Bzzt...wrong. I worked at Black and Decker for 9 years. Built and repaired the DeWalt and B&D Industrial line of tools. Except for the newer tools like the jobsite table saw and the right angle sanders the tools were made from the same parts, by the same people, and went through the same quality controls. Only real difference was the power cords: Industrial line had separate ground wires and DeWalt had only polarized plug (may have changed since then - haven't worked there for 7 years).
Oh and BTW, for those who care, B&D is moving quite a bit of their production lines overseas (the process began while I was there); so aside from the lines moving to Jackson, TN, quite a bit will be made in China and Mexico from now on. Don't know if the DeWalt line will go over there, but because of a deal (fairly underhanded, IMO) with a company they bought, they are closing down a plant here in Fayetteville, NC at end of 2006 to move these lines. Glad I left when I did.
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Bzzt...wrong. I worked at Black and Decker for 9 years. Built and repaired the DeWalt and B&D Industrial line of tools. Except for the newer tools like the jobsite table saw and the right angle sanders the tools were made from the same parts, by the same people, and went through the same quality controls. Only real difference was the power cords: Industrial line had separate ground wires and DeWalt had only polarized plug (may have changed since then - haven't worked there for 7 years).
Oh and BTW, for those who care, B&D is moving quite a bit of their production lines overseas (the process began while I was there); so aside from the lines moving to Jackson, TN, quite a bit will be made in China and Mexico from now on. Don't know if the DeWalt line will go over there, but because of a deal (fairly underhanded, IMO) with a company they bought, they are closing down a plant here in Fayetteville, NC at end of 2006 to move these lines. Glad I left when I did.