If Binford Existed

[Matt Walton]

If Binford Tools existed, what do you think they would be like (quality, price, etc.)? Personally, I think they would be high quality.

[Paul Ryan]

I have a hard time imagining good tools from them. Maybe they would be good quality. But in the show most of the binford tools were craftsman tools with binford logos. So that has ruined my possible impression of them.

Dishwasher died today. I think I am going to call Tim for a tune up and turbo on the dishwasher. HE HE HE HE

[Jason Beam]

I think they'd have to be priced like Sears ... that's the market they are supposed to appeal to. I wouldn't consider them Festool or Lamello by any stretch given their target audience. And since they are all about bigger and more powerful, they might have to sacrifice on some quality to meet such a price point.

It's an interesting thought ... I hadn't thought about that before :)

[phil harold]

RRR

Ryobi released a line of tools titled "Tim Allen Signature Tools", which were available for a limited time.
I think binford would have been poor quality tools
Binford reminded me of the brand Acme from cartoons



I do have a RRR hart hammer...

[Scott Vigder]

Matt, you gotta get back in the shop and start building something....

[Ryan Baker]

They'd be called Harbor Freight.

[Terry Teadtke]

My Binford supercharged 426 nitro hemi powered table saw seems to have all the power I need. No more of those sissy 5 HP saws.

Terry

[jerry nazard]

They'd be called Harbor Freight.

Harbor Freight Boutique

[Matt Walton]

Ha, as a 14 year old, woodworking is more of a goal for me than an actual occupation or hobby, sometime (soon hopefully), I will buy the materials for a router tabletop, and maybe tomorrow I will finish making a marking gauge. Currently, all I have is a pretty nice (I guess) Delta table saw, a Ryobi Belt sander and router, Skil orbital sander, partially broken Skil Jigsaw, and a fairly rusty craftsman drill press. As for a shop, we have a giant hangar (airplane house) that has two airplanes in it, a big train room, and every tool is in a different corner of it. And if you want to make a cut with the table saw, you have to bring it outside.

Jason: If you watch the show, Tim was really the one who was about "More Power!" not really Binford.

[David DeCristoforo]

"Matt, you gotta get back in the shop and start building something...."
http://www.daviddecristoforo.com/Misc/rofl.gif

BTW, I really enjoyed TT but from what I saw, "Binford" tools were garbage.

[Matt Walton]

[I]

BTW, I really enjoyed TT but from what I saw, "Binford" tools were garbage.
Like what?

[Steve Rozmiarek]

Binford = Ryobi

Sort of related, did anyone else see the V-8 blender on "Top Gear"? :D

[Ryan Baker]

Yeah, I saw that. Raw meat smoothie. Not as good as the V8 snowblower some guy up here did though. I've seen a V8 barstool too.

[Mike Wellner]

My Binford supercharged 426 nitro hemi powered table saw seems to have all the power I need. No more of those sissy 5 HP saws.

Terry

I'd lose my head with that much power!:eek:

[Chris Konikowski]

and mightymouse would beat up underdog... :confused:

[Pat Germain]

There actually was a line of handheld power tools sold under the name "Binford". I saw them in stores in Virginia back in the 90s. They were available for only a short time. I don't know who made them, but they didn't appear to be high quality.

[Neal Clayton]

Binford = Ryobi

Sort of related, did anyone else see the V-8 blender on "Top Gear"? :D

yeah.

top gear is the best show on TV, hands down.

for those that don't get BBC, i submit this as evidence..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohkAxbeMxVo

[Eric Roberge]

I still DVR that show on Nick @ Nite.... Gosh I need a life:rolleyes:
Did anyone realize that every tool was a "Binford 6100"? The writers wern't too original when it came to naming the tools.
I remember,... Ok I just saw the episode about the cheesy reciprocating saw that Tim wouldn't endorse. To the point, the tools looked cheep.

Man, I need to get out more. All this sawdust is getting to me.:(

[Cary Falk]

There was an episode where Tim was suppose to do a tool review on the show. I think it was a sawzall type of tool. He wouldn't give it a good review because he thought it was crap. He thought he was going to loose his job if he didn't aprove it. It reminds me of some lower Craftsman and Delta Shopmaster lines.

[Steve Rozmiarek]

yeah.

top gear is the best show on TV, hands down.

for those that don't get BBC, i submit this as evidence..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohkAxbeMxVo

I'd agree with that.

[Curt Harms]

Here Ya go:D

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[Eric Roberge]

Same episode I was thinking of Cary:)

Curt, Funny that you posted that.... It would appear that in the large picture the case is too small for the pinner:p

[John Hedges]

Tool Time had tools. HMM all I saw was Heidi.


But really who cares if Binford was like Craftsman they'd be the only ones on the market to have a 20hp router. Who cares about the quality, that would be COOL.

[Carlos Alden]

yeah.

top gear is the best show on TV, hands down.

for those that don't get BBC, i submit this as evidence..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohkAxbeMxVo

Outstanding! Thank you for the recommendation! Made my week watching that.

Carlos

[Pat Germain]

The Checker auto parts store near my house is always displaying unusual hardware. A few months ago they had a display for a gas powered blender. It was literally a blender powered by a chainsaw motor. It had handlebars with a throttle on the right grip; just like a motorcycle. Apparently, it was for making frozen drinks while camping or on the beach.

I don't know if they sold any of those things, but it sure looked like something Tim Taylor would build.

I too sometimes watch Home Improvement on Nick at Night. Tim Allen is from Detroit. I often wonder what he's thinking about his hometown considering its current condition. :(

[Curt Harms]

.... Tim Allen is from Detroit. I often wonder what he's thinking about his hometown considering its current condition. :(

It's a good place to be FROM?:p

[John Hedges]

Tim Allen is from Detroit.

Actually, he's from Colorado.

[Matt Walton]

Actually, they also have Home Improvement on TBS. We record both channels. At he moment, we have at least 75 episodes on the DVR at the moment, but we have to constantly purge them because we've seen so many.

[Neal Clayton]

Outstanding! Thank you for the recommendation! Made my week watching that.

Carlos

if you get the american BBC channel, new episodes come on at 8 est on mondays.

if not, finalgear.com, you can watch them all there.

btw, they had the same drivers on last season to test the new candiates for london's city buses...

it turned out about the same (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7G3icG_DCo)

[Rod Sheridan]

If Binford Tools existed, what do you think they would be like (quality, price, etc.)? Personally, I think they would be high quality.

If Binford existed today, they would make large format industrial machinery that could take a log in one end and output a highboy from the other end.

The machine would require a 6 car garage to house it and large diesel generator to power it.

Of course it would be computer controlled, and Tim would only be able to programme it to make a single tooth pick from an enormous log.

Of course being Tim, with the noise from the generator, the mountain of waste chips spewing out of the machine, and all it produced was a toothpick........Well he'd still be impressed.

AL of course could program it to make complete rooms of furniture from a small log rescued from the fire wood pile.

The price would be high, the quality would match, however the machine would be far more than is required.

Of course, Tim as usual, would be completely unaware of any of this.

Regards, Rod.

[Steve Rozmiarek]

Not bad Rod, I may be changing my answer!:D

[Greg Narozniak]

It would be very tough to buy anything because if I remember correctly everything was always Identified By Tim Allen as the Binford model 5100 :)

[Matt Walton]

It would be very tough to buy anything because if I remember correctly everything was always Identified By Tim Allen as the Binford model 5100 :)

6100, not 5100!
And as for this:

The writers weren't too creative
It was a running gag that they started after a few seasons.