Harbor Freight tools thread.

I questioned on here about a 3 ton floor jack a couple weeks ago. I Bought the 3 ton Daytona floor jack from harbor freight last night. Went with the Daytona over the Pittsburg because it had around 4 extra inches of lift. Unboxed it last night but havnt used it yet. Very nice feeling jack. Without weight it will go all the way up with just 5 pumps. Only complaint is the jack alone weights over 100 pounds but it rolls very easy so it's really not an issue. I'll make another post after I get time to use it and see how it works

 

Not bad for a $16 sprayer. An hour and 15 minutes to do 2 coats on 70ft of fence.

 

that's pretty darn good!

 

Better than a sharp stick in the eye. I talked to my neighbor who put up the new fence, took him and his wife 6 hours to brush/roll their side. I think I came out ahead on this one haha

 

haha uhh yea you definitely did. you missed that lone 4x4 post though

 

Shhhsh, you weren't supposed to see that!

 

I bought their hitch mounted cargo carrier for $40 last weekend.

It is the steel one here: I haven't put it together, yet, but it'll be the foundation for carrying my beer keg tailgate smoker. If I make the brackets and mounting points just right, I'll be able to cook while driving.

 

I have both the 1/2" and 3/8". Tested them at work where we have to calibrate our torque instruments once a year. Both dead balls on. Do they have Snap On fit and finish? Not quite but then, I'm not paying north of $400 for each of them. The few times a year I need them, they do the job quite nicely.

 

There's a big parking lot sale going on this weekend! Just picked up quite a few goodies.

• Soldering gun (absolutely fucking awesome)
• Trim tools
• Heat shrink
• Torque wrench
• 1/2" impact sockets
• 2' breaker bar
• Little alligator clip holder thingy to hold wires while soldering.

That was all $64 I think.

 

badlands 12k winch $286 this weekend

 

Are they actually not centered. I have a few sets of their Taiwanese impact sockets and all rotate true on my impact.

 

I have one or two across multiple sets that are noticing off center by just eyeballing it. All impact. Their chromeys appear more consistent as far as manufacturing goes. Decent luck with the quality of materials.

 

I have also noticed this, however not to an extent that makes their impact rated tools unusable. The hardening process for impact anvils, extensions, sockets, etc. will induce distortions unless very specifically and carefully controlled--"skimping" on this is no doubt a way they save money in the production of their impact rated stuff--and of course save money for those of us who do not need the ultimate precision of more expensive tools.

I went through 4 sets of HF's Silver & Deming twist drills before I found a set with acceptable runout, and even at that the 9/16th inch bit in set #4 was crap--replaced it with a Bosch bit, the others are OK...

 

I've never seen success with their drills (bits), surprised to of found someone to have luck. I have seen many a set go flying clear across the shop after a new guy tried them out.

Been consistently happy with common quality drills, Norseman or champion. Would be interested in a HF set for the truck tool bag.

 

Just hook up your exhaust and route it to the smoker?

 

Gotta agree with this^. I have found that the only thing the twist drills work on is wood.

 

I would not buy their (or anyone else's) cheap "titanium" twist drills, as I've got gobs of Morse, Vermont American I've accumulated over the years--however is high speed steel and if you can get one with straight bits is good deal. I've used them to drill cast iron, and mild and alloy steel with no problems--again, once you find a straight set.

They cut so well I damned near broke my wrist spinning the 7/8" bit with a Milwaukee "Hole Hawg" while cross-drilling some 2" square 11 ga. Shelby tubing. It grabbed when breaking through the far wall and I could not release the switch fast enough!

 

One other comment: Cheap twist drills are often not sharpened properly. Unless you are good at sharpening them with a bench grinder (I used to be) a

$150 Drill Doctor - DD750X 750X Drill Bit Sharpener for High-Speed Steel, Masonry, Carbide, Cobalt, & TiN-coated Drill Bits, with Adjustable Angles from 115° to 140°, Sharpens 3/32in – 3/4in Drill Bits gray/black

Drill Doctor sharpening tool is worth every penny...

 

Just used the HF vacuum brake bleeder which connects to an air compressor...third time using it, but it's probably the last time I'll use it. Too slow of a flow and very very inefficient with using the pressure. It took my 1+ hr to bleed 1.5 liters of fluid through the Tacoma. Compressor was running the whole time too. That said...it does work just fine.