Comments by "Paul Frederick" (@1pcfred) on "" video.

  1. The price difference for higher end HF brands isn't that much compared to name brand tools to really warrant the purchase. I guess if you have to count every penny then maybe but there's other ways to save.
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  2. I have the Harbor Freight black oxide M2 129 piece index that I bought for $29.99 many years ago and it is still going strong today. But I do know how to drill holes and sharpen bits. Those are skills many lack. Good paintbrushes are worth the investment unless you're using them for something other than painting.
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  3. How are drill bits expendable? I have drill bits from decades ago. When they get dull I just sharpen them. If there's the barest twist left in a drill it's going to get sharpened. That includes bits that snap in half. The other half is still good.
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  4.  @mikes1345  sharpening a twist drill is a useful skill. Knowing some things will make the process easier. Sharpen on a well dressed grinding wheel. Know the geometry. Test as you go. Having sharp bits all the time is nice.
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  5. Harbor Freight is going more upscale today with their premium house brands. I think they're getting too big for their britches with those though. For what that stuff costs you might as well get known name brands.
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  6. I got a COB LED flashlight from Harbor Freight and the driver IC in it crapped out. Phucking POS! So I just took the head of it off and hooked a wall wart up to it. Now it's a task light on my mill. Still I'd rather if it was still a flashlight. They don't sell that particular flashlight anymore. I wonder why.
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  7. I cannot say that I've never been totally disappointed with some things I've bought at Harbor Freight. A lot of their corded hand electric tools are a complete waste of money. I bought a jig saw off of them and the blade holder broke in it so I welded that back together then the speed controller blew up in my hand while I was using the tool. Finally the scintered gear in the tool broke and that was the end of it. That tool wasn't even cheap. It was a Bosch copy at more than half the price of a Bosch tool. Now I have a Bosch jig saw and it's never given me a lick of trouble. Buy once cry once.
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  8. I've shot about 50K nails out of a 18 gauge brad nailer I bought at HF maybe more. Then it finally crapped out. So I took it apart, cleaned the cylinder out, lubed it and put it back together. Now it's running like new again. I love that gun. It has no safety on it at all. You pull the trigger it's going to fire a nail. I hate those damned nose safeties.
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  9. What kind of intimidation tactics can they use? You can tell them to go take a walk. Then make videos about their asinine behavior to boot.
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  10. Chicano Electric.
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  11. 7/9" angle grinders tend to be brutes. But using one to grind masonry it is not long for this world. That dust is pretty abrasive so it wrecks bearings.
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