[TheForge] Power Hammers

[Mike Linn]

I guess I've been lucky. I've had a HF drill press for going on 15 years now and never had a problem. The AFC has 2, one I bought for them 8 or 9 yrs ago. While these don't get used everyday, when they are used during workshops and hammer-ins, they are really abused. Both are working great.

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On Dec 20, 2010, at 9:28 AM, "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net> wrote:

> Charles,
> You are so right about Harbor Freight. My son got a drill press from them, 
> and when he had a problem he was on his own. Like you said a life-time 
> warranty on a product they no longer carry isn't worth very much. So they 
> aren't very reliable for parts support. They do the import/customs 
> paperwork.
> 
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
> 
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> 
>> 
> 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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