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I think it’s safe to say that craftsman will suffer the same fate as other brands that I’m sure sbd pledged to do right by. Other than Dewalt, who was a radial arm saw company, they haven’t done much of anything with the brands that they own other than strides in the wrong direction. Look at it this way, how many of their brands are they really investing their all into? Or much of anything for that matter? They own brands that were once very prominent and well known for their quality and absolutely destroyed the reputation of these brands in both the power tools and hand tools industry. I still think that sbd bought the brand just so nobody else could have it. Perception is reality and sbd has done very little to change that for the better. Yes, they have the means to bring production back to the US, but are they really going to invest the time and money to do it knowing that 99% of their production is done overseas? Highly unlikely. If you didn’t take what sbd said with a grain of salt then that’s your fault. How many of our politicians pledge to do something & never follow through with what they pledged to us? I think that is how you have to look at this situation. I think that we all set our expectations for craftsman a little bit higher than what sbd are capable of or willing to do. Where are the new USA-made Craftsman tools we are expecting? I’m trying to reserve judgement until I see these wrenches in person, but I am getting a little impatient.
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For an imported set? There are many other options out there, some of them more compelling.įrom how Ben described the wrench set he encountered to me, I’d sooner spend the same amount of money on fewer wrenches (Kobalt has 7pc full-polish sets for $20), or a little more for a different brand (Tekton has a couple of sets not far off from this price). $20 was a great price for a 9pc USA-made Craftsman raised panel combination wrench set. Meanwhile, there are 3 excellent Home Depot locations all within 15 minutes. The nearest one is about 30 minutes away, and it’s not one of my favorite ones. I feel compelled to check these out myself, and will try to get to a Lowes store this weekend. And that was okay, because the price made them good values. These new Craftsman raised panel wrenches, at least from the photos, don’t look to have the “lobster claw” dimensions.Ĭraftsman’s raised panel wrenches have always had somewhat of a rough appearance to them, as if they were pulled off the forge, lightly finished and plated, and then sent to the store. The imported versions were often described as having “lobster claws,” giving rise to the belief that the open ends were beefed up with extra mass to make up for lower strength forging or heat treatment. I don’t think we ever posted about a raised panel wrench comparison, but there are plenty online. The pricing was right, and the tools were made in the USA.ĭuring holiday seasons, 8pc sets, packaged in boxes instead of reusable holders, sold for $10.īack in 2012, we shared a comparison of Craftsman raised panel ratchets. I’m fond of the Craftsman raised panel wrenches that I own. Oddly, the product description describes the wrench sets as “polished chrome,” but they look like imported versions of traditional Craftsman raised-panel wrenches. has a 360° view of the packaging, where we can see that these newly listed wrench sets are made in China.
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He described the wrenches as poorly finished, and conveyed that he’d absolutely buy different wrenches over these. SBD has pledged to bring some Craftsman tool production back to the USA, and are presumably still working on that.īen came across Craftsman wrench sets at Lowes, and wasn’t impressed with what he saw.