Harbor Freight sells GARBAGE

I needed to take out a tile floor. I went and bought a $25 air chisel. It
worked great for the job, and is still working great. I better watch it,
though, as I know it's lurking there waiting to do "a lot of damage."

Steve

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on August 4, 2007, 5:09 pm

> I needed to take out a tile floor. I went and bought a $25 air chisel.

> It worked great for the job, and is still working great. I better watch

> it, though, as I know it's lurking there waiting to do "a lot of damage."

> Steve

Sure, they work sometimes but saws that don't cut straight, wrenches that
round off nuts, screwdrivers that damage screwheads are very common with
cheap tools. Not just HF, but all cheap tools. Your money, so you can take
the chance if you like.

At Christmas I got a Bosch jigsaw. Tried it to make one cut and promptly
got rid of my Black & Decker.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

Posted by Stormin Mormon on August 4, 2007, 6:25 pm

My Dad used to say that cheap tools are dangerous, cause you have
to force em to work, and that's the time you get hurt.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.

:
:
: Sure, they work sometimes but saws that don't cut straight,
wrenches that
: round off nuts, screwdrivers that damage screwheads are very
common with
: cheap tools. Not just HF, but all cheap tools. Your money, so
you can take
: the chance if you like.
:
: At Christmas I got a Bosch jigsaw. Tried it to make one cut
and promptly
: got rid of my Black & Decker.
: --
: Ed
: http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/
:
:

Posted by Stormin Mormon on August 4, 2007, 6:23 pm

Your family will be a lot safer if you wrap that air chisel in a
black cloth. So that it can't see all the neat stuff around it
that is just begging to be air chiselled. Don't rope it up too
tight, you'll cut off its circulation.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.

:
:
: I needed to take out a tile floor. I went and bought a $25 air
chisel. It
: worked great for the job, and is still working great. I better
watch it,
: though, as I know it's lurking there waiting to do "a lot of
damage."
:
:
: Steve
:
:

Posted by SteveB on August 3, 2007, 1:12 am

> wrote:

>>> Harbor Freight sells GARBAGE tools. Unless you enjoy tossing money in

>>> the garbage, DO NOT buy from them.

>>So, tell me. Is it tough being a genius?

>>Craftsman sells garbage, too.

>>Snap On sells garbage, too.

>>Every tool manufacturer has items that are garbage.

>>The secret every smart man knows is how to tell the difference between the

>>good tools and the garbage.

>>But you, being the genius you are, knew that.

>>Right?

>>Steve

> If the business thrives and even expands it must be doing a lot of

> things right, like selling stuff people will pay good money for.

I buy stuff at HF. Stuff that I will either use lightly, or stuff that is
lower in price, and of comparable quality as other goods. Some of their
stuff shines in its performance, others not. The trick is to be smarter
than the tools, and know what you're doing, and whether you need a $40
chisel when a $5 HF one will do as well for this one job.

Steve

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