Re: Klein Tools

[NickMark <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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> 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