G'Afternoon, Woods....awfully quiet in here.

Chris, I hope it isn't Judge Judy or Judge Jeannine....they'll kick your a$$!

 

Halito Wooders..... I've said I would never buy anything expensive or large tool related item from Harbor Freight. Well I went up today and bought a five drawer tool cart for extra storage. Starting to place bike parts and tools in it. And other miscellaneous odds and ends. Trying to lighten the load in my SnapOn boxes. Organize somewhat and get rid of some things I have not used for 30 years. The tool cart seems pretty stout. Took about an hour to assemble and had to have son come over and help me put the box into the stand. From what I've seen/read, seems the quality on some of their tools has improved. Almost to the point I may buy a few odds and ends in the future.
And reading some of your threads, I want to thank a couple of you for mentioning dog food. Gotta head up to the pet store and get a large bag. So lurker out.....

 

I used to buy a lot of my basic tools from HF. The only power tools I bought from them were angle grinders, and then only when on sale. I've been pretty happy. My biggest surprise was the ratcheting wrenches that are 12+ years old & still work great. I miss wrenching...a lot. There's something fulfilling about a tangible accomplishment that my daily keyboard victories don't provide.

 

Hey, Denny, MarCUZ.....when I was building the 280Z Roadster by cutting the top and hatch off a '76 Datsun , I had to do a lot of sheet metal fabrication. This was about 12yrs ago. I bought almost every pneumatic tool they had, most of which was under $20 with coupons. I just counted 12 different tools. I used them a lot and not a single one ever failed. The key was two drops of air tool oil at the beginning of the day. two years ago when I was doing the front yard from hell, I had to change the heights of the water valve and gas valve curb boxes that were set in 5 " of concrete. I easily would have been there over a day with the tools I had.I went to HF with my wife and bought a SDS Rotary hammer Drill, bits and chisel set and a 8" grinder for $160 with coupons. I had a 9" diamond blade. I had the job done in 45 minutes. Tools worked flawlessly.

Another part of the project was pavers for sidewalks that required a lot of cuts. I checked with two rental places and they wanted over a $100/day for a wet saw rental. A mason friend of mine told me to buy the "better" one from HF. Got it on sale for a little over $200 . I bought a $150 diamond blade from one of my suppliers for $60. I used the hell out of that saw for the pavers, stone on two sets of steps and front of my garages. Again, the tools worked perfectly. For the every day handyman, you can't beat they're stuff.

 

I am back from my meetings. Entirely.too many with not much said and lots of wasted time...

Al, I am the same way. Buy the tool is cheaper than renting and you have when you need it again. You learn how to do the work too! Win, win!

 

How's all doing? Beer 30 is upon us.

 

Hey, Dan.....how have you been? At my age, I should be selling tools not buying more...

 

one last night of werk...then the all mighty weekend.

 

Evening gents!