[TheForge] A real Deal at HF- How about their pneumatic staple gun?

[Ries Niemi]

Never been to a Harbor Freight.
Course, I am such a heretic, I have never been in a Walmart, either.

Its not that I am xenophobic, or hate all imports-  I just hate junk.

My shop is a regular United Nations, with major equipment from places 
as diverse as Spain, Italy and Germany, Turkey, Japan, England, Taiwan, 
and Korea.
And, of course, Winona Wisconsin, Appleton Wisconsin (lots of Blue) and 
lots of other redblooded american towns.

But not a lot from China. Especially, not a lot of cheap throwaway 
tools from China.
My powerhammer is an Anyang, from China, but it cost over 5 grand, and 
weighs a ton and a half- not exactly Harbor Freight material.
But aside from that, and a Grizzly bandsaw I am just itching to get rid 
of, I have almost no chinese tools.

I just hate tools that break when you use em. I would rather go 
without, and save for quality, regardless of where its made.
I love my Bosch power tools- most of them are made in the USA these 
days, but I have some german ones as well.

ries


On Nov 7, 2006, at 4:01 AM, Ron Childers wrote:

> At the risk of being branded a heretic, I haven't had much luck with 
> Harbor
> Freight Chinese made stuff. But, since China already owns us, and it is
> virtually impossible to "buy US", I may as well acquiesce and help 
> China's
> war effort. Has anyone tried the HF Staple Gun? At $20 I wouldn't 
> expect it
> to last as long as a Paslode or Senco but if it will make it through a
> couple of projects.....The HF wood cutting band saw and cordless drill 
> were
> both junk- didn't even do one job. I will concede the $200 metal 
> cutting
> band saw seems to be pretty good. Not a Wilton or Ridged, but it works 
> ok. I
> guess you have to know which tools are a waste of money and which ones 
> work
> ok.
>
> Ron Childers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Darrell
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 6:22 PM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] A real Deal at HF
>
> I have one of those. So far I have welded an 1 1/8" solid bar in the 
> sheet
> metal axle, replaced the tongue with two inch square tube, replaced the
> cross bar that the rear end of the tongue attaches to with 3" by 3" by 
> 1/4"
> angle and put 90 PSI 2000 LB boat trailer tires on it.
> I didn't do all of this at once. I have a 4' X 8' X 4 1/2' plywood box 
> that
> I loaded my reenactment blacksmithing equipment in. After hitting a 
> pot hole
>
> and bending the axle I added the bar stiffener.
> After a sudden stop with that load I replaced the tongue. After the 
> next
> quick stop I replaced the cross bar. The tires happened one at a time 
> after
> flats. Now it is a pretty good trailer.
>
> Darrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Smith" <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 2:08 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] A real Deal at HF
>
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> After having my wife in the hospital for most of the
>> last 4 weeks, we finally had a day together. So we
>> drove to Columbus, had a great lunch at Easton (fancy
>> place) and then went to HF. We got was suppose to be a
>> 48 x 96 trailer with 12 inch tires, what they gave us
>> was the 40 x 48 trailer. I open the box and went back
>> to the store and told them what had happened. The
>> manager gave us the right trailer for the sales price
>> minus 15% for our trouble.
>>
>> So I will be putting my trailer togther in the next
>> few days.
>>
>> The price for new trailer kit, $144.00, it's the
>> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=90154
>> Trailer.
>>
>> Jerry
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Ries Niemi
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