[RedCell]

I’m no professional mechanic or anything but I kinda like the idea of lifetime warranty on Craftsman HAND tools (not power tools or outdoor equipment - I have one of their snowblowers and I’m sorry I didn’t spend a little more for an Ariens). Perhaps Craftsman can spin off and survive? Dunno.

[dfwgator]

Perhaps Craftsman can spin off and survive?

Tim Allen sure hopes so.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Perhaps Craftsman can spin off and survive?

I hope so.

They sell some Craftsman tools at Ace Hardware now, for what that’s worth.

We have had good luck with Kenmore appliances too.

[TexasBarak]

Craftsman is offered through Ace stores now. I still won’t buy the stuff they sell- I’m a woodworker, and I expect my tools to work properly, and hold up to heavy use.

[wally_bert]

Modern Craftsman tools don’t seem to be that good any more. I look on Ebay for 70s and 80s era hand tools.

I’ll pass on Craftsman power tools in the modern era too.

[Clay Moore]

ACE hardware is carrying Craftsman tools.

That said, I find pawn shops sell Proto stuff cheap and they are better tools.

[Magnatron]

Sears doesn’t make the stuff anyway. Until recently, Danaher was contracted to manufacture them and now Apex does since the merger of Danaher and Cooper’s tool divisions. I could easily see Apex — which isn’t a small company — picking up the brand and running with it.

[Migraine]

ACE Hardware is carrying Craftsman now.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

ACE Hardware carries some Craftsman tools.

[Spirochete]

Perhaps Craftsman can spin off and survive? Dunno.

Probably. The brand is also sold at Ace Hardware, Grainger, and a few other places.

[Joe Boucher]

Craftsman tools have a lifetime warranty.
if it breaks you return it and they give you a new one.
Spend a little more and get a Snap On tool with the same warranty, cept Snap On tools do not break.