yah, unfortunately in the years before Sears went belly up, they made a poor decision to try and save their necks by expanding their tool dept. with less than desirable machinery. even the venerable "craftsman wrench" line got an infusion of cheap Chinese made wrenches. I lost all hope and desire for anything Craftsman during that time.. i'm glad i bought all my wrenches right out of high school. I had a wood lathe that my dad bought way back when, a Craftsman,.... it was an Atlas clone and a really nice lathe. two rail cast iron bed, cast iron tailstock and head with 3 spd. pully. I remember he bought it for 50 bucks, from a fellow he worked with and it was already several years old when he did. I was about 8yrs. old when he got it. my dad passed away when I was 17 and I ended up selling it in my early 20's during a time I thought I was not going to do any wood work any more. I kick my self everyday for that stunt !....our heads do stupid things when we are young.
