All I can say is what I personally have experienced. I have a table saw, band saw, arm saw, two routers and one sander that I purchased all in 1986. The only thing that I've done besides use them is I did have to replace the motor on the table saw about 5 years ago. So for over 20 years I have used these with no problems. I consider myself a hobbiest but for over a year I made my living (after a plant closing) doing nothing but woodworking. About 5 years ago I purchased a 80gal,175psi,19cfm, 7hp air compressor. The professional brand. It runs my pressurized blasting pot or my skat-blast bead blasting cabinet with no sweat. It actually catches up and rest some. NOW, I have not always been pleased with Sears and they really, really ticked me off over a defective Craftsman floor jack. At the is same time they CANCELED my sears card due to NO activity. I sent them a nasty letter and ask them since when did my CASH money mean nothing to them and got no response. I also told them I could buy good tools with same guarantee's somewhere else that my money was appreciated. No offense to ladies but I wanted to smack that little gal that was all up in my face but I don't hit women. NOW, just last Friday my son in law took a screwdriver that I had for the past umpteen years and my tool for pushing both calipers back in and they replaced both of them. So, I don't know what this means except I have used and abused Craftsman for years and not had any real problems but now that they have ticked me off I'll shop around....and if Craftsman is still the best buy for that particular piece then I will buy from them. Why beat myself up and not get what would work best? I think we all just use commom sense and buy what we think will do the job well and what our pocketbooks can stand at the particular time.....whew, I'm through now.
