[TheForge] Tawainese Machine Tools

[Loyd Craft]

Chuck Robinson wrote:

>I thought so too Rick, but discovered that the guarantee only applies to
>craftsman hand tools manually powered.
>Any thing pneumatic or electric you are SOOL after the limited warranty
>period.
>  
>

Makes it extra important then that you give it a vigorous breakin :)

I've bought some pneumatic stuff from them.   If it's a heavy use tool 
it pays to buy their extended warranty at time of purchase.

I bought one of their palm nailers after it became apparent my hands 
can't handle swinging a hammer for long periods of time.   Essentially 
it's an air hammer with the trigger being the anvil itself.  put nail in 
tip, push against surface and it triggers the cylinder to release.    
Used it to finish the interior of a 65 x 60 barn and lean-to.   lots of 
framing, girts to hang, and then lots of free standing shelving and 
such.    Needless to say it's driven thousands of nails, including a 
bunch of 10 inch ring shank pole barn nails (ringed from tip to head)  
It hammers those things in, taking about 6 seconds.  It takes me two 
minutes to hammer one of those in by hand and I need a break after doing 
it.    Claw hammers are now self defense items, prying and pulling bent 
nails.   :)

Anyhow I didn't intend to turn this into a palm nailer commercial, I 
just really like the thing...   :)

I opted for the sears extended warranty on that when I got it, figuring 
it would be used heavily up on ladders and possibly dropped a lot.      
When it was about two years old, had pounded in thousands of nails, 
including some really nasty duty pushing about 400 hardened nails 
through 1/8th inch angle iron (20 seconds each, no predrilling)...    
Dirty looking, scratched up and dropped a few hundred times I finally 
messed it up.  Totally my fault.  Drove over the damned thing with my 
skid steer.  

It was replaced, no questions asked.    I think the warranty was $15, 
nailer cost $99.    Got my moneys worth.