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Good may be a bit too generous to Craftsman. I've never found their hand tools reliable. Their powertools less so. Worst was a ratchet where the first thing
by ivl 7y ago
Good may be a bit too generous to Craftsman. I've never found their hand tools reliable. Their powertools less so.
Worst was a ratchet where the first thing to break wasn't one of the teeth on the gear, but instead the pawl, meaning instead of simply slipping and still being mostly usable, it became immediately useless. Which is just annoyingly bad engineering.
- mikestew 7y agoDepends on one's window of time when buying Craftsman. Anything in the last ten years is definitely crap, fifteen-twenty years ago was becoming hit-or-miss, anything older than that was definitely good. My father was a tool-and-die maker since the 60s, and always had Craftman tools. Err, correction, still has; I'm sure a ratchet or two has been lost to abuse (i. e., "cheater bar"), but last I checked the vast majority of his collection is intact. So when the old farts bemoan that old Craftsman quality, they're talking two decades ago.
- ivl 7y agoOh I'm well aware they used to make very quality products. Craftsman at one point was re-branding high quality products, like Abus locks. But that was again, 50 years ago. Their recent tools have left me disappointed with issues coming up far too soon. Not that I'm easy on tools but still.