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| Unobtanium-inc |
 Feb 29 2020, 08:49 AM
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I'm a big fan of Harbor Freight, but there are times when cheap tools are a bad idea. I grabbed the wrong jack before a road trip a few weeks ago. So here I am, 1000 miles from home, looking for the plug that flew out of my cheap HF jack, damn you Harbor Freight!
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| Literati914 |
Feb 29 2020, 11:33 PM
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QUOTE(Unobtanium-inc @ Feb 29 2020, 03:43 PM)  ..you can buy a cutting wheel at HF for $9, but.. I buy a lot of things from HF but PLEASE take it from me and DO NOT use a cut off wheel/blade from them! Use only the best you can get. Had one blow up on me, stitches to the face. HF has a 10" Sliding compound chop saw at the moment for $95 ... and It's more robust than the $238 Ryobi version at HomeDepot. Problem is I have a HomeDepot store credit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) . |
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| saigon71 |
Mar 1 2020, 07:15 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,000 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Dillsburg, PA Member No.: 10,428 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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QUOTE(Literati914 @ Mar 1 2020, 12:33 AM) QUOTE(Unobtanium-inc @ Feb 29 2020, 03:43 PM) ..you can buy a cutting wheel at HF for $9, but.. I buy a lot of things from HF but PLEASE take it from me and DO NOT use a cut off wheel/blade from them! Use only the best you can get. Had one blow up on me, stitches to the face. HF has a 10" Sliding compound chop saw at the moment for $95 ... and It's more robust than the $238 Ryobi version at HomeDepot. Problem is I have a HomeDepot store credit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) . I'm a HF fan for many items. But not the chop saw. I tried picking up one for a project several years ago. After screwing around for a few hours trying to get it to cut square (and keep cutting square), I took it back and bought a Dewalt, which I am very happy with. |
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Unobtanium-inc OT Cheap tools in important situations Feb 29 2020, 08:49 AM
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