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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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