in the U.S.A. I'm not saying good tools aren't being made elsewhere, it just that we are not doing what we are capable of doing. I didn't upset the guy, and that's that !!! Some how things have to turn around for our country, ... it's a pride thing.

 

We're all guilty of the demise of the American/Canadian tool industry. We wanted good tools for less, and when the asians offered, we bought in without thinking about our brothers and sisters that were making this stuff. I try to buy american or canadian in almost everything, and I don't shop at Walmart. They sell mostly ****, and don't pay anyone a living wage.

That said, I have a lot of old iron, and I restore stationary tools from fifty years ago and they're better than just about any chinese tool ever made, even unrestored.

I have some Craftsman tools that are over 30 years old, but I don't shop much at Sears anymore. I usually patronize as many mom/pop stores as I can.

 

I work for a large company that sells tools and it is frustrating hearing people ***** about wanting tools that are made in america, because most consumers want everything for the lowest possible price. I always attempt to sell the highest quality tools when suggesting a product to a customer and 9 times out of 10 they want the cheapest. You have to understand that automotive enthusiasts make up a very small portion of the population. We would stock more american made tools if people actually purchased them.

 

If you want cheaper go to swap meets, garage sale and thrift stores. They all have great tools cheap if you take the time to look and be patient, it's also "green" and good recycling. If you can justify needing it, and can't find it used spend the money when you can on new stuff made in the USA with the money you saved on used merch.