Posted on 07/04/2020 7:02:14 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
I searched using power tools made un United States came up with vrs sites. Dewalt professional grade is one. One link was to Toolbarn.com which had whole section of made in USA AllAmericanReviws.com had info on a number of companies. Good luck
I just started buying milwaukee tools before the virus. I have always been anti- china, but i made a (very) few concessions. Now...while i hold out hope that one day they move out of china, i realize i most likely have to make that concession for a while longer. If i had to do it all over, i would buy the best power tools made anywhere but china. Look at metabo or festool, among others. They are among the best in the world, and they arent made in wufluland.
I like my DeWALT set and the batteries hold up well, but for miter saws or general value I do see some good values at yard and estate sales.
Ryobi manufactures its tool in six different countries around the world, including the usa, shelbyville, indiana.
I didn’t know that, do you know if the quality has dived on the new units?
We went shopping around yesterday. We don’t get out too much because of COVID and only go into stores that appear safe.
We’ve been checking labels recently. Every single thing we looked at or bought yesterday was made in China. Every single thing. They now have a gambit where some stuff says “Made Responsibly In China.” Which I guess you’re supposed to take as some representation it wasn’t made in a Uighur concentration camp. We would buy American, but frankly for most things there are no American versions.
I have a few Ryobi power tools from Home Depot. Here’s a website which shows which companies make what tools.
https://pressurewashr.com/tool-industry-behemoths/#whoowns
You can web search the company names to find out where they are based, but not necessarily where a particular tool is made.
Apparently Milwaukee and Ryobi tools are made by TTI, a Hong Kong company. I’m glad to have helped a Hong Kong company as long as Hong Kong was somewhat autonomous, but now I’m going to back off.
A few years ago, when I needed to replaced a worn out drill, I bought a DeWalt 20 V one. Then a while later, I bought a second tool... also DeWalt. At this point, I had two tools that used a battery that is interchangeable. Since then, every power tool I bought is DeWalt where I think I now have basically a full suite of DeWalt 20 V power tools.... plus I have a bunch of new batteries. All this equipment has lasted exceptionally well and I don’t think I’ve had any problems with the batteries.
Stanley Tools owns several brands including Black & Decker, DeWalt, Craftsman and Porter-Cable. Good luck finding any completely made here. Ridgid and Milwaukee are now owned by another outfit. Delta, Rockwell and Worx are Chinese owned.
from their web site...
“SELECT PRODUCTS MADE IN THE USA WITH GLOBAL MATERIALS”
interest site here:
https://toptooltips.com/where-is-ryobi-made/
I think Professional Brands like Snap On and Matco are made here.
Are you sure?
It is tool specific.
I had a lot of my power tools stolen 3 months ago. I have bought replacements for some, but am not buying those made in China.
I bought a really great Makita 4-1/2” right angle grinder that is made in Brazil.
Skil tools are made in Tiawan now. Not sure where the parent company is, Skil has been bought and sold a few times. Bosch was involved with a US company making it for a while.
I am going to really miss my old Skil 77 worm drive saw. It was absolutely cherry, I bought it in about 1977. I have another used one, later model, but has seen rough use cutting concrete. Expect to fix that one for now. Some parts are still available. A couple of places are in the repair business for them.
I think quite a bit of Milwaukee tools are made in the US. But again, you need to look on the specific model of the tools.
Porter Cable is still a pretty good tool. Especially on their belt sanders. I’m planning to get one of them.
I too wanted to buy USA. Dewalt made a commitment to build tools here several years ago. Dewalt continues to make the same Angle Grinder in Mexico and China also. The boxes are marked as to the country it's made. Same price.
Still better than 100% made in China.
Porter-Cable is made by Stanley Black and Decker and is being phased out in favor of the Craftsman brands they bought from Sears a few years ago.
When Black and Decker took over GE irons they took a great iron and turned it into a piece of garbage. We also had a Black and Decker electric lawn mower in the ‘70s that was junk. I dislike that company immensely.
Strangely enough tools today are designed and built in a modular manner. Standard motor from a motor vendor, battery packs from a battery vendor , switch/trigger from another, transmission or gear set from a vendor who specializes in that. The electronics are probably most proprietary and difficult to reproduce. Sometimes the only difference between the cheap and expensive tools are the upgrade a few components to higher quality versions, like changing the trigger for one that has a more linear response and feels better and the gears from a cheap sintered part to a higher quality cast and machined part.
I like the new Ryobi lawn and garden stuff.
I like Dewalt’s line of different sanders and their oscillating tool. Their batteries really last.
I thought I would be getting everything Milwaukee, but there’s a lot of really good competition out there! In the end I just have a real mixmash of different brands and battery chargers.
Same with the Liechtenstein brand Hilti on the cost factor.
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