Handyman

A few year back I went looking for a new drill press. I looked at Sears at the 16 speed floor models and it was what i was looking for but at the time the price was a little more than I had to spend. (I know tools cost money) anyway my brother took me to Hoston Tx, to a tool warehouse were he buys a lot of supplies he uses in his business. They had a 16 speed that looked just like the Craftman at Sears for less than 1/2 the cost. The brand was Chin Shin (no dought from China), well I bought it and got it home and mounted it in my shop, works great. I took the owners manual to Sears to compare it to the Craftman and the only differance was the name plate and the belt housing is metal. Craftman has a plastic belt housing.

Is this what Sears is selling as Made in USA?

Dont get me wrong, I try to buy American first, but I have some well built tools from over seas.

mdlbldrmatt135

Last Time Ilooked only the Hand tools were marked as "Made in the USA" haven't seen that on any of the powertools in some time........

stuart

yeah sad but true a lot of Sears stuff is not so tuff anymore - the Craftsman line that is.

Their ball and bearing with steel drawers are great, thou.
[BUT... $$$$$$$$$$$$$]

mdlbldrmatt135

Atleast the toolboxes are still made here (last I knew) by Waterloo