Harbor Freight tools thread.

Used my 25% coupon for 5mil gloves, magnetic glove holder, and a 3/8 flex head ratchet. And wobble extensions

 

I did too for a set of grinding wheels and this

I'm coming back later for some welding pliers and a step stool.

 

so i did a thing last night.....





Was calibrating my torque wrenches.... broke @ ~130ftlbs with all of a half inch extension clamped vertical. If my crude math mind is correct it broke at around 3120lbs of spreading force..... I cant blame it for giving up. Guess ill be grabbing another vice today. NEVER had an issue in the past with their vises, just me being dumb and not realizing how much spreading force i was applying.

 

Well it back

 

eh, cast metal, not worth my time when a new one is 50 bucks, and i never really did like the whole ability to turn the head on it, im probably gonna get ye ole standard bench vise.

 

I love the ability to turn the vise head. Just yesterday I used both sides of the vice.

 

Don' forget the free Chinese garbage

 

Lemme know how you like that table, considering this vs building one

 

Has anybody tried the plastic welder from HF? I'm thinking about the 60+$ one with the blower motor. Twenty some years ago,I laid down my 83' gold wing, and busted up a bunch of plastic. I took it to a backyard mechanic that had a shingle out in his front yard that said plastic welding. He put everything back together, and nothing broke in the 6 years after. I think he used a soldering iron and bic pen shells.
Last week I hit a coyote and cracked my front bumper, and I'm think if he can do that with a soldering iron and old pens ,maybe I could stick this back together.

 

Well i went to HF and the 5in standard vise had a slightly different hole pattern, the 6in standard vise was all of 5 bucks cheaper so i just got the same 5in multi vise again, no biggie, 54 bucks out the door with the 25% off coupon.

 

I haven't.

 

Not bad.

 

That vise is a shadow of what it was 10 years ago, here is mine of that vintage, that has been beaten to within an inch of its life more than once:



Also 90 days warranty on a vise is 220% B.S.--90 years would be more in keeping with what I would expect from a vise...

 

those lil 200 lumen light switch things are bad freaking ass, grabbed one the other day and i mounted it in a lil cubby hole i keep my small safe in. making lighting things up easy easy and freaking bright.

 

Have one. It's great. It payed for itself by fixing a kayak. It takes a little practice, but not too hard to get It down.

 

Did you get the under 50$ one or the over 50$ welder?

 

Mine is at least 5 yrs old, it's a hot air model similar to what is now more than $50. If you have any regular welding experience, you'll figure it out quick. You just have to manage burn through If you're patching thin stuff. I practiced on my plastic garbage cans first. They come with several different types of plastic filler material. If you use the wrong kind, you'll know, because It won't adhere to your work piece.

 

Anyone have experiences with Harbor Freight batteries AAA, AA, D and such?

 

Dont bother, not worth the savings over Duracell or the like.

Even the free AAs have been sitting in my junk droor for a few months as I used them for a remote and they ran out in about 2 weeks.