Great tool sale going on

nailshooter41 · 2017-02-19T21:51:39+00:00

Got an ad from CPO outlets a day or two ago, and they have a great deal of their stock at 15% off with free shipping on a lot of it. Certain restrict ions apply, see dealer for details, your mileage may vary, not good outside the USA, blah, blah, blah. My personal experience with CPO has been great, and although they sell reco nditioned tools, they sell new as well. They stand behind their products 1 00%, and are quick about doing so. The only problem I ever had with their product was when UPS (their choice of shipper) smashed the original box, re boxed the saw, then smashed that one as well. After seeing my pics of the saw, CPO reversed the charge on my account without receiving the saw back t o their warehouse. They issued an RMA sticker and sent it two day mail, an d gave me the the option of repurchasing the saw, even though it was a 24 h our sale when I bought it a week before. I have bought a DeWalt recip saw, a Milwaukee Sawzall, two brad guns, a fra ming nailer, a heavy duty hammer drill,saw blades, and all kinds of odds an d ends. As a heads up, when they have a recon sale, from time to time they really have some great deals. I don't believe they break down the tools a nd reassemble them, but all the tools I have bought arrived in "like new" c ondition. Years ago when CPO was very small, I bought a Milwaukee half she et sander from them and a giant Milwaukee ROS. After I got them and used t hem, I had to call back and find out what they did to them since they came unmarked and clean. The operator told me that the pad had to be taken off and the counterweight tightened on the half sheet sander, then reassembled. On the ROS, they had bad triggers at the assembly point. R/R the trigger , then back for sale. The ROS was selling at 30% of the original cost, and the operator told me it was because Milwaukee was discontinuing the sander anyway so the recons were the last of them. I recently broke the handle on my DeWalt 713 miter saw, so I...

Feb 19, 2017 28 Replies

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nailshooter41 9 years ago

I like the chrome for outside stuff that requires cleaning the outside of the tape, and the fact that everyone knows it is mine. (All the young guy s carry those big rubberized monsters that are accurate to the nearest 1/4" .) One last thing that is great on these is that they have a slot cut into the edge of the hook that enables you to put a small nail in a start point, hook the head of the nail in the slot and the hook stays put while you wal k off with the tape in your hand to get your measurement.

The link I put up was for the 3/4 X 16 which I use for all kinds of trim wo rk in kitchens, baths, etc. and is in my "trim" bags.

The "everything else tape" was supposed to be this 1" X 25':

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Both have the unfinished, no big decals, no big rubber parts, etc. to make them to bulky to carry or awkward to use.

Robert

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-MIKE- 9 years ago

Yeah, I can't fit those newfangled tapes in my tool belt. My all time favorite was the old Stanley LeverLocks from the 90s. Can't find them anymore. I'd really love to confiscate some tapes from newer ones and implant them into my old LeverLocks.

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notbob 9 years ago

....or even earlier. I was asked what I like. Remember those Stanley Lever-Locks from the 70's. On 25' Stanley's, they had woodscrew/nail info (including proper-sized shadow images) on the backside of the tape fer the first two feet. Particularly handy fer dummies like myself. ;)

I have 2 Stanley 30' Power-Locks (slide-lock) and a re-branded (True-Value) 30' Power-Lock. Non have the aforementioned screw/nail info on the back-side of the tape. You might try a Power-Lock tape inside an old Lever-Lock. The newer Stanley slide-lock Power-Locks are actually not bad tapes. I'll take one over a Lufkin, any day.

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Leon 9 years ago

Thanks. I don't really like wide blades or all the bulk either.

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nailshooter41 9 years ago

Try the site Leon mentioned. They have more than a few Stanley leverlocks there. I didn't like the leverlocks myself since the were more sensitive t o dirt/debris, didn't come in a 1" blade (in their defense, most tapes were n't), and I broke the levers when I dropped them.

Robert

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Leon 9 years ago

Aghh. Dripping the tape measure.... My tape measure always lands on the hook on the end of the tape and gets bent, every time it seems.

Now days I only use the tape measure to verify measurements made with accurate rules. Double verification so to speak.

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Leon 9 years ago

j'uh catch that? Dripping the tape measure. LOL That happens when it fits too losely. Or is that loosely? ;~)

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-MIKE- 9 years ago

You clumsy oaf. :-p

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krw 9 years ago

Starting early today? I think you're a little loose already. ;-)

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