Originally Posted by
Drew Wiley
Bingo. Both Milwaukee and DeWalt are now disposable tool lines, in other words, rarely repairable and outsouced. Black & Decker commercial division ended around the 70's. DeWalt was originally a radial arm saw brand. DeWalt was purchased by B&D, and B&D by Stanley. All junk now, intended for big box distribution. Ironically, even Stanley once had a pro power tool division based in S.Carolina. It was purchased by Bosch, then moved to the Atlanta area. That's where Bosch's classic routers actually came from. Now they're all Taiwanese or Malaysian imports of so-so quality. But there's a big Makita plant too in the same suburb of Atlanta still making routers in the US, albeit just big noisy ones. I prefer big quiet ones, in other words, German.
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