DEAD - Craftsman mini pliers & cutters up to 50% off w/ coupon in this weekend's circular. Sale ends the 27th (Tuesday).

[Zepper]

Here is an online link for reference:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_1...keyword=45660&sLevel=0 , but the 50% off deal is in-store only. You get 50% off with the coupon from the Sunday circular - they are $5.87 in-store w/o the coupon. The online price is $5.49 = 45% off. These days I couldn't drive to the store for $5.00... You can see the other available types by changing the digit in the URL right after 4566_ to one in the range below. I wonder what 45666 is? Is that the Devil's tool?

BTW, the sale starts Sunday and lasts thru Tuesday the 27th. Coupons good May 23 - 27.

Part numbers are: 45660, also last digit = 1 and 3 thru 8 (e.g. 45667). There are long nose, needle nose, end nippers, diagonal cutters, curved nose etc. Pretty good but not near as good as when Sears made all the Craftsman tools in the USA. These are PRC made, but you still get the lifetime warranty, but only if they still make it. I took back a very nice Precision series, #1 Phillips scewdriver w/ a 4" blade - the one's they have now are junk in comparison. It had a parkerized tip and the rotating top of the handle was very smooth - not so on the new one and the blades are only a couple of inches instead of 4. At least the new one holds the screw heads better than the old, but I don't expect it to last the 9 or 10 years the old one did either. Guess I'll just get an even cheaper one in exchange when this one gets rounded off.

.bh.

 

[Desslok]

Sad but true, The Craftsman line of tools have been heading down hill for awhile now.

 

[EarthwormJim]

Originally posted by: Desslok
Sad but true, The Craftsman line of tools have been heading down hill for awhile now.

The warranty has always been the reason why I get them, if I ever break a tool I just go to my local Sears.

 

[MiataPaul]

I was looking at some sockets, still made in America according the the box, but the chrome was flaking off it in the store! Ever since the Sears/K-Mart combination they have been going down hill fast. Just ask any of the old timers and they will tell you that it is not the company it used to be. Too bad, makes me feel like a life time warranty is not worth much since they are not likely to be in business long!

 

[Zepper]

Yup most of the wrenches are still USA made and perhaps the screwdrivers too, but the mini pliers are PRC - I still have a pair of the Craftsman needle nose from before the change - I think made by Xcelite with the large bronze bearing. They have some different brand (neither Craftsman nor Companion) of mini side cutter hanging on the wall in my store that has stainless steel blades that I'd buy before either of the Craftsman mini diagonal cutters. It looks like what they used to sell under the Benchtop brand at K-Mart (some of that stuff was good - I'm still using those Benchtop side cutters, but now on my toe nails, and the two technicians screwdrivers I have left from the set I bought there which had the 4" blades that I like.

.bh.