What happened to the Irwin post

[powertools]

There was a topic on here this morning about the tool companies that Irwin own that now seems to have disappeared anybody know what happened?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I made a mistake - misread Wiki - so I asked the mods to delete it.

 

[powertools]

Thanks for the reply I thought it have gone due to something that I said.
I have to say that it would be good to see a thread on here that separates brand names from the actual manufactures.

 

[Jonzjob]

OK, if it was deleted due to a mastike then why not reinstate it? If there's an undo button then there should be one to undo the undo surely?

Or am I missing something here?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

No point reinstating it. It was excrement.

 

[Jonzjob]

The old pony poo then? OK :mrgreen:

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

It was removed at Phil's request. If you think there's value in the brand vs manufacturer issue (which I believe there is incidentally) then the best thing to do would be to start a thread that addresses it head on and it can grow and be added to over the years as changes take place in the tooling landscape.

 

[bugbear]

I have to say that it would be good to see a thread on here that separates brand names from the actual manufactures.

Pretty much any manufacturer can apply any degree of material quality and processing sophistication - so it's actually the spec/QA
that matters, not the manufacturer.

For example, one might choose to plane, mill, blanchard grind, linish or surface grind the sole of a plane. Any substantial engineering plant will be able to do any of those, but they vary in speed, cost and result.

I suppose at the extreme low end, mass produced chisels might be stockpiled and have brand stickers put
on at time of delivery, but I don't think that happens with any (even half) decent tools..

BugBear

 

[RogerS]

The machinery often doesn't differ that much. It would save time if one could see that SIP/Jet/Fox/Rutlands etc were from the same factory.