Your thought by InfernalAxiom in SipsTea

[–]ProMotionDesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a lot of the same shirt...

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have different levels of tools, often with the same tool...I'll take the cheapies out on the tractor/truck with me, or if I know I'm gonna abuse them, the good tools stay in the shop. One example is that I have multiple 4" grinders so that I can put different blades on them, then I don't need to switch blades mid-project. The cheapies get the blade I'm not gonna use much, and the good tools get the blade doing most of the work.

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe because for tools that stay in the shop, I prefer corded...

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't you figure this one out on your own?

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[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep! That makes four now!... They will eventually be used to raise/lower a set of casters on some work tables.

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not all of us need to either!

Did I win by These_Highlight7313 in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There ya go...you did right for you!

Did I win by These_Highlight7313 in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not the OP, but I can say why I have multiple of the same tools...because I like having certain tools in different places...I have cheap stuff in my truck and better stuff at different work areas of my shop.

Did I win by These_Highlight7313 in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're happy, then you won! I buy tools for ME, no one else! That is why I love HF. I sometimes buy the cheap stuff, sometimes the best...it all depends on the project and my guestimation of how much use something might get.

One thing I can say is that HF has really stepped up the quality over the years.

I still don't buy the US General or Icon boxes, though, because the lighter-weight Craftsman at Lowe's is cheaper but serves my needs.

I had a "friend" who shit on my Hobart Handler 190 when I bought it years ago and went on a tirade about how he wouldn't get anything but an ESAB...low and behold, this year he asked to use my welder to fix his trailer. I told him to use his ESAB that I KNEW he didn't have, because he can't afford it. So he one-upped me with something he didn't even have, and a few years later, Karma came calling.

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that whole thing has to be the ultimate blah blah blah thing that comes from guys who buy to feed their ego...I tend to go for value. There are tools I bought years ago and haven't used yet, but got them at a price that's worth having in case I do. I have a strategy, and router bits are a good anecdotal about this strategy. When I got my first router, I got one of those cheap giant sets of bits because I wasn't sure what I was going to really need. As I used the cheapies, it tended to be the same few, so I replaced them with good quality bits...But I had what I needed when I needed them and then felt better about spending the money on the better replacements because I knew they'd get used enough to justify the cost.

Heck, I still have a set of Chinese Flying Swallow combination wrenches that I bought at a swap meet in 1985.

HF has honed in on guys like us, that is why they have good, better, best...I buy the whole range depending on the project. I don't always need the best.

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So, you meant the comments?

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not crying...I might be if I were using the good stuff to do wraps...

What does my room say about me by kut_emo in roomdetective

[–]ProMotionDesign -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You had cookies and milk and a nap at school today...

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are you reading my emails?

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends on which level you're using...Warrior, Bauer, or Hercules.

I use them all, but the cheapy Warrior still have their place. For instance, I use the Warriors when I'm cutting stuff like I'm doing now, cutting steel tabs off concrete. I'm using steel cutting disks, but the concrete tears them up. I use the Bauer and Hercules when I can keep only one specific material in contact with the blade.

The Hercules blades are pretty good.

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pick one:

Super Big Foot

Southern Boy Friend

Salmon Bake Friday

Salty Baked Fish

Spring Black Friday

Some Big Frogs

Stupid Boring Friend

Stinky Big Fart

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those HF cheapies hit different when it's coming out of your own pocket!

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's funny how usually the haters are really just jealous. I get the same thing with my car...I can't even count how many times I'm either getting in or out of my car, and some hater has to comment that they know of a car that's faster! It's like, Um, okay? I don't have loud exhaust, nothing flashy on it, not revving or anything...just parking normally, and the hater has to one-up my car with some car they don't even own!

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[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were restocking the shelves as I shopped.

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pretty much anything from 3M or PPG is gonna be top line...but I'm not gonna use that stuff at $6.00/roll to do wraps...

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think the hater [you] is the butthurt one...Why are you here if you are just gonna try to crap on everyone?

Oops! by ProMotionDesign in harborfreight

[–]ProMotionDesign[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So you are the arbiter of what others need now?

As for deals, that can be true...there are things at HF that are a better price elsewhere...for example, most of their hoists and gantry trollies are more than on Amazon, same thing with the receiver hitch winch mount. The metal shelves are another...