1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

HF is great, I like the icon and Doyle line of stuff. I got this German pipe wrench not that long and and it’s been great.
There’s a lot I’ll buy icon and just replace with something like Williams or Porto as things break or get lost in a set.
Some things I absolutely won’t cheap on, like allen keys, I stand by wera ones, best I’ve ever used.

some stuff I have knipex and a HF clone of it. Use them interchangeably, other than looks I can’t tell the difference

 

Shoot I may end up with a Siegmund table (possibly) before I upgrade my plasma cutter

I can cut up to 3/8" with my 45XP and there are others that cut 1/2" and 3/4" with it as well - if I regularly end up doing 3/8" I'll go with a 65Sync but at almost $5k, the Siegmund makes more sense

You meant Harbor Freight plasma cutter right? If so, keep it as you can still use it if you ever buy a CNC table

 

Yeah we have a few, bring them out a lot when we need to make accurate holes in structural steel on job sites. They work way better than a hand drill that’s for sure

 

I think I own every icon hand tool they offer by now…

Yup, I have the Titanium 45, thing works great! I had it at ~37a for 1/4” and it did it with ease so 3/8” is probably in play for this thing.

 

The only real difference is, Hypertherm is made in USA and their real strength is in their torch and consumable setup

However, it's more about longer-life than anything else with consumables

I say this having ran a Chinese plasma cutter with Chinese consumables over 3 years before that - I still had amazing results, square cuts, and made many precise parts but with less consumable life

 

I love the Icon version of the Knipex wrench, it's crazy nice

 

Ya, zero parts or service available for this thing… But I picked it up for ~$380 at one of their liquidation sales so I’ll run it until it’s trash!

 

I have a good amount on their stuff, but definitely nothing crazy, I use a lot of different brands, from mid grade to high end tool truck stuff

 

Their smooth jaw pliers are nice

 

yeaaa been eyeing those pliers hard. just trying to justify the cost when channel locks work fine enough most of the time