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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: amertrac on September 14, 2011, 07:21:29 PM

Title: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: amertrac on September 14, 2011, 07:21:29 PM
left 47 and change there bought cheap metal socketholders,a small etcher with bits a couple different sized wrench holders, one worked well the bigger one was broken before i got it so thats going back and i will get more smaller ones. and momma got a driveway alarm so we can hear when the deer pass by in the middle of the night. I have never seen so many tools in one place before.
bob w.
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: Dustin21 on September 14, 2011, 07:33:41 PM
sigh....     so many things i could say here..


 you should get yourself a poodle their a great driveway,door, tv alarm lol..
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: rusty on September 14, 2011, 07:37:49 PM

Beware...visits to HF are almost as addictive as wrench collecting...; P

Didn't you just spend several months cleaning out your garage to make space? LOL
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: kxxr on September 15, 2011, 06:59:48 AM
Bob, I can pick this up for you if you want. I was thinking you might want to attach it to your driveway alarm in case you are a heavy sleeper.
http://greatfalls.craigslist.org/tls/2598968738.html
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: mrchuck on September 15, 2011, 08:57:52 AM
I bought the same driveway alarm a month ago, and it works!!
In fact it was so sensitive that it went off on anything.
Cars going down the street, etc.
I moved it up the driveway to a passage around the house, and it detected everything. Birds, cats, etc.
I wore myself out going outside to "see" what was going on.
I have taken the battery out now and am thinking just where I want to place it.
It picks up cars at the intersection, a long way off.
Eventually, I will find a place for it!
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: Papaw on September 15, 2011, 09:01:01 AM
Chuck, the possums and raccoons would keep you up all night!
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: amertrac on September 15, 2011, 09:50:27 AM

Beware...visits to HF are almost as addictive as wrench collecting...; P

Didn't you just spend several months cleaning out your garage to make space? LOL
my wife said the same thing when i suggested to go there   LOL bob w.
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: amertrac on September 15, 2011, 09:54:09 AM
Bob, I can pick this up for you if you want. I was thinking you might want to attach it to your driveway alarm in case you are a heavy sleeper.
http://greatfalls.craigslist.org/tls/2598968738.html

Yeah that will even wake the bears up this winter. No nieghbors up here.. I don't think my garage compressor can handle it. NO  i don't think i better get one   bob w.
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: johnsironsanctuary on September 16, 2011, 08:35:18 AM
My rule with HF is "Don't buy ANYTHING that has a sharp edge or is heat treated." There isn't any Chinese version of ANSI or ASQC. The Chinese formula for tool steel is to put something in the ladle that has nickel in it and add lotsa chrome bumpers.
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: lzenglish on September 16, 2011, 02:44:08 PM
Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just hope that was enough Bob's, to get your attention! OK, since you finally came clean, I will do the same! I buy Evap-o-rust, and the ruberized tool coating, from them as well!

"MY NAME IS WAYNE, and I'M AN "HF TEA TODELER JUNKIE", Like Bob! LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There I said it, but I do not feel better, is that Normal?
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: rusty on September 16, 2011, 04:45:10 PM

>put something in the ladle that has nickel in it and add lotsa chrome bumpers.

I think they used plastic bumpers when they made my chisels ; P
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: kxxr on September 16, 2011, 04:57:09 PM
chinese chisels, say that out loud. it's funny. dare you not to laugh.
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: Branson on September 17, 2011, 08:53:22 AM
I buy Evap-o-rust, and the ruberized tool coating, from them as well!

Horrible Fright carries evap-o-rust?!

Actually, while there's a lot of one-job-junk at Harbor Freight, a careful check around will let you find some nice stuff.  I bought a beautiful little dovetail saw, Sheffield made with a rosewood handle for next to nothing.  A reversible offset back saw (for trimming off dowels), also Sheffield, too. 
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: Branson on September 17, 2011, 08:55:20 AM
chinese chisels, say that out loud. it's funny. dare you not to laugh.

Say blacksmith made Chinese chisels (and hatchets) and you won't need to laugh.  Otherwise, yeah.
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: kxxr on September 17, 2011, 09:14:56 AM
It is the alliteration and kinship to Chinese Checkers that appeals to me in a humorous way. I do not doubt that a culture that has been on the map of history as long as China's has many fine blacksmiths. They may well have invented blacksmithing as we know it.
Chinese Chisels is funny. To me.
Title: Re: went to harbor frieght today
Post by: scottg on September 17, 2011, 11:48:56 AM
chinese chisels, say that out loud. it's funny. dare you not to laugh.

Say blacksmith made Chinese chisels (and hatchets) and you won't need to laugh.  Otherwise, yeah.

I think they hate us!
  The chisels etc they send here for retail is horrid.  Its improving slow, but still very horrid.
 But the stuff they make by hand to keep for themselves?? Its dynamite, and dirt cheap in the marketplace! 
 yours Scott