[Shop-talk] Power Tools from Harbor Freight

[Old Dirtbeard]

Glad you are having luck with HF tools.  I have a HF a couple miles down the road, but stopped shopping there five years ago or so as I ultimately regretted buying whatever I bought.


Clearly you cannot beat the prices, especially the sale prices, and most of their tools last a good while.


It is just that for the tools I bought from them, it seem like there was always something I had to cobble-up to get them working the way I wanted them to work.  I never enjoyed using them, and actually hoped for them to die so that I could justify buying a better quality replacement.  I eventually just gave a bunch of them to Goodwill and replaced them with name brand tools.


I also am not a big user of battery powered tools, tending to still use the corded version.  My old US-made, corded Milwaukee drills and saws just seem to work forever.


You know the old mantra that "Life is too short to use cheap tools."  I actually believe it and I truly enjoy using my US-made  Proto, SK , Armstrong, Starrett, etc., tools.


Since Armstrong Tools is being shutdown, I have been buying their tools at tool discounters at good prices:  http://www.tooldiscounter.com/catalog/ARM.htm  I got some great screwdriver sets, sockets, rails, click torque wrenches, etc.


For non-pneumatic power tools, I suppose since Milwaukee and others now are making their tools in China as well, maybe it does not matter so much for them.


best,


doug


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From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2017 8:21 AM
To: George P. Dausch IV
Cc: Shop Talk
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Power Tools from Harbor Freight

Hercules or Bauer?


On 11/4/2017 1:49 AM, George P. Dausch IV wrote:
> I recently purchased two large hammer drill / jackhammer units.  Truly amazing quality and they are still being used daily for wall demolition.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Nov 3, 2017, at 6:25 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> OK, I admit it; I buy stuff there, esp. since they built a new store less than 2 miles from my house.  It appears they've conjured up a couple new 'brands' to go with long-time 'favorite' Chicago Electric: 'Bauer' and 'Hercules.'  I'm not in the market--well, we're all always potentially 'in the market' amiright?--and my old Makita 9V driver/drill with fresh batteries does all the power stuff I need, but I can't help but be curious. These new brands appear to be higher quality: Hercules > Bauer > Chicago Electric, and I checked them out last time I burned a 20% off coupon and they looked good to me.  Has anyone bought any of the Hercules or Bauer tools and put them through the paces? I've had some Chicago Electric stuff--particularly a 4" grinder and a buffer--that have done yeoman's duty for years, if the newer brands approach DeWalt, Milwaukee, Snap-On, etc. quality at significantly less cost those brands could be in trouble and, truth be told, they probably all come from the sa
 me Chinese/Taiwanese/Indonesian/Indian factories anyway (maybe not Snap-On).  It appears to me HF has upped their game over the last few years and they can't be beat for that esoteric tool you may use once every 3 years.  Plus: free flashlights!!!
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>> Bob
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