paulfarber
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I'm glad this didn't devolve into a China bashing thread. China has some good stuff now, unlike 20 years ago. Yes, they still sell junk THAT AMERICAN COMPANIES BUY but of all the 'junk' chinese stuff I have bought none of them ever claimed to meed any standard.
I do recall the FAA issue, but a lot of it now a days is that since America doesn't MAKE anything we spend all out money on the admin side of products... like 6 Sigma, ISO, etc. We can't make a bolt (that would pollute the environment) but we can cut down a forest for paper to tell everyone else how they should be made
FWIW I get the 50Lb bag a Alpo, and I generally grab a handful of grade 3 nuts/bolts/washers and screws. They TSC locally used to have a pretty full lube aisle... now its down to almost nothing.
I do recall the FAA issue, but a lot of it now a days is that since America doesn't MAKE anything we spend all out money on the admin side of products... like 6 Sigma, ISO, etc. We can't make a bolt (that would pollute the environment) but we can cut down a forest for paper to tell everyone else how they should be made
FWIW I get the 50Lb bag a Alpo, and I generally grab a handful of grade 3 nuts/bolts/washers and screws. They TSC locally used to have a pretty full lube aisle... now its down to almost nothing.