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Even American Girl Dolls and Craftsman!!! Tell me it isn’t so. This is an interesting slideshow:
Over the decades, there are many brands that have become well-known and well-loved by the American public. Brands that create images of nostalgia for consumers, that are innovative and that seem, well, all-American. But shockingly, many of the brands that have become an essential part of our everyday are actually made in China.
Even American Girl Dolls and Craftsman!!! Tell me it isn’t so. This is an interesting slideshow:
Over the decades, there are many brands that have become well-known and well-loved by the American public. Brands that create images of nostalgia for consumers, that are innovative and that seem, well, all-American. But shockingly, many of the brands that have become an essential part of our everyday are actually made in China.
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To the greatest extent possible, I buy American. Typically what I get that is manufactured in China is low-grade crap that has a useful life expectancy measured in hours.
I'll use wood screws as an example. If you've been in a hardware store, you've seen those green and white boxes of screws in the fastener section. Made in China Crap. They're "engineered" for use in common American softwood lumber. But it is common for the heads to strip out. I use a screw BECAUSE I want to be able to remove it and do repairs WITHOUT damage to the surrounding wood. Any time spent carefully removing stripped screws eats EVERY BIT of savings from using Chinese crap screws. I buy SPAX, German made screws. They're about 20% more, but I've never stripped out the head, AND I can also use them in the hardest of hardwoods with little or no pre-drilling.
When it comes to tools or hardware, if it isn't made in America, the first thing I look for is to see if I can get a suitable product made in Japan, S. Korea, Germany, the U.K, Switzerland, and Sweden. If not there then some of the former Soviet block countries (Poland, Hungary, The Czech Republic). They make good tools, good fasteners, and great small appliances, and farm equipment and their prices are good.
If I have to use Chinese stuff, my first question is how can I re-engineer this so that I don't have to buy any of that Chinese manufactured crap.
I'll use wood screws as an example. If you've been in a hardware store, you've seen those green and white boxes of screws in the fastener section. Made in China Crap. They're "engineered" for use in common American softwood lumber. But it is common for the heads to strip out. I use a screw BECAUSE I want to be able to remove it and do repairs WITHOUT damage to the surrounding wood. Any time spent carefully removing stripped screws eats EVERY BIT of savings from using Chinese crap screws. I buy SPAX, German made screws. They're about 20% more, but I've never stripped out the head, AND I can also use them in the hardest of hardwoods with little or no pre-drilling.
When it comes to tools or hardware, if it isn't made in America, the first thing I look for is to see if I can get a suitable product made in Japan, S. Korea, Germany, the U.K, Switzerland, and Sweden. If not there then some of the former Soviet block countries (Poland, Hungary, The Czech Republic). They make good tools, good fasteners, and great small appliances, and farm equipment and their prices are good.
If I have to use Chinese stuff, my first question is how can I re-engineer this so that I don't have to buy any of that Chinese manufactured crap.
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