[Shop-talk] WOW, I never thought I'd say this about Harbor Freight!

[David Scheidt]

On 10/25/07, Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com> wrote:
> Some HF items are stone-age-quality junk, and some are
> reasonably well-made and very well-priced.  The trick
> is knowing which is which.
>

And, of course, they've got the wonderful problem that there's not any
quality control.  A few years ago, I bought three 4.5" angle grinders
at the same time.  They were on sale for some really cheap price ($10
I think.).  I was doing a big welding project, and it's handy to have
a cut off wheel in one, a grinding disk in another, and a flapwheel or
wire brush in another, so you don't have ever change them out.  One
lasted about three days, the second a bit longer, but the third is
still going strong.
-- 
David Scheidt
dmscheidt at gmail.com