I have been looking at HF prices and they are well below other name brands. Anyone have good/bad experiences with them. I am specifically looking at thier stacked dado blades, router bits, slot cutter set, and reciprocating saw.
Thanks,
Chris
RE: Subject
Since you are asking, you already know the answer.
The stacked dado blades are an excellent value for the money when on sale for $20.
Rich S.
reciprocating
The other day I blew twenty bucks on their stack dado blade. I have not had a chance to use it yet, but for a twenty, what the hell, thought I would give it a try! Greg
I have one of their reciprocating saws. Crude efficiency is the best I can say. It seems to be working OK but it doesn't have the tight feel of a Makita or Milwalkee. I don't use it much. If it was an everyday tool I would step up a bit in quality.
I used to have an HF bench grinder. Totally useless. The motor inside the big housing was actually smaller than my table fan's.
GTO(John)
I have bought seven cordless drills from them - four at thirty bucks and the last three at fifteen bucks each. Can't tell any difference in the quality between the fifteen & thirty dollar ones but all of them get a lot of use in a factory maintenance operation.
Other people must like them too because I had to buy three last week to replace year old units that suddenly got stolen.
/// Smokey
Chris wrote: Group: rec.woodworking Date: Fri, Aug 15, 2003, 2:20am (EDT+4) From: snipped-for-privacy@swbell.net (C=A0Carruth) I have been looking at HF prices and they are well below other name brands. Anyone have good/bad experiences with them. I am specifically looking at thier stacked dado blades, router bits, slot cutter set, and reciprocating saw. Thanks, Chris
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Unfortunately, not everyone is independently wealthy and can afford to drop $200 on a dado set or whatever. Given the choice between a sub-perfect dado set that works and no dado set at all... what would you pick?
A router bit
A router bit.
-- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA
Thu, Sep 11, 2003, 7:26pm (EDT+4) snipped-for-privacy@verizon.net (Brian=A0Henderson) says: Unfortunately, not everyone is independently wealthy and can afford to drop $200 on a dado set or whatever. Given the choice between a sub-perfect dado set that works and no dado set at all... what would you pick?
Unfortunately, some people don't understand that reasoning. Sure, I'd like a new Unisaw, but I have a HF bench saw, because that was what I could pay for at the time. Hey, it does what I need it to, and, I am happy I have a saw at all. I take what I can afford, am grateful I have it, and I don't whine about it.
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A router.
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