Stanley Works - Black & Decker merge!

[Ivan Warrington]

Hmm, wonder what this means?

[Matt Day]

Good timing - I was also wondering about this.

Anyone have experience with this #92 shoulder plane?:
http://www.stanleytools.com/default....F+Chisel+Plane
I've been thinking about asking for one for Christmas, and this might be a good alternative to the much more expensive Veritas. Would this be considered comparable in size to the Medium Vertias Shoulder Plan?

[Chris Tsutsui]

I have some nice stanley hand tools which is probably why that brand name can do well in box stores and wal-marts... I have nothing against them though I know most of their stuff is from China.

Though I can't say the same for B&D because my one experience with a $20 jig saw I got from target broke after an hour of use... When I took a survey I found that I put B&D power tools at the bottom of the list of brands. Worse than HF...

My grandpa even gave me a hand me down vintage b&D sander... It didn't even turn on when I plugged it in. Didn't surpise me there.


NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Stanley Works (SWK) agreed to buy Black & Decker Corp. (BDK) for $4.5 billion in stock, combining two household names in the market for tools.

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...02-716571.html

http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/02/news...ion=2009110216

[Ken Fitzgerald]

According to what I saw...Stanley bought B&D. Maybe that means an upgrade for B&D?

[John McClanahan]

So, how many brand names will Stanley own now?

John

[Clint Winterhalter]

Stanley will also take control of DeWalt, Porter Cable and Delta as a result of this transaction...

[Dave Lehnert]

So we may now know the real reason The New Yankee Workshop was put to bed. Stanley taking over Delta may have dried the funding up.

Quintessence that the end of NYW was announced two weeks ago and the Stanley takeover today????????

[Matt Meiser]

According to what I saw...Stanley bought B&D. Maybe that means an upgrade for B&D?

Can it get worse?

[Peter Quinn]

Maybe Stanley will keep PC and DeWalt brands, improve Delta's machine focus, and sell off the B&D line, perhaps to a toilet paper manufacturer trying to integrate vertically?

I just spent a few hours starting to tune up some old Stanley planes I was given from a guy that grew up in New Britain, CT. His father got them from a friend that worked at Stanley Works in New Britain. Man, they have been through some changes over there. Used to be around here everybody knew somebody that worked at Stanley works I'm told. Now I'm not sure anybody does.

On the up side, when I order odd parts for my old Stanley acquisitions, they nearly always have them, and they arrive in rather short order. Perhaps they can straighten out Delta, who seem to think anything past warranty is obsolete.

[Rod Sheridan]

Can it get worse?

Sure, Harbour Freight could buy the lot

Regards, Rod.

[Greg Crawford]

Matt,

I've put a square on some of the Stanley shoulder planes at Woodcraft, and they were hardly even close. Before buying a new 92, I would check it with a good square. Maybe an older 92 would be a better choice.

[Matt Meiser]

Sure, Harbour Freight could buy the lot

Regards, Rod.

At least they have a liberal return policy.

[scott spencer]

Stanley will also take control of DeWalt, Porter Cable and Delta as a result of this transaction...

DW, Delta, PC, Oldham, Viper, Hickory, DevilBiss, B&D, Firestorm, and who knows what else...

[George Beck]

This is more of the wall street myth that two bad companies make a big better company. Usually results in poorer product quality, lay offs and better earnings.

[John Coloccia]

I didn't know they had DeVilbiss. Yikes.