[Boatanchors] Harbor Freight

[Carl]

I buy the $4 DVM's 10 at a time. At that price every vehicle gets one as 
well as several places in the house, garage, etc. If it dies, pull the 
battery (the name brand one, not the POS that came with it) and toss it.

It sure beats trying to find a single one or dragging a good meter into 
a hazardous enviroment....like the top of the tower.

Carl
KM1H
In NH where it looks like  Puff  came thru with the gatling guns


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <ranickel at comcast.net>
To: "Jerry K" <w5kp at hughes.net>
Cc: "Boatanchors Mail List" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Harbor Freight


> Jerry K wrote:
>> There's a large place in Oklahoma City that specializes in hand tools 
>> (only) of all kinds, 95% of which are the same grade as carried by 
>> HF, only with about 40 times the selection.
> I do my share of HF bashing, but like has been said many times, buyer 
> beware and if it's right for your intended use, go for it.  (My 55 
> pound HF anvil fits that description perfectly).
>
> Aside from hand tools, it's well worth looking at the HF competitors. 
> Grizzly is probably the biggest in the machine tool market, 
> http://www.grizzlyindustrial.com/ - there are others, and  there are 
> whole cults around things like "7x10 mini lathes" who have researched 
> the differences, know which tools come from which suppliers in Asia, 
> what the strengths and weaknesses are, etc.  If anyone is 
> contemplating purchase of wood or metalworking machine tools, it's 
> worth the time to do your homework (Yahoo Groups, etc).
>
> A real popular tool among the home shop machinist gang is the 4" by 6" 
> horizontal bandsaw, aka "$200 bandsaw", aka "Harbor Freight bandsaw". 
> They leave a lot to be desired, but can be enhanced, and they offer so 
> much for the money that even pro shops will have one over in a corner. 
> I'd say the $4 DVMs are in the same category.
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
>
>
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