Harbour freight
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On The Tree
Joined: Jan 2012
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Harbour freight There is a 25% coupon for just today. Any tool you guys recommend? Things I need but not urgent needs are
Torque wrench
Orbital polisher
Ladder
You guys have any suggestions.
Thanks
Torque wrench
Orbital polisher
Ladder
You guys have any suggestions.
Thanks
Teching In
Joined: May 2009
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From: Chicago burbs
Hot rod tested a bunch of tq wenches a while back and the harbor freight click style ones were accurate enough for home use. Also their welding table for like 59.99 on sale isn't bad when assembled properly it is quite sturdy and folds away
FormerVendor
Joined: Dec 2013
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From: Indiana
^ what Travis said. There are several things I've bought from HF and had good luck with. I'd say the best purchases I've made from them were jackstands, welding table, welding cart, and some other little stuff.
Teching In
Joined: Mar 2015
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Harbor Freight tools that I bought and love:
4"x6" metal cutting bandsaw
20" production drill press
link belts for above drill press
folding welding table
½" low speed high torque electric drill
⅜" and ¼" drive torque wrenches (I still use my Snap-On for important things)
welding cart
wall mounted tool cabinet
any of the pittsburgh sockets and extensions
metric tap and die set
115 pc cobalt drill bit set
4x36 bench belt and disc sander
hand-held orbital sander
heavy duty 4.5" grinder (blue model with paddle switch)
Things I bought and had issues with:
90 degree air die grinder - the head keeps coming loose during use, works otherwise. This still gets limited use.
¼" straight air die grinder - the paddle switch is defective and it spins as soon as air is hooked up. This got thrown out since it was only ~$10.
13" 16 speed floor model drill press - bad runout, sounded like it had rocks inside it, and spindle was not square to table. I returned this and got the 20" model above
6" bench grinder - doesn't have enough power to work well with a wire wheel. Not really an issue anymore since it has become my dedicated tungsten sharpener.
4"x6" metal cutting bandsaw
20" production drill press
link belts for above drill press
folding welding table
½" low speed high torque electric drill
⅜" and ¼" drive torque wrenches (I still use my Snap-On for important things)
welding cart
wall mounted tool cabinet
any of the pittsburgh sockets and extensions
metric tap and die set
115 pc cobalt drill bit set
4x36 bench belt and disc sander
hand-held orbital sander
heavy duty 4.5" grinder (blue model with paddle switch)
Things I bought and had issues with:
90 degree air die grinder - the head keeps coming loose during use, works otherwise. This still gets limited use.
¼" straight air die grinder - the paddle switch is defective and it spins as soon as air is hooked up. This got thrown out since it was only ~$10.
13" 16 speed floor model drill press - bad runout, sounded like it had rocks inside it, and spindle was not square to table. I returned this and got the 20" model above
6" bench grinder - doesn't have enough power to work well with a wire wheel. Not really an issue anymore since it has become my dedicated tungsten sharpener.
