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No, Emerson built both -- and Sears is suing
By:Paul G. Jacobson
Date: 11/19/2002, 4:32 am
In Response To: ridgid makes craftsman high end saws *NM* (steve hartmann)

There was a story in the Chicago Tribune a few months back about this.

Craftsman tools were made by Emerson electric for many years, but Sears cancelled the arrangement a few yeaars back. Sears is suing Emerson Electric, claiming that Emerson kept some of the tooling that Sears supplied them. According to Sears, as I recall, Emerson claimed the tools were worn out and had been junked. Sears claims they now believe the tools wer stillin good shape, and that Emerson moved them out to a warehouse and later used them with slight modification to produce Ridgid tools for Sears big competitor, Home Depot.

You can search for the story on the Chicago Tribune website, but they charge for accessing the archives, and I can't link to it from here.

www.chicagotribune.com

There is another story on the web which has some of the same facts:

http://www.woodworkingtools.com/Editorials/ridgid.html

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Dear Santa... *LINK* *Pic*
Scott Ferguson -- 11/14/2002, 2:22 pm
Re: Table Saw
Chip Sandresky -- 11/15/2002, 3:12 pm
Let's see, a diamond for her or new tools for me
Scott Ferguson -- 11/15/2002, 7:11 pm
Re: Let's see, a diamond for her or new tools for *LINK*
Roger Nuffer -- 11/15/2002, 7:48 pm
Re: Table Saw
Roger Nuffer -- 11/15/2002, 4:11 pm
Re: Tools: Dear Santa...
Rick Allnutt -- 11/15/2002, 3:04 pm
Delta!
Randy Oswald -- 11/15/2002, 1:40 pm
Christmas may just have to come early. *LINK* *Pic*
Scott Ferguson -- 11/15/2002, 2:59 pm
Re: Christmas may just have to come early.
Roger Nuffer -- 11/15/2002, 4:04 pm
I converted my 9" Craftsman to a disk sander...
Brian Nystrom -- 11/15/2002, 3:49 pm
For table saws...
Brian Nystrom -- 11/15/2002, 1:38 pm
wanna sell one of your fences? ;) *NM*
Shawn Baker -- 11/15/2002, 2:26 pm
Not yet.
Brian Nystrom -- 11/15/2002, 3:45 pm
I'll buy used, if I can find one. *NM*
Scott Ferguson -- 11/15/2002, 2:14 pm
Grizzly Industrial has gotten good reviews for
Rob Peterson -- 11/14/2002, 8:00 pm
Re: Table saw search continues
Scott Ferguson -- 11/15/2002, 2:04 pm
Re: Table saw search continues
John Skinner -- 11/16/2002, 3:18 am
Re: Table saw search continues
Rehd -- 11/16/2002, 12:54 am
Delta doesn't make all their own things either!
Jay Babina -- 11/17/2002, 10:47 am
ridgid makes craftsman high end saws *NM*
steve hartmann -- 11/16/2002, 5:13 pm
No, Emerson built both -- and Sears is suing
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/19/2002, 4:32 am
Re: No, Emerson built both -- and Sears is suing
steve hartmann -- 11/19/2002, 9:43 pm
Re: Table saw Bosch 4000 *LINK* *Pic*
Roger Nuffer -- 11/15/2002, 4:03 pm
Re: Table saw Bosch 4000
Jeff Hatton -- 11/16/2002, 10:30 am
Re: Table saw Bosch 4000
Scott Ferguson -- 11/15/2002, 5:25 pm
I have a G1029
Don Beale -- 11/15/2002, 1:18 pm
Forgot the website link *NM* *LINK*
Rob Peterson -- 11/14/2002, 8:01 pm
Re: Tools: Dear Santa... *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 11/14/2002, 4:04 pm
Re: Tools: Dear Santa...
John Skinner -- 11/15/2002, 1:56 am
Re: Tools: Dear Santa... *LINK*
Chip Sandresky -- 11/15/2002, 11:40 pm
Re: Tools: Dear Santa...
Scott Ferguson -- 11/14/2002, 7:00 pm
Re: Tools: Dear Santa...
Chip Sandresky -- 11/14/2002, 7:21 pm
Re: Tools: I've got a crush on Santa *LINK* *Pic*
Roger Nuffer -- 11/14/2002, 2:32 pm
Re: Tools: I really like this one also. *Pic*
Scott Ferguson -- 11/14/2002, 2:39 pm
Re: Tools: I really like this one also.
Tom -- 11/18/2002, 11:59 am
Re: Tools: I really like this one also.
Elliott -- 11/15/2002, 7:22 am
Re: Tools: I really like this one also.
Tim Eastman -- 11/14/2002, 10:39 pm