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[Mr. Obvious]

Anybody notice the blue breaker and spinner and the yellow bandsaw sawmill in the recent Harbor Freight catalog received a few weeks ago.

One of these was listed as a new item if I remember correctly.

 

[teacherman]

You can also get "Power Horse" chainsaws at Northern Tool, but it doesn't make it anything other than Chinacrap.......

 

[Taxmantoo]

I just found the breaker/spinner on HF's web site. Price seems good if it works. Has anybody tried it yet?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=99835

 

[Husky137]

Why would anyone shop somewhere that you have to wonder if the items will operate as advertised? You get what you pay for.

 

[super3]

Some people don't mind paying again.......and again.......and again

 

[forestryworks]

i saw a guy with a license plate frame that said

"i brake for harbor freight tools"

 

[landrvrnut22]

It should read:

"I break Harbor Freight tools"

 

[heimannm]

I break 4 Harbor Freight tools...















































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[JohnL]

Anybody notice the blue breaker and spinner and the yellow bandsaw sawmill in the recent Harbor Freight catalog received a few weeks ago.

One of these was listed as a new item if I remember correctly.

Mr. Obvious, who'd you piss off so much to get the neg rep?


I don't like Harbour Freight, for the fact that they specialize in Chinese made crap, but that's just me...

 

[Bowtie]

i pick up a few things there, but a lot of what they sell is junk. I bought a hatchet there 2 years ago that I use to bust up kindling, and its been a good tool. I buy air stuff like blow guns, fittings, etc, without problems. I also buy their pry bars and sleever bars because they usually walk off before htey wear out. However I dont buy anything like ratchets or power tools there. I made that mistake once.

 

[Stihl088stock]

You'd be better off burning your money than to buy their "8000 Lbs hand winch" I think they put butter in their steel???

 

[buzz sawyer]

Mr. Obvious, who'd you piss off so much to get the neg rep?

Probably some of the site sponsors.

 

[scootr]

I get a couple things there. Things like hammers are OK, can't go wrong there. I just tried some nylon zip ties I got from them, broke when tightened. I looked at that electric saw chain sharpener, walked away from that POS. Some things are OK, most are not. I looked at that chain breaker picture online, if it is close to tolerance, should work. I will check it tomorrow at the store and see how it looks.

I only need a breaker/spinner every now and then. At less than half the cost for this junk, if it lasts a few years, (till I sell it on Ebay) I may snag one. Did I say that? I HATE China crap, never mind. I have several reloading presses, may convert one to a breaker. What could be used or converted to a rivet spinner?

 

[Modifiedmark]

$50 for that crap from HF.

Why not just spend the $50 on a nice spinner from Baileys or some place.

I don't need to spend another $50 or so for a breaker, I just walk the chain over to my bench grinder, grind the rivits off and presto broke chain....

 

[Pablo26]

Mr. Obvious, who'd you piss off so much to get the neg rep? ..

I think he had a beg for neg rep thread a while back as some sort of rebel maneuver? the red does stand out from the crowd.

 

[redprospector]

Harbor Freight's grinding wheels are pretty good, they outlast the name brand wheels I can get around here. I've got a little air compressor I bought from them in a pinch, I can't kill it. I use their wrenches when I'm working a crew. Wrenches magicly quit disapearing, now I've just got to replenish my good set.

Most of Harbor Freight's stuff is pure crap. Buyer beware.

Andy

 

[Brian S]

I once bought a set of 1/2" impact extensions from them, my 30 plus year old worn the @#*& out CP 734 impact gun torqued one of the extensions 360 degrees around and snapped the head off. The other two in the set are tough as titanium. What gives!

I have a love hate relationship with them, I hate buying Chinese crap but I love buying a specialty tool for cheap when I only need it only once, or very infrequently. I don't think I would put a lot of trust in a tool they sell being used to fasten down bits of razor sharp hardened steel that spin about at great speed near your sensitive parts.

 

[teacherman]

i saw a guy with a license plate frame that said

"i brake for harbor freight tools"

It should read:

"I break Harbor Freight tools"

I break 4 Harbor Freight tools...





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"Sell me down the "Red" River Valley....
While I sit in my workshop and cry......
Out of work 'cause my job went to China....
And my "Power Horse" won't start, I wonder why."

(sung to the tune of Red River Valley)

Not that hard to predict the outcome here,
we have done it to ourselves......

"......for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap." Gal. 6:7

 

[milkie62]

I have their 1/2" drive impact sockets and they hold up pretty good for what they are.Bought them after the local SNAP-ON dealer said they hold up pretty good and cannot beat the price especially if they are not used on a daily basis.He said he has heard only good things about those sockets from other mechanics.That is why I bought them.