Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[California]

... Not sure what my kids will do with it.

I described that above. ^^^

Pictures of people, captioned with name and at least era, are interesting to inherit and share. The slides we are going through are the same ones they shared with us 40 years ago in slide shows after a big Sunday dinner, interesting (to them) places they visited with very few pictures of them in front of monuments etc and even fewer of relatives they visited. Lots of photos of airplane wings over pretty clouds or over who-knows-where. Most of these sets begin with several photos of the airport departure lounge. The ones we've reviewed so far are travelogues, not portraits.

Got to admit I have a photo collection (prints) to give to my kids but at least nearly all of the photos are of them.

 

[PJSprog]

I have scanned many of my parents pictures and slides, still many to go. Of course my siblings wants them after they've been scanned. This is my childhood history, i trying to document as much as i can. Not sure what my kids will do with it.

My Wife got together with my older sister last year and scanned a bunch of old family pictures, most of which I though had been lost after my Mother died in 2011. She printed a bunch of it and put it together in a photo album, which she gave me for Christmas. Best Christmas present I've ever gotten.

 

[Diggin It]

This is my childhood history, i trying to document as much as i can. Not sure what my kids will do with it.

And I've done evrything to eliminate and destroy as much as I can. No kids, so the family name dies with me. Finally.

 

[KubotainNH]

These are not cheap, but not as bad as the ones I got years ago from my Swagelok dealer;

PROTO Ratcheting Flare Nut Wrench Set, SAE, Number of Pieces':' 7, Number of Points':' 12 - 1AKW'|'J38A - Grainger

Those look neat but way above my budget. How do they work on tight spaced brake lines? They look like they'd be a bit bulky for some jobs. Rusty brake lines are what I would use them for. I generally cut the line and tap a 10mm socket on the nut.

 

[Rock Crawler]

Okay, I've never locked a dang thing in my life, I'm not about to ever lock this stupid tool cart.

I'm tired if having my beer prep area on top with my towel, knife, lime and a few RTIC beer coozies that prevents me from ever putting tools in this thing seeing as how I can't have the beer station and still open the sliding drawers.

Screw that, I'm cutting these lock pins off. Now I can have the lime prep area and still actually use the drawers.

Now I can keep lime prep area set and ready right beside the trusty fridge, and yet still try to find a use for this tool cart.

Much better now. More better. Bestest ever. Whatever.

 

[KubotainNH]

LOL, must have your priorities.

 

[PhysAssist]

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

Naw, I've been using my for probably 7 or eight years first on the dirt floor in my woodshed, and now on concrete in the barn, and aside from some curling from the unevenness of the dirt floor, they're still holding up well.

Besides reducing my footsore quotient, they also make it possible for me to be working on my cold concrete floor in winter for at least twice as long before ending up with blocks of ice on the bottom of my legs, [also good when lying or kneeling on the cold floor...]

 

[PhysAssist]

Thats the problem with HFs multiple supplier system. They are not always the exact same product. But hey once theyre dirty ya wont know the difference.

Now maybe spray some bedliner over em all and make it a pernament floor...

 

[sodamo]

Excellent priorities

 

[PhysAssist]

I find I have a lot of tools - interior trim tools, code readers, flare nut wrenches, vacuum brake bleeders, compression testers, and that is just a sample of the auto stuff, another couple drawers for electrical specific (sq drivers, 12v testsers, meters, etc), then one rolling cabinet with just sockets, deep, impact, reg. depth, shallow, etc...
Really ends up taking a lot of space and I personally like it all organized so that honestly takes up some extra space....

Plus, I inherited tools from my dad, my F-I-L, and my elder brother- typically in the form of a garage's-worth of boxes of assorted tools, hardware, and actual dreck- oh and I have brought home [literal] tons of steel, wood, and other raw [and other] materials from various hospital and other dumpster salvage.

I have had just an approx 1700 sq ft basement and a couple of basic tool sheds to store all my shop, firewood, and yard/garden tools, after moving from our house w/ garage in 1994, until 2012 when we built our 1350 sq ft barn- so I'm slowly spreading them out.

Most of this is still in the process of being sorted out as well....