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+Stephen Hass I hear you. It is a shame that Sears won't or can't maintain that "FOREVER" or "Guaranteed for Life" warranty in terms of quality and value. You are absolutely right, your "Made in the USA" will be swapped out for a L-AA (Chinese designation) tool.Both Sears and Craftsman are pretty much in the same hole in terms of reputation. At least we can enjoy the American made legacy tools still in circulation.

+Brad Sogn I mention the tool tolerances in the PART 1 video I believe. The American tools are higher tolerance than the cheaper Chinese wrenches displayed on that video.Tolerance is important; however, it is part of an array of necessities to create an excellent product. Metallurgy and the processes to achieve the final product are extremely important. Tools made of the same exact materials, if not using the same or similar production philosophies, will have very different properties. Juxtaposed to this, you could have a tool with amazing tolerance and have it made of Play Dough. Would it meet spec? Yes! Would it survive? No! You get the idea.Tolerance, metallurgy, production practices are critical in creating a fine tool. The interplay of these properties is what separates cheap versus expensive tools.In regards to your original comment before edit, density, doesn't necessarily dictate better or worse alloys. The properties of the alloy's crystalline structure is, which can be determined through x-ray or scanning electron microscope (SEM).To meet certain safety requirements in the USA, tools have to meet specifications in torque, torsion, etc. for their class. In this video, with the examples you see the circumstance is obvious. One wrench has more mass than another. In metallurgy, in this application, substituting more material to make up for a poorer quality alloy crystalline structure, which is what gives your tool is durability/strength, is a cheaper way to attempt to match those with better metallurgy. Tools like this fail more often as they cannot uniformly distribute energy that is applied to them. Ultimately, this results in micro fractures and causes the tool to fail. Again, depending on the composition and the practice used to create your tool, can result in a simple bend or a catastrophic shatter.Unfortunately, things are never as simple as pointing your finger at one thing. While comparing weights as shown in this video may seem too simplistic or narrow minded, to a metallurgist it can say a lot, considering the two tools are expected to pass the same standards.

+1stfloorguy I agree. The Craftsman brand once offered an appreciable tool for an appreciable price.At this price point, a buyer cannot expect the specialization or features that a dedicated tool company could offer. I'm not diminishing what was once Craftsman USA, but I like to think of the brand as a jack of all trades master of none.Post being made in USA, I agree, what has been released has been either on the sad side or hilariously bad.

Unfortunately ALL USA production has ceased as of 2012, which includes the "Industrial" line.  Any "Industrial" line products still sold on the Sears website are "New Old Stock" and are being liquidated rather than sold through the site to advertise/endorse the product.

I would image it would be a" last gasp we screwed up and waited to long effort" By moving to China Sears/ Craftsman has already lost it's loyal customer base. Including US government purchasing (as US government contracts only buys US made tools ) unless  maybe they buy the industrial line. Point is it's to late for Craftsman to try and cleanup it's mess now. No one really trust them. I think that's a shame. They should have  kept making tools in the US but just increased the price. I'm sure plenty of people would have been willing to pay the price to have there favorite brand in there box.

+AbandonedSC The bulk defeats the purpose of offering ease of access to whatever it is you are supposed to use the tool for. Another subscriber told me that "allegedly" USA Craftsman "might" be making a comeback, but, with as cash strapped as Sears and the damage done to the Craftsman brand, I'm curious how they plan to pull it off.

+AbandonedSC Thank you for your patience! I have a career that burns up a lot of my free time, so I can only do this as a hobby. What I can say is that I have several of these videos in HD already made to replace some of the older videos (from June) that I still need to edit.My occupation and the holidays have thrown a wrench in that a little bit! ^_^

I watched a few of those. Very informative! I've subbed so hopefully will get notified on your new videos Thanks for sharing them!

+AbandonedSC If you stick around the channel you'll eventually see more comparison videos. At the moment I'm focusing no the Craftsman USA Ratchet History Project: starting from the end and working to the very beginning.