From: Mark W (mnm3693234@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Apr 02 2004 - 13:49:45 PST
My opinion: I don't mind buying from Japan and some
countries, but I try to stay away from goods made in
communist China. Usually, I can find good used
American made tools at pawn shops, ebay, flea markets,
etc.
Mark
--- Fred Martin <mung@in-touch.net> wrote:
> When you go to weighing in the foreign manufacturers
> into it...it can
> change things. If they want to take over a certain
> market...it can be as
> cheap as mud...till they're sure they got the
> market...then the price
> goes up, up, up. The one thing that I'd recommend
> when buying any socket
> is: never buy anything that isn't made from chrome
> vanadium steel and
> you'll probably be happy with it...some of the stuff
> coming out of the
> orient is barely better steel than the bolts and
> nuts that they're used
> on...if that. Fred Martin
>
>
>
> Ryan Gill wrote:
> > Well, I was poking around on Northern Tool's web
> site and came across a
> > special for a 13 pc 1/2" drive deepwell impact
> socket set for $30. This
> > seems cheaper than what I've seen on Sears.Com for
> their equivalent set
> > of 6 sae deepwells for $34. I've always understood
> impacts to be tougher
> > and generally more expensive. Is this true?
>
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