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<p>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.</p>
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<p>Clearly you cannot beat the prices, especially the sale prices, and most of their tools last a good while.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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. </p>
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<p>Since Armstrong Tools is being shutdown, I have been buying their tools at tool discounters at good prices: <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="http://www.tooldiscounter.com/catalog/ARM.htm" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk467205" previewremoved="true" style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.tooldiscounter.com/catalog/ARM.htm</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I
got some great screwdriver sets, sockets, rails, click torque wrenches, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">etc.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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.</span></p>
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<p>best,</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 4, 2017 8:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> George P. Dausch IV<br>
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<div class="PlainText">Hercules or Bauer?<br>
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On 11/4/2017 1:49 AM, George P. Dausch IV wrote:<br>
> I recently purchased two large hammer drill / jackhammer units. Truly amazing quality and they are still being used daily for wall demolition.<br>
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>> On Nov 3, 2017, at 6:25 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:<br>
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>> 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<br>
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!!!<br>
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