No proof of purchase required. This covers all Craftsman tools that were covered by the lifetime warranty regardless of manufacturer or where they were purchased. Retail partners are obligated to replace them if they are in stock. Are Craftsman tools Still lifetime warranty?
Most Craftsman hand tools are advertised as having an unlimited lifetime warranty. If for any reason your Craftsman hand tool ever fails to provide complete satisfaction, return it to any Sears store or other Craftsman outlet in the United States for free repair or replacement. Where can I buy Craftsman tools?
Beginning May 14, you'll be able to buy some Craftsman tools at Lowe's, in addition to existing outlets Sears and Kmart. Lowe's is stocking its shelves with wrenches, hand tools, and tool storage systems in advance of Father's Day, on June Why are Craftsman tools made in China?
People use Craftsman because of their value, and more importantly, being made here in America. Recently, the top brass at Sears had decided to outsource the manufacturing of Craftsman hand tools to places like China and Taiwan. The sockets, ratchets, wrenches and other hand tools you buy are now being made overseas. They're made in the USA with domestic and foreign components.
Husky is a line of hand tools, pneumatic tools, and tool storage products. Husky hand tools were formerly manufactured exclusively in the United States but are now largely made in China and Taiwan. All Husky hand tools have a lifetime warranty. Where are Craftsman mowers made? Craftsman Lawn Mowers are mainly produced in China, although some are manufactured in Taiwan. Sears has never made Craftsman products themselves, rather than relying on other manufacturers to manufacture them to Sears' designs and specifications and then use the name of the Craftsman brand.
Who makes the best hand tools in the world? In all, they produce over products at this plant. Hardcore Hammers was started by two brothers dissatisfied with the way standard hammers wore out quickly. The company now manufactures hammers, hatchets, and axes in Shawnee, KS.
Walter Becker started Ideal Industries back in Ideal-branded products include more than 6, SKUs. Ideal makes all of these in their Sycamore plant. They also forge Ideal pliers and wrenches in their Colorado facility and produce a rather robust Made in the USA screwdriver line across their Illinois, Colorado, and Pennsylvania plants. Their products seem to show up everywhere you see people producing things like food, fuel, shelter, and infrastructure.
In addition to this, John Deer has multiple factories throughout the Mid-West that manufacture large Agricultural tractors, sprayers, and combines. Finally, John Deere also manufactures a variety of professional turf industry equipment across the country. Based out of Mequon, WI, Johnson Level has made leveling, marking, and layout tools for over 70 years. Now part of the Hultafors Group in Sweden, the company still has over 70 SKUs made in America, including levels, squares, carpenters pencils, and laser products.
The company has also invested in 4 new U. The company may have been the first to employ high-tech tools like high-power laser cutters and low-tolerance CNC machinery into the knife-manufacturing process.
Benchmade makes all of their knives in their , sq. Oregon City, Oregon manufacturing facility. Buck knives are made in Post Falls, Idaho. The company was started by a young Kansas blacksmith apprentice named Hoyt Buck who was looking for a better way to temper steel so it would hold an edge longer. His technique produced the first Buck Knife in The company was founded by Pete Kershaw in , making hunting knives in a cement plant in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
The Zero Tolerance or ZT brand first made its appearance in as a Made-in-USA line of hard-use knives designed for professionals in the military, law enforcement, and first responders. Thirty years later, Kraft Tool continues to manufacture Made-in-the-USA tools for the professional cement finisher, brick mason, asphalt paver, tile setter, plasterer, and drywall craftsman. The Kraft Tool Co acquired several companies and brands over the past 39 years including W. It was pretty much an instant success.
KMA manufactures and assembles Kubota lawn tractors, zero-turn mowers, sub-compact tractors, utility vehicles, loaders, backhoes, and other implements. The company employs over 1, American workers. Kubota Industrial Equipment or KIE manufactures compact tractors and tractor implements including loaders and backhoes. All told, more than half of all Kubota-branded equipment sold in the United States is manufactured or assembled in their Gainesville and Jefferson, Georgia facilities. Over the next decade, Leatherman sold over one million of these multi-tools.
We mentioned this company earlier as part of SBD, but Lenox Tools has an interesting history of its own. Back then, they made hacksaw blades. Over years later, Lenox makes industrial saw blades, hand tools, power tool accessories, and other products.
The company still, however, designs, tests, and manufactures products in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts using global materials. Since Makita has produced products here in the U.
The Buford facility, officially titled the Makita Corporation of America MCA , operates capital equipment for both manufacturing and assembly and produces Makita products destined for users and dealers across the U. To address continued growth here in America, Makita recently added nearly 1 million square feet of distribution and training center space with new facilities in Texas and Nevada.
Malco Products got its start in when Mark W. Keymer, a young steel supply salesman, decided to manufacture and market a pipe crimper he had invented for use in installing sheet metal ductwork. Matco Tools, a subsidiary of Fortive Corporation, began in Milwaukee also has plans to expand with a location in Cookeville, TN.
Morse makes blades. Lots of blades. For almost every cutting application and tool you can think of. They service plumbers, electricians, carpenters, industrial manufacturers, and steel service centers.
The company manufactures nearly all of its products in Canton, Ohio. This facility has undergone a number of expansions over the years as the company developed a unique integrated manufacturing approach.
It lets them ship most orders for standard stock products within 24 hours. Since , Occidental has manufactured quality leather tool belts, bags, and pouches for tradesmen. They honestly make the best tool belts in our opinion.
Aside from the phenomenal build quality—which we have experienced first-hand—the best part includes the fact that all Occidental designs and manufactures all their tool bags, pouches, and tool belts in Sonoma County, California. It started as a small blacksmith shop making chisels in Los Angeles. This includes calibration as well as the associated heat treatment, and plating processes. It began with the introduction of the now-iconic Ridgid pipe wrench, a tool still in use today.
Ridgid also makes sectionals, jetters, and FlexShaft drain cleaning equipment at their Orange, VA location. As a third-generation manufacturer located in the heart of Wisconsin, Rolair has done nothing but build quality compressors since it began in In , Joseph Johnson, an engineer from Milwaukee, and his co-worker, William Seidemann made the very first Snap-on tools. They spent weekends using crude bending jigs and pure muscle to fashion two sample sets of five handles and ten sockets.
Snap-on currently makes many of its ratchets, wrenches, screwdrivers, roller cabinets, sandblasters, and certain diagnostic tools in its Kenosha, WI manufacturing facility.
Southwire Company had its founding as a manufacturing company in Carrollton, Georgia in Many continue to expand despite offering few products made in America.
Savvy shoppers it seems, understand what tools they should pay a premium for and which tools they can cheap out on. The bottom line is that high-quality tools can be made and assembled from countries around the world. Many of the companies that choose to manufacture in the U. Whether American shoppers reward them for that is an ongoing question.
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