[Shop-talk] Harbor Freight tools

[Elton E. (Tony) Clark]

It is frustrating isn't it  . . I jusr unpacked a 56,000 rpm air die grinder
and an air-powered reversible 3/8 drill  . . each was $9.99 . . .
they're junky but cheap . . 1/10th the price of good stuff .sigh . .  . .

On 12/10/07, ROBERT LANE <robolane at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I have a little bit of all kinds of tools, craftsman, snap-on, thorson,
> and s&k.  But most of my tools are Harbor Freight.  I know they are cheap,
> and I have had some disappointments, but overall I get good useage out of
> them.  The reasons I buy Harbor Freight are, by bying them on sale & using
> coupons I can buy a lot more variety of tools,and I have a lot of
> them.  Besides that I am cheap.  If a power tools go bad, I can throw them
> away and by another one.  If I had a high dollar power tool and it goes bad,
> it would cost me more to repair it than a new Harbor Freight one would cost.
> I wish I could afford those name brand stuff, but I can't..
>
> This my 2 cents worth.  I know that not everyone has the same mind set.  I
> enjoy this forum and Iearning about other peoples thoughts and Ideas.
> CATCH YOU LATER,
> ROBO
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