[Fot] jack stands

[WILLIAM TOBIN]

  It's harder to ignore when Channellock is 15 miles down the road in
Meadville, PA, and friends work there. Or Reed Mfg in Erie (they make vises,
tools , and equipment for plumbing and oil field use) where the wife of the
CEO/owner is a physician friend of mine.
  I hate to say it, but imports from India and Poland are fairly good
quality.
  I guess we have to go with the flow.
  Bill----- Original Message -----
  From: "robert bownes" <bownes at seiri.com>
  To: "dick ross" <niteseeker at mac.com>
  Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
  Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 12:03 AM
  Subject: Re: [Fot] jack stands


  > Most of the time I'm pretty happy ignoring the US/China tool argument,
  > buying the cheap tools when I need something disposable or loosable or
I'm
  > just feeling cheap.
  >
  > I have a few sets of jack stands, all made in china, all steel. For my
light
  > cars, alum. stands are certainly going to hold up. I wouldn't use them
under
  > my truck though...
  >
  > The one that annoys me most is once having a source for real Milton air
line
  > couplers. The cheap ones just don't fit, and when they do, they leak.
And I
  > don't have a local source for Milton anymore.
  >
  > Just today's rant.
  > Bob
  >
  > "Life sucks and then you die. Then death sucks. This repeats itself
until
  > you reach Nirvana, the ultimate bummer" - MK after one too many beers
and
  > valium.
  >
  > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:02 PM, dick ross <niteseeker at mac.com> wrote:
  >
  > > On Apr 6, 2010, at 9:17 PM, EDWARD BARNARD wrote:
  > >
  > > > Can most of us remember when we use to say that about Japanese stuff
in
  > > the
  > > > late sixties and early seventies?
  > > > -Ed-
  > >
  > >
  > > Can remember that well and have noticed an improvement in Harbor
Freight
  > > tools.  I use them at work, where they have a tendency to walk off.
  > > But then yesterday had some connections that were made in China and
had to
  > > rethread the pipe stems because 2 out of 4 fittings were slightly
different.
  > >   Ten years ago we had no imported parts at work now they are creeping
in at
  > > a high rate of speed.  Just know way that we can get them made in US
for
  > > close to the same cost.
  > >
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