Homier Corporate will be getting a nice letter from me in the very
near future.
They seem to be doing that more and more lately. I've hit about 6 of their
shows over the last couple of years and each time they have less and less of
the larger items. They rarely have the lathes and I don't think I've seen
one of the mini mills in the last 4 shows. They also used to have MIG
welders and even the occasional plasma cutter but all they had like that at
the last auction was a tiny stick welder. They even had tractors at one
sale a year or so ago.
They're selling from smaller and smaller buildings too so I guess that's
part of the problem but their shipping is outrageous so I doubt I'll ever
buy anything from them that I can't get at the local sale.
Is there a Harbor Freight store anywhere near you? They have their bench
model on sale for $50:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=44094
It should be the same except for the base and I made my own base anyway
because I have a square stake set in concrete that I can set it on for use
along with a small tire changer and a plate shear I don't have room to mount
permanently.
Best Regards,
Keith Marshall
"I'm not grown up enough to be so old!"
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 06:35:27 -0700, the inscrutable Larry Jaques
spake:
On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:14:07 GMT, the inscrutable "Keith Marshall"
spake:
I've seen one at their truckload tool sale and it looks nearly identical
to
the one I bought from Harbor Freight. They're pretty handy to have on
hand.
I've even made a die for bending 3/4" square tubing with it and it works
great!
My only complaint is that the pins bend too easily but one of these days
I'll probably replace them with 5/8" hitch pins and that should solve the
problem. :-)
Thanks for the heads-up and tip, Keith.
UPDATE: I went to the truckload tool sale this morning, stood in line
for half an hour, then filed in with the rest of the herd. After 20
minutes and 3 rings around each aisle and stack, I came to the
stunning conclusion that THERE WERE NO BENDERS AT THE SALE despite the
ad showing them. I then stood in the line to the cashier since there
were no Homier guys on the floor. After another 20 minutes, I got to
a cashier and asked him if they could check for the item. "Well, it
should be out there in the middle of the floor in one of those
stacks." was all I got out of him. He had no way to check, nobody to
check with, and no clue as to what the term "customer service" meant.
I left with a single item, a $2 umbrella for my neighbor. GDMFBASOBs.
Homier Corporate will be getting a nice letter from me in the very
near future.
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