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Re: Harbor Freight Drill Press

To: John Miller <johnm@ims.com>
Subject: Re: Harbor Freight Drill Press
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:10:09 -0500 (EST)
I like buying from HF but I think I would look for a used one locally. For
$200 you shouldn't have any trouble finding one and it would probably be
of better quality.
...Art

On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, John Miller wrote:

> 
> Ditto what Roland said.  Also, if you do pick one up, you might
> open the crate and look for obvious damage before you drive away.
> Harbor is good to take back defective merchandise, but still it
> is a pain to have to deal with it.  When I bought that same drill
> press, I discovered that the morse taper was loose in the box
> and its smooth surface is easily damaged by banging into other parts.
> They replaced it by stealing one from another box.  (This can
> be a problem if you buy the last one in stock).
> 
> Oh, and the free oiler is cheesy.
> 
> John Miller
> 
> > 
> > I bought one a few years back.  It is OK and the price is right.
> > Harbor Freight seems to have this model or one like it on sale all the
> > time, so buy it now if you want but don't worry about the price going
> > up any time soon.
> > 
> > -Roland
> > 
> > On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 17:13:16 -0800,Steve Hammatt wrote:
> > 
> > ::  I find it's time that I purchase a floor mounted 
> > :: drill press.  In looking through many different suppliers, 
> > :: I've found that most of them come from the same Chinese 
> > :: manufacturer.  At least the head casting is identical!
> > :: Harbor Freight has a 16 speed (more than what I need), 
> > :: 1hp (I think I like the fact of 1hp, rather than 1/2hp or 
> > :: 3/4hp)[snip].
> > :: 
> > :: Steve Hammatt
> > :: shammatt@sos.net
> > 
> 
> 
> 


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