Hey, guys! Do you also get those sears emails all the time? Well, I do, because I linked my home phone number and email address to that “rewards” card they used to have, several years back. Anyways, I’ve been very skeptical of them lately. Considering I’ve bought little there the last few years,…

I agree Craftsman is nothing special these days but don’t think it is horrid either. Sears sold them to Stanley Black and Decker which has also put out some questionable tools lately so that makes sense that they might have dropped in quality since I last paid any attention. I bought a Stanley set…

A lot of them are powered by the same battery, but they’ll do something like slightly change the shape of the mating mechanism so that you can’t interchange them between brands. However, you can get aftermarket batteries online for about 1/3 the price of a brand-name battery, and they work just as …

[image] MikeInNH: I stopped buying Craftsman power tools decades ago. The quality is OK at best. It seems to me that’s Craftsman power tools must be SBD by now, unless some contracts are still in effect. I’m not saying Craftsman power tools are better than they were 20 to 30 years ago, but t…

SBD ? BD ? sorry, I can’t translate these…

Stanley tool’s & Black & Decker.

[image] jtsanders: Craftsman power tools are better than they were 20 to 30 years ago, but they might be as a result of the change in ownership. Craftsman power tools went through many changes. They would contract out to different vendors every 5-10 years. 40 years ago they were made by Milwa…

That is the deal. A lot of stuff, whether it be tools or electronics, is all made by just a few companies. One model from year to year may be completely different. I was looking at some Milwaukee tools on the Home Depot website the other day. I found some that were cheaper than the equivalent se…

[image] BillRussell: sorry, I can’t translate these… SBD = Silent but deadly, or Stanley-Black and Decker, the new name since the two companies combined BD = Black and Decker

I got into Porter Cable battery tools kind of by mistake. I wanted one of those vibrator saws for cutting trim and holes in sheetrock. Saw one on sale for about $35 when usually they are $80. I didn’t know then what “bare tool” meant. No battery. So ended up buying a PC drill with two batteries…

Porter Cable was once considered a more premium tool brand as well. It is too bad that once good names have prostituted themselves to produce such junk for a cheap price. I guess this unfortunately applies in all industries these days. There is a big box store version and a real professional vers…

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MikeInNH September 20, 2018, 2:17pm 73

Craftsman power tools went through many changes. They would contract out to different vendors every 5-10 years. 40 years ago they were made by Milwaukee or Rockwell. For a while they were made by the old Singer Sewing Machine company. So quality was up and down for years. I still own a Craftsman drill that’s at least 50 years old and runs great. I had to replace the power cord once.

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