Thinking of "made in USA"

Posted by Sherman in Idaho [72.47.120.154] on Thursday, July 02, 2015 at 20:41:21 :

And the discussion about the bore sighter. I was looking at air compressors on the Northern Tool website recently and I see there are upright 5-hp size shop compressors branded "Quincy" and "Ingersoll-Rand", both good American makers. But aside from the paint color, they look just like the Harbor Freight and other Chinese units. Anybody know if they're really made in USA or they're just charging half again as much for the I-R and twice as much for the Quincy as the same unit that the discount places sell?

I'm suspicious because I once bought an "I-R" chain hoist that turned out to have a Chinese inspection sticker inside the box, and as far as Quincy goes, as far as I know all they make are screw-type compressors whereas the "Quincy" in the Northern Tool catalog looks like a standard 2-cylinder piston type.

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• Re: Thinking of "made in USA" - Doc Dave 08:49:37 07/03/2015
• Re: Thinking of "made in USA" - Den F in NJ 07:42:44 07/03/2015
• Re: Thinking of "made in USA" O Boy - The Dodge Boys 06:59:58 07/03/2015
• Re: Thinking of "made in USA" - Kevin in Ohio 06:25:40 07/03/2015
• Re: Thinking of "made in USA" - Hemimech 22:52:03 07/02/2015
  • Thanks! - Sherman in Idaho 00:27:10 07/03/2015
• Re: Thinking of "made in USA" - tom in chicago 21:19:07 07/02/2015
• Re: Thinking of "made in USA" - jerryinidaho 21:10:43 07/02/2015
  • Jerry, I agree - Paul(in NY) 21:38:04 07/02/2015
    • Re: Jerry, I agree - Willy-N 22:25:16 07/02/2015

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