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On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:54:15 -0500, William Bagwell
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:40:10 -0500, William Bagwell
wrote:

On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 20:47:56 -0500, Ned Simmons
wrote:

At least HF lets you read about all the warts on their stuff before
you buy.


HF is all over the board, from utter crap to incredible bargains.
Looking for my post about HF die grinders from a few years ago.


Ah, 2013.

"Worked in a plastics factory for six years. Dozens and dozens of
the $10 to $15 Harbor Freight die grinders. (Owner was a bit
cheap...) While some broke while new, amazingly many of them ran for
*years* on wet nasty unfiltered air with only occasional oiling.

What they all lacked was the power to take a heavy cut. The lone
Sioux in the plant was passed around constantly for heavy cuts and
it too survived on unfiltered compressed air. Sioux makes good
stuff! Wish I could afford to buy a dozen:-("


Why couldn't you get the owner to pony up the $28 it cost for a FRL
unit after a few of the tools died? Air would then have been
filtered, dried, and oiled.

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tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is
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