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Craftsman OEM List

One frequently asked question concerning Sears tools is "Who made this product for Sears?"  Often the model number will have the form nnn.xxxxx, in which the 3 or 4 digit prefix indicates the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer).  Some prefixes have been used for more than one manufacturer, and several manufacturers have been assigned more than one prefix.

A list of manufacturers is compiled here.  Those entries in UPPER CASE are from a Sears document, "Standard Brand Source Number Reference", dated May 1995.  Those entries that contain lower case are for tools that have been compared to non-Craftsman models made by the same manufacturer, or from indications as to the OEM in the documentation or model number tag.  Lower case entries also contain data extracted from internet sources, USENET articles from the "rec.woodworking" newsgroup, participants of vintagemeachinery.org, or emails from knowledgeable enthusiasts.  (Thanks go to Ken Vaughn for compiling the original list.)

Since it is difficult to verify the accuracy of these sources, any new data is simply added to the list.  Please note that this list likely contains errors and is certainly not complete.  If a prefix is not included in this list, I do not know the OEM (and it would be a waste of time to email me--sorry).  However, if you have additions or corrections, please contact Brian Kachadurian.

001 Stevens
002 Lemont Industries
071 Agri-Fab Corp
093 Ametek
101 Atlas Press (now Clausing Industrial)
102 Walker Turner
102 Robert Shaw
103 Central Specialty / King Seeley
103 Roper
103 Sarlo Power Mower Inc
106 Campbell Hausfeld
106 Tate Mfg Co
106 WHIRLPOOL
107 Millers Falls (Dunlap electric drills 25830 & 1345, drill stand 25630, and hand planes)
108 Covel Mfg Co (now Clausing Industrial)
109 Double A Products Co.
110 Charglow
110 Division 26: KitchenAid/Whirlpool & Maytag washer/dryer division of Whirlpool
110 Syncro Devices / Syncro Corp
111 Watson Mfg Co (4 jaw lathe chuck)
112 Parks Woodworking Machine Co.
113 Emerson Electric Co.
114 Pioneer Gen-E-Motor
114 ROYAL
115 Packard Electric
116 Birtman Electric to 1957, Whirlpool to 1994, Matsushita 1994+ (household vacuums department 20)
117 Excel Auto Radiator Co (Crafty rotary tool)
117 White Sewing Machine (built by Gritzner Kaiser in W. Germany)
118 Possibly Anderson Tool & Mfg-Chicago (2201 router duplicator)
119 (2302 1940s worm drive circular saw) possibly Wappat or Wodack Elect Tool
119 FRIGIDAIRE
120 New Process Gear (division of Chrysler USA)
121 Dille & McGuire
122 Blair Mfg
123 Yardman - Jackson Michigan (reel lawnmower)
124 UNKNOWN (China source for Craftsman model 32607 14" 2-speed wood cutting band saw)
125 Cleva Industries (China source for Craftsman wet/dry vacuums)
126 Crosman (model 19300 air rifle)
126 Evolution Power Tools (made in China)
128 E.T (J?). Rugg
129 Mono Mfg
130 Bosch
131 American Yard Products
131 Rally/Roper Lawn
132 possibly Arvin/Norblitt Sparks (radios and maybe small appliances)
133 American Yard Products
135 Skil or SB (Skil/Bosch)
136 Toro Manufacturing Corp.
137 Rexon
139 Chamberlain (garage goor openers)
139 Chamberlain/Duchoissois
141 Grand Hall (barbecue grills and accessories)
143 FISHER
143 SFS CORP (Sanyo/FISHER)
143 Tecumseh (Lauson Power Products)
143 Tecumseh Engine & Gear
144 TRANE
145 Country Mfg
145 Evans Rule
146 WEN Products, Inc.
147 Village Blacksmith (McGraw Edison)
148 Soryu (Japan)
149 AMT (American Machine and Tool)
150 Cal Pump
150 White Consolidated
152 Orion International
153 State Industries
155 Preway
158 Jaguar/Maruzen (Japan & Taiwan)
160 Wisconsin Magneto
161 Actron Industries
161 NAKAJIMA
165 Wagner (painting products)
171 Vermont American
171 Larson Mfg
172 Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.-Charlotte NC (importer)
174 Caloric
174 SOUNDESIGN
175 Bissell
175 RYOBI
175 In-Sink-Erator
176 MURATA
177 ___?___ (model 24480 motor on 112.23160 radial arm saw-A.O. Smith?)
179 Deuer Mfg
180 Lambert Corp
183 ___?___ (air compessor)
183 Haier appliances
187 Stanley / Stanley Tools
187 White Consolidated
190 PIONEER
193 Parker Mfg
196 believed to be Clarke welders (went out of business sometime in 2012)
198 Whirlpool (freezer)
200 Schumaker Electric (battery chargers)
201 Furnas Electric (2018 reversing switch)
202 Gannon Mfg
204 IONA
207 American Floor Surfacing Machine Company
208 (Unknown mfgr of Kenmore 61601 shop vacuum.)
212 unknown (model 25960 twin-orbit sander-polisher c.1954)
213 Lewisan Products
214 BISSELL
214 Shinn Fu/MVP
214 Shinn Fu of America
216 PHONEMATE
217 Eska Outboards
219 MTD
222 PANASONIC VIDEO/AUDIO
225 Force (Chrysler/Force) Outboards/Brunswick Corp (source=Sears employee)
233 BROAN
234 Beard-Poulan & Lazy Boy
234 Poulan
235 Ingersoll Rand
239 __?__ (flex-shafts for electric motors)
240 Disston Inc
241 Fimco
244 Kal Equipment/Peerless Instruments
246 BRK Electronic
247 MTD (Modern Tool and Die)
250 J. I. Case & Co.
250 Turner Industries
251 Century Electric Div of Magnetech
253 FRIGIDAIRE
253 Gibson (now Frigidare)
253 WHITE CONSOLIDATED
253 WHITE WESTINGHOUSE
256 Emerson Electric Co.
257 Paramount/Allegretti & Co/Poulan
259 Taylor Woodcraft
260 Unger Division of Eldon Inc
261 Brave Corp
264 Emerson Electric Co.
266 __?__ (variable speed power tool motor)
268 BROTHER INTERNATIONAL
271 Kioritz Corp (Echo)
272 Arrow Products
274 RCA
278 General Electric Co.
278 Roper
281 ELECTRO-AIRE
281 WHITE RODGERS
282 Norgren / CA Norgren
283 Thomas Industries (compressors)
284 Gold Eagle
285 The Hirst Co
289 SHARP
291 American Lawn Mower
292 LENNOX
294 TUNTURI
300 Kar-Rite Corp
302 IBM
304 FUNAI
306 Belsaw / Foley-Belsaw
310 Sioux Tools Inc.
312 GTE
312 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.
313 Harris Calorific
315 Ryan
315 RYOBI / Ryobi Motor Products
315 Diehl Mfg Co (portable power tools, prior to Ryobi)
316 MTD (yard equipment)
316 RYOBI / Ryobi America Corp
317 MAKITA
318 Right Touch Inc
319 Hand Tools International
320 Chervon (Asian)
322 Reelcraft Industries
327 Process Engineering Company
328 McLANE
328 Tru-Products Inc
328 Yasui (12002 hydraulic floor jack-Japan)
329 Ametek
329 INVENTA
330 APPLE
334 COMMODORE
334 DWYER
335 AMANA
335 Welliver & Sons (drill & router accessories)
336 ELECTROLUX
338 Shop Vac
340 NECCHI
342 YORK
351 Colovos Co
355 Roper Outdoor
358 Beaird - Poulan, Inc
358 POULAN/WEEDEATER
359 Bolens Products
362 General Electric Co. (range)
363 General Electric Co. (refrigerator, dishwasher)
364 Badger Airbrushes
365 U.S. Lawn
366 KOSS ELECTRONICS
367 AT&T
372 Zeus Generator Corp
374 DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS
378 Omark (Oregon)
380 Moto-Mower Inc (Dura)
383 unknown (22970 3-jaw lathe chuck)
385 JAMAC (division of Janome Sewing Machines)
387 WHITE RODGERS
390 King-O-Lawn
391 __?__ (wood & metal vises, possibly Adjustable Clamp Co)
397 Paramount/Allegretti & Co (continued Delco grinder designs)
397 Delco Products Corporation
401 BISSELL
401 SAMSUNG (microwave)
402 Stanley/Bostitch
410 Brown-Brockmeyer Co. (grinders)
410 John Bean Food Machinery Corp.
415 Char Broil
416 CARRIER
417 Kelvinator/Frigidaire
417 Stover Engine Works
426 Parker Sweeper
429 Lewis Machine Tool Company
445 Melmer
451 National Mfg (ref. 69972 sprinkler)
452 AT&T
455 J.S.Technology
457 CODE-A-PHONE
459 TECHNICS
464 Maytag
467 Mooradian or Master Craft
471 BIONAIRE
471 Bon-Aire
472 Dremel
473 HOOVER
473 Quincy Compressor
474 SONY
476 COLEMAN
480 BOSE
484 AIRTEMP
484 CLIMATROL
484 COMFORT BAY
484 CREST
484 CROSLEY
484 FEDDERS
484 GALAXY BAY
484 HAMPTON BAY
484 HUNTER
484 J.C. Penney & Sons Co.
484 MARTA
484 MONTGOMERY WARD
484 PROTON
484 REGENT-AIRE
484 SINGER
484 SSMSC, INC
484 SUMMIT
484 SYNCO
486 Agri-Fab
486 IMPERIAL
487 Robbins & Myers Inc.
490 Indiana Steel
491 Delta Consolidated Industries
498 Didier Mfg Co
500 Briggs & Stratton
502 Murray
502 Murray Ohio
506 Columbian Vise & Manufacturing Co. (bench vises)
509 PAYNE
514 Dynaquip Controls
516 Gritzner Kaiser (West Germany)
517 HOMELITE/JACOBSEN
517 Homelite
517 JACOBSEN
519 Thor Power Tool Co.
521 EZ Rake
523 MGM TECHNOLOGY
527 Sherline
528 Warrick Electronics (source=Sears employee)
533 Winco (model 31101 generator)
534 Power King Tool Corp (now Clausing Industrial)
536 AMF (Murray)
536 Noma (Murray)
536 Western Tool & Stamping
538 AMF (Murray)
542 Clark Mfg Co
549 Midwest Ind
549 Emco Maier Austria (289000 metal working lathe)
551 Leland Electric Company
552 COBRA
559 Unknown (dept 49 model 559.8309 metal hand-held hair dryer)
562 TOSHIBA
564 SANYO
565 SANYO
566 PACKARD BELL
566 SANYO
566 MPI Industries-Jackson MS (model 341 sewing machine cabinet)
568 PANASONIC
572 Dremel
574 Possibly Oregon (chainsaw equipment)
575 SHARP
576 D & M (now Frigidaire)
579 Wall Lenk
580 GENERAC CORP
580 GOLDSTAR
582 Clinton Engine Co
583 REMINGTON/DESA
586 PANASONIC OFFICE EQUIP
587 FRIGIDAIRE/White Consolidated
592 Samsung appliances
596 AMANA
604 DIGITAL EQUIP CO
605 Rotex Manufacturing Company
608 Associated Equipment (older Sears battery chargers)
609 Waterloo
610 Ohio Steel Fabrication
610 YUKON
613 CONSOLIDATED TECHNOLOGIES
619 Arps Corporation (farm machinery)
619 Sargent Tools (hand tools)
620 ENVIRO-RESEARCH
621 BRYANT
622 Kelvinator
623 Dumore Co. (die grinders & 25190 router, previously listed as Casco Electric)
624 Harris (welding regulators)
625 Ecodyne
626 Portable Electric Tools
626 MAGNAVOX (PHILIPS)
626 PHILIPS (MAGNAVOX, SYLVANIA)
628 FRIGIDAIRE
628 Kelvinator
628 White Consolidated
629 JENN-AIR
629 Kelvinator
629 WILLIAMS FURNACE
630 Bosch appliances
636 Echo & Shindaiwa (yard equipment)
639 King-O-Lawn
640 CERWIN VEGA
646 Chamberlain (garage door openers)
647 Roper
651 O.M.C. Dist
651 SPEED QUEEN
651 Standard Eng
652 Unknown-Craftsman electric staple tacker m/n 684160
654 Mott
655 Danaher
663 Air Cap Industries
664 Whirlpool (cooktop, wall oven)
665 JVC (electronics)
665 WHIRLPOOL
665 Supreme Products Corp., Chicago (model 256560 drill driver kit)
666 KITCHENAID
668 Echowater
672 B & I Manufacturing, Burlington WI (model 14000 Gem Maker, lapidary)
678 VAC APPLIANCES, LTD
680 Generac
683 Philco (Italy)
689 S.C. America
689 Smartel
700 __?__ (old cord wood saw-model 140 & 141)
702 American Electric Motors Inc. of Los Angeles CA
704 Sturdi-Bilt Steel Products, Inc. (Universal Tool Stands)
704 ROYAL
705 CANON
706 Fidelitone
706 Waterloo
707 Prestolite Battery
710 American Gas Machine-Albert Lea, MN (camp lanterns & stoves)
713 (Unknown gasoline engine powered concrete mixer-713.9587, possibly Canoga.)
716 H.H.SCOTT/EMERSON
716 MOTOROLA
719 TAPPAN
720 Vermont American
720 BVI (Burgess Vibrocrafters Inc.)
721 GOLDSTAR (Lucky Gold Star Electronics)
723 YAMAHA
724 SHERWOOD
727 Blackhawk Manufacturing-Milwaukee WI (automotive jacks-Sears dept 28)
7287 Emerson Electric Co.
7296 Emerson Electric Co.
733 Fairbanks Morse
738 unknown toilet manuacturer (m/n 4914 Sculptura)
739 Onan
742 Prentiss Wabers (camping lanterns & stoves-1930s)
745 O & R Engines
747 Litton
756 Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.
757 Brinly-Hardy Co
757 Emerson Electric Co.
757 IMPERIAL
757 MARVEL
757 NORTHLAND
758 Emerson Electric Co. (early wet/dry shop vacuums & rotary tool)
761 Whirlpool
767 MARVEL
768 Electronics-TECHNICS (MATSUSHITA), Snowblower-Murray
769 Mercury Clutch Division
773 MARANTZ
775 JOHNSON
778 Comet Industries
785 General Power (Magna America)
786 Chapin (garden sprayers)
788 Vespa (94360 Italian scooter)
789 Warren-Knight Instrument (surveyor's transit levels)
789 DEFIANCE (refrigerator)
790 FRIGIDAIRE
791 Tappan
793 Ford
795 LG (Lucky Goldstar refrigerators)
796 LG (Lucky Goldstar washers & dryers & electronics)
798 Speed Queen
799 Suncast
809 AMF
815 DAEWOO
831 NordicTrack
831 WESLO, INC/U.T.S.
832 XEROX
835 Roper
840 FRIEDRICH
842 Haban Mfg
846 EPSON
848 __?__ (1950s compressor)
850 Whirlpool (Chambers?)
854 White Farm Equipment (Formerly Oliver)
855 ILG
860 EUREKA COMPANY
861 Unknown (model 1405 or 1417 6" lapidary grinding outfit)
864 ZENITH
867 CLIMETTE
867 HEIL-QUAKER
867 KEEPRITE
867 TEMPSTAR
867 ZONAIRE
871 SMITH CORONA
875 Florida Pneumatic
879 RHEEM/RUDD
880 Pentron (reel to reel, radio co.)
881 Hempe
900 BLACK & DECKER
900 DeWalt Products Co.
900 Elu
901 Protech
911 General Electric Co.
911 Roper
916 Campbell Hausfeld
917 American Yard Products
917 Frigidaire
917 Roper Corp
918 DeWalt Products Co.
919 DeVilbiss
919 Ingersoll Rand
920 Hobart
921 Midwest Air Technologies Inc. (Sanborn, Powermate compressors)
922 Original Tractor Cab Corp
923 HEWLETT PACKARD
925 Maycor (Maytag)
934 Century Mfg Co
934 FUNAI
934 HITACHI
937 Air Cap Ind
937 Sunbeam
944 Husqvarna (possibly AYP/Electrolux prior to 2006)
948 McCulloch (unconfirmed)
950 LASER (V-TECH)
960 Caloric
967 Delta
970 Frigidaire
973 Ryobi
987 TROY BILT/GARDEN WAY
988 KUBOTA
989 McCULLOGH
990 FORD
991 LAWNBOY
C102 Gilson
C106 Inglis (refrigerator)
C110 Inglis (washer, dryer, dishwasher)
C151 Berco
C191 Homelite (unconfirmed)
C241 Homelite (unconfirmed)
C362 Camco (refrigerator)
C363 Camco (dishwasher, range)
C459 MTD (unconfirmed)
C551 Prestolite-Leland (not 100% confirmed)
C646 Admiral/Inglis (refrigerator)
C675 Woods (refrigerator, freezer)
C880 Admiral/Inglis (range, refrigerator)
C892 McKinnon Industries (Division of General Motors)
C933 Kelvinator (before 1970)
C935 Black & Decker cordless tools (unconfirmed)
C938 Keeprite (A/C)
C950 Noma/Murray (unconfirmed)
C955 Sunbeam (unconfirmed)
C970 Kelvinator (1970+)
C978 Camco
S193 Makita Trimmer & Hedgers (unconfirmed)
S236 Tanaka Tiller (unconfirmed)