Keith Williams wrote in
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In article VAWcg.56982$ge7.22877@trnddc01,
says...
Hey Badgolf,

Please let us know, I have been VERY reluctant to purchase
electrical
items from them. I look at it this way, if I need a tool for a once
in awhile job, I'd rather buy it from HF then spend big bucks on it
elsewhere.

Last year I bought their $99 special 10" sliding compound miter say
thinking that if it was good enough to 2x4's it was worth the
money. I was very pleasantly surprised. A couple of cow-orkers
bought them too, one was pleased the other had issues with the
slider bearings being too stiff.

I bought a "6-n-1" 10Ga. framing nailer a couple of months ago.
The thing is *huge*. I'm not sure it was such a good purchase. You
pays your money and takes your chances.

I did buy the wrenches and learned the hard way how bad they were.
Luckily, they were only to keep at work for happenstance tightenings.

Most people don't realize how important the accuracy of the
business end of a wrench is. A lot of times cheap wrenches have
crappy plating so they're off-size. I've seen some that were the
right size before plating. I don't think I'd buy any hand tools
from HF, particularly without seeing them. OTOH, HF is great for
things like chip brushes, gloves, and other throw-aways.


I bought a very nice HF jigsaw,a clone of a Bosch 1581(the model just
before the quick blade release),I'm very satisfied with it. $59.95,compared
to a Bosch $160 at HD.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net