Corbic

This is the Made in America thread. All shit 'murican.


In the last 10 years I've generally done my best to spend the extra 10% and buy 'murican.

Normally you get a better product or warranty as well as knowing your supporting your friends, family and neighbors. There is also the added philanthropic benifit of being able to say no to exploitative and questionable labor practices from overseas.


What inspired me today - (saw this guy pull up to my local dinner).

Corbic

My own Made in American fun for the day.

Felipe

Nice... Its like "post a picture of your last purchase" thread, but the Umerrrka eddition lol

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Corbic

Said nothing about "latest purchase".

Reading comprehension -

Felipe

What about stuff assembled in america... Does that count?

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FRpilot

i been researching and looking into purchasing a cordless drill/impact driver combo kit for the last month. I went to Home Depot and looked at boxes of all the high-end brands (Makita, DeWalt, Milwaukee, & Bosch) and everything was made in China...

I'd like to support USA, but I when companies based in US (Makita/Milwaukee) don't even manufacture in the US anymore, what can I do? I don't intend to get Snap-On for cordless tool, so I'll probably settle for one of those brands I looked at.

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az_240

That guy at the diner is a dying breed. This generation just doesn't give a fuck. Also nearly impossible to find anything electronic made in the U.S. Pressure from retailers to lower cost and corporate greed usually lead to outsourcing.

I laugh a little inside when I see the "Made in China, Assembled in America". I guess it's something right?

These days if I need something I usually search craigslist for old stuff "Made in America". Just picked up an old Lakewood high velocity fan the other day.

AFSil80

I sold my 240, and I'm building this for my Dad. He bought one brand new from the dealership in 1966 when he got back from Vietnam.

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Felipe

Nice... Color?

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Matej

Ironically, those motorcycles just convert fuel to noise, while their Japanese and European counterparts are much more efficient and reliable, not to mention affordable.

dawagarage

i wonder if that flag was made in china. a lot of them are now a days, unless that guy went out of his way to find one made in USA.

i went out of my way to find an american made cast iron skillet. turned out the one i bought is an american company but the product was made in china... which is happening a lot these days because companies just cant compete. there are a lot of american run companies selling chinese made products that (still) have good/life time warranties.

it is sad to see things like this go by the way side.

even craftsman is doing it. and if you didnt know, craftsman underwent a class action law suit because at one time they were branding some of their chinese made stuff as "made in usa." they stopped doing that, and now they have a chinese line and american line. chinese stuff doesnt have the lifetime warranty

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Felipe

Just like team usa clothes for the olympics that was made in china.

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terrence

You've never been to a Harley-Davidson factory have you? Assembled in America yes, but not made.

VROOOM

Kinda funny i am reading this right now. we just put some cylinder liners in a Mack engine and they were made in India. i thought all mack parts were made in the US.

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Corbic

Shows how far we've slid. Are the actual OEM parts or just 3rd party replacements? Lots of stupid people think the shit sold at Autozone and Advanced are "OEM".

"God damn Ford, POS, this is the third Starter I bought from Advanced".

Corbic

What is your point? At least they are still assembly them in the US and are American owned. 65% of the parts in a Harley are made in the US. Thats a 100% then the typical metric bike.

It's the reality we live in, many small components and electronics exclusively come from over seas these days.

Good news though - while some of Harley's components and fasteners come from overseas - I guess Yamaha and Honda are simply happy to have their entire motorcycles built in China.

Triumphs are now built in Thailand - joy.

Corbic

Yes, Craftsman pisses me off. They not only outsourced to China, breaking their tradition, but they did so in an underhanded way. Even now they continue to let people believe they are "Made in America".

What Craftsman should have done, instead of running to China, was dump the Sears exclusivity sooner. I also don't see how China helped them since their products are still 4 times as expensive has Harbor Freight, although the tolerances are still better.

Sadly, there is a lot of info out there showing how their tolerances and metallurgy is far worse then what it was 10 years ago.

Corbic

It's a fucking motorcycle dumbass. Go buy a scooter if you want cheap and efficient.

A Road King, at nearly 800lbs, will return 45mpg all day long.


Expensive?

Goldwing - Starts $23,000

Road King - Starts $17,600

BMW K1600 - Starts at $21,000


The new Yamaha Bolt, which is a blatant rip off of the Sportser is within a few $100 of the Sporty while not offering a single compelling reason to buy it.

AFSil80

His was originally burgundy, while this one was white. Probably going to go burgundy. I'm letting him decide the paint, and I told him I'm picking the wheels.

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Mikester

^^Even though I would never really sit thru one of his movies... About as American as it gets!

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Dolph_KYAS13

Yep. I used to design powertools at a product design firm. and was shocked. how it works is Dewalt, Makita ect. all have very distinct and reputable brand identities and license it out and get their product manufactured overseas. there is no "Makita" factory in china, rather one that just makes drills.

If you look closely you can even see in some cases that the same tooling was used to make the parts and that they are just molded in the particular brands colors.

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VROOOM

they are genuine Mack replacement parts bought at a Mack dealer. the company i work for has over 400 Mack trucks and only uses OEM parts.

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turbo2nr

Murica'

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AFSil80

OHHHH the ironing...none of those guns behind the Statue of Liberty are built by American owned companies.

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VROOOM

might need this for your ironing


i think they are just saying america loves guns.

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AFSil80

^ I'll take it only if it was Made in America.

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TougeLove

i would buy american if american politicians didnt ship their own companies overseas, or america didnt charge a shit load for a gas guzzle, unreliable truck. and a bunch of other reasons.


but to be relevant I have 3 sector 9 boards and some rainbow sandals.

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dawagarage

i see that all the time in all kinds of tools. chainfalls, vacuums, welders, kitchen appliances. and yeah like you said they just change up the color and labels!

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Tearlessj

Yes it does.

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