Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[dragoneggs]

The one I have has legs that fold flat to the center upright.

Yep, I single bolt on each leg. Just don't over tighten them.

 

[hutchman]

Hey Hutch, I have been eyeing them for a long time and pulled the trigger on one today along with a rolling stand for my HF tile saw. I noticed a couple of minor issues on the display unit at the store and made some slight mods to mine during assembly this afternoon. We lost power so I was working in daylight only. Did finally fire up the generator so I could turn the overhead shop lights on!

I found exactly the same thing as you. Parts list wrong. Same extra parts, etc. as you. I used additional washers I already had so I put washers under head and tail side. I also made a couple of bushings to fit inside the tube so the tube wouldn't collapse when attaching the swivel plates. Used locktite on the four nuts connecting the table to the legs. For some reason those were not nylock nuts. Legs do fold!!! Pretty dang sturdy for $59! I also noticed too that they are expandable so I may get another one and tie them together. It is supporting my cutoff saw at the moment.

I posted some pics of it in action tonight http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ions-please-post-post4261938.html#post4261938

I like it a lot!

 

[Wa11banger]

First week report for the 3 in 1 framing nailer from HF.. I am not a professional builder, carpenter, any of that "er" stuff and if you are, why are you trolling this thread lol

First it is incredibly cheap (pricewise) bought it for 119 and it goes on sale for 99 in 2 days so I will be going back for that credit

The good:
compared to those I picked up at the local HD it seems to be in the same weight class not much lighter like most cheaper products usually are
Instructions are easy and are on the nail rail of the gun so you don't have to keep going back to printed manual depending on what nails you are using
It misfired only twice, and exactly as described if it gets too low on nails.. Both times while shooting nails upwards and with only 3 nails left in the rail
Used it with both 21 deg and 34 degree 2" , 3-1/4", and 3-1/2" nails.. The 21 deg nails were Dewalt brand bought at HD the 34 degree were bought at HF. It fired both easily
Framed and built most of a one sided barn this past weekend. Will put up pics and a build thread shortly
Extremely efficient on air.. was set at 68 lbs to set 3"+ nails that is 2 lbs lighter than recommended in the manual

The bad
Cannot plunge fire the nail gun.. It has to press and then pull trigger to fire.. Not really a bad thing but I thought it should be able to plunge fire
The grip is a little small (diameter) in my opinion but I cannot tell you if others are larger. Maybe they are all that small? Maybe I have big hands?


Unrelated bad:
Although the nails at HF are much cheaper this time they actually come that way because they suck.. I bought the 34 degree ringed nails and the plastic glue on the ends never melted they pulled fairly easy whereas the dewalt nails that plastic glue seemed to melt when driven in and was much, much harder to remove the nail..

So far a great purchase, time will tell as I have a house to build.. If it survives that then it is a great great purchase

 

[PILOON]

I thought I was the only one... My wife does the same

But when mine goes dress shopping I'm the one that stays in the car!

 

[California]

First week report for the 3 in 1 framing nailer from HF.. ...

Thanks for the great report. I want one!

Does anyone know if the 21 degree (only) full-head nailer is noticeably lighter? They list 9 lbs for it vs 12 lbs for this 3-in-1, but the shipping weights are nearly the same and I couldn't feel any difference in the store.

 

[TomSeller]

But when mine goes dress shopping I'm the one that stays in the car!

I sure hope so

 

[txdon]

I sure hope so

Now Tomseller, you miss out on explaining to your wife that the "Clearance" rack means "On Sale" not stay clear of.
(Before you are sent to the car):thumbsup:

 

[IslandTractor]

But when mine goes dress shopping I'm the one that stays in the car!

I also sit in the car until I am summoned to give an opinion on her selections. Tricky business. I've learned to quickly give my first impression and then head back to the car before the followup questions come. Never want to get to the "does this make my butt look big" or "is this too young" questions. I just tell her I have to get back to tractor **** on my iphone and bolt.

 

[TomSeller]

Now Tomseller, you miss out on explaining to your wife that the "Clearance" rack means "On Sale" not stay clear of.
(Before you are sent to the car):thumbsup:

My wife used to think something was wrong with anything that was on sale and would buy what was full price. So, yes, she would "stay clear". It took a long time for her to come around to paying attention to prices.

 

[sixdogs]

My wife used to think something was wrong with anything that was on sale and would buy what was full price. So, yes, she would "stay clear". It took a long time for her to come around to paying attention to prices.

You could put my wife--or most women--in a store with no price tags and when they checked out would somehow have chosen the most expensive items in each department. In just in their DNA.