- 1. Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Nils O. Ny" <n.ny@intest.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:23:47 -0400
- So afraid I was going to owe the IRS this year. So I made large quarterly payments and just did my taxes and am actually getting some small fraction of my money back. So ... I was thinking that now w
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- 2. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: Derek Harling <derek.lola@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 13:51:27 -0400
- In reply to Nils inquiry - I have no real machining background but having got involved in vintage racing I found all kinds of "things" needed making or modifying that could not be done with hand tool
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00048.html (10,216 bytes)
- 3. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Nils O. Ny" <n.ny@intest.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:09:48 -0400
- Found Harbor Freight on the Internet and have just looked at an Enco catalog and I'm drooling all over the place ! I have a couple of questions for any of you who have these machines. Is there any su
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00049.html (8,899 bytes)
- 4. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: pethier <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 16:27:47 -0500
- Power is important, but rigidity is more important. Most machines I have seen will chatter before they run out of power. Probably. Rigidity is the porimary consideration in machine tools. You will ne
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00051.html (9,055 bytes)
- 5. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@iamerica.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 18:29:47 -0500
- Should you need parts or service once Harbor Freight has your money, you might want to practice bending over and kissing your posterior goodbye. John
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00052.html (9,649 bytes)
- 6. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: johnm@ims.com (John Miller)
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 17:51:21 -0700
- And John Roper responds: Its good to be wary on large purchases, but I had problems with a Harbor Freight hydralic ram and they sent me a repair kit and additional seals after the warranty ran out. W
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00056.html (8,288 bytes)
- 7. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Nils O. Ny" <n.ny@intest.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 13:19:37 -0400
- I'm alarmed to hear these kind of things about a place I'm considering ordering from ! Is this from personal experience ? Do you have one of these low cost milling machines ? If so which one and what
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00111.html (8,208 bytes)
- 8. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: John Napoli <jgn@li.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 14:17:48 -0400 (EDT)
- I have had good experiences with them, but understand that whatever it is I am buying is going to be third-tier quality. Some of my tools are Snap-On, some are the bread-and-butter brands, and a few
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00112.html (9,774 bytes)
- 9. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Nils O. Ny" <n.ny@intest.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 15:20:05 -0400
- slightly higher, they tend to be more of a "in replacement type parts. Thanks for the suggestion ... someone else also suggested Grizzly and I am familiar with them as they offer a lot of woodworking
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00113.html (8,901 bytes)
- 10. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter J. Thomas" <pjthomas01@snet.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:21:09 -0400
- Might be worth a post to rec.crafts.metalworking. Peter Thomas
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- 11. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: John Napoli <jgn@li.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:56:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Once again, the problem is not with the design but in 'production' tolerances. Taiwan is filled with one-room machine shops that turn out specific components. There is a lot of variation machine-to-m
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00115.html (7,835 bytes)
- 12. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: Berry Kercheval <berry@kerch.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:59:22 -0700
- A couple of months ago Fine Woodworking did a comparison of medium size planers, wrote to various "manufacturers" and got something like 13 planers shipped in, of which eleven or so were NEARLY IDENT
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00117.html (7,928 bytes)
- 13. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:16:08 -0400 (EDT)
- The most expensive thing that I have bought from HF is a Chicago impact gun. Being a brand name I have not had any problem with it. Over the years I have bought a lot from them and have never had a p
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00121.html (8,743 bytes)
- 14. Re: Shop Tools (score: 1)
- Author: Atwell Haines <carbuff@scooter.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:05:53 -0400
- Nils, My only experience with Harbor Freight and replacement parts was semi-good. They sent all the stuff I needed to make a parts washer work, but one thing took several months... That was about fiv
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00126.html (7,928 bytes)
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