"Lifetime" guarantees [was Re: OT: 1000 year DVD storage] - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Mar 2013

At 05:34 PM 3/21/2013, you wrote:
...
   Back when I
was a kid, there was a brand of tool - I think it was the 
That would be Craftsman. They still honor that guarantee, even for new
tools. Power tools are not covered this way, however. 
Ah, but the great thing about Sears power tools 
is that you can still get parts for them. I still 
use the router I got from my dad. He got it in 
the 60's -- and it was a rebuild then. About  5 
years ago, I needed to replace the bearings and 
thought I'd replace the collet while I was at it. 
I went online, found the manual with a parts 
diagram, ordered the parts, and got myself a like-new router out of it.

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