Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[4570Man]

Might want to try a pawn shop.

I despise pawn shops. They should say sell stolen stuff here.

 

[Diggin It]

I've eyeballed those mats, keep us posted on how they work out over time.

I've had mats in use for several years in the garage, house and shed. I use one or two outside for kneeling pads doing yard work. Haven't had a single one degrade, though the mice nibbled on one pretty good. I've cut a few up into various sizes for padding behind plastic boxes and other things as weather proof cushions.

 

[dragoneggs]

I've had mats in use for several years in the garage, house and shed. I use one or two outside for kneeling pads doing yard work. Haven't had a single one degrade, though the mice nibbled on one pretty good. I've cut a few up into various sizes for padding behind plastic boxes and other things as weather proof cushions.

Might have to give them a try... always figured they would dry up and crumble in short order.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

I just assembled the HF mixer. For once the instructions were good and no missing fasteners. I see a big potential problem area with the axle and wheel assembly. The wheels are junk. I determined the tube that is the axle will receive a piece of 1/2" schd 40 pipe. A 5/8 axle most after market wheels are made for is a tight fit . Plan to heat the pipe and drive 5/8 axle stubs about 4" then weld. Add pneumatic tires/wheels and it will a lot handier and hold up under the pressures of heavy concrete. I have quite a few projects for it plus a friend also needs. Save a bundle over rental coats.

Ron

i finished the project. 10" Pneumatic wheels, 5/8 X 5 bolts, pieces of 1/2" pipe. Pipe went into the existing axle tube, 5/8 bolt (heads off) swedged into the pipe with heat torch coaxing; welded all up. Rolls on ball bearings now. Pictures:

Ron

 

[Rock Crawler]

Really nice job Ron. Very clean and professional.

 

[lostcreekranch]

i finished the project. 10" Pneumatic wheels, 5/8 X 5 bolts, pieces of 1/2" pipe. Pipe went into the existing axle tube, 5/8 bolt (heads off) swedged into the pipe with heat torch coaxing; welded all up. Rolls on ball bearings now. Pictures: View attachment 575473View attachment 575474View attachment 575475

Ron

Very nice. That should roll over rough ground much better.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Very nice. That should roll over rough ground much better.

Thanks to you and Rock Crawler. Strange thing is I doubt it would cost the factory more than $5 to do on the production line. So much for their touted engineering department. My grade 8 nuts are an overkill and treading a piece of rod both ends is probably cheaper than the grade 5 bolts I cut the heads off. I just had the stuff. Now need to match the orange paint.

Ron

 

[Rock Crawler]

Last night my wife and I went down to Beer Camp behind the house to do some adulting. I tried again to capture the ambiance light thrown by the 3 solar rope lights that I strung up.

The problem im seeing is that the rain gets in to the switch and corrodes it. I have to scrub the switch back and forth 40 or 50 times to get them to power on. Obviously they used carbon steel in the switch contact area.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Thanks to you and Rock Crawler. Strange thing is I doubt it would cost the factory more than $5 to do on the production line. So much for their touted engineering department. My grade 8 nuts are an overkill and treading a piece of rod both ends is probably cheaper than the grade 5 bolts I cut the heads off. I just had the stuff. Now need to match the orange paint.

Ron

When I did my mods, I had Sherwin Williams scan a part to get a paint match for the HF orange. I'll take a picture of the "recipe" on the can, and post later for you.

 

[def38]

Last night my wife and I went down to Beer Camp behind the house to do some adulting. I tried again to capture the ambiance light thrown by the 3 solar rope lights that I strung up.

The problem im seeing is that the rain gets in to the switch and corrodes it. I have to scrub the switch back and forth 40 or 50 times to get them to power on. Obviously they used carbon steel in the switch contact area. View attachment 575484

What's "adulting"? Is it legal? The photo is very ambiguous...