Harbor Freight Tools rant
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RE: Harbor Freight Tools rant
So how big are the pots? We boiled crab the other night and our stock pot was bit small for 2 pounds.
You could cut the pots down powder coat them and make air filter covers.
You could cut the pots down powder coat them and make air filter covers.
Road Master
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From: Shreveport,La.
RE: Harbor Freight Tools rant
I'd keep the pots, probably better than the vac anyway.
I have a rule with Harbor Freight stuff, if its a mechanical tool (has operating parts), unless I'm gonna use it just once, I'll buy a good one somewhere else.
If it's like cutoff wheels, hammers, gloves, I'll buy it there if its cheap enough.
I have a rule with Harbor Freight stuff, if its a mechanical tool (has operating parts), unless I'm gonna use it just once, I'll buy a good one somewhere else.
If it's like cutoff wheels, hammers, gloves, I'll buy it there if its cheap enough.
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Road Master
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From: Maryland
RE: Harbor Freight Tools rant
The pots were only half the price of the vacuum. Even if the pots would have cost more than the vacuum, I could not keep it. What comes around goes around and I wouldn't take the chance.
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RE: Harbor Freight Tools rant
This is not a perfect world, and life is not fair. All that matters is that it works itself out in the end. I don't know how old you are, but eventually you should figure out that things outside of your control are not worth getting worked up for. Or ranting about.
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Road Master
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RE: Harbor Freight Tools rant
I agree with everything you said. My rant was to see if anyone had the same experience. If mine was one of the occasional oops, then I may try another order with them.
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RE: Harbor Freight Tools rant
I usually regret buying cheap tools of any kind, but HF is hard to stay away from. It was easier when they were primarily a mail order deal.
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Cruiser
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RE: Harbor Freight Tools rant
I'll never understand why guys pay 20K for a bike and then buy a $10.00 Chinese tool set. Almost all of the problems with stripped heads, stripped allen heads, and stripped torx heads are the result of using non-precise, soft, inferior Chinese tools.
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From: Montana & Arkansas
RE: Harbor Freight Tools rant
Harbor Freight is a strange phenom and worthy to know about. But ya gotta watch some of the stuff. Like the MIG welder for a couple hundred bucks... don't even go there! Like the U.S. made Goodyear 50 foot industrial air hose... incredible good deal. Like the 4" air powered cut off tool... only $15. and that puppy has worked like a champ under lots of abuse. Most electrical and mechanical Chinese made off-brand tools... junk!
But I needed a 36" metal brake for light fabrication, and I ended up getting theirs for a huge savings cause the thing is so basic that nothing can go wrong with it that I can't fix.
But I needed a 36" metal brake for light fabrication, and I ended up getting theirs for a huge savings cause the thing is so basic that nothing can go wrong with it that I can't fix.