[Mgs] MGB engine stand hookup

[Chad Cooper]

Glenn, anybody else,
I have that same welder and it has done really well.  To me a great thing
about harbor freight is that they have a lot of specialty tools that you are
only going to need once, so much cheaper than sears or the matco/snap on
tool guy.

Not sure if there are any where you are but Northern tool is a great source
for these types of thing also but with a larger selection..


-----Original Message-----
From: mgs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mgs-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Glenn Schnittke
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:16 PM
To: mgs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Mgs] MGB engine stand hookup

I wouldn't worry so much about Harbor Freight unless you have a serious 
stand against buying Chinese. I would suggest that most of us have 
bought something there within the past year or two. Only last Sunday I 
was in there looking for a slide hammer (on a Sunday?!), only to work 
out a better solution to removing a half axle on a Salisbury rear end. 
They didn't have a slide hammer with the *exact* adapters I needed, but 
they had a fairly nice three pounder that I will probably go back for 
when my stimulus check clears.

As a theater rigger I won't buy professional tools there, but the 1/2T 
chain hoist I bought from them for peanuts has lifted any number of 
sometimes very expensive engines and other heavy things quite well. My 
rule of thumb for HF is; if it has to lift something rate it for the 
stated load - there's no built in design factor and you can't sue China. 
If it's a consumable and can't hurt you by flying apart at speed 
(cutting wheels for an angle grinder, etc.) buy it. Think of the 
starving Chinese proletariats. When I put the redcar under the knife I 
bought an excellent discontinued Hobart 135 MIG buzz box with all the 
whistles from them with a full 5 year warranty through Hobart. Delivered 
to my door for about half the cost of the 145 replacement unit. I'm okay 
with that.

Glenn