It's harder to ignore when Channellock is 15 miles down the road in
Meadville, PA, and friends work there. Or Reed Mfg in Erie (they make vises,
tools , and equipment for plumbing and oil field use) where the wife of the
CEO/owner is a physician friend of mine.
I hate to say it, but imports from India and Poland are fairly good
quality.
I guess we have to go with the flow.
Bill----- Original Message -----
From: "robert bownes" <bownes@seiri.com>
To: "dick ross" <niteseeker@mac.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] jack stands
> Most of the time I'm pretty happy ignoring the US/China tool argument,
> buying the cheap tools when I need something disposable or loosable or
I'm
> just feeling cheap.
>
> I have a few sets of jack stands, all made in china, all steel. For my
light
> cars, alum. stands are certainly going to hold up. I wouldn't use them
under
> my truck though...
>
> The one that annoys me most is once having a source for real Milton air
line
> couplers. The cheap ones just don't fit, and when they do, they leak.
And I
> don't have a local source for Milton anymore.
>
> Just today's rant.
> Bob
>
> "Life sucks and then you die. Then death sucks. This repeats itself
until
> you reach Nirvana, the ultimate bummer" - MK after one too many beers
and
> valium.
>
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:02 PM, dick ross <niteseeker@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > On Apr 6, 2010, at 9:17 PM, EDWARD BARNARD wrote:
> >
> > > Can most of us remember when we use to say that about Japanese stuff
in
> > the
> > > late sixties and early seventies?
> > > -Ed-
> >
> >
> > Can remember that well and have noticed an improvement in Harbor
Freight
> > tools. I use them at work, where they have a tendency to walk off.
> > But then yesterday had some connections that were made in China and
had to
> > rethread the pipe stems because 2 out of 4 fittings were slightly
different.
> > Ten years ago we had no imported parts at work now they are creeping
in at
> > a high rate of speed. Just know way that we can get them made in US
for
> > close to the same cost.
> >
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