Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[PhysAssist]

How about peanutbutter jars? View attachment 575793

Plastic mayo jars too....

 

[PhysAssist]

My Wife got together with my older sister last year and scanned a bunch of old family pictures, most of which I though had been lost after my Mother died in 2011. She printed a bunch of it and put it together in a photo album, which she gave me for Christmas. Best Christmas present I've ever gotten.

My SWMBO took all her family's childhood home movies [her dad, like mine was an old-time Kodak employee- so Super-8 films were prevalent] to a local photography store, and had them scanned into a DVD- her mother [in her early 80's] was thrilled, but the reality is no one else gave 2 poos.

 

[Rock Crawler]

Naw, I've been using my for probably 7 or eight years first on the dirt floor in my woodshed, and now on concrete in the barn, and aside from some curling from the unevenness of the dirt floor, they're still holding up well.

Besides reducing my footsore quotient, they also make it possible for me to be working on my cold concrete floor in winter for at least twice as long before ending up with blocks of ice on the bottom of my legs, [also good when lying or kneeling on the cold floor...]

When I came home last night my Angel dog came down to visit me and she did her typical psycho nut "daddy is home! Let's flip the heck out! ". Her claws were punching in and making holes all over as she went nuts. I'm going to need to keep away from this foam floor covering until after she's regained control of herself.... or this is not going to last. She's a 45 or 50 pound dog, and that's enough that when she digs in to do her crazy thing, she can easily claw into the surface.

 

[WranglerX]

Ones that are still on store shelf and not in your tool box... After saying that, I do have a set 1/2 drive impact sockets that seems to be pretty good...

Dale

 

[fried1765]

The thing about HF is that they sell tools for all types of people and purposes, even if many people can't find a purpose for them. I walk by lots of stuff at HF that other people are gobbling up. I don't use fancy wheels, so I'm not concerned about dinging them. I still use a a 4 way cross lug wrench most of the time. I was in AutoZone the other day and saw some kind of specialty ceramic coated lug nut sockets that supposedly won't ding fancy wheels. I suppose if I paid $500 for each wheel, I might be all over one of those.

I imagine HF feels they'll sell a bunch of these or they never would have picked up the item. And since they're opening 'on average 3 stores a day' across the country, I'll assume they have a fairly good handle on their market.

I think that is actually 3 stores each week!

 

[Diggin It]

Sounds like somebody needs a Mani-Pedi.

 

[Threepoint]

Sounds like somebody needs a Mani-Pedi.

Speaking of trimming dog nails, here's another HF winner, their 120v corded rotary tool: Heavy Duty Variable Speed Rotary Tool Kit 31 Pc

The small sanding drums do a nice job, and the variable speed lets you run at low rpm so the noise doesn't upset the pup. The tool is pretty powerful, so it's useful for many other things. Saw it as low as $14.99 a few days ago with a super coupon!

 

[California]

Speaking of trimming dog nails, here's another HF winner, their 120v corded rotary tool: Heavy Duty Variable Speed Rotary Tool Kit 31 Pc

The small sanding drums do a nice job, and the variable speed lets you run at low rpm ... The tool is pretty powerful ... Saw it as low as $14.99 a few days ago with a super coupon!

I bought that a couple of months ago. It works well. Recommended.

 

[crazyal]

Those look neat but way above my budget. How do they work on tight spaced brake lines? They look like they'd be a bit bulky for some jobs. Rusty brake lines are what I would use them for. I generally cut the line and tap a 10mm socket on the nut.

A company called Swagelok also makes those wrenches but I can't recall seeing them in metric. If you are looking for just one size then you might find it on ebay. I also think GearWrench makes them. I haven't been impressed with the quality of their wrenches though.

 

[crazyal]

Plastic mayo jars too....

I don't know about you but I've switched to the mayo in the squeeze bottles. The days of sticking a knife into a jar are over for me. :laughing: