Harbor Freight aircraft tools

"Andy Asberry" wrote in message
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:34:53 -0700 (PDT), wright1902glider
wrote:

For me, the ultimate problem with HF is that they seldom have the
stuff
they advertise. We have a local store (meaning about a 25 mile drive
each way) & the hit rate for sale items is about 1 in 10.

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I'm 1/2 way between 2 stores. My strategy is the same I used for toys
when I was a kid: circle all of the stuff in the catalog(s) that I
want. Develop budget limit for this trip. Find as many items on list
as possible. Consume remaining budget on c-clamps and specialty
pliers. A man can never have enough clamps or bent-end-long-reach-
needle-nose-internal-snap-ring pliers.

By the way, I highly recommend the 20ft. 1,000lb capacity yellow
ratchet tie-down straps. They are better than the ones at home cheap-o
and I got mine for $1.99 each. (I bought 1 to use and 3 spares.)

Harry

Don't leave them in the sun. I used a couple on a three week trip.
When I got home, I could pull them in two with my hands.

--Andy Asberry--
------Texas-----

Andy: remind me not to disagree with you. I've been using some of those
for several years and I can't bust them with my hands. Whatever is in your
diet let me know and maybe you should cut back a bit.
Stu

On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:20:33 -0700, "Stuart & Kathryn Fields"
wrote:


"Andy Asberry" wrote in message
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Don't leave them in the sun. I used a couple on a three week trip.
When I got home, I could pull them in two with my hands.

--Andy Asberry--
------Texas-----

Andy: remind me not to disagree with you. I've been using some of those
for several years and I can't bust them with my hands. Whatever is in your
diet let me know and maybe you should cut back a bit.
Stu


No Herculean strength here. I will add to my statement. Mine are red
not yellow and they were exposed for the 3 weeks plus a week after
returning. I had simply looped it around the axle of my garden tractor
to pull it up to the trailer ramps. Almost turned to powder. Broke it
several more times just to see if the whole length was rotten.

--Andy Asberry--
------Texas-----

Andy Asberry wrote:

No Herculean strength here. I will add to my statement. Mine are red
not yellow and they were exposed for the 3 weeks plus a week after
returning. I had simply looped it around the axle of my garden tractor
to pull it up to the trailer ramps. Almost turned to powder. Broke it
several more times just to see if the whole length was rotten.

--Andy Asberry--
------Texas-----

Your airplane fabric will behave the same way if you don't get a good
coat of that aluminum powder paint on it. So would the same strap
bought of $10 at a big-box store.

Polyester just can't handle the sun.

"Ernest Christley" wrote in message
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Andy Asberry wrote:

No Herculean strength here. I will add to my statement. Mine are red
not yellow and they were exposed for the 3 weeks plus a week after
returning. I had simply looped it around the axle of my garden tractor
to pull it up to the trailer ramps. Almost turned to powder. Broke it
several more times just to see if the whole length was rotten.

--Andy Asberry--
------Texas-----

Your airplane fabric will behave the same way if you don't get a good coat
of that aluminum powder paint on it. So would the same strap bought of
$10 at a big-box store.

Polyester just can't handle the sun.


Amen! We used some polyester rope on our catamaran. In the sun it didn't
last long enough to even talk about. Polyester rope must have been designed
for use in basements and long tunnels.

Stu

"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message
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Amen! We used some polyester rope on our catamaran. In the sun it didn't
last long enough to even talk about. Polyester rope must have been
designed for use in basements and long tunnels.



Sure it wasn't polypropolene? (spelling?)

Polyester should last for quiet a while Polypro turns to dust pretty fast.

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Bryan Martin wrote:
Polypropylene rope is often simply called "poly rope" and sold as such,
so some might think the "poly" is short for polyester. Polypropylene
rope is cheap and light (it floats on water) but it doesn't tolerate
direct sunlight for long.



Depending on how you define "for long", neither will polyester. Unless
specifically treated with UV blockers, three weeks is a long time for
polyester. If treated with the UV blockers, "long" may run into months
(maybe).