Thu Sep 27, 2018 10:40 am
Thu Sep 27, 2018 2:24 pm
TechnoWeenie wrote:I go to a different forum for some very specific advice about a very specific subject. Namely, wood burning stoves.
I lay out what I wanna do, why I don't wanna buy a pre-made super expensive model, and ask for suggestions.
I'll be damned if most of the suggestions aren't 'you're gonna kill yourself' when I've already explained in detail why that's not gonna happen, and 'you need to buy that super expensive thing you said didn't meet your needs'.
Fuck.
I guess free advice is worth what you pay for.
Thu Sep 27, 2018 2:31 pm
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Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:42 pm
I need a beer.
Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:54 pm
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Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:56 pm
Thu Sep 27, 2018 9:14 pm
WaJim wrote:Craftsman is no longer a USA company
Thu Sep 27, 2018 11:23 pm
Guntrader wrote:WaJim wrote:Craftsman is no longer a USA company
Believe Sears sold the Craftsman name and remaining inventory to Black and Decker who in turn licensed Lowes to sell it.
Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:12 am
Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:36 am
Wetpaperbag wrote:Guntrader wrote:WaJim wrote:Craftsman is no longer a USA company
Believe Sears sold the Craftsman name and remaining inventory to Black and Decker who in turn licensed Lowes to sell it.
I've switched to Binford tools exclusively.
Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:58 am
jukk0u wrote:Worked all day installing mounting track for ceiling planks (Armstrong). Laser set up... mount track looking up and holding track, screw tape measure, impact driver in the air. Measure... shim, check measurement and adjust if necessary...
Looking up and holding my arms in the air for hours SUX. (but I can pay the IRS nowAint that what life is all about? Paying the IRS? Ameyeright?
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Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:13 am
TechnoWeenie wrote:Wetpaperbag wrote:Guntrader wrote:WaJim wrote:Craftsman is no longer a USA company
Believe Sears sold the Craftsman name and remaining inventory to Black and Decker who in turn licensed Lowes to sell it.
I've switched to Binford tools exclusively.
I hear you can get more power out of them.
Beginning in 2010, hand tools manufactured for Craftsman by Apex Tool Group (formerly known as Danaher) such as ratchets, sockets, and wrenches began to be sourced overseas (mainly in China, although some are produced in Taiwan), while tools produced for Craftsman by Western Forge such as.......as adjustable wrenches, screwdrivers, pliers and larger mechanic tool sets remain made in the United States, although as of 2018, most if not all of the production for these products have moved over to Asia...................