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I worked for Sears (actually the Allstate subsidiary) as my first job after college. I bought a few Sears tools, getting a huge 10% employee discount and few places around that offered tools. With a bit of use, I found them all lacking and quit using them. In the last couple of years, I got two Sears routers (one free, one $5) and figured they were probably worth what I paid for them and could use in conjunction with my Porter-Cable, Bosch, DeWalt, and Hitachi routers. You know, like Norm, don't change bits, change routahs. I thought, hey, I could maybe put one in my new router table and keep my P-C off for hand-held work. They only have 1/4" collets, but I thought I could live with that. So today, I tried to see if they fit (they didn't in my older PC router table). Well, the first problem is you cannot remove the base from the motor. Dang, that makes changing the bits a bit more difficult if it's mounted under the table. The second problem, is while they have a set of holes that work in the insert plate, the screws are not flat head, so the don't work in the countersink. And the are not the same as the ones for the P-C. They appear to be an 8-32. And wouldn't you know it, I probably have 1000 8-32 screws of various lengths and materials. Think I have at least one flat head? Nope. Guess I need a trip to Ace or Do-it-Best to see if they can help me out. My opinion of the Sears tools of the last 30+ years has not changed. Hoping that Stanley Black & Decker has re-engineered the whole Craftsman line with the own stuff and not just gone to "OEM du jour" and squeezed them on price constantly.
