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YAY Harbor Freight
ChadTower:
They just opened one not far from my house... :applaud:
Before now the closest one was a couple hours away... now they've opened three in my part of MA, one only a few miles down the road.
shmokes:
That's awesome. I never had one near until I moved to Miami. The one that's here is still a good 25 minute drive (more if it's even close to rush hour), but it's a lot better than nothing. I somehow lost my Dremel tool in the move from Utah and now that I'm dirt poor, I can't afford to replace it with a Dremel. Harbor Freight will give me a knock-off for $20, though. I've been eying their 4.5" angle grinder they have for $20, too. The Dremel is a must, though, cos I've finally been finishing my cabinet this Summer (it's my first summer off in years), and I'll need a Dremel to cut the center tab off of my T-molding so it can go around bends and corners (my T-molding is made of metal).
ahofle:
There's one a few miles from where I work. Every once in a while after lunch a few of us stop in there. It's like being a kid in a candy store. I picked up a digital multimeter the other day for like $3, WTF! It's a great place to buy tools that you don't use very often.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: ahofle on July 30, 2008, 11:05:36 am ---It's a great place to buy tools that you don't use very often.
--- End quote ---
That's one of the big things for me. I don't have any other versatile tool shops in my area, just stuff like Lowe's and Home Depot. You don't always want to buy a middle class tool if you're only going to use it once or twice. And I can't tell you how many times I've had to wait on a project while I ordered a tool that no one around here carried (coughcoughsecuritybitscough).
shmokes:
Exactly. And unless you have loads of expendable cash, it's tough to fork over $60 or $80 on a tool that you only need for one job for the foreseeable future. The tools at Harbor Freight are definitely lower quality, and ain't going to last as long as even a Black and Decker, most likely, but if you're only using a tool once a year, it's probably going to last as long as you want it to, regardless.
Plus, plenty of stuff is just fine. I got a couple saw-horses from them for like $12 (for the pair). They're great, and will last basically as long as any other sawhorse. It's not like they have a motor that's going to burn up or anything like that.
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