Remember when Stanley tools were decent

hollydolly said:
Oh wow , seriously ? have they outsourced the manufacture to China ?
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Although the world’s largest tool company has a manufacturing footprint in North America and Europe, the vast majority of its manufacturing has been in China.
However, they are now thinking of moving some to Vietnam where there is lower labor costs. :mad:
 
Gary O' said:
WHOA!

Are those FatMax?

Never seen that discrepancy before

Don't get me started on Craftsman (during and after Sears)

Most my hand tools are Husky now (HD's answer to Snap-on)
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Snap On has always been over-the-top EXPENSIVE! I have not priced any Husky tools, but I will check them out now...
 
Gary O' said:
Big time
I've got three of them

Now I'm checking
.....with a bonafide ruler

I've always questioned the accuracy from the tang, and measure anything critical starting with inch one or using a good ruler

But that discrepancy is HUGE!
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Yep. Some time back I started measuring from the 1 inch mark as the tangs were iffy at best. Now, from the one inch mark, these 2 are the same, but, if you use the tang..... well....
 
I have always been a Snap On guy. Never had an issue returning a tool or exchanging any. A bit overpriced for sure, but like anything else, you pay for what you get. I used to buy some Craftsman, but when they sold out, I went 100% Snap On.

Stanley, Black and Decker all combined now, so you never know who or what you’re buying. I just bought a half-inch Snap On torque wrench for a diesel I’m getting ready to tear down. I went to an auction to bid on it. I know it sells for about $200, I got it for less than half that.
 
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I've owned countless tape measures over the 50+ years of being a mechanic / in the trades. After a while the end wears out and gets sloppy, when that happens I pull out the tape and insert a new one.
 
squatting dog said:
Although the world’s largest tool company has a manufacturing footprint in North America and Europe, the vast majority of its manufacturing has been in China.
However, they are now thinking of moving some to Vietnam where there is lower labor costs. :mad:
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Oh, great. They'll be manufacturing the tools somewhere they can get by with paying employees even less..... Gosh, I wonder how *that* is going to work out....
 
Harry Le Hermit said:
To the OP @squatting dog ... what website did you use to download this old picture?
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TAG/TC176. 2021
7.1.5 starts with “Where monitoring or measuring is used for evidence of conformity of products and services to specified requirements the organization shall determine the resources needed to ensure valid and reliable monitoring and measuring results.”
 
squatting dog said:
Although the world’s largest tool company has a manufacturing footprint in North America and Europe, the vast majority of its manufacturing has been in China.
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China manufacturing is all over the board
If it's well supervised by the buyer, quality is not as much of an issue.
But
If you're a small insignificant buyer
Yer screwed
 
squatting dog said:
This got me to measuring my crappy harbor freight tapes and they are all accurate. Go figure
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Y'know, back in the day, Harbor Freight sold pure crap
3/8 sockets sets for $10
Now
They upgraded to some halfway useable hand tools
(for the occasional user)
However
Their mechanical/electronic product remains lower than whale shit

I do buy their tarps.
 

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