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

Tue Nov 7 10:54:44 EST 2006

My shop is a lot from many places, but my Jet
machines, a Japanese brand were made in China. I even
have a welder made in some country called Cleveland :)

I have Polish made stuff that is good, some French
stuff, and some German stuff. The fine carbon steel
stock that I have is from England. 

My good set of racjet wrenchs where made before WW II
and have served my and father and I well for many
years. Can't break those darned wrenchs.

My power hammer was made in Kent,Ohio.

Jerry

--- Ries Niemi <rniemi at fidalgo.net> wrote:

> 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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