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HARBOR FREIGHT QUALITY
Bill Daniels wrote:
I generally agree but I have bought unusable tools from HF. An example is a tap and die set which contained taps and dies that didn't match any known thread, metric or SAE. As it happened, the one size I needed when I bought the set (M8 x 1.25) was useable. I discovered the bad ones when I had long since lost the receipt. Anyway, the set cost little more than a single tap from a machine supply company so I didn't lose more than the trip to HF. I decided that taps and dies need to be sufficiently accurate that they should be sourced from known reliable vendors even if at a higher price. Then there was the electric metal shear that disintegrated upon its first contact with sheet metal. The motorcycle was still warm from the trip to HF when that happened - they happily replaced the unit. I just lost two hours work. There is no HF anywhere near me so I order online. I will not order anything that might require customer service based on personal experience. I bought a small Central Machinery lathe from them. It's a good machine, but any support I needed from HF was like pulling teeth. They sent me the wrong size key with a chuck. I contacted them via e-mail. Long story short: they only replied after I sent at least 3 e-mails per reply. Four months after initial request they finally sent me a new chuck key, wrong size again and never did respond to my complaint. When I attempted to get technical questions answered about the lathe I was asked for information about my shipping address and order number. That was the last actual response I received. The others were "we are working on it." They never did answer and seemed perturbed when I reminded them it had been over 30 days since I had last enquired. Littlemachineshop.com provides excellent support for the lathe and has better communications skills. They also ship faster than HF. The only things I will buy from HF are those I will not expect to ask for customer service on. I also don't ever recommend them as a source for anything more complex than screwdrivers. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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On Aug 15, 10:09*am, "Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote:
My daughter is an illustrator and designer. She got all the stuff to complete a "Futuristic(Philip K Dick-esque)-heavy- industrial-full-toolbelt-steel-toe-boot-leathersuspender-goggle-wearing- wrench-wielding (big-BIG wrench) crusader-superchick" costume for a client that cost her a fraction of what it would have cost even at Wal-Mart. And I got a roll of duct tape real cheap. What, no electric sheep? |
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I've generally been satisfied with the items purchased from HF - and
don't recall returning anything. My angle grinder is probably almost 10 years old - and has held up well. Not bad for twenty bucks! I would only buy from a store - and have been fortunate to have one reasonably close since they first opened up (and now have one almost on my way home from work). I now also have a Northern Tool in town - and my subjective opinion is that their stuff is a bit higher quality than HF. No doubt competition benefits the consumer. Not long ago my trusty 12 Volt compressor blew out its intake check valve (to parts unknown) while filling an airplane tire. Probably could have been put back together - but the missing part could not be found - and the company is out of business. I bought HFs price leader as a replacement - and have been pleased with it's overall quality and performance. The only thing I didn't like was the coil-spring style hose, as I am accustomed to using a long neck angled chuck on the end of a rubber hose (need it to deal with my plane's user-unfriendly wheel pants). Alas the compressor comes with a snap lock air connector that is apparently unique in the world. HF couldn't supply one for my hose - and neither can anyone else. As others have noted, HFs customer service is of little help. I did devise a work around that joins the coiled hose and mine - but don't like it (though it does work). Dave |
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"Kloudy" == Kloudy via AviationKB com Kloudy writes:
Kloudy My daughter is an illustrator and designer. She got all Kloudy the stuff to complete a "Futuristic(Philip K Kloudy Dick-esque)-heavy- Kloudy industrial-full-toolbelt-steel-toe-boot-leathersuspender-goggle-wearing- Kloudy wrench-wielding (big-BIG wrench) crusader-superchick" Kloudy costume for a client that cost her a fraction of what it Kloudy would have cost even at Wal-Mart. Dude, post the pix. -- Give to every other human being every right you claim for yourself. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll |
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Kloudy via AviationKB.com wrote:
wrote: Someone wrote: 'YOUR OUT OF YOUR F**KING MIND' ...with regard to suggesting people buy ANYTHING from Harbor Freight. I disagree. By the time you're ready to put the tool to work you know it will do a good job. -R.S.Hoover My daughter is an illustrator and designer. She got all the stuff to complete a "Futuristic(Philip K Dick-esque)-heavy- industrial-full-toolbelt-steel-toe-boot-leathersuspender-goggle-wearing- wrench-wielding (big-BIG wrench) crusader-superchick" costume for a client that cost her a fraction of what it would have cost even at Wal-Mart. And I got a roll of duct tape real cheap. A few years ago I proved engineers are not known for their sense of humour. I made my father, a retired engineer, an electric tack hammer. I drilled a hole in the bottom of the handle, cut the end off a new extension cord and epoxied the end into the handle. My father actually plugged it in to see if the magnetic end of the head was affected. He had some friends, several of whom had been engineers, over a few days later and they couldn't figure it out either. My father is a guardian ad litem and was goin to take the hammer to the courthouse to get x-rayed to see if I had been flimflammed. Good thing I called before he did. To this day he doesn't understand the joke behind electric hammers. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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You are BAD! Really, really BAD! And that is the funniest thing I
have read in a long time. BFG Dan wrote: Kloudy via AviationKB.com wrote: wrote: Someone wrote: 'YOUR OUT OF YOUR F**KING MIND' ...with regard to suggesting people buy ANYTHING from Harbor Freight. I disagree. By the time you're ready to put the tool to work you know it will do a good job. -R.S.Hoover My daughter is an illustrator and designer. She got all the stuff to complete a "Futuristic(Philip K Dick-esque)-heavy- industrial-full-toolbelt-steel-toe-boot-leathersuspender-goggle-wearing- wrench-wielding (big-BIG wrench) crusader-superchick" costume for a client that cost her a fraction of what it would have cost even at Wal-Mart. And I got a roll of duct tape real cheap. A few years ago I proved engineers are not known for their sense of humour. I made my father, a retired engineer, an electric tack hammer. I drilled a hole in the bottom of the handle, cut the end off a new extension cord and epoxied the end into the handle. My father actually plugged it in to see if the magnetic end of the head was affected. He had some friends, several of whom had been engineers, over a few days later and they couldn't figure it out either. My father is a guardian ad litem and was goin to take the hammer to the courthouse to get x-rayed to see if I had been flimflammed. Good thing I called before he did. To this day he doesn't understand the joke behind electric hammers. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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BobR wrote:
You are BAD! Really, really BAD! And that is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. BFG Dan wrote: Kloudy via AviationKB.com wrote: wrote: Someone wrote: 'YOUR OUT OF YOUR F**KING MIND' ...with regard to suggesting people buy ANYTHING from Harbor Freight. I disagree. By the time you're ready to put the tool to work you know it will do a good job. -R.S.Hoover My daughter is an illustrator and designer. She got all the stuff to complete a "Futuristic(Philip K Dick-esque)-heavy- industrial-full-toolbelt-steel-toe-boot-leathersuspender-goggle-wearing- wrench-wielding (big-BIG wrench) crusader-superchick" costume for a client that cost her a fraction of what it would have cost even at Wal-Mart. And I got a roll of duct tape real cheap. A few years ago I proved engineers are not known for their sense of humour. I made my father, a retired engineer, an electric tack hammer. I drilled a hole in the bottom of the handle, cut the end off a new extension cord and epoxied the end into the handle. My father actually plugged it in to see if the magnetic end of the head was affected. He had some friends, several of whom had been engineers, over a few days later and they couldn't figure it out either. My father is a guardian ad litem and was goin to take the hammer to the courthouse to get x-rayed to see if I had been flimflammed. Good thing I called before he did. To this day he doesn't understand the joke behind electric hammers. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Please note I expressed no repentance Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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Dan wrote:
Kloudy via AviationKB.com wrote: wrote: Someone wrote: 'YOUR OUT OF YOUR F**KING MIND' ...with regard to suggesting people buy ANYTHING from Harbor Freight. I disagree. By the time you're ready to put the tool to work you know it will do a good job. -R.S.Hoover My daughter is an illustrator and designer. She got all the stuff to complete a "Futuristic(Philip K Dick-esque)-heavy- industrial-full-toolbelt-steel-toe-boot-leathersuspender-goggle-wearing- wrench-wielding (big-BIG wrench) crusader-superchick" costume for a client that cost her a fraction of what it would have cost even at Wal-Mart. And I got a roll of duct tape real cheap. A few years ago I proved engineers are not known for their sense of humour. I made my father, a retired engineer, an electric tack hammer. I drilled a hole in the bottom of the handle, cut the end off a new extension cord and epoxied the end into the handle. My father actually plugged it in to see if the magnetic end of the head was affected. He had some friends, several of whom had been engineers, over a few days later and they couldn't figure it out either. My father is a guardian ad litem and was goin to take the hammer to the courthouse to get x-rayed to see if I had been flimflammed. Good thing I called before he did. To this day he doesn't understand the joke behind electric hammers. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired Was you father a retired sanitation engineer. :-) |
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