On 12/14/2007 3:08 PM, Lan Barnes wrote:
On Fri, December 14, 2007 2:19 pm, Randall Shimizu wrote:
Harbor Freight stuff is pretty good for hand tools and tools that you only
occasionally use.. I am not sure I would trust Harbor Freight for
electronics or power tools...!! Awhile back I was there and they actually
had a car lift. Supposedly Harbor Freight is going to open a new location
in SD somewhere soon.
They have a location in El Cajon, San Marcos, and Chula Vista (off 5 at L
Street, my personal fave). I get a lot of stuff for my biodiesel hobby.
I recommend buying walk-in because otherwise returns have to go through
the mails. Also, before going in, cut discount ads out of their catalog or
print them off the web site. The stores will honor any printed discounts,
which can be considerable.
IMHO their reputation for shoddiness is way overblown. If you're a pro,
buy pro tools by all means. But if you use a particular tool only
occasionally, HF is the way to go.
Three weeks ago I took a trip with a friend who brought a 300W inverter
to power his laptop. It was originally from Radio Shack, and although it
had worked well for several years it blew the cigarette lighter fuse the
first time he plugged it in. He then bought another inverter at a K-Mart
along the way. After 5 minutes of the 300W inverter running his 100W or
so laptop it started to smell and was so hot you couldn't touch it. The
fan in the inverter wasn't running. Blowing air past it with the vents
on the dashboard of the truck cooled it off and it worked fine the rest
of the trip.
Quite a few years ago a friend bought a vise at Harbor Freight. While
grinding something he had clamped in the vise he accidentally hit the
vise with the grinder. Turned out a good part of the rather-sizable bulk
and shape of the vise was bondo. After he had ground off all the bondo
there was a rather puny, very rough looking piece of cast iron in the
middle.
Karl
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