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Just saw one in the store today for $800. Looked pretty good for $640 with coupon. |
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... Hmm, this thread is approaching a quarter million views.
I suppose someone will want me to say a few words at the 250,000 mark? Very well then I shall prepare something. |
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... http://www.harborfreight.com/profess...kit-45951.html
301 peice mechanics tool set PASS, i bought it for my brother so he could fix his dirt bike and work on his truck, and has never had a problem with them and they get used hard, he has had the set for almost 2 years now, my dad even bought a set to keep in the tractor for feild use lots of tools for cheapthe shalow 1/2 inch drive even held up when used on the mac air impact i gave my brother last christmas http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-to...set-34683.html 13 Piece 1/2" Metric Deep Wall Impact Socket Set MASSIVE FAIL, a guy at my work had them for about 2 weeks using mainly the 19 and the 21mm, the 21mm failed when the 1/2 inch drive slot wore loose and the socket wouldnt stay on any of the drive heads, the 19mm shattered when taking off a wheel he was really lucky he and no one else was hurt |
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... http://www.harborfreight.com/13-piec...-set-1847.html
FAIL: bought them and put them in my toolbox in my car, on maybe a 90-degree day. Pull one out to unscrew some bits of trim on my car, and the HANDLE starts rotating around the metal shaft, which is staying stationary along with the screw. The handle had softened sufficiently in the heat to become rubbery. I'll say again: this was not that much heat either! I let them cool down inside and they resolidified, but my god, what cheap plastic. I'm not in the polymer industry, I understand it has something to do with the length of the polymer chains that make a plastic more or less rigid, and the stiffer plastics/longer chains are more expensive. They must have used some real short polymers to turn semisolid at 90F |
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... the last garage i rented with friends, there was 10 of us in the garage. Skill levels are all over the place. Some people abuse tools, others had more finesse.
one garage mate picked up the 115 piece titanium nitride coated drill bit set. This gets a huge PASS I have witnessed all of these bits get abused/miss used and tortured. They drilled through stainless steel schedule 40 weld ells that we make turbo headers out of, and various other hard things. I seen people over speed the bits--dull them to where smoke was rolling off what they were drilling. Put a new edge on it though and kept on going. http://www.harborfreight.com/115-pie...-set-1611.html what killed this set was people never putting bits back where they got them. all the bits basically came up missing. with this in mind, i bought myself the cobalt drill bit set on sale for 99.99 plus another 20% off. i will say, they seem to be nice quality. if they last like the above set did i would be happy. so far they are doing well, but i dont generally abuse my bits. so far a pass, but jury is still out i also picked up the left hand drill bit set. the 1st set i bought i used up on broken bolts or whatever. they got abused, and i even broke some of them. they get a pass though as they got the job done. the failure was caused by me. I bought a second set to replenish the bits i already broke. worth having in the box just in case. i give them a pass http://www.harborfreight.com/13-piec...set-95146.html next up is this long neck funnel. http://www.harborfreight.com/18-inch...nel-66479.html if you only have one funnel in the garage this is the one to have. it is strong and durable, and long enough to reach most hard places or use in gas tank filler necks. i have a few around the garage. a pass this 6 piece stainless steel pick set also gets a pass. http://www.harborfreight.com/6-piece...set-93514.html this is not a "strong" pick set like something you use to pull seals or what have you. more or less for fine work. they are more like dental picks than automotive style. but they have come in handy for me. none the less a pass i bought a set of their wooden handled ball pein hammer set too for the home garage. i give it a pass. However, you may need to buy some hammer wedges to pick up the slop in the handles to hammer heads. I get those for 10 for a buck at the flea market, so no big deal. even my more expensive hammers will need a new wedge in the top after a few years of abuse. i dont see a link to them on their website though. just the fiberglass handled version. I prefer a wood handle. But i always used a wood ball bat instead of an aluminum one even while playing college ball. |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I bought the left hand bit set.. Didn't drill very well at all IMO. And yes, the drill was set in the correct direction ;) Maybe I'll give them another shot on the next broken bolt I have.
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I purchase the 3 in 1 flooring nailer last year and did my entire house with it. I used Bostich cleats in it that I purchased locally. It preformed very well. Never misfired or jammed. Not ever. The purchase price was less than the cost to rent one at my local home improvement store. A good deal for sure. PASS
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I had spent the extra $$$ on a porter cable brand flooring nailer and it worked very well. But when the pro's were rebuilding my mother's house I noticed they were using the HF flooring nailer, and their floors came out nearly perfect. So in this case I'd purchase the HF flooring nailer if I had to do it all over again. |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I have always shunned HF but, there drawer lining material is 7.99 for 18 X 72 Home cheapot sells 18 X48 for 6.99, I have also bought a wire brush set round for cleaning the box end of wrenches both PASS
I have not had a problem with the socket clips KINDA pass |
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A few years ago at HF (when they used to sell individual drill bits), I picked up a pair of 3/8" Cobalt drill bits that were made somewhere in a former Soviet country. Excellent quality - quite possibly the best drill bit I've ever owned. My other Cobalt bits are Dewalt brand, made in Germany, and they're not the equal of the HF EasternBloc Cobalt bits. |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I bought two of the 12-ton H frame bottle jack presses in July. The one has been totally fine. The second, we only took out of the box last week. And right away the jack failed. Bled it numerous times, but it kept failing. So yesterday afternoon, exchanged it for another. After the 3rd crank down on the handle it made a "pop" sound. But we released and started cranking over again till the bar went down to where we needed it. Woke up this morning to find it failed sometime overnight. This is extremely frustrating, as the closest HF store is 1.5 hours away. FAIL. (2 out of 3 bottle jacks thusfar, at least)http://www.harborfreight.com/media/c.../image_240.jpg
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