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Originally Posted by Bedlam  gemini,
glad it worked out for you, you now have two .
Ive used the HF one for some time now with good results , best that can be expected.But A buddy of mine has the Northern tool one I saw it on the wall and expected he had paid allot for it/ But when he said 90 something dollars I was thinking he was mistaken .Went home and searched it and found he was right on the money It looks like a good machine.Definitely worth the money.
Odd how this can be , I bought a manual tire changer from NT many years ago,
It worked well paid about 140 dollars at the time.And I now see HF has them for less much less..so ya never know.. Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices Northern Industrial Manual Tire Changer — Handles Tires up to 20in. | Tire Changers | Northern Tool + Equipment
The grinders sure don't suck. \
for $9.99 they are throw aways although Ive yet to. I was suspicious when it came with extra brushes. i thought maybe they would wear fast, but i have been mistaken |
Thank you.
From your experiences sounds like the harbor freight tool will probably do the job. I did not like some things about it and when I bought it the intent in my mind was to compare it to the Northern tool sharpener unless i just loved the Harbor freight version. Although it is more money for around 100.00 including shipping you get a far superior tool. Unless the money difference is a big factor I would definetly go with the northern version. I did manufacture a bit different mount for mine though. I took a piece of angle iron and welded a couple of bolts on to it that matched the bolt pattern of the sharpener. I mounted the sharpener to the angle iron and now when I use the sharpener i just put the bottom of the angel iron in my vise and have a nice stable temporary mount.
Yes I have two for now. I have a friend that just got divorced and is recovering from the economic fallout of that. He does not have one so I will probably give my HF one to him