Made in USA Challenge List

You can get all your USA-made machinery used at bargain prices these
days with so many shops closing.

Old machine junkies have no trouble outfitting a shop with old American
iron, but such machines lack some modern conveniences and do have
their quirks.

Woodmaster is USA made. Good planers. RBI is very similar and
I bet made in the Woodmaster factory. Belsaw’s are similar and available
used.

I’m interested.

Which table saw, drill press and jointer are American made today.

-- Making Sawdust Safely

Far easier to take the Made in China challenge—the same entire shop worth of tools for $500.00.
Seems that’s how its going these days.

-- "Hard work is not defined by the difficulty of the task as much as a person's desire to perform it.", DS251

Delta is coming back to AMERICA

-- http://aewoodworks.webs.com

http://www.easywoodtools.com Top quality, great folks to deal with.

http://turnrobust.com/About_Us.html The best anywhere. Maybe over your budget, but you won’t be disappointed.

-- It must be jelly baby, cause jam don't shake like that...

”I’m interested.

Which table saw, drill press and jointer are American made today.”

Table saw and jointer: Northfield

You’d have no problem putting together the basics out of vintage tools for under $5000. If you already have 3 phase, you could probably do it much cheaper. Plenty of US stuff out there.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

There’s also the Gil-bilt machinery kits. I think they can still
be bought from Gilliom Manufacturing.

For Loren: Northfield 7.5 slider
http://www.kitmondo.com/northfield-4-slider-7-1-or-2-hp/ref278926

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

I would be hard pressed to equip a shop under $5000 with made in the U.S.A. tools. I would have to rely on used machines for the better part of $5K. A lot of hand tools would have to come from Sears. A search of industrial supply catalogs can produce some American made tools, but price will tell you where it’s made.

Try http://www.shopsmith.com plus a $1000 worth of hand tools and you are off and running. Yes, it is not the best saw, but it is made in the USA and the service is GREAT.

-- Tom Cassidy