[AT] OT: Harbor Freight advertising funny

[Indiana Robinson]

	You know, while a lot of guys have been spending a lot of 
time bad mouthing those Chinese tools (not just on this 
list) something amazing has been quietly happening... Many 
of those tools have been getting better and better. It is a 
little like what happened to Japanese stuff which was all 
crap when I was growing up but now they make some of the 
best. Then it was Korea and Taiwan then  China. As time 
past they all got to exporting better and better stuff. I 
have been seeing some really nice tools that said made in 
China this year... Quality stuff with good steel and nicely 
finished. But in the case of China it has happened rapidly, 
not after 3 or 4 decades.
	Yeah, they still send out some crap, so do we... But walk 
into a TSC and take an honest look at some of that stuff 
that says made in China. Their knock-off Vice-grips as just 
one example. They used to be thin, soft, crude and 
obviously junk. Now you have to look close to tell that 
they are not regular Vice-grips.


--
"farmer"

Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net

	I have created a local Shopsmith users list for my area. 
It is described as follows:
This is to be a list for Shopsmith owners and want to be 
owners in the general area of Indiana. If you are across 
the line in OH or IL that is fine too. I don't want to draw 
a hard line but I hope for all members to be within a 
reasonable driving distance of each other. This list is for 
sharing woodworking tips and stories and Shopsmith tips and 
stories but also is to be used for the buying, selling and 
swapping of Shopsmith tools, accessories and parts between 
members of this list. 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaSSlist/