went to harbor frieght today

[amertrac]

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.

[Dustin21]

sigh....     so many things i could say here..


 you should get yourself a poodle their a great driveway,door, tv alarm lol..

[rusty]

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

[kxxr]

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

[mrchuck]

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!

[Papaw]

Chuck, the possums and raccoons would keep you up all night!

[amertrac]

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.

[amertrac]

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.

[johnsironsanctuary]

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.

[lzenglish]

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?

[rusty]

>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

[kxxr]

chinese chisels, say that out loud. it's funny. dare you not to laugh.

[Branson]

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. 

[Branson]

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.

[kxxr]

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.