[AT] OT: Harbor Freight advertising funny
Indiana Robinson
robinson at svs.net
Wed Dec 28 07:03:12 PST 2005
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/
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