Re: Klein Tools

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/29/2014 7:26 PM, RTS wrote:
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> On Sunday, June 29, 2014 1:23:11 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
>> Has anybody else noted that some Klein tools are not as good as they once
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>> where?
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>> I have had two or three recently disappoint me.
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>> My new needle nose don't seem to cut crisply, the jaws are not the
>> same size
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>> at the tip (thickness), the side of one jaw folded back a little already,
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>> and the back jaws don't close as nicely on a beanie as my old ones.
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>> I also tried a new hole saw from them that is supposed to drill, and
>> cut for
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>> standard size knockouts, and then a spring is supposed to eject the plug.
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>> Their drill bit just snapped off the first time I used it before the
>> teeth
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>> even really started to bite into the steel.
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>> A long reach screw driver I bought for adjusting sliding doors, seems to
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>> have pre rounded edges on the blades of the philips form.  Its very
>> hard to
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>> move a stiff screw without it popping out constantly.
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>> They still say Made in USA on them, but this is more like I would expect
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>> from older cheap Chinese tools.  On the other hand they may not
>> actually be
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>> Made in USA.  Klein has been known to make other things out of
>> country, do a
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>> final process in the US, and label them Made in USA in the past.
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>> Have noticed as well quality is not there anymore
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>
> Xlite,  Cresent Tools.    I've been using the same Phillips Drivers for
> over 15 years...
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> But like you have noticed,  Klien Tools have begun to slip.....
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> RTS
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Don't let the BS on their website fool you. They have sourced out some
of their tool production to Japan & Taiwan for years. They have closed
and relocated factories for the past 15-20 years. I suspect it is a
union busting move. I believe their newest forging facility is in
Texas...alot closer to Mexico, if you get my drift...

Jim Rojas