On 06/10/2018 12:44 PM, Kenny wrote:
I have a chaigo electric Sawzall that I've had for 6 years znd it still
works
flawlessly, the first one I bought from HD lasted 5 minutes, lesson
learned..... Do not buy the lowest priced one get the next one up, I
bought a
set of ratchet wrenches from hf the 1/2" was stolen at my former job so
I got
a replacement single from Lowe's at $21 lesson learned.... For $6 more j
could
have gotten a whole set of wrenches again and the Pittsburg ones still work
flawlessly while the koblat has been replaced twice I now have a hf
welder, so
far so good 26 exhaust systems 10 lawnmower trailers and one floor pan,
lesson
learned... Follow thd instructions in the operators manual


My latest Harbor Freight experience was on Thursday. I've had an a 3
gallon pancake oil-less compressor for about a year and it proved to be
handy. I plugged it in and when it got to about 40 pounds there was a
pop and it lost pressure.

After removing the cover against the dire warnings printed on it, I
found the o-ring on the regulator had extruded. The regulator is a slush
metal casting with two gauges and the outlet. I got a new o-ring but
found the threads where the regulator body screws into the casting were
so poor they wouldn't hold. Fortunately I didn't need the regulator so I
removed the entire assembly and replaced it with a quick disconnect. I
salvaged one of the gauges and put together a 1/4" tee with male and
female disconnects and the gauge. So far, so good.

I'd gotten the disconnects and a tire chuck with their air compressor
parts kit. The disconnects work. The tire chuck was crap that I couldn't
get working so I bought a real one.

That wasn't as dramatic as the HF floor jack that had a rivet fail on
the first use. I replace the rivet with a bolt.

Some of their stuff works, some is crap. Caveat emptor.