On Mar 23, 10:06 pm, "Steve B" wrote:
"Ken Hall" wrote in message

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My garage was robbed yesterday and they stole over $1000 of tools. I
had collected these over years so I didn't buy them at once and I
can't afford to replace them all at once with the quality I had. In
fact, I'll never be able to afford to replace the drill press with the
same quality. So, I'm going to have to make do with cheaper versions
and upgrade to better ones over time.

Probably the tool I use most is a bench grinder, so I've focused on it
first. Has anybody had any experience with this grinder?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=37822

Yes, I know, Harbor Freight, but it's the best price I can find on a
grinder right now.

-- Ken

It's hard to answer that, Ken. The answer is yes, no, maybe, and
definitely!

Any tool choice you make is based on different variables. How much are you
going to use it? Does it need to be a quality instrument, or will it
achieve the goals you need for a lower price? Is it going to be used to
make you money, therefore it can't have a sick day?

For what I use a bench grinder for, I could use any old thing. Or cheap new
thing. But, the thing is, by the time I burn out two or three cheap ones,
and move on to the fourth, I could have bought one good one, and it would
still be going strong. BUT, that involves a larger initial outlay.

It's up to you. I like quality, not replacing it soon, good performance.
But then, I'm not in your boat of having to buy X number of tools with XX
number of $$$.

Bummer about being robbed. Too bad society frowns so much on murder because
some people don't deserve to be consuming oxygen. I got hit a couple of
years ago for about $3k. All it did was make me do things I should have
done in the first place with regard to security. Glad I'm moving soon to
rural America soon, where shooting people who are scrounging around on your
property is legal. Expecially after dark. No questions asked and minimal
paperwork.

I live in the sticks and that's not exactly right. If you shoot a
person on your property regardless of the circumstance you are in a
world of civil and criminal trouble. Questions will be asked and you
will be arrested. A round of buckshot over their heads will get rid
of them anyway, without any messy blood and bodies.

If that person is inside your home then you can shoot to kill, without
warning.