Harbor Freight tools thread.

20% pff angle grinders today with coupon.

Picked up a third one for the shop.

 

By the specs the lumens are different but only by 50 lumens. Then the CRI is slightly off.

Most likely they are made by the same manufacturer.

 

The are in Calabasas, CA

 

I used it to make a house number plaque and it turned out decent, considering I haven't used one since high school (many decades ago). The saw seems well built and solid. Worked great and no complaints.

 

I don’t know, I think “decent” is an understatement. That looks pretty good!

 

anyone ever use one of these for bed light?

 

I have 6 of those as rock lights. Pretty good actually. Construction seems top tier (heavy cast aluminum and epoxy sealed housing) and the light output is really good for a work light/wide beam pattern.

 

Pics?

 

Pics never do justice to anything lighting but this is the best I got.




My outdoor lights are on but you can see the spread of light with a light in each wheel well and another under the rocker panel between the door jambs.

 

Too bad the leafs block a lot of the light behind the tire. Front and rockers are good for night wheeling, rear is good enough!
I'm considering doing a split front camera setup with two feeds, one over each tire to an aftermarket head unit so I can spot myself if need be.

 

cool. Nice set up!!
I was going to install in the storage bin in the bed. Leaving slack so I can pull it out to move around. And use the wire kit with switch, relay and fuse

 

Their business model is affordable tools but I welcome some internal testing so they don't sell crappy pot-metal stuff that breaks on first use.

My opinion is that if Harbor Freight, Lowes and HD continue on their current trajectory then Lowes and Home Depot may be known as the "expensive junk tool companies."

Personally I'm a fan of having both inexpensive and heavier quality items. My last visit to Harbor Freight I had the choice of a $24 Pittsburgh torque wrench or a $104 Icon. I chose the $24 model as I use it infrequently and is easy enough to calibrate.

I'm a fan of HF but it may take some time for them to lose the "Hobo Freight" endearing nickname.

 

is that a talon? If it is have you had any major issues with it?

 

Yup. It's a '95 Non-turbo. Its got gobs of issues, mostly rust. Has the usual rusty rockers and has some rot in the drivers shock tower that I'm gonna have to figure out how to fix. The engine leaks and smokes, but has over 237K. I bought it back in April from an old friends mother to use as a go to work beater. Actually helped replace the engine in it back when I was in high school in 2006. Thing has quickly been a thorn in my side ever since I bought it

 

Did it have any major issues...

 

They cannot even build a decent extension cord.

 

Who uses the ground plug anyways? Now you can plug it into any power strip or non-grounded extension cord. Imagine the new possibilities.

 

ground is over rated. You don’t need it until you need it….oh wait.

 

Ha. My $20 angle grinder has definitely paid for itself several times over between cutting off bedsides, cab mount chop, grinding off rusted bolts, using the flap discs to clean up crusty leaf springs and prep armor for touch ups, cutting ubolts, adding a hinge to the boat trailer, trimming up plexi to replace a broken window on my shell, and various house projects over the years. Sometimes is does struggle cutting thicker metals but for the most part it has been unstoppable.

 

Any long term reviews on the Hercules table saw? Been looking at the one with the rack and pinion..