[TheForge] Power Hammers

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

On 12/20/2010 9:04 PM, Jerry Smith wrote:
> I know a lot of people have opinions about HF, but Sears Craftsman tools aren't
> that much better. I have my father set of Craftsman socket wrenches from the
> 1930s, they have lasted and lasted. The new set I got about 10 years ago lasted
> about 4 months.
They sure went down hill badly....used to be a guarantee of mediocrity.
> When the HF opened up near me, the store would give me replacements off the
> rack, Sears would give people replacement from the backroom that are rebuilt
> tools.
>
>
> I wore out a couple of files that were Sears Craftsman brand. I took them back
> to Sears, the department manager said they only sell those particular files in
> sets. I said that they were Craftsman, guaranteed for life. He wouldn't bundge
> on replacing them, so I asked for the store manager, suddenly I was given the
> set of files as my replacement. I remember when Sears was a no hassle place that
> you could get a good value for your money. Now it seems to be junk.
While we generally agree Jerry,
  and i confess to having bought  broken Sears tools at the swap meet 
when i was poor,
  then returning them for replacement..
Still,  it takes about as much chutzpah  to try to return a relatively 
disposable tool like a file...grin.
> Jerry
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> From: peter fels&  phoebe palmer<artgawk at thegrid.net>
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> On 12/20/2010 3:14 PM, Mike Linn wrote:
>> 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.
> That's good.
> HF is very much a mixed bag. Some of the tools i got from them died
> within a week, others i got from them 25 years ago are still going strong.
>> Sent from my iPad
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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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