Hard to find tools made in the USA

WJD · May 4, 2012

Looks like people would understand money makes circles. Henry Ford figured this out. If you buy something hade her the money stays here. Just walk down the hand and electric tool aisles at your favorite store.

I don't mind buying from a country that buys our products in return but it should go two ways.

I undertand most small tractors are sold overseas and don't mind them largely being built over there. I just buy and rebuild older U.S. built small tractors. The only exception is Deere tractors built in Germany.

I went three places this evening looking for a Stanley combination carpenters square with a 12 inch rule. None.
I found them on line, hope it is American made when it arrives. I have two others (6 and 18 inch rulers) that are excellent.

Does anybody else try to but American when they can or am I dieing breed?

Paul from MI · May 4, 2012

I noticed a recent ad from Menards that showed where each of the articles on sale were made. We all need to take notice of this stuff, just read the labels on cans and packages in your grocery. Migh make you think before you buy, it sure does me.

gregger · May 4, 2012

madeinusa.com

northvale · May 4, 2012

my better half says the USA is becoming like a soviet bloc country, crap tools and machines. Some truth to it, I never thought it would happen, but most suburban dwellers have no clue the quality this country turned out years ago. Very sad.

Scott-SD · May 4, 2012

I try to buy USA made anything whenever possible.Somethings are impossible to get here though.

Fordfarmer · May 4, 2012

Only some food is covered by the COOL (Country Of Origin Label)law, and Canada and Mexico are fighting to make the U.S. get rid of it. More of us need to call/write our representatives and demand MORE food is labeled.
I buy U.S. made when I can... can't always find it when I need it. U.S. made usually ends up being cheaper in the long run - I don't have to replace it as often.

37chief · May 4, 2012

Just about anything you buy now days is made in another country. I went to my Ford dealer to buy a tranny filter, and asked the saled person where the filtere are made he didn't know. I give up. Stan

Jon Hagen · May 4, 2012

I make my living farming, growing crops where 50% needs to go to export to get sold. I hope that Chinese worker had a good meal of imported American grain or meat, before building that part or tool they will export to my country.

I take pride in buying a top quality American made tool or part for a reasonable price.
I have long since gotten over the idea that I have any obligation to buy a shoddy quality American tool or other product, especially if it is overpriced, just because it is American made.

I find it sad and troubling that in more and more cases, the quality of American products, especially workmanship, is getting worse while the Chinese product quality is getting much better.
Cant say one country makes junk while the other makes only the best. That day is long gone.

No matter what country a product comes from, shoddy junk should be rewarded with no sales, and quality products will get what $$$ I have to spend.

Anonymous-0 · May 4, 2012

(quoted from post at 19:56:25 05/04/12) I try to buy USA made anything whenever possible.Somethings are impossible to get here though.

How much more AMERICAN could a get ask for than sumpin from Montana Silversmith's, a craftsman tool, or a Buck Knife???

I got a nice sample of each with made in china on it.....

rustred · May 4, 2012

ya i have good example of that chinese junk also. mrs.h bought me a 1/2 " drive impact, made in china of course. i told her that thing is no good. she got mad. so i went out and tryed it out by removing the belt pully on my 650. this damm thing would not even loosen the 1/2 " bolts. ohh but after a lot of hammering 1 came loose. sooo i went and got my old worn out 35 yr. old cp impact. holy man did it ever buzz them nuts off. also told mrs. see this damm chinese junk is no good. its going right back to china, probably in a junk basket.

C.R. · May 5, 2012

I was looking for a nice small pocket knife found a large selection of ten dollar knives some looked ok almost all made in china I finaly found a Buck #309 made in U.S.A. $29.00 it looks like it ought to last,but is it three times better than the other knives? I dont know but I saved up and bought the U.S.A. made one and I will enjoy using a quality tool a pocket knife is an extreemly usefull peice of gear

Pitch · May 5, 2012

We need country of origin on every product, get rid of this "Distributed by" nonsense also.

Goose · May 5, 2012

I hate to say it, but "Made In USA" is becoming a thing of the past.

Right now, only 11% of the US work force is engaged in manufacturing. Can that 11% manufacture every single item consumed by the entire population? I hardly think so.

Like the KKK Wizard in the movie "Fletch Lives" said when his crew couldn't get a cross to burn, "It ain't like it used to be".

Anonymous-0 · May 5, 2012

There was a recent report where tea exported from China contained chemicals that have been banned for yonks.
I had just purchased tea from Aldi and the label said "packed from inported tea". Considering other things in their shops. e.g. peanut butter are from China, I rang Aldi and enquired where the tea came from. The buyer said it was local and imported. I said it does not show local...result..I took it back and received a refund.
If that tea had the country of origin, I would not have bought it in the first instance.
But I do buy the "Made in the USA, Peanut butter"
in preference to the other one, although I pay a little extra.

Anonymous-0 · May 5, 2012

I did see an oil filter for a Japanese car,where the package had the Japanese Company thereon but in small print.. "made in Indonesia". Then when Indonesia becomes affluent it will change to Mali or Somalia.. down the poor scale.

WJD · May 5, 2012

Thanks for the responses. Seems like everyone is very frustrated, just like me. I don't mind paying a fair price for U.S. made products. Too maby people just buy on price, never mind items you buy on price usually don't last very long. Cheap imported goods are in many cases more expensive in the long run.
Thanks again for the input and support. At least it is just not me.

Todd Hovick · May 5, 2012

I posted this elsewhere, but this caught my eye. We handed out American Flags at our Memorial Day Parade that said "Made in China"...That will never happen again

Ralph Bauer · May 5, 2012

DITTO!!

MichiganMH · May 5, 2012

I try to buy made in the USA when I can, but as already stated, its hard to do. Even if something is made here, the company may be foreign owned and ship out the profits to another country...

Cow · May 5, 2012

I sort of agree but think of this...
What sort of conditions did average working people in this country live under 60 years ago when we still did a lot of manufacturing? 1 car for the family, hand me down clothes, basic food, no A/C probably 1 tv in the house if you're lucky. Nothing wrong with any of that, but look at what people typically have in their homes/lives now. Things are better.

Now look at the conditions we see people in china living in.

Perhaps on the whole we're better off.

BUTCH IN N.Y. · May 5, 2012

I went to the Snap-on truck cause it stops at a
goohopd friends auto shop and bought a small wire
stripper with RED plastic grips. A few days
later, I was at Harbor Freight and saw the exact
same wire stripper with BLUE hand grips. Not
long after a piece broke off the HF stripper, so
that put those out of service. Went back to HF
and they did not have any left, and did'nt know
when they would get more.

Geo-TH,In · May 5, 2012

You don't mind buying from a country that buys our products in return but it should go two ways.

China buys a lot of corn and soybeans made in the USA!

I think the BUICK is the most popular car in China.

I rebuilt the hydraulic pump on my Jubilee. Surprised to find the wobble shaft was made in the USA! Rest of the parts came from the 4 corners of the world.

I remember when a person running for president said that if NAFTA pasted we would hear a loud sucking sound of jobs leaving this country. That was a long time ago. Why are so many people just waking up to discover the jobs left many years ago?

Looking for tools made in the USA is only wasting time and gasoline.

Hard to find tools made in the USA

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