Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[Woodeye]

This fell apart after my wife swung it 5 times. I think she is putting the kibosh on any more HF purchases.

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Well, you can still type so she didn稚 hit you too hard.

 

[TomIre]

Where do y'all get your coupons? I got an Android app "Harbor Freight Coupon Database" but there's so much cr@p in there (out of date) that it's worthless.

 

[Rock Crawler]

Where do y'all get your coupons? I got an Android app "Harbor Freight Coupon Database" but there's so much cr@p in there (out of date) that it's worthless.

That HFQPDB application is about the best go to app going. The other is Struggleville.

 

[newbury]

Where do y'all get your coupons? I got an Android app "Harbor Freight Coupon Database" but there's so much cr@p in there (out of date) that it's worthless.

HFQPDB used to be great. Something has happened recently and there was a LOT of outdated coupons when I looked yesterday, some from 2017.
Struggleville didn't let me run my ad blocker.

/edit - just looked again at hfqpdb, seems they cleaned up the old entries
Also - the way they list them there's a "main entry" and if you click on that you can see expired coupons so you can see if there have been even lower prices on that item.
I don't use an "app", just go direct to the site.

 

[rbstern]

That HFQPDB application is about the best go to app going. The other is Struggleville.

Coupon Code Links | Harbor Freight Hacks

 

[crazyal]

I ended up getting the 5 drawer tool cart in red. The store only had the side shelf in red so that made the decision for me. While I was there I also got the Windsor 60" wood workbench for the wife. The side shelf is more than strong enough to hold my grinder but it's design is a little different than what I'm use to. Instead of two legs that fold down to hold the shelf up this has just one that fits into a small channel. It works well to support the shelf but if it's bumped upward it will easily come out. So I put two small welds to hold it in place. So it's not a folding shelf anymore. Overall I would say it's pretty good deal for the money. The drawers slide smoothly (but I haven't loaded them down yet).

 

[TMGT]

I ended up getting the 5 drawer tool cart in red. The store only had the side shelf in red so that made the decision for me. While I was there I also got the Windsor 60" wood workbench for the wife. The side shelf is more than strong enough to hold my grinder but it's design is a little different than what I'm use to. Instead of two legs that fold down to hold the shelf up this has just one that fits into a small channel. It works well to support the shelf but if it's bumped upward it will easily come out. So I put two small welds to hold it in place. So it's not a folding shelf anymore. Overall I would say it's pretty good deal for the money. The drawers slide smoothly (but I haven't loaded them down yet).

I have the large bottom drawer and the deep narrow drawers on mine loaded down pretty good, one is full of Aloris CA tool holders and boring bars which are pretty much just large chunks of steel, and the bottom deep drawer full of things like 123 and 246 blocks, v blocks etc. No problems with the slides.
You'll love the cart.

 

[downsizingnow48]

Has anyone got this service cart? Thinking about getting one.

Haul-Masterｮ- item#61930

 

[Diggin It]

^^ Not the grey poly one, but I have the blue metal one. Not bad, not great.



One thing I kind of like is the new flashlight line. The little one with the pushbutton in the end is a lot brighter than you might expect.

 

[Oldpath05]

I have HF's $33 'Industrial' Air Filter Regulator.

This is one of HF's 'Some Assembly Required' bargains, apparently a clone of something that costs 4 x as much. Everything leaked. I took it apart and chased the plumbing threads with taps, cleaned the debris out and lapped the sealing surfaces to make them flat, then reassembled using both teflon tape and paste. I configured it with outlet down instead of horizontal for less strain on output hose.

After that I sprayed several gallons of rustoleum. No fisheyes from water getting past the filter and the regulated pressure was steady. Drained a lot of water out of the cannister, discovered the drain handle is flimsy and had to be re-crimped so it wouldn't fall off. After that major project I haven't needed the filter again but it was worth the $33 just for the nice painting results on that one project.

Summary - it's more like a DIY kit. Get it set up properly and it will do what you expect.


Edit: As noted in 3Ts' post below the air needs to be cooled to condense the water to liquid, before it reaches this water filter. I had 25 ft of air hose before the filter which was sufficient in this case. I also had a tiny regulator/filter 5 ft before the gun and never saw water in that one.

3/8 In. Desiccant Dryer with Oil Removal Filter <<<I was thinking of this one, I kinda want to avoid the (Some Assembly Required' bargains) It can be hard to pick a tool/acc at HF when only 3 stars out of 5 are showing. What I dont get is someone will say "Great product", then the next review will say, terrible, junk, some assembly required, buy only if you dont mind taking apart and re-chase the threads....., how can there be that much of a contrast on the same tool acc.......

So am I to understand that an air compressor filter should not be hooked on to the compressor it self but rather like 10' away or so?