crucian
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I notice widespread bias against Asian tools and a number of other Asian products. Do I have an opinion? Well yes!
After WWII, when Japan began to rebuild, Made in Japan was a near guarantee of junk. Jump 4 decades. Honda Motor Company was building, and still builds the finest small engines on the planet. These engines are now produced in various Asian countries but remain the best.
I had a long run as a precision metal fabricator. For press breaks, shears, turret punches, milling machines, lathes, lasers and more, Japanese machine tools were and remain the world standard with Fanuc (Japanese) the world leader in machine controls. This is the primary reason for the high quality of Japanese engines, motorcycles, automobiles and more.
China pisses me off plenty. Glycol in toothpaste because it's cheaper than sugar (forget poisonous). I could go on but the fact is that many Chinese products are now achieving quite high quality standards. It is a progression and like Japan, they are getting better at a lot of products.
Why are there so many **** Chinese products out there? Let's try a combination of consumers unwilling to pay for quality and corporations in a race to the bottom to satisfy American cheapskates. Let's not forget ineptitude and greed, read: Eddie Lampert, a hedge fund guy running Sears right straight into the ground.
If you care about your hand tools, stay far away from Harbor, Northern, Craftsman, Mintcraft and in general, the low price rung regardless of brand. You usually get what you pay for, period. Snap-on is a premium professional brand but for the non-professional mechanic there are plenty of good quality, medium priced tools available. Made in an English speaking Caucasian Country is not the Gold Standard.
Help, I have a bullet in my foot and as soon as I put the gun down I'll do something about it..says the guy with the Harbor Freight wrench.
After WWII, when Japan began to rebuild, Made in Japan was a near guarantee of junk. Jump 4 decades. Honda Motor Company was building, and still builds the finest small engines on the planet. These engines are now produced in various Asian countries but remain the best.
I had a long run as a precision metal fabricator. For press breaks, shears, turret punches, milling machines, lathes, lasers and more, Japanese machine tools were and remain the world standard with Fanuc (Japanese) the world leader in machine controls. This is the primary reason for the high quality of Japanese engines, motorcycles, automobiles and more.
China pisses me off plenty. Glycol in toothpaste because it's cheaper than sugar (forget poisonous). I could go on but the fact is that many Chinese products are now achieving quite high quality standards. It is a progression and like Japan, they are getting better at a lot of products.
Why are there so many **** Chinese products out there? Let's try a combination of consumers unwilling to pay for quality and corporations in a race to the bottom to satisfy American cheapskates. Let's not forget ineptitude and greed, read: Eddie Lampert, a hedge fund guy running Sears right straight into the ground.
If you care about your hand tools, stay far away from Harbor, Northern, Craftsman, Mintcraft and in general, the low price rung regardless of brand. You usually get what you pay for, period. Snap-on is a premium professional brand but for the non-professional mechanic there are plenty of good quality, medium priced tools available. Made in an English speaking Caucasian Country is not the Gold Standard.
Help, I have a bullet in my foot and as soon as I put the gun down I'll do something about it..says the guy with the Harbor Freight wrench.
