I have gone to Harbor freight to buy many things and aside from the free flashlights and batteries most of their tools are pretty poor quality, or at least the items that I have purchased. I ended up returning most of the items that were poor quality. I have to admit the scan tool I bought from them, to scan codes on my car, was reasonably priced and worked well. There is no doubt that their prices are reasonable, but I really hate buying stuff from China. That may be my opinion but I think a lot of us feel that way. Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Jul 14, 2021, at 8:59 AM, Martin Flynn via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Bruce, I’m a harbor freight regular, however when working (or conserving) historic kit, I don’t want to screw it up worse than it is with a hand tool that tears up the fasteners.
Right tool at the right time was my dad’s signature line…
Martin
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Of course, this is none of my business (as a lurker on this list) but I must point out that the hand tools at Harbor Freight are mostly of quite good quality. I use these in my shop and have little complaint. Their main claim to fame is price -- quite low, generally. It is no longer a situation like in the '60's when you'd buy a set of Allen wrenches from the $1 bin at the auto parts store and the damned thing would twist into a hexagonal screw the first time you applied any torque to it.