High End Harbor Freight

[joesregalproject]

I make my living with my hand tools. I have quite a few cheep tools along with expensive tools. I am a cheapskate so I buy all kinds of stuff. I can say Stanley tools are the best. Just as good as Snap-On or Mac. Problem for me is Walmart doesn't sell them anymore. Makes it harder to buy. I have a few things from Harbor Freight. Only stuff that doesn't really matter. I did buy some of the new Craftsman tools a while back. I put together a mobile work bench a while back, so when I am at the shop I don't have to keep walking back to the Service truck to get stuff and put it all away every time I have to leave. I found a Christmas deal at Low's. 100 bucks for a full set of 1/4, 3/8,1/2 socket sets in a nice plastic toolbox that fit my shelf space. I also have a set of the professional black crome wrenches. I have been using them almost daily. The wrenches are good and I like them. The socket sets have been good for what I paid for them, but ok quality. The 3/8 ratchet messed up already so I took it apart and fixed it. The way the flipper latch ratchets is kind of hokey. Do not grease the ratchet. It makes it not work at all. I have it working again, but it is not on the same level as my Stanley one.

I don't own a lot of Stanley but one of my favorite socket sets is Stanley. I bought it at Walmart for maybe $30 when I had to replace a starter in the parking lot. I keep it in my truck. It's the perfect size for a tool kit to keep in the trunk and it has enough sockets to do the majority of roadside repairs.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

I have one of their Zurich scanners and it seems pretty decent. It scans PCM and ABS, displays live sensor data, and graphs the data.

 

[doood]

I've only bought something from Hazard Fraught 3 times. Been disappointed every time. (fuel pressure gauge, ultrasonic cleaner, bearing puller kit)

Maybe the secret is to buy stuff that has no moving parts and material quality/hardness doesn't matter?

I bought an oscillating cutter that worked for 60 minutes burning through the set of spare carbon brushes. I couldn't believe they used carbon brushes. I bought a Craftsman to finish the job (plaster and lath). Most of my sockets are Harbor Freight impact rated; I use them with DeWalt ratchets (best Xmas present I ever got).