Conductor562 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 As I told some of you guys, my wife drug me to Amish country earlier this week. There were several hardware stores of varying size and stock, but one in particular blew me away. We stayed in Walnut Creek but we ventured out to a little town called Charm, OH. In the midst of old farm houses with no electric and a few little B&B lies Keim Lumber Co. To put it simply, it makes every hardware/home improvement store I've been in previously look like a shack. I don't even want to guess how many hundreds of thousands of square feet this place is, but they had by far the most extensive power tool lone in stock I've ever seen at a B&M store. While not full lines, they had a huge selection of Milwaukee, Dewalt, Makita, Bosch, and Porter Cable. The had chargers on display and every single tool with a battery had a charge so you could actually try it out. They had bins of bare power tools stacked up in a fashion much like produce at a grocery store. Here is the Milwaukee display: And the Makita display: Bosch and PC: Couldn't get a good angle on it, but at the far end you can see the Dewalt section (didn't want to get too close to that yellow crap): They also had a massive selection of stationary tools complete with just about every miter and table saw you can think of: And they had the largest selection I've ever seen of custom woods and slabs: These pics really do this place no justice. They had mock ups of various rooms in a house displaying their products and a crazy amount of staff on hand. Their hand tool selection wasn't nearly as astounding as the power tool selection, but they did stock at least 30 types of Channellock pliers and even gave away free metalic Channellock decals about 10" long. I could have spent a week in this place. For a tool junkie like me it's damn near a vacation destination in and of itself. Google images has a lot of pics as does their website: http://www.keimlumber.com/ If you are ever near Ohio Amish Country (Sugar Creek, Walnut Creek, Berlin) it is truly a must see. Pricing was reasonable. You can find better prices online, but you can't go to this place and walk out empty handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Wow that's pretty crazy I don't think we have anything close to that in Michigan the big box stores really killed the independent hardware stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 I was blown away man. It was pretty damn impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Wow thats crazy!! Its to bad, we have Nothing like that here. That is a lot of tools! What did you buy? and they actually sell the Milwaukee router haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric - TIA Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 That's awesome. I would have been there for hours. Well probably about ten minutes before my wife dragged me out. I wish they had stuff like that here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Wray Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 WOW!! Did you goto heaven. That is beautiful. I guess they won, they have the most toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 WOW!! Did you goto heaven. That is beautiful. I guess they won, they have the most toys.Haha Conductor, do you have to be a admin to have the quote underneath your post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 That's awesome. I would have been there for hours. Well probably about ten minutes before my wife dragged me out. I wish they had stuff like that here.And yet its fine that they would make us spend 3 hours at the mall to look at things they like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Haha Conductor, do you have to be a admin to have the quote underneath your post?No, you just set it up on your profile. If you can't figure it out just PM me what you want and I'll set it up for you. Harold: I've obviously never been to Heaven, but I can't imagine it being much different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 That's awesome. I would have been there for hours. Well probably about ten minutes before my wife dragged me out. I wish they had stuff like that here.I got about an hour of floor time in before the boss cut me off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 It's about 30 miles south of Canton, OH for a reference point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 It's about 30 miles south of Canton, OH for a reference point.I will make sure to remember this next time im up that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Wray Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 I have been looking at your pictures more. Drooling more . Is that a Milwaukee router for $119? There is a sign on one of the cases in the bottom right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 I have been looking at your pictures more. Drooling more . Is that a Milwaukee router for $119? There is a sign on one of the cases in the bottom right. I think It may be for the grinder behind the sign, If it is for the router, thats a steal! I think thats the most underrated router on the market... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Wray Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Oh. thanks Chase. I guess that was wishful thinking about the router being $119. I completely agree with you about Milwaukee's router being the most underrated. I have always wanted one but it never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter4187 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Oh. thanks Chase. I guess that was wishful thinking about the router being $119. I completely agree with you about Milwaukee's router being the most underrated. I have always wanted one but it never happened.I have heard that the body grip feature makes the router feel like its part of your hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted August 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Yea, that was a grinder for $119. If it had been a router it would be in my tool cabinet as we speak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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