re: ARE TOOLS MADE OVERSEAS OF POOR QUALITY AND IF SO WHO'S TO BLAME

It’s all about profit and we just stand by watching .
Tools are still designed in the west but that will change as more and more technology is stolen and given away and soon we will not be able to afford even the stuff made overseas as our manufacturing is disappearing .
Tools today are better then they where back in the good old days because of technology and modern materials but they have come to a point of where they can not be repaired easily and are just replaced .
A lot of tools that we have today did not exist years ago or where not affordable and most of the talk about the quality of old tools is just nostalgia .
Take a look at hand tools like a hand plane iron or a carbide tooth saw blade and compare .
Plane iron material is far better today and a saw blade lasts and cuts far better then back then and who had a random orbit sander back then or even a decent router .
Tools change and advance with technology and that’s all good but we should not forget the old tools as they are part of our history and I still love them for what they are .