Comments for Ask Rick: Ridgid R4430 Planer Vs. DeWalt DW734 Planer at http://www.toologics.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.toologics.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:13:44 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.toologics.com/index.php/Power-Tools/ask-rick-ridgid-r4430-planer-vs-dewalt-dw734-planer.html#comment-352 Some Makita tools, notably the miter saws, are still assembled in the good ol\' USA. As for almost everything else, it\'s all China or Mexico. - Ben Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:25:35 +0100 http://www.toologics.com/index.php/Power-Tools/ask-rick-ridgid-r4430-planer-vs-dewalt-dw734-planer.html#comment-302 As a Manager for Home Depot I will dispell the myth.. We Do Not Own Ridgid... a company by the name of TTI (Techtronics Industry) or One World Tech owns and manufactures Ridgid, Ryobi, Milwaukee, and Hoover vacuums. When I first started at Depot 8 years ago I also thought that we owned them. I wish we did though! - Tedd Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:54:07 +0100 http://www.toologics.com/index.php/Power-Tools/ask-rick-ridgid-r4430-planer-vs-dewalt-dw734-planer.html#comment-251 Yup, you\'re right. The good thing is that they can\'t outsource contractor jobs to China. - jude Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:46:58 +0100 http://www.toologics.com/index.php/Power-Tools/ask-rick-ridgid-r4430-planer-vs-dewalt-dw734-planer.html#comment-241 I am lead to believe, and I can\'t remember where I heard, that Home Depot owns Ridge Tool Co. Is that not the case? Rigid pipe cutting and threading equipment has been the industry standard since I was an apprentice (electrician) 40 odd years ago but their introduction into the consumer power tool market is fairly recent. As for liscensing, nobody in the US makes anything any more, all tools are made offshore and custom branded. We haven\'t developed any new industry to talk of in this country for year. Design it here and run to China to have it built. DUMB! - Matt Worner Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:44:01 +0100 http://www.toologics.com/index.php/Power-Tools/ask-rick-ridgid-r4430-planer-vs-dewalt-dw734-planer.html#comment-236 Thanks for the great info. I didn\'t know that was the case with Ridgid tools. Perhaps Home Depot has an exclusive license for the Ridgid power tool line and that could be why no one else can sell them and you can\'t find parts anywhere. - jude Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:04:44 +0100 http://www.toologics.com/index.php/Power-Tools/ask-rick-ridgid-r4430-planer-vs-dewalt-dw734-planer.html#comment-233 The Ridgid power tools, including the planers, are not real Ridgid. The real Ridgid tools are the pipe threaders, pipe benders, etc. My company is an authorized Ridgid distributor, but we cannot sell the drills, etc, even if we wanted to. Ridgid licenses the right to other manufacturers for their name. You cannot buy any parts from Ridgid. They make you run all over the place, and the parts are almost impossible to get, and they\'re expensive. Makita, DeWalt and Milwaukee are the top three tools, and they all hold parts for tools for many, many years. So, the Ridgid may be cheap and nice in the short-run, but in the long run, they are just going to scrapped. - Colin Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:04:39 +0100