This market is wide open for a reasonably priced stapler……….. The industry is already converting to cordless, so the technology is there…….. I would be the first in line to purchase Carton Closure battery operated tool. There are many home-based businesses that would be ready to purchase.
This stapler could share a battery from some other tool……. Hello OD, Thanks…….. Why can not one of those makers make a Carton Stapler? Craftsman caters to consumers — DIYers, hobbyists, homeowners — and so there is pricing is bound to be somewhat value-oriented. What will they stock and promote? There was no official word as to why, but I would presume that pricing was a significant factor.
Craftsman will likely test the market, even if a lot of past performance data is available, and that will steer future releases. But if a nearly finished product, sans lettering, chrome, polish, is all done overseas prior, then this is no more than a marketing scheme.
Current replacement warranty stinks especially when they want to replace the whole set instead of individual tools like Sears used to. I am thinking it was the former. My local town closed 3 of the 4 Sears stores about 2 years ago. Well, there was some value to me when the Port Charlotte Sears closed———I bought every cardboard carton they had for 3-cents each.
Sure I can use the cellophane tape to close the boxes when i ship something, but a Battery Operated Carton Closure Stapler Gun would be nice and save some tape. Bostitch has ceased making these……. That company would be a natural to bring it back. Made in USA is a big deal for me. The deindustrialization of this country killed our middle class way of life, and I do what I can to avoid contributing.
Like so many others, I grew up with Craftsman tools as the default choice. My father still has Craftsman toolsboxes filled with Craftsman hand tools dating back decades. When I struck out on my own and needed basic mechanics tools, Craftsman was the obvious choice.
Yet somehow this blurb leaves me cold. If I want USA made, there are a few remaining options. If I want excellent consumer warranty support, I can get that from say Tekton. They need to bring all 3 to the table in force to convince me to bother, and I see no evidence they will.
Life rarely offers a second chance. While, also holding on to my old Bonney, and Armstrong tools. But now I have a slightly different opinion. ONe I am in the market for a few hand tools.
Namely more of the MAC tool line at prices I can get my hands on. I would buy easily. Not competitively priced — well I might get a tekton then. OK so yes it might be internationally sources materials — guess what they make steel in South America and Canada too. Say for example it came from Mexico. Still has to be marked as international materials.
OK now for the other bits. For the love of pete give me the mac locking flex head ratchet in a craftsman price range. K thanks. I have hope but not alot. Look forward to seeing it. OH and a versstack drawer device without tools please. Did not want to haul them……. Now I am sorry! Woe is me! Now I need a few good replacements and can not buy those quality tools again. Now days I use infrequently and can down grade. I am looking at WEN. Equivalents are OK.
Of course Lowes and eBay have the run-of-the mill low end power tools. Any suggestions? I do not use every day, just for projects now. Not even hand tools. The likelihood of any of these tools comprising American steel or any part of the actual forging or any steel making process taking place here in the US is slim to nil.
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American products means American jobs and we make damn good steel ourselves! Totally disagree. USA made products are far superior and last much longer. As far as there not being any good American in the trade just look around and in the Mid west at least, youll see many great tradesmen and women out there getting it done on a daily basis.
Youre just not looking much and sound just a bit out of touch. There are lots of variables, and it depends on what kinds of tools you are talking about. Just do a little exploring on YouTube — there is plenty of material out there.
Got to love the young folks that get all their information on public platforms. The quality comes down to the higher standard of steel used. The USA stamped tools are a higher grade of steel. Much harder to break. Easily tested. Or take it from mechanics that use tools regularly. What kind of failures have you had with USA made tools? On the other hand, my experience with Chinese tools is terrible. Most of the sizes are nearly an interference fit, which requires tapping the wrench on to the bolt head with a hammer!
All electric tools made in China scare the heck out of me. Certainly looking forward to Craftsman being made in the USA! Many years ago it was Japan that made crap, then Taiwan, Korea, etc etc. All of these countries got better and better at producing stuff with time. Companies continue to look for the next cheap place to produce stuff and quality is initially lacking every time. I am really excited for this! I promised myself the day that craftsman makes USA made hand tools again is the day I spend whatever it takes to upgrade my entire tool collection.
Not able to use the Home Depot website for daily deals or searches anymore with my iPad. Wonder if any one else has this issue? Just started about a month ago.
They are the only web site I have trouble with. Its funny how the same guys on here whining that there arent any good trades people left and no American made tools are one in the same ones that cut American made products down. I just shake my head and point out that domestic products especially autos are setting record profit and quality ratings.
Maybe alot of them arent on the front line like I am. Im a proud non union domestic auto parts manufacturing worker and I see hard working competent people out here getting the job done 6 to 7 days a week!!!! I have Craftsman Tools purchased in high school 46 years ago! They work well and are not for sale. Will the new USA stuff be as good? No one knows. What I DO know is American workers will be able to support their families by building tools here.
My impression was that many people were suspicious about whether Craftsman really would follow through with the plan to produce more tools in the USA.
I imagine this should buy them a little credibility. I use brand name much the same way — e. If Craftsman really does become the brand with reliable quality without exorbitant pricing — it could become my go-to again. Back in the day, if I needed any sort of wrench, it was mindless to find a Sears; Good tools, good and rarely used warranty, end of discussion.
I really miss that. The question is if they are still going to honor the lifetime warranty on Craftsman hand tools and offer it on the new ones? Unsure about AI, but a lot of companies are starting to use virtual reality for training purposes. Neat stuff. To me its all about USA hand tools for Craftsman. Frankly I probably wont be buying those anyway although the brushless impact is pretty nice.
USA hand tools is what people care about from Craftsman. Could I buy proto or something else, yea but the brand does mean something to me and I look forward to using them.
Personally, too little, too late. Bringing manufacturing back to the US is great, not sure people are going to forget about Sears, China and all the past drama. Only way people are going to buy…………… better be top shelf products at a fair price. If so, then I commend them on their plan and follow through. There are only 6 Sears within miles of me in Nashville.
That would take me into 11 different states with that radius. I think SBD is doing great. My local Lowes 1. Looks great. The place bleeds Craftsman red now. Its everywhere and it looks good. I try to forget about it already. I grew up on Craftsman, my uncle grew up on Craftsman, my grandfather grew up on Craftsman. My uncle still uses my grandfathers Craftsman corded drill. SBD can still screw this up but I have faith. So is this the only plant SBD will be building in the US to make Craftsman tools or are there other plants already under construction or completed but not up and running?
If I recall correctly. SBD was already building plants for US production back when they bought the brand and made their public statement promising to bring production back to the US. If I had to guess this is going to be a lower quality plant then the one making Proto and Mac bits, and might at some point do runs for Black hawk and dewalt however. From the release, it sounds like this plant is going to just be cranking out wrenches and ratchets and sockets — to the tune of tens of millions a year.
The question is how differentiated are they, if all the differences between different lines is how long its treated for and which grade of steel is used. Then when one gets round to replacing dies its essentially the same cost. The timing is probably about right. It takes time to build a factory from scratch. They have to figure out the financing of building something like that. They probably spent a lot of time working with various cities to figure out who would give them the best tax incentives, had the land they needed, and an available work force.
Then quite a bit more going through the actual design process. They have to get the plans approved by the city. Put out bids to build it. It all takes a lot of time. I was under the impression they already had two plants planned and construction was to begin with everything shooting for being up and running within two years. Not that things always go according to plan, but it would have been nice to receive updates from SBD rather than have to rely on investor news like this.
TBH after they bought the brand they probably had an immediate focus on getting product to shelves, and while SBD is a big company their engineering department is not as big as you would expect, and filling a brand portfolio would likely have taken most of the engineering both on a production and design perspective, so even if they had land acquisitions before this they likely could not have begun construction.
It is my understanding that existing SBD facilities are producing select USA-made Craftsman utility knives, tape measures, plastic tool storage, power tools, and Waterloo bought by SBD is making the steel storage. The new press release says the new factory will be a Craftsman plant, but it might or might not be exclusive to Craftsman.
I have been trying to find them for a long time; no luck. Not really as the US steel producers just increases their prices to match the off shore competition like they always did, so we just basically gave a bunch of money to the shareholders of US steel.
When does a brand dissolve into nothing more than marketing cosmetics? Leverage whatever brand equity Sears Craftsman still has, and have as much retail exposure as possible. The craftsman line has always been about marketing.
They never made anything themselves. Everything was made by another company who stamped the craftsman logo on it. The reality is the vast majority of brands are just marketing channels for different lines of products.
If I recall the DeWalt name itself was even shelved for a couple years after the radial arm saw design was sold off. Then they brought the name back as a marketing brand for some new higher end power tools. I love that they are going to bring back Craftsman hand tools to domestic manufacturing. Plus, who knows, the new tools might have an awesome design and it might be worth trying out a new ratchet.
Those contracts are not going away in I too recall SBD annoucning the construction of a factory in Texas last year. Not sure if this is second factory of a delay. Regardless, great update Stuart. The US companies may not have been able to ramp up production in time. I think SBD wanted to make a big splash as soon as possible to keep the craftsman name out there. And like it or not the Chinese factories are very good at quickly going from a raw design to producing them by the container load.
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