Harbor Freight tools thread.

The ratchet internals are imported, and that’s the part that matters.

Never seen a ratchet break, only the internals.

 

When the Sears tool department was in their prime I had one store with an elderly lady that would rebuild "my" ratchets for me as I watched. She showed me how easy it was. I really miss that gal, she was a legit "tool woman". I hope she's enjoying her retirement somewhere nice.

Maybe a good Ace hardware will have the rebuild parts, IDK but it never hurts to ask.

 

I went to HF today for some shrink wrap, and used that as an excuse to pick up the butane micro torch. Been wanting to grab one for a long time, am not disappointed.

 

Just don't leave it on in the passenger seat and catch your truck on fire, then have insurance buy you a new 4runner.

 

Return on investment looks a lot better in that scenario..

 

Thanks fir the reminder. I need a micro torch. Actually heading over now.

 

Savage!!!

 

Well, shit! All the HF stores around me are sold out of the 1195# trailer kits!

 

How about that micro torch though?

 

Done.

 

Next shopping trip

 

It will come in handy for soldering butt connectors..

 

Picked up a 4” bench vise for $29 and a free multi meter !

 

Those cases are perfect for that.

 

Picked up a new digital caliper. Interesting in that it not only displays mm and inches, you can have it display fractional inches as in 11/16, 5/8, etc. Never seen one that does that.

 

I'm a bit leary of the HF butane torches. I have two--one leaks around the knob and the other piezoelectric igniter failed and also I cannot refill it. The input valve leaks.

 

I used to be a machinist and that's a new one on me too...and I used a LOT of different calipers.

To be fair, if I wanted to see fractions of an inch, I'd use a tape measure so I think they solved a problem that wasn't a problem....but it's kinda cool that it does it

 

Yeah, I don't know why I'd ever use this function but it's kinda cool.

 

It would be pretty handy for sizing drill bits that have had the sizes gouged off from a slipping chuck.

 

Because ‘murica.