Apparently the new line of HF tools, Hercules, has got it's sites set on the DeWalt DWS780. But is the price difference to enough to go from a 3 year warranty on the DeWalt to a 90 day warranty for the Hercules? Will anyone pay $399 for a HF SCMS? And the claimed "high efficiency dust collection" apparently means that it will collect dust on the outside of the dust bag rather than in the bag.

I liked the first sentence of this comment: "Harbor Freight's been sniffing too much cosmoline...." That's better than Bosch. Even with a vac, the users shirt gets more sawdust than the vac. So, how's the Kapex for dust? It's looking better and better.

Harbor Freight Stepping up Their Game?

Mar 03, 2018 81 Replies

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Leon 8 years ago

Wait till you have your wife trained so that she does the buying. LOL. Mine was instrumental in obtaining the Festool drill set, the FMT work table, Kapex, and IIRC the last sander. But then again I have encouraged her to invested as much if not more in her upstairs quilting studio as I do in the shop. She has a certain robotic quilting long arm machine that is beginning to pay for it self.

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Jerry Osage 8 years ago

Very true. If I was in the business I would not consider Festool tools as job site tools. Considering the risks there are better alternatives available - perhaps even HF... Even those tools are likely to grow legs if left unattended.

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