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Re: Klein Tools



"NickMark"  wrote in message
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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.

> Have noticed as well quality is not there anymore


Xlite,  Cresent Tools.    I've been using the same Phillips Drivers for over
15 years...

But like you have noticed,  Klien Tools have begun to slip.....

RTS



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