O'Malley power tools?

[AArDvarK]

O'Malley power tools

Anyone know about them? Are they made in the USA? Are they acceptably good tools and worth buying?

all who can help,

Alex

[Todd Fatheree]

Their own web site states that their tools are made in China and Taiwan.

todd

[AArDvarK]

hmmph! I never found that, this might be a traveling Irish trip... I hope not. Alex

[Leon]

Acceptably good? Not for me. For you, maybe. Their plate joiner is $59. That does not equate to something that will endure. I see their 18 volt cordless drill costs $49. A ho-hum 18 volt battery will cost more than that.

[Unisaw A100]

See the current thread "Bit The Bullet Today".

Then ask O'Deen (or just about anyone who has ever owned a crappy jig saw) about owning a crappy jig saw.

Some things juts ain't worth paying less for.

UA100, PC jig saw owner...

[AArDvarK]

Okay so as far as price, we really get what we pay for. What I need is a hand- held jig-saw for a low price. I need to cut circles in plywood for chair seats.

Alex

[Ronald Murray]

Q: Where are you tools manufactured? A: All of our tools are manufactured in either China or Taiwan. All of our partner manufacturing facilities are either ISO2001 or ISO2002 certified for quality assurance.

[Nova]

I had one of those crappy jig saws. It was lime green and wore a "Rockwell" label. It should have been lemon yellow.

-- Jack Novak, now a Bosch jig saw owner Buffalo, NY - USA (Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)

[AArDvarK]

Yes I read all that, do you work for O'Malley? Alex

[Sweet Sawdust]

[Leon]

Keep in mind that the company placing the order dictates the quality of the product, ISO2001, 2002 or not.

[js]

Big Lots usually has $29 jigsaws. FWIW - I wouldn't scrimp on a jigsaw...

[bridger]

from their website:

Q: Where are you tools manufactured? A: All of our tools are manufactured in either China or Taiwan.

[Unisaw A100]

It's my understanding that while ISO is a procedure that can be used to dictate a level of quality it isn't a procedure that always dictates a high level of quality.

In other words, it's just the other side of "developed horsepower".

UA100

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Damn, you have a twisted sense of humor. I have one of them. It is good for cutting things like butter, stalks of celery, maybe a steak bone if you don't care about tolerances. Ed [e-mail]

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

I started the thread about biting the bullet. It's a direct result of trying to cut a gentle curve with a POS Black and Decker jigsaw. Emphasis on "trying". I ended up smoothing it out quite a bit with a rasp and a sander.

Aside from the saw beating me to death with its vibration, it didn't even approximate following the line.

I could not believe the difference between that $30 B&D jigsaw and the $169 Bosch I replaced it with. I wasn't beaten to death, it followed curves just fine, and it cut through thick oak like it was butter.

If you want crap, but crap. If you want circles in plywood, save yourself a lot of agravation and buy something worth owning.

I set my B&D out by the street. Maybe someone will steal it.

[BUB 209]

I had one experience with one of those supercheap power tools and never want to repeat it. I borrowed a new pseudosawzall from a friend while mine was in for repairs. I was cutting through a joist and the blade started binding in the cut, suddenly I was hearing the smooth hum of the motor and nothing was moving. Ended up letting the friend pay the small repair bill for the sawzall and keeping it, and getting a new sawzall.

[Leon]

That is the way I understand it also. I recall several years ago as the ISO standards were being "setup", so to speak, the emphases seemed to be targeted more towards shipping and packaging. At the time however I was the GM of an AC/Delco wholesale distributor.

[Larry Jaques]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:28:18 GMT, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN" calmly ranted:

QUICK, go grab it back! Put it up on Ebay and you could end up paying for the Bosch entirely with the winnings. The double-priced Griz planer was a recent example.

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[Nova]

It's my understanding that ISO certification is proof that a particular procedure is DOCUMENTED and this procedure is SUPPOSED to be followed by ALL regardless of where the procedure is performed. The trouble is the documentation is usually written by a hired writer who doesn't have a clue as to what the procedure really is. The information he receives is usually comprised of a bunch of lies that sound better than the truth.

I also wonder what happens to the "documentation" when translated from English to, say for instance, Chinese. I sure hope it's better than the Chinese user manuals that are translated to English.

-- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA (Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)