Ridgid planer

[KYHighlander]

Save money and buy Grizzly

[DIYGUY]

[Grandpa]

[Grandpa]

Paid $337 for mine incl tax - nyuk nyuk nyuk!

[Mortimer Schnerd, RN]

Barry,

Check out the subject line for the correct spelling of the company name. There is no "Rigid"... at last not on the side of my table saw. It's "Ridgid".

[Larry C in Auburn, WA]

I don't know the affect of who builds the Ridgid brand now vs a year or two ago, but Ridgid generally gets good reviews among the magazine reviews. I bought the planer based on a very positive review a little over a year ago (bought it Dec/2002). I've been extremely pleased with it. It's the only planer I've used though so I can't compare it to others. A recent mag reviewed 14" bandsaws and again the Ridgid brand did quite well if I recall correctly.

[B a r r y B u r k e J r .]

Thanks! My spell checker fixed it. I own a Ridgid jointer.

Barry

[Robert Bonomi]

The _company_ did get out of making power tools. Then they *licensed* the name to Home Depot, who has the proverbial "somebody else" making tools for them, under the Ridgid name.

[GTO69RA4]

Ridgid _never_ made power tools (unless you count electric pipe threaders) as far as I know. First generation of HD Ridgid-branded tools were Emerson, current portable line are mostly Ryobi with a little Metabo tossed in.

GTO(John)

[Bob G.]

============================================= Last year Ridgid tools were manufactured by Emmerson...Roybi is the current manufacturer...and who knows what LOW bidder will get the :job" next year....

Personally I WOULD buy a Ridgid Planer... I own a trouble free DeWalt but I do like the "looks" of the Ridgid....

As for their Joiner,Bandsaw or Table Saw and especially their lathe I would pass .... I just do not see much in these machines that would cause me to open my wallet.... The Lathe would require them to pay me to take it home ...

Bob Griffiths

[p_j]

I thought Ryobi was made by Emerson...

(not a great memory though)

[GTO69RA4]

Ryobi is owned by a massive Taiwanese company called Techtronics. They own a lot of companies of questionable quality, like Homelite. Emerson used to make Sears' stuff, before it went from bad to terrible.

GTO(John)

[Cape Cod Bob]

Ridgid Power Tools WAS a division of Emerson (as is the Ridgid plumbing tool line under a separate division). Emerson did make them exclusively for Home Depot. Emerson has stopped making Ridgid Power Tools and HD goes elsewhere.

[Fred the Red Shirt]

I stopped by a local HD the other day and noted that they had no Ridgid hand tools in stock, probably quite carrying them altogether.

I'm rapidly running out of reasons to go to HD.

[George]

If they sold the name, I imagine Ridge tool would no longer have the right to use it.

Nice pipe wrenches though.

[Bridger]

as far as I know, they only licensed the name for power tools. for a time you could get both ridge manufactured hand tools and emmerson manufactured ridgid branded stuff at HD. these days I'll go to pretty extreme lengths to avoid borging, so I'm thankfully not up to date on what they stock. I suspect that the lack of ridgid hand tools at HD has more to do with a price point decision than anything else. basically, the quality was too good, so they replaced it with chinese made stuff.

[Fred the Red Shirt]

I hope they are still n=making hand tools on RIdge Rd in Elyria, Ohio.

I also hope they still have calendars.

[Charlie Self]

fredfighter states:

They're still in Elyria.

Check out:

the new calendar--$8.50.

Charlie Self "We're 269 days from the election, and that's several political lifetimes." TERRY HOLT, Bush campaign spokesman.

[Wes Stewart]

|fredfighter states: | |>

|>I hope they are still n=making hand tools on RIdge Rd in Elyria, Ohio. |>

|>I also hope they still have calendars. |>

|>

| |They're still in Elyria. | |Check out:

|for the new calendar--$8.50.

But do you wnat one of those in the shop with all of the whirring blades and other razor-sharp objects? [g]

[Fred the Red Shirt]

It appears they have made a significant editorial change to their calendar. It no longer features photos of their tools, so I guess I'll skip buying it.

Thanks anyways.