Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekchips.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekcrl!tekchips!toma From: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy) Newsgroups: net.rec.wood Subject: Re: most valuable tools & other matters Message-ID: <361@tekchips.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 12:20:39 EST Article-I.D.: tekchips.361 Posted: Mon Nov 11 12:20:39 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 07:35:27 EST References: <828@rlgvax.UUCP> <34@midas.UUCP> <662@hercules.UUCP> Reply-To: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 21 In article <662@hercules.UUCP> barrys@hercules.UUCP (Barry Steel) writes: >In article <34@midas.UUCP> daves@midas.UUCP (Dave Suryan) writes: >>As far as routers go, don't buy Sears. ... >>The same problem occured on my Dad's Sears router about a year >>before mine failed. > >That's funny, mine did the exact same thing... Old Sears tools are fine. The quality has been decreasing for years. My 11 year old Sears Router does fine, but I know someone with both a router of my vintage and a new one (he decided to "move up" to a better one) who still uses his old router! I have many Sears hand tools that were my (late) father-in-law's, which were purchased in the 50s and 60s. The difference between them and hand tools that I purchased in the 70s is incredible. Lathe chisels as good as any you could buy today (the new ones at Sears are the junkiest I have ever seen). Accurate, well finished hand planes. A socket set (not everything was woodworking) that I don't think could ever break. Tom Almy Tektronix, Inc.