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Gary
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So, a couple of monthe ago, I'm helping my son and his friends put a new deck on our car trailer. We are installing some new "D" rings for heavy tie downs. My son and his friends are into rock crawlin and have built some pretty awsome Jeeps. Anyway, we need to drill some 1/2 in holes into the frame of the trailer. His buddy pulls out this Harbor Freight 1/2 inch drill and begins to drill the holes. On the second hole that he is drilling, the drill bit catches and jerks the drill pretty hard. The front handle snaps off of the drill, the drill continues to run and winds up the entire cord around the drill before it finally becomes unplugged. The thing damn near broke the kids wrist! Be careful what you purchase. I said this before. Many of the tools that are sold at Harbor Freight are Junk! |
I have had the Chicago Electric brand of tools literally fall apart in my hands or burn out after a few uses. Yet a friend of mine (another Samba member) has never had an issue with the Chicago Electric tools. When it comes to the electric tools, I go Porter Cable or DeWalt.
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mustard_madman
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No brand of tool is perfect. bottom line.
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Bart
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| rarefinds wrote: |
So, a couple of monthe ago, I'm helping my son and his friends put a new deck on our car trailer. We are installing some new "D" rings for heavy tie downs. My son and his friends are into rock crawlin and have built some pretty awsome Jeeps. Anyway, we need to drill some 1/2 in holes into the frame of the trailer. His buddy pulls out this Harbor Freight 1/2 inch drill and begins to drill the holes. On the second hole that he is drilling, the drill bit catches and jerks the drill pretty hard. The front handle snaps off of the drill, the drill continues to run and winds up the entire cord around the drill before it finally becomes unplugged. The thing damn near broke the kids wrist! Be careful what you purchase. I said this before. Many of the tools that are sold at Harbor Freight are Junk! |
I have had the Chicago Electric brand of tools literally fall apart in my hands or burn out after a few uses. Yet a friend of mine (another Samba member) has never had an issue with the Chicago Electric tools. When it comes to the electric tools, I go Porter Cable or DeWalt. |
No joke. I watched them cut a car up with one of those cheap sawzalls betting it would burn up before they finished.
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blankmange
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| Icy wrote: |
| rarefinds wrote: |
So, a couple of monthe ago, I'm helping my son and his friends put a new deck on our car trailer. We are installing some new "D" rings for heavy tie downs. My son and his friends are into rock crawlin and have built some pretty awsome Jeeps. Anyway, we need to drill some 1/2 in holes into the frame of the trailer. His buddy pulls out this Harbor Freight 1/2 inch drill and begins to drill the holes. On the second hole that he is drilling, the drill bit catches and jerks the drill pretty hard. The front handle snaps off of the drill, the drill continues to run and winds up the entire cord around the drill before it finally becomes unplugged. The thing damn near broke the kids wrist! Be careful what you purchase. I said this before. Many of the tools that are sold at Harbor Freight are Junk! |
I have had the Chicago Electric brand of tools literally fall apart in my hands or burn out after a few uses. Yet a friend of mine (another Samba member) has never had an issue with the Chicago Electric tools. When it comes to the electric tools, I go Porter Cable or DeWalt. |
No joke. I watched them cut a car up with one of those cheap sawzalls betting it would burn up before they finished. |
there were actually 2 of those Harbor Freight saws working that day... both survived to cut up other cars....
go figure....
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