[TheForge] Power Hammers

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

All costs considered, over a buncha years..buying from HF has been more 
expensive than buying good used non Chinese tools.
On 12/19/2010 8:53 PM, xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:
> On 12/19/2010 10:35 PM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>> With a US rep at least you would be pretty certan to get the hammer and not
>> have it get stuck in customs. You would also have some place to contact for
>> parts if needed.  It's good to know how your equipment works, but I would
>> have perfered not to have to fix it first thing.
>>
>> I'm sure if the market for forging hammers was big enough Harbor Freight
>> would be offering them.   I see they have English wheels now, so they may be
>> moving into more metal working equipment that a blacksmith would be
>> interested in. Maybe fly presses someday too.
>>
>> Robert Ehrenberger
>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>
> Harbor Freight tends to add and drop things from their catalog in a
> pretty random way.   And since everything is house branded it makes it
> hard to get parts, though most of the parts are interchangeable with
> other house brand Chinese goods.    I have had a number of Harbor
> Freight items on a long term wish list -- Bandsaw blade welder,
> hydraulic  gear puller, chipping hammer, and heavy duty pin welder and
> numerous machine tools including all of the accessories for the little
> 7x10 minilathe, all of which have been dropped from the catalog.   I am
> a little leary of buying anything that I can't replace cheaply or
> manufacture the parts for easily.   I have a lifetime warranty metal
> shear from them that the blade failed on and is no longer offered by them.
>
> Charles
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