Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck
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prichard
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That's highly regarded. Haven't got one yet.
PhysAssist
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Hey I can't say ANYthing about the "HarBERT*"freight ones, but I bought one from Harbor Freight- and I can only tell that it looks and feels decently heavy-duty and well-made, because I haven't any occasion to use it yet, despite trying to figure out something it's necessary for...
It's a real problem too, because I had to have the Ms. swap out the old model I bought [not knowing it was getting closed out] for one of the newer bigger bite ones because they new ones came on sale for what I bought the old one for.
Of course, she was trying to get me to just return it for the $, and not make the swap, saying: "What do we need it for anyway- we have all kinds of other saws around here already..."
Oh well...
Good luck!
PA
PS: *Just sayin' because HF is HF either way...
SpringHollow
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I recently bought the portable bandsaw and it works well for cutting off lengths of stock from the rack. More convenient than dragging a 20' piece to the horizontal bandsaw when you only need a couple of feet.
Ken
Ken
SpringHollow
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So far, I have only used it to rough cut bar stock prior to machining. I found it very easy to use and cut quicker than I expected. I did not pay much attention to the quality of the cut. If it was ugly, I would have noticed. This was the Bauer brand one (#63444) that I got for $99. Well worth that cost.
Ken
Ken
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I have one. It works pretty good.. Only thing is to get better blades pretty much right off the bat. The one that comes with it is a wood blade.
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I have the portable bandsaw that HF has sold for several years, not the new deep clearance one.
I like it. Any time I could reach for a hacksaw I use this instead and finish the cut in seconds.
Mine needed a little 'Some Assembly Required' to align the slot in the foot parallel to the blade, to make it cut on or parallel to a guide line. After that, no problems. Well worth whatever it cost.
Here's a thread over on WeldingWeb where I posted the same as what I would post here in reply to you, with pictures and everything.
Any luck with the HF porta band?
I think the bandsaw was discussed in this thread years ago - good luck finding it.
One more point, there is a company that makes a bench mount for it similar to the photo someone put in that Welding Web thread. The blade runs vertical with a worktable to slide the material into the blade.
I like it. Any time I could reach for a hacksaw I use this instead and finish the cut in seconds.
Mine needed a little 'Some Assembly Required' to align the slot in the foot parallel to the blade, to make it cut on or parallel to a guide line. After that, no problems. Well worth whatever it cost.
Here's a thread over on WeldingWeb where I posted the same as what I would post here in reply to you, with pictures and everything.
Any luck with the HF porta band?
I think the bandsaw was discussed in this thread years ago - good luck finding it.
One more point, there is a company that makes a bench mount for it similar to the photo someone put in that Welding Web thread. The blade runs vertical with a worktable to slide the material into the blade.
SpringHollow
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The blade that came with mine cut stainless easily.
Ken
Ken
