Let's post our Made in USA tool finds (yard sales, old store stock, auctions etc)

[downsizingnow48]

Been a bunch of those big presses on craigslist here shoulda paid more attention!

 

[BethelHntr]

If you have the room for one and drill a lot of steel they are the best.

 

[BethelHntr]

Instead of being retrospective... Let's be progressive and post tools we have found available now in the USA! I've seen numerous US made tools in Walmart of all places.[/QUOTE

I have one, I purchased four hickory handles, One for a splitting mall, A palaski, A single bit axe and a hudson bay axe from Beaver tooth handle co. in Tennessee, Their handles are top notch and ready for a proper coat of boiled linseed oil. Most handles out there have varnish which is not for tool handles unless you want blisters.


I bought a Oregon chain saw bar for my stihl 390 from ebay.

 

[motownbrowne]

Instead of being retrospective... Let's be progressive and post tools we have found available now in the USA! I've seen numerous US made tools in Walmart of all places.

No way dude, that's not the objective of the post. Keep the walmart ads to yourself also. That place isn't to be lauded for selling American made products.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

I am a sucker for vintage american made tools and was looking for a drill press that can use morse taper drill bits up to 2", I found a champion blower and forge 21" DP on craigslist that was heading for scrap if someone didn't want it. I paid $200 and brought it home. This thing had sixty years of crud and multiple paint layers, When I bought it, It had been sitting outside with the rain sun and snow for who knows how long but as I mentioned before I am a sucker.













I am still not finished there is a broken bevel gear that I sent off to a machinist to rebuild.

Wow, awesome job!

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Instead of being retrospective... Let's be progressive and post tools we have found available now in the USA! I've seen numerous US made tools in Walmart of all places.

I'd say toss that one into a new thread, not a bad idea. Walmart though?

 

[BethelHntr]

Wow, awesome job!

Thank You

 

[Big Barn]

I am a sucker for vintage american made tools and was looking for a drill press that can use morse taper drill bits up to 2", I found a champion blower and forge 21" DP on craigslist that was heading for scrap if someone didn't want it. I paid $200 and brought it home. This thing had sixty years of crud and multiple paint layers, When I bought it, It had been sitting outside with the rain sun and snow for who knows how long but as I mentioned before I am a sucker. [URL=


Your patience has shown. Nice job!!

Terry

 

[PapaPerk]

I'd say toss that one into a new thread, not a bad idea. Walmart though?

Just the facts. Even they are offering American made tools. Maybe the tide is turning for the better.

 

[PapaPerk]

No way dude, that's not the objective of the post. Keep the walmart ads to yourself also. That place isn't to be lauded for selling American made products.

Hey "dude"... I'm not advertising for anyone. But buying old US made stuff does nothing for US jobs now. If we demand US made products the tide will eventually change towards domestic made products that support our labor force which improves our economy. I'm assuming you would know that if you are really from Motown.