Its amazing what you can learn,or hear here.There is a possibility that Portetr Cable manufactured some Craftsman power tools over the years. Has anyone ever seen a Porter Cable Table Saw or radial arm saw? So Ryobi is now making Craftsman,that is possible. I know that Black and Decker has been making a lot of the smaller Craftsman power tools over the last few years,sanders,saber saws,etc.Like someone else posted Ryobi is a very cheaply made brand that Home Depot features.As I posted before I have a few older Craftsman power tools in my woodshop,but I also have others which I like a lot better than the new Craftsmans,Porter Cable, DeWalt,Jet,and others. I have seen older woodworkers in Sears buying power tools to this day.Guess they have always used them,or what I dont know.For whoever posted that Porter Cable has always made Craftsman tools,I purchased a top of the line Porter Cable router,and also purchased a used Craftsman router table at a yard sale. The Porter Cable router will not fit into the Craftsman table due to a different bolt pattern.If that router was a Porter Cable,labeled Craftsman it would fit.As for the used Craftsman radial arm saw that I bought I got a recall on it in which Emerson would buy it back or send me a new blade guard for it.I took the new blade guard,because it is a good saw. This tells me that Emerson made this saw back in 1960.
