At 07:08 AM 12/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
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> Sorry Ross but I have to disagree some what. If I see a tool that
>I know will help and the price is cheap enough I buy it. The stubby
>wrenchs are a good example. $10 dollars from HF and the first time they
>saved me a half hours work I considered them paid for. I'm getting the
>$4.99 tail pipe expander because last month I wasted an hour trying to
>straighten out the clamp ridge on a muffler using everything I could find
>including a hardwood chair leg turned down to the right diameter on my
>lathe. I needed a small tail pipe expander but could not find one locally
>that would fit. Next time I will have it and if there isn't a next time
>then I spent $4.99 for nothing. As far as $49 electric tools almost
>any hand tool (drill, sander, saw etc) can be had for that amount at
>Sears and will last many many years. The 19.99 grinder from Harbor
>Freight was one of those tools that were cheap enough to try and I
>couldn't believe how good it was once I got it. I like it so much that I
>plan on getting another if this one ever gives out. And for $49.99 I can
>get a reconditioned DeWalt which will certainlyout last me.
>...Art>
Art,
Perhaps I should have tacked on a "YMMV". I have a Sears, Home Depot and
Acklands (a local auto/industrial supply chain) all within a 10 minute
drive. When I need something I just go and get it. I realise this may not
be practicle for others and your method may work better for them. And my
comment about $49 power tools still stands but, I forgot we're talking
different dollars. $49 Canadian will not get you much in the way of power
tools; remember the original poster was talking about a $49 drill press, not
a 3/8" drill. That said, I DO have a 4" side grinder I bought at Sears 1/2
price sale for about $49 Cdn and it's great, not near as much poop as the 8"
Skil industrial I have for big jobs but much more convenient. I bought it
when I came across a job I couldn't do with the big one, not before.
YMMV, IMHO, etc. (wink)
Ross MacPherson
TC-3528 , `66 BGT, NEMGT - #11849
Surrey, BC, Canada
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