Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[3Ts]

Need a recommendation: I need to do some straight and angled cuts in 2" square tubing, A500, 1/8" thickness. Are teh 14" chop saws at HF up to the task, or should I be investing in a better tool?

It'll work. That is not a challenge for the cut-off saws. Tractor Supply also has a cut-off that appears to be identical to the HF one.

 

[lostcreekranch]

How about this one.

Thanks Ron. It's a bit more than $300.

I wonder if you can use a 20% coupon? At least that would get it to about $320.

 

[5030]

Don't much care for abrasive cut off saws (chop saws). They are dirty and loud. I prefer a cold saw and have one.

 

[5030]

How about this one.

The unit I have.

 

[newbury]

Noticed a lot of bare shelves at HF today. Buddy of mine said the one he frequents has not been restocked on a lot of items.

Similar experience in Tupelo, MS last week. Was last in the store about mid Feb store was stocked normally. This trip there were lots of empty shelves and a lot of customers compared to normal. May be that more homeowners are fixing things. I wanted knee pads, moving dollies, and a few other items. They were out of all. But they did have about 5 employees stocking shelves.

I wonder how heavy that Bauer is. My neighbor gave me an old Milwaukee deep cut band saw USA made (had to get new tires for it) but I bet that thing weighs 30 pounds or more. I sure dont remember them being that heavy when I used them 40 years ago.

They probably were not "that heavy 40 years ago." I've found that many of my tools have become heavier over the last ten years.

Has anyone tried the online order recently?

 

[kenmbz]

I did an online order about a week ago and have my items already. Nothing big though, sockets and such.

 

[hunt4570]

They probably were not "that heavy 40 years ago." I've found that many of my tools have become heavier over the last ten years.

Kind of the reason I got out of painting, the ladders got heavier every year.. and they were the same ladders!

 

[5030]

I need to get a new set of ac gauges. Actually Amazon is priced slightly lower than HF but I don't want to wait a month, I need them sooner than that. Amazon shipping is really sucking lately.

Don't particularly like Amazon anyway because I don't much care for Jeff Bezos.

 

[5030]

How about this one.

Thats it... a 20 off coupon will east the hurt quite a bit.

 

[TMGT]

If you use this coupon code 39254180 it will get you $100 off the air dryer making it $300