They were one of the most significant holdouts over the past decade or so, but they won't learn from their mistake. They could have learned from vise-grip, who could have learned from dremel, who could have learned from Stanley. Sears (Craftsman) could have learned from any or all of them, as could Husky and Kobalt.
They'll all just go the same way, only to lose the race to the bottom to Harbor Freight.
As a tool user, I'll admit to buying from Harbor Freight for the things that are intended to be used up. You can't beat their deals on "rotating tool (compare with Dremel!)" heads which are designed to get used up anyway. But their tools that are supposed to last? The hammers loosen after the first few hits. Your options then are to take them in for the lifetime warranty replacement, or hammer another shim in the top. Their other "lasting" tools aren't that great either. Although they do have the big
Some HF tools are fantastic, though they are few. Some are total garbage; surprisingly, they are few. Some require modification before use, which supposedly notably includes their machine tools which have rough edges and the like. No self-respecting machinist would let anything like that out the door, but no self-respecting machinist was involved in their manufacture.
What actually is great, though, are most of their hand tools. The wrenches, socket wrenches and so on are every bit as good as Craftman ever w
Have you found a source for metric hammers? I've had no luck...
Well, just bring your SAE/metric digital caliper to the store with you, and measure the heads... You can tell whether it's metric or not by whether the head lines up neatly on a mm boundary
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They'll all just go the same way, only to lose the race to the bottom to Harbor Freight.
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Some HF tools are fantastic, though they are few. Some are total garbage; surprisingly, they are few. Some require modification before use, which supposedly notably includes their machine tools which have rough edges and the like. No self-respecting machinist would let anything like that out the door, but no self-respecting machinist was involved in their manufacture.
What actually is great, though, are most of their hand tools. The wrenches, socket wrenches and so on are every bit as good as Craftman ever w
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I live in rusty crusty old boy country, so there's lots of tools around. I only have to buy stuff online if I need something metric.
Have you found a source for metric hammers? I've had no luck...
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Have you found a source for metric hammers? I've had no luck...
Well, just bring your SAE/metric digital caliper to the store with you, and measure the heads... You can tell whether it's metric or not by whether the head lines up neatly on a mm boundary