I'm Dave. I have a home and a family and tons of DIY projects. Sometimes I am fixing something that is broken, other times I am building something new, but one thing is for sure, I am always busy. I love to share what I do and share what I learn.
I lived in an apartment that had the Lumber Liquidators China laminate flooring. It was a basement apartment. I moved in 2013 in 2018 I was fighting for my life. I was diagnosed with the blood cancer Multiple Myeloma in the third stage, which is the final stage of this particular cancer. Only by a autoglas stem cell transplant in May 2019 did I go into remission August 2019. But considerable had been done. Normal body functions/systems have been destroyed. I deal with immense pain, cannot walk without help of a walker, really I wheelchair ready but do not want to lose the little function my legs muster. I no longer produce new bone (autoblast). I no longer stand erect because my left sacrum was destroyed by the largest of many tumors that invaded my body. My lower body suffered nerve damage and my feet are like ones of a store's manniquin, dead and non- moving. I suffer from digestive issues, not being able to freely enjoy foods prior to the cancer. I was a productive part of society and just purchase a beauty salon in June 2017. I am not able to work physically. Due to the pain medicine I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed anymore. Speaking of the class action lawsuit, the lawyers are the largest recievers of finacial again from a class action lawsuits. But the paperwork went to the owners of the apartment which happened to be parents, my parents who planned to use the money to install new flooring. Anyway I prefer health not money. As for the previous owner repurchasing the company, his greed and lying ways has yet to make an impact in his life. Watch the CNN 2015 RU-vid interview.
Thank you Dave for your video! I love the content. I watched it when it came out three months ago and am rewatching it now. Today I had the distinct honor of meeting Greg the CEO of Hempwood and got really inspired. He gave me some samples. I am going to do some tests and will let you know the results if you are interested. Best, Jori
I started buying tools, batteries and electrical wire on Amazon instead. Takes too long to wait for a employee then walk to register and pay that individual item.
A lot of the Craftsman hand tools sold within Canada were also made in Canada. My dad still has a full sccrewdriver set, and a ratchet set he bought in the 90s that were made in Canada. Still uses them to this day.
As a teen with summer jobs and a 1940 Chevy and an Evinrude 28hp, I bought 100's of this and that's at Sears in the late 1960's. Still have them but what for as I don't use them. This video make me think I might try to sell them. I see old, sometimes restored, Craftsman tool chests going for up to $2k ! I sure don't need more than 80 different sockets. I have a rachet wrench that has more teeth than available anymore and a friend told me it was worth at least $100. I've loved every one of those tools, but time to pass 'em on...
I suspect that wood demand will decrease for building in the future. I suspect that exterior structures will be built with concrete and dirt. The unaffordability of housing is forcing people to consider different materials to build with. I also suspect chimney use will increase based on what happened during the great depression. Millions of cook fires will have to be used to avoid starvation and freezing. If this is the shining example of how to fight global warming by crashing the economy, its not going to work. The walk to communities they have proposed hasnt been built yet and they are already crashing the economy. What does the WEF expect when people are facing starvation and freezing? Yeah. Millions of cookfires. How ignorant is that? If all those people cooking on electric stoves are forced out of those homes, how many cookfires do you think there will be? A lot. Trees will be cut, and stoves will ignite. What a fiasco.
Over 15 years ago I bought a Chicago demolition hammer, through their catalog, That hammer is a beast, Is last year the gasket broke and it leaks oil, But it's still runs like a great work horse....
I get the sense this soy glue will not hold hemp fiber together underwater or soaking wet wood. It will fall apart and get soft. So could not be used around water, places where it rains a lot or underwater like docks that get wet a lot or for making wood boats.
I think the changes to the tool section make sense. If you've ever gone to older department stores, the jewelry section was run this way. You had to pay for you purchases in that department. This is a variation and one that make sense.
I installed 3/4 flooring that states made in Canada, and the floor is curling, what do I do now. I contacted llflooring on 9_17_24 and they told me on 9_26_24 that they no longer address claims as of 9_18_24
I had always wanted a set of the ratcheting box end wrenches. I bought a full set of Craftsman off of Amazon & thought they were OK. When I went to use them, they couldn't handle the torque. I would push/pull them, and they would skip. I returned them to Amazon & bought a set of Metric/SAE wrenches from Kobalt (Lowes) that were half the price of the Craftsman and worked far better.
You’ve just cased the joint for anyone interested in stealing tools. You’ve done the work for them and they can figure out their strategy in the comfort of their own home by watching your video
This has been going since they opened up, I have witnessed it a few times but it’s gotten worse. Companies always deal with right offs but its when it starts effecting their bottom line they have to make changes obviously enforcement or laws aren’t working. Home Depot is not the only retailer who has been impacted. Funny you said when the trend changes. I guess we have to ask why did it trend to the way it is now. Sounds like a simple fix. So it does impact the buying experience if I have to find help to unlock a cage to buy something. In my area first you have to get by the day laborers and the women with their children strapped to their backs selling candy also the parking lot has surveillance cameras and a recording telling you to not leave things in your car that can be seen. Cars are being broken into. But the state is getting its sales tax now with online purchases so they don’t care. Sounds like we need a Batman cause there’s plenty of jokers out there.
The warranty effectively is NOT still in effect. I went in to the local ACE hardware (mistake #1) and went to exchange a 3/8 rachet that fell apart after almost 50 years. They rudely refused, saying that there must be a "direct" replacement, and I cannot just replace the old one with a brand new 3/8 rachet. The guy at the counter said: "yeah, that's how they get ya on this anymore", but I left with the strong impression he was using this concept to his own advantage (he was the owner of that location). I never went back there again, nor will I ever buy Craftsman again. There is nothing quality about them anymore above any other Chinese crap.
Do not do this. They are hard to weed. Hard to maintain. Use more water. And a waste of the surrounding land. Just an all round pain in the ass. Do this: Haul in some good sandy loam soil. About 3 or 4 inches higher than the existing ground. You will have a much bigger garden that is much easier to access with hand tools and or power garden equipment.
DIY’er here. I recently took a Craftsman 1/2in drive ratchet I bought 20+ years ago to Lowe’s and they replaced it with the most comparable ratchet they had in stock. No questions asked
I went to a place in Houston that had a ton of tools crammed into a very small place. I went there to buy a used tool but I saw many new tools in boxes that had not been open. As a logical thinker, I questioned the whole operation.
I’ve had great experience with HF employees. Once I found a heavily discounted electric wrench, I wanted to buy but the employees couldn’t find a charger for the batteries. I came again a few days later and they actually remembered me, said they found the missing charger and asked if I was still interested as it was still unsold. I definitely was, and they also gave me a free extra battery for it that was out of box. I use the tool all the time on my car!
I find that the Craftsman tools of today are not the Craftsman tools of the past. Today going looking at Craftsman tools they definitely don't have the selection that they used to have and Craftsman always had a new innovation to make doing mechanic work a lot easier. I had one of the vacuums recently and it was a piece of garbage it wouldn't pick up anything. When Sears had the brand they had it like a club that kept people coming back and being loyal to the tools it's not like that anymore. And you're right the reason why people bought the tools was because they could take them back to Sears after work on weekends no questions asked and get a new one.
The last Craftsman tools I bought were both pneumatic finish nailers. The first one lasted almost 3 years; its identical replacement didn't even last a year. I took a chance on a Craftsman propane garage heater and bought the extended warranty, because the heater + warranty was still cheaper than the next lowest-priced (non-Craftsman) unit. Only 11 months later the heater failed, and since it was still under the original warranty, I tried to exercise it. What a joke: I would have had to mail the unit at my expense to a Sears warranty repair center, and if THEY agreed it was failed, they would replace it. SO I waited two months until the extended warranty kicked in, and got relief that way. So I'm done with Crapsman (sorry, Craftsman). I wouldn't buy a Craftsman hammer today.
