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beast556
10-18-2018, 17:38
https://journalstar.com/business/local/new-owner-of-dewitt-plant-to-make-pliers-similar-to/article_b5c5feec-7d1f-5a20-ba11-b9ebfc8bb582.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1
It's nice to see American made tools. I refuse to buy Chinese tools and it is hard to find american made anything now a days.
Hope they'll be good. Just bring made in America isn't good enough on its own.
BPTactical
10-18-2018, 20:04
Hope they'll be good. Just bring made in America isn't good enough on its own.
Pull your lip over your nose and swallow.
Whatever, prove me wrong.
Scanker19
10-18-2018, 20:08
I found an American Made AK one time. Wasn't nearly as good as my Chinese made one.
Grant H.
10-18-2018, 20:32
Kind of a "meh" from me...
Sure, American made is good, but I sincerely doubt they can keep up with any of my Knipex pliers...
Scanker19
10-18-2018, 20:35
Also my ex-wife is American made. I’d take a Chinese model any day of the week!
Da da dada DA! Scanker!!!
ChickNorris
10-18-2018, 20:37
Also my ex-wife is American made. I?d take a Chinese model any day of the week!
Da da dada DA! Scanker!!!
BA DUM TSS
beast556
10-18-2018, 21:00
Hope they'll be good. Just bring made in America isn't good enough on its own.
I'd rather support Americans and American jobs over chineese shit any time. I try and buy American when ever possible and do with out alot of the time.
Sure, if the price for the quality is comparable, then America all the way.
Grant H.
10-18-2018, 21:06
Sure, if the price for the quality is comparable, then America all the way.
This.
Thus far, no one has made a comparable quality/price pair of channel locks as these: https://www.amazon.com/002007US1-3-Piece-Alligator-10-Inch-12-Inch/dp/B000X4MOF2/ref=sr_1_1?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1539918324&sr=1-1&keywords=knipex
And yes, I know they are German, not chinese, but not even the rape van (snap on) has a pair that compare...
beast556
10-18-2018, 21:09
99% of the time American quality is superior to Chinese quality. Like said before I will pay more to support American jobs. We really need to tell china to get fucked.
Grant H.
10-18-2018, 21:10
99% of the time American quality is superior to Chinese quality. Like said before I will pay more to support American jobs. We really need to tell china to get fucked.
Not always... (quality)
In general, I agree, china can get fucked...
I spend my hard earned money on the best quality my allocated amount of dollar buys. I refuse to blindly follow “American made” because I am a free market with caveats human. if the Swedes have Better glass for the dollar that’s where is goes. I could name something every major country in Europe makes better than what is available American made without even mentioning China or Asia and depending on the item they probably have been doing it longer than the US has been around. i feel that a decent percentage maybe even more than the profit margin of the goods if we are talking Chinese crap goes to hard working Americans with the transporting of the goods and stocking assembly etc.
kidicarus13
10-18-2018, 21:49
https://www.wacotrib.com/news/is-buying-american-always-best-patriotic-purchases-have-economic-impact/article_e2abd445-fd68-5846-b9a8-6dc1f2d24529.html
...from an economic standpoint, it's better for countries to specialize, he said. If everyone in America bought only domestic goods, it would not save American jobs, he said. History has shown countries don't improve their economic situation by turning inward...
BPTactical
10-18-2018, 21:55
In this thread we learn who has either worked on something made of ChiCom metal or has used ChiCom tools....
In this thread we learn who has either worked on something made of ChiCom metal or has used ChiCom tools.... agreed Bert my favorite is Chinese structural steel that changes hardness and welding characteristics within a couple feet
In this thread we learn who has either worked on something made of ChiCom metal or has used ChiCom tools....
You're using your American education to make incorrect inferences.
You should have used the opportunity to suggest that if I used US Vise grips to pull my lip over my head, I'd be more likely to succeed.
Chinese tools have their place. Just yesterday, I used a Chinese 30 mm socket...to make a single use spanner tool to remove a locknut on a swingarm pivot. 20 minutes, a cutoff wheel, and a bench grinder and I had what i needed. Would I have ever used that socket for its intended purpose? Nah...I have good sockets for that.
68Charger
10-19-2018, 06:31
You're using your American education to make incorrect inferences.
You should have used the opportunity to suggest that if I used US Vise grips to pull my lip over my head, I'd be more likely to succeed.
Bert only suggested your lip go over your nose, not your head... that may not even require tools.
ChickNorris
10-19-2018, 07:26
You're using your American education to make incorrect inferences.
You should have used the opportunity to suggest that if I used US Vise grips to pull my lip over my head, I'd be more likely to succeed.
Lmao
StagLefty
10-19-2018, 07:32
I'm confused. Is this thread about Irving and his head and lip ? [ROFL2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxoUUbMii7Q
Content relevant. Stay with it til the end.
BladesNBarrels
10-19-2018, 08:52
Shakespeare's Working Vocabulary - 54,000 words
Today's Average Working Vocabulary - 3,000 words
Need a fact check on that statement
[blaster]
ChickNorris
10-19-2018, 08:59
I have wanted to post that video on numerous occasions.
Yay CavSct!
68Charger
10-19-2018, 09:25
That was funny...
Also content relevant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bytkgeo9Q1g
colorider
10-19-2018, 11:00
Knipex. Close,thread.
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