Rusty Craftsman tools

[wirednuts]

just return them if the rust bothers you. im pretty sure they just melt the old ones down and make new ones...

 

[alkemyst]

There you go.

I doubt you even own tools.

 

[alkemyst]

Who gives a shit?

rust is bad mojo inside the car.

 

[shortylickens]

just return them if the rust bothers you. im pretty sure they just melt the old ones down and make new ones...

Tempered alloys dont recycle well.

 

[Howard]

rust is bad mojo inside the car.

...? Are we responding to the same OP? These are sockets and wrenches.

 

[Jeff7]

Tempered alloys dont recycle well.

Really? Why would the temper affect recycling? As far as I know, tempering primarily affects the grain structure of the metal, which won't mean a whole lot of anything once it's been melted.
As far as alloys go, I think they test the composition of melted scrap and then add materials to it to get the finished alloy they're after.

 

[Howard]

Really? Why would the temper affect recycling? As far as I know, tempering primarily affects the grain structure of the metal, which won't mean a whole lot of anything once it's been melted.
As far as alloys go, I think they test the composition of melted scrap and then add materials to it to get the finished alloy they're after.

Yeah, once it's melted, it's back to square one.

 

[SparkyJJO]

Frankly I'd clean up the surface rust and keep using the old ones. The old Craftsman stuff is better quality than the new Craftsman stuff, especially after they started moving stuff to China.

Between that and the attitude the cashier gave me when I mentioned the "made in China" part, I have my doubts about going back there. I should probably write a letter to Craftsman corporate voicing my concerns/complaints about the whole thing but they also probably wouldn't pay attention either.