Jack recall, chinese junk from Harbor Freight

[dumb person]

I don't have a photo of it, or even know where it is at the moment. But i had a pre-war ratchet that was made in china.
Wasn't even a ratchet as such, more like, a heavy steel scroll that bound up when you turned it in one direction.
Wasn't amazing, but showed, that once, a long time ago, they could make stuff that wasn't junk.

Some more modern tools i've bought, it was amazing. Amazingly bad.
They didn't weigh much despite their volume.
The steel itself was 'hollow' and wasn't really steel. Where they broke, showed the metal was more like sponge, and would rust in 50% of the surface. The rest looked like someone recycled every random grey metal they could find. Didn't know lead, aluminium, and tin cans could mix.

[Kube]

Originally Posted by dumb person

I don't have a photo of it, or even know where it is at the moment. But i had a pre-war ratchet that was made in china.
Wasn't even a ratchet as such, more like, a heavy steel scroll that bound up when you turned it in one direction.
Wasn't amazing, but showed, that once, a long time ago, they could make stuff that wasn't junk.

Some more modern tools i've bought, it was amazing. Amazingly bad.
They didn't weigh much despite their volume.
The steel itself was 'hollow' and wasn't really steel. Where they broke, showed the metal was more like sponge, and would rust in 50% of the surface. The rest looked like someone recycled every random grey metal they could find. Didn't know lead, aluminium, and tin cans could mix.

One must remember that they (Chinese) can make anything we can make. They DO make what the guys in the USA chose to buy from them.
Typically, the choice is low quality as most folks seemingly want as cheap as possible with little or zero forethought as to how long that thing might last.
If most folks actually gave an ounce of thought, they would buy better quality that would last a lot longer and subsequently be cheaper in the long run.
Days long gone I'm afraid...