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Harbor Freight
I needed two hoists like the ones you use to hang up and gut a deer. I saw
them on Harbor Freight's sight, but was going to Vegas. So, I went to their store there. They were totally lost, and were hell bent on selling me a $99 electric hoist. I want these to hang up vertical 9.5' sheets with some degree of control to get them on straight. So, I came home, and ordered them online. I'm not a big fan of HF stuff, but for some of the cheaper tools, and stuff that you use once in a while, they are good. I needed a 200' tape to do some property measurements. Hoo, boy, are they expensive. Then, I was at HF, and they had a fiberglass tape on sale for $10. Needless to say, I got it. It is about six years old now, and as long as it's kept inside, should last a long time. Others were upwards to $100. Steve |
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On Jun 2, 1:40*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
Years ago Sears used to have three grades of tools. If you were going to use a tool a lot, then you looked at Sears Best. But if you only expected to use the tool once or maybe twice in 20 years then you looked at Sears worst. Harbor Freight is kind of like that. They do have a few things that are of good quality, but a lot is good value for the money. Not a lot of money, but also not a tool that you will pass on to your grandchildren. Dan |
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"Gunner Asch" wrote Since I tend to be rough on my tools..and I had ALL of the tools stolen out of my service truck some years ago..Ive been using HF end and combination wrenches for the past 10 yrs. Their better ones. Pittsburg Made in India ones. Work well enough to not have to replace them, still havent busted one yet...though I am careful about cheaters..shrug Tools at home...Proto, SK, Snapon. And they dont get used nearly as much Gunner I get a lot of good tools at yard sales. You have to look through a lot of crap to find the one or two good ones, tho. Steve |
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On Jun 3, 2:24*am, Gunner Asch wrote:
Since I tend to be rough on my tools..and I had ALL of the tools stolen out of my service truck some years ago..Ive been using HF end and combination wrenches for the past 10 yrs. Their better ones. *Pittsburg Made in India ones. *Work well enough to not have to replace them, still havent busted one yet...though I am careful about cheaters..shrug Gunner I have two sets of those wrenches. One set is in the garage and the other in the basement. It saves a lot of time running back and forth. Today I took the blades off the mower deck for the first time. My air impact wrench is not a heavy duty one and it did not budge the bolts. So had to go to a breaker bar with a four foot cheater. Could have used a slightly shorter cheater, but a four foot piece of pipe was handy. Dan |
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Harbor Freight
On 2012-06-03, Steve B wrote:
"Gunner Asch" wrote Since I tend to be rough on my tools..and I had ALL of the tools stolen out of my service truck some years ago..Ive been using HF end and combination wrenches for the past 10 yrs. Their better ones. Pittsburg Made in India ones. Work well enough to not have to replace them, still havent busted one yet...though I am careful about cheaters..shrug Tools at home...Proto, SK, Snapon. And they dont get used nearly as much Gunner I get a lot of good tools at yard sales. You have to look through a lot of crap to find the one or two good ones, tho. So do I, it works great. That said, I have no complaints about HF sockets and wrenches, and I used them for years. Their electrical tools, though, were mostly bad for me. i |
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Harbor Freight
Ignoramus19204 wrote: On 2012-06-03, Steve B wrote: "Gunner Asch" wrote Since I tend to be rough on my tools..and I had ALL of the tools stolen out of my service truck some years ago..Ive been using HF end and combination wrenches for the past 10 yrs. Their better ones. Pittsburg Made in India ones. Work well enough to not have to replace them, still havent busted one yet...though I am careful about cheaters..shrug Tools at home...Proto, SK, Snapon. And they dont get used nearly as much Gunner I get a lot of good tools at yard sales. You have to look through a lot of crap to find the one or two good ones, tho. So do I, it works great. That said, I have no complaints about HF sockets and wrenches, and I used them for years. Their electrical tools, though, were mostly bad for me. i The hydraulic crimpers and hydraulic KO punch set they have are exceptions to the "bad" thing, they are very good values especially on sale and with the 20% coupon. Their $3 DMMs inhabit every one of my dozen or so toolboxes and have never let me down for quick measurements and saving chasing after my good Fluke 87. Their mini clamp on DMM/amp probe also works quite well when I don't need to get out my Hall effect AC/DC clamp for the Fluke. |
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Harbor Freight
"Steve B" wrote in message ... I needed two hoists like the ones you use to hang up and gut a deer. I saw them on Harbor Freight's sight, but was going to Vegas. So, I went to their store there. They were totally lost, and were hell bent on selling me a $99 electric hoist. I want these to hang up vertical 9.5' sheets with some degree of control to get them on straight. So, I came home, and ordered them online. I'm not a big fan of HF stuff, but for some of the cheaper tools, and stuff that you use once in a while, they are good. I needed a 200' tape to do some property measurements. Hoo, boy, are they expensive. Then, I was at HF, and they had a fiberglass tape on sale for $10. Needless to say, I got it. It is about six years old now, and as long as it's kept inside, should last a long time. Others were upwards to $100. Steve I don't mind paying for decent tools, for example, Klein electrical tools are worth it when you're working in the trade. Unfortunately many of the tools available off the shelf locally are made in China and no better than HF at twice the price. |
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"Gunner Asch" wrote in message ... ... YES!! That little $3 DMM ...is simply marvelous!! Ive bought at least 20 of them over the years, give them out to people who want to borrow one of my decent Flukes or others, keep one in every vehicle etc etc. Those $3 meters have a gain adjustment pot inside. If you have a more accurate meter and a stable low-noise voltage source (a battery) you can set then to within one digit. Before adjusting them mine were off as much as 50mV at 12.8V. jsw |
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Harbor Freight
I also really like the cheapie multi meters. They
seem to be fairly accurate, but who can tell? And, if I fry one, who cares. Toss and get another. "Gonna need another Timmy" (line from the old TV show, Dinosaurs) Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Pete C." wrote in message . com... Their $3 DMMs inhabit every one of my dozen or so toolboxes and have never let me down for quick measurements and saving chasing after my good Fluke 87. Their mini clamp on DMM/amp probe also works quite well when I don't need to get out my Hall effect AC/DC clamp for the Fluke. |
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Stormin Mormon wrote: I also really like the cheapie multi meters. They seem to be fairly accurate, but who can tell? And, if I fry one, who cares. Toss and get another. "Gonna need another Timmy" (line from the old TV show, Dinosaurs) I've tested the $3 specials side by side with my Fluke 87 and not found any discrepancies. Their update rate is a bit slow, but other than that they are just fine. The only drawback to the HF mini clamp meter is it's use of three CR2032 batteries, but I have yet to replace the originals several years on so it isn't much of a drawback. Again I've compared that meter with my hall effect AC/DC clamp and Fluke with good correlation. "Pete C." wrote in message . com... Their $3 DMMs inhabit every one of my dozen or so toolboxes and have never let me down for quick measurements and saving chasing after my good Fluke 87. Their mini clamp on DMM/amp probe also works quite well when I don't need to get out my Hall effect AC/DC clamp for the Fluke. |
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Harbor Freight accuracy report for $3 multi meters
Thanks. I had to replace batteries in my mini clamp on, left it turned on.
Since then, I took my yellow marker thingie (liquid yellow enamel paint pen from Napa, like the auto wrecking yard guys use) and marked the rotary switch, so I can better see if it's turned off. I also mark the rotary switches of my $3 DMM. Thank you for the field report, I'm glad they are reasonably accurate. I've seen the adjuster pot inside, but never adjusted one. Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Pete C." wrote in message . com... I've tested the $3 specials side by side with my Fluke 87 and not found any discrepancies. Their update rate is a bit slow, but other than that they are just fine. The only drawback to the HF mini clamp meter is it's use of three CR2032 batteries, but I have yet to replace the originals several years on so it isn't much of a drawback. Again I've compared that meter with my hall effect AC/DC clamp and Fluke with good correlation. |
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On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 08:13:10 -0700, "Steve B" wrote:
"Gunner Asch" wrote Since I tend to be rough on my tools..and I had ALL of the tools stolen out of my service truck some years ago..Ive been using HF end and combination wrenches for the past 10 yrs. Their better ones. Pittsburg Made in India ones. Work well enough to not have to replace them, still havent busted one yet...though I am careful about cheaters..shrug Tools at home...Proto, SK, Snapon. And they dont get used nearly as much Gunner I get a lot of good tools at yard sales. You have to look through a lot of crap to find the one or two good ones, tho. Steve SK sockets 7/16 to 1 1/4", ratchet and extension in 1/2" drive, plus Crapsman 9mm - 19mm, plus 27 combination wrenches and misc. screwdrivers, extensions etc. in a good plastic tool box for 10 bux. Junior is jealous! |
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:05:55 -0500, "Pete C."
wrote: Ignoramus19204 wrote: On 2012-06-03, Steve B wrote: "Gunner Asch" wrote Since I tend to be rough on my tools..and I had ALL of the tools stolen out of my service truck some years ago..Ive been using HF end and combination wrenches for the past 10 yrs. Their better ones. Pittsburg Made in India ones. Work well enough to not have to replace them, still havent busted one yet...though I am careful about cheaters..shrug Tools at home...Proto, SK, Snapon. And they dont get used nearly as much Gunner I get a lot of good tools at yard sales. You have to look through a lot of crap to find the one or two good ones, tho. So do I, it works great. That said, I have no complaints about HF sockets and wrenches, and I used them for years. Their electrical tools, though, were mostly bad for me. i The hydraulic crimpers and hydraulic KO punch set they have are exceptions to the "bad" thing, they are very good values especially on sale and with the 20% coupon. Their $3 DMMs inhabit every one of my dozen or so toolboxes and have never let me down for quick measurements and saving chasing after my good Fluke 87. Their mini clamp on DMM/amp probe also works quite well when I don't need to get out my Hall effect AC/DC clamp for the Fluke. My last DMM and a neon test lamp stayed in Spain a year ago to help senior son avoid shocks when washing dishes - I told him to at least unplug the garbage disposal before filling the sink but I hear from Junior that he was still getting shocks four months latter. All grounded outlets but no ground wires in the service panel (box containing misc. collection of breakers). Wiring there consists of single conductors direct burried in plaster walls, exposed for connection to fixture wires. |
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Shocking dishes
What? Drain pipe or water pipes don't
provide grounding? Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... My last DMM and a neon test lamp stayed in Spain a year ago to help senior son avoid shocks when washing dishes - I told him to at least unplug the garbage disposal before filling the sink but I hear from Junior that he was still getting shocks four months latter. All grounded outlets but no ground wires in the service panel (box containing misc. collection of breakers). Wiring there consists of single conductors direct burried in plaster walls, exposed for connection to fixture wires. |
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On 2012-06-03, Gunner Asch wrote:
[ ... ] Ive got at least 4 1/2 impact guns (air) and the ones I drag out the most often..are the Black and Decker/Harbor freight 110vt impact guns. O.K. I'm reading that two ways. I presume that you mean: "Four 1/2 inch impact guns" and not "Four-and-one-half impact guns" :-) Enjoy, DoN. -- Remove oil spill source from e-mail Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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Shocking dishes
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 21:26:31 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: What? Drain pipe or water pipes don't provide grounding? Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . wrote in message .. . My last DMM and a neon test lamp stayed in Spain a year ago to help senior son avoid shocks when washing dishes - I told him to at least unplug the garbage disposal before filling the sink but I hear from Junior that he was still getting shocks four months latter. All grounded outlets but no ground wires in the service panel (box containing misc. collection of breakers). Wiring there consists of single conductors direct burried in plaster walls, exposed for connection to fixture wires. ABS conducts **** but not electrons. |
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On 2012-06-04, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2012-06-03, Gunner Asch wrote: [ ... ] Ive got at least 4 1/2 impact guns (air) and the ones I drag out the most often..are the Black and Decker/Harbor freight 110vt impact guns. O.K. I'm reading that two ways. I presume that you mean: "Four 1/2 inch impact guns" and not "Four-and-one-half impact guns" I once bought and resold a two and a half inch impact gun. Bought it on ebay and sold on ebay. i |
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Harbor Freight
And, he's got a 110 Vermont impact gun?
Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "DoN. Nichols" wrote in message ... On 2012-06-03, Gunner Asch wrote: [ ... ] Ive got at least 4 1/2 impact guns (air) and the ones I drag out the most often..are the Black and Decker/Harbor freight 110vt impact guns. O.K. I'm reading that two ways. I presume that you mean: "Four 1/2 inch impact guns" and not "Four-and-one-half impact guns" :-) Enjoy, DoN. |
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Shocking dishes
I'm shocked!
(would be nice if he had copper drain.) Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... ABS conducts **** but not electrons. |
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Shocking dishes
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 22:57:53 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: I'm shocked! (would be nice if he had copper drain.) Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . wrote in message .. . ABS conducts **** but not electrons. Having no specific knowledge in the matter, I suspect that the ground conductivity in the mountain villages south of Granada would be quite low. I do know that, in the purchase of property, water right is a major concern. This is the right to tap into a source of water for whatever use, such as crop irrigation. Non irrigated land supports very little growth of anything other than scrub brush and weed cover. Any drain plumbing beyond the confines of a building is most likey through clay tile o,r more recently, plastic pipe. |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote Christopher A. Young "DoN. Nichols" wrote in message On 2012-06-03, Gunner Asch wrote: Ive got at least 4 1/2 impact guns (air) and the ones I drag out the most often..are the Black and Decker/Harbor freight 110vt impact guns. O.K. I'm reading that two ways. I presume that you mean: "Four 1/2 inch impact guns" and not "Four-and-one-half impact guns" :-) Enjoy, DoN. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_45-45_mk5.htm |
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"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message ... On 2012-06-03, Gunner Asch wrote: [ ... ] Ive got at least 4 1/2 impact guns (air) and the ones I drag out the most often..are the Black and Decker/Harbor freight 110vt impact guns. O.K. I'm reading that two ways. I presume that you mean: "Four 1/2 inch impact guns" and not "Four-and-one-half impact guns" :-) Enjoy, DoN. Biggest ones I saw was a 2", but it was hydraulic. It was to put on 6" or thereabouts nuts on a BOP stack or a Hydril on an oilrig. It was rigged up like drilling tongs, hanging from a chain, and having a chain dead manned off so it wouldn't send the holder of the device into orbit. They were few and far between, it was usually a BIG hammer and a hammer wrench. A long process for two guys, any way you cut it. Steve |
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On 2012-06-05, Steve B wrote:
"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message ... On 2012-06-03, Gunner Asch wrote: [ ... ] Ive got at least 4 1/2 impact guns (air) and the ones I drag out the most often..are the Black and Decker/Harbor freight 110vt impact guns. O.K. I'm reading that two ways. I presume that you mean: "Four 1/2 inch impact guns" and not "Four-and-one-half impact guns" :-) Enjoy, DoN. Biggest ones I saw was a 2", but it was hydraulic. It was to put on 6" or thereabouts nuts on a BOP stack or a Hydril on an oilrig. It was rigged up like drilling tongs, hanging from a chain, and having a chain dead manned off so it wouldn't send the holder of the device into orbit. They were few and far between, it was usually a BIG hammer and a hammer wrench. A long process for two guys, any way you cut it. This is a 2.5 inch impact that I sold: http://yabe.chudov.com/Ingersoll-Ran...nch-Impactool/ This very impact wrench is also pictured in the Wikipedia article on Impact Wrenches. I uploaded its picture compared to a small impact. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_wrench http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La...nd-Impacts.jpg i |
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