Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[rangerfredbob]

yeah, that's only for impacts. on a torque wrench you are moving along a longer arc to get the same torque reading using an extension because you are twisting the extension but that's it, force is force... on an impact the hammer is trying to rotate the bolt, if it is twisting the socket over it's limited rotation amount per cycle then it cannot put the torque in the bolt...

 

[4570Man]

yeah, that's only for impacts. on a torque wrench you are moving along a longer arc to get the same torque reading using an extension because you are twisting the extension but that's it, force is force... on an impact the hammer is trying to rotate the bolt, if it is twisting the socket over it's limited rotation amount per cycle then it cannot put the torque in the bolt...

That’s my thinking. It seems similar to claiming a longer chain doesn’t pull as hard as a short one. ( excluding the hitch heights and angles because that does make a difference. )

 

[Rock Crawler]

Newtons third law of motion says otherwise.

You're correct. In my mind's eye I was thinking of the impact wrench hammering, not a static applied load.

 

[John_Mc]

The bolts go through the bottom of the safe into the built in case work...

NO way to get any wrench attached without getting the safe open.

"Might" be able to buy a long Sawzall blade and get it to fit between the safe bottom exterior and the cabinet bottom shelf... some bolts are hardened which makes sawing difficult to impossible.

Apparently the 4 number combo isn't impossible to crack...

Have not contacted the manufacturer yet... I have all the information except a notarized statement of ownership...

As to the other 2 safes... they are open... so with a little fooling around I should be able to figure the combo looking at the orientation of the discs...

My parents had a small safe installed in their house when it was being remodeled. Years later, they forgot the combination. They had someone come out (locksmith?) he had it open within about 30 minutes of his arrival.

 

[Oaktree]

Electric Pole Saw. Works awesome and I think I paid $59 on a sale price or coupon.

9.5 In. 7 Amp Electric Pole Saw

Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems to be a tool of rather limited usefulness. I suppose if you have a lot of branches to be trimmed within extension cord radius of an outlet but ISTM that a gas or battery one would be much handier.

On that note, in the 6 mo. or so I've had their Lynx 40V pole saw I can say it definitely doesn't suck.

 

[Diggin It]

Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems to be a tool of rather limited usefulness. I suppose if you have a lot of branches to be trimmed within extension cord radius of an outlet ...

Remember that most urban and suburban and even 'new rural' homes are on lots of less than 100' feet wide.

 

[California]

If you think you have an application for a battery pole saw, by all means buy one! You won't regret it.

I should have done this long ago. It makes projects attainable that would have been too much trouble with a manual pole saw.

 

[Diggin It]

For those things, I prefer the interchangeable tool heads for two strokes. I have a pole saw and hedge trimmer with a 3' extension pole that gets the effective range up to 11' or so for the pole saw and out to about 6' for the hedge trimmer.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

WHen tightenting fasteners, I have several carfully calibrated settings I use.

Tight
Grunt
Loud Grunt
GRRRRRRRRRR
and jump up and down on the breaker bar

Reminds me of an old pipefitter adage: "make it up as tight as you can, then go another round". On malleable fittings that ensures it will leak from stretching the female end.

Ron

 

[dragoneggs]

Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems to be a tool of rather limited usefulness. I suppose if you have a lot of branches to be trimmed within extension cord radius of an outlet but ISTM that a gas or battery one would be much handier.

On that note, in the 6 mo. or so I've had their Lynx 40V pole saw I can say it definitely doesn't suck.

Yes, I originally bought it because I have a fair amount of pruning within 100ft of my house and outlets... but a couple times now I have loaded up my generator in my FEL and went to the far reaches of my property. Mainly to do some limbing of dead branches on a group of fir trees that became an eyesore after doing some significant clearing. Worked great! Not the most convenient, but it is not really worth it to me to invest in a battery pole saw since I already have this 110v pole saw, and a 20v Dewalt system including a reciprocating saw.