Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[plumberroy]

The 1 x 30 "zirc" sanding belts are great for taking wood of handles fast when you are rehafting axes

 

[Handloader109]

What are you using it for? General stuff, or nail guns/tools? stationary or mobile?

95% stationary. I might drag out to fill tire if totally flat, and to house to do some work, but it will live on shop. is a once every 2 to 3 week use for 4 to 6 hours straight. then just a tank of air every few days for small job. nailer is loud also, I've taken to wearing muffs anyway. 2000 to 3000 16g nails at waist level in a few hours will deaden you.

oh, and yep, tossed the roll of flux wire that came with my 90amp welder. good .035 Lincoln wire is way better, but it really is marginally decent welder

 

[hunt4570]

95% stationary. I might drag out to fill tire if totally flat, and to house to do some work, but it will live on shop. is a once every 2 to 3 week use for 4 to 6 hours straight. then just a tank of air every few days for small job. nailer is loud also, I've taken to wearing muffs anyway. 2000 to 3000 16g nails at waist level in a few hours will deaden you.

oh, and yep, tossed the roll of flux wire that came with my 90amp welder. good .035 Lincoln wire is way better, but it really is marginally decent welder

My guess is you will need a decent sized one if that's your uses..

I recently bought a Dewalt 20v cordless framing nailer after my porter cable pneumatic of 20 plus years finally gave up. What a nice tool it is, very quiet, does its job well and no hose to mess with.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Someone was asking about the HF 4' LED shop lights a few days ago. They're on sale, this weekend for $19.99 instead of regular $29.99.

4 Ft. LED Hanging Shop Light

 

[dragoneggs]

Someone was asking about the HF 4' LED shop lights a few days ago. They're on sale, this weekend for $19.99 instead of regular $29.99.

4 Ft. LED Hanging Shop Light

Hoping someone that has both the HF and Costco LED shop lights would chime in with a comparison.

 

[dragoneggs]

Second time using my 2T HF 'Cherry Picker'. First time was to lift the bed off my F150. Today I used it to lift the front of my Z turn to remove and sharpen the blades. My lift points were on the mower deck... probably not the best but it worked okay. I am really liking this thing but I think I will add an 8T air over hydraulic cylinder because I am lazy. A 30mm impact socket made quick work of blade removal once I realized they weren't reverse threads as I assumed. :confused2:



The fact that the legs quickly fold up and the boom can be retracted and folds down by completely compressing the piston makes it store with not too big of a footprint. :thumbsup:

 

[plumberroy]

I haven't read through all 1156 pages has anyone mentioned the jump boxes they sell? I pull mine out of the car tonight. New young man mowing at the church. Ran the tractor out of fuel. We are close to needing a new battery on the tractor. I hooked it up let it set a couple minutes and cranked the tractor right up. I have started everything here that has a battery with it at some point I have used it and a small inverter to power a pump to inflate air mattresses when camping

 

[hunt4570]

Hoping someone that has both the HF and Costco LED shop lights would chime in with a comparison.

I do not have any o the Costco lights, but I have some from amazon and lowes and 7 of these from HF, hands down the HF are better and way brighter!!

 

[4get gto]

I do not have any o the Costco lights, but I have some from amazon and lowes and 7 of these from HF, hands down the HF are better and way brighter!!

Interesting. The HF ones are single bulb.? Are the others single as well??

 

[dragoneggs]

Interesting. The HF ones are single bulb.? Are the others single as well??

Costco is double.