Easy for me. A circular saw I bought at Kmart back when I was in school. Could not afford much and thought it would be enough for what little I had to do. I was very wrong. It was flimsy, would not cut straight with a new blade, would not cut a repeatable angle. (or anything else) Total waste of money. Live and learn!
Dang I bet that thing was a hunk of junk. We have to live and learn though. I’ve thought about buying a saw from Wal-Mart. But I always talk my self out of it. Idk why. But something just says don’t buy me at Wal-Mart. LolAtlas2000 wrote:
Easy for me. A circular saw I bought at Kmart back when I was in school. Could not afford much and thought it would be enough for what little I had to do. I was very wrong. It was flimsy, would not cut straight with a new blade, would not cut a repeatable angle. (or anything else) Total waste of money. Live and learn!
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Harbor freight corded hammer drill, slow with the hammer function through brick and the variable speed went out in two weeks. The switch from drive to hammer mode would always jump into hammer function as well…..
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My mom got a compress from harbor freight about 10 years ago. I know your all saying wow a harbor freight tool that lasted 10 years now something in the tank leaked from literally day 1 and she only uses it for pool toys and the occasional tire, I’ve run a nail gun off it once or twice in desperate need but if your ok with a compressor that 100% literally never stops running when it’s plugged in it was a win for 10 yrs at $200. The worst tool I own is a 6 year old makita resip saw its just a little under powered and crushes batteries
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8 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:Harbor freight corded hammer drill, slow with the hammer function through brick and the variable speed went out in two weeks. The switch from drive to hammer mode would always jump into hammer function as well…..
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Funny mine only lasted 2 minutes lol
I have had pretty good luck with cheap tools so far, i’v never bought a cheap power tool, but i’v bought lots of cheap hand tools, mainly from menards, they are great for what i use them for!
The only non-contractor-grade power tool that I can remember buying in my adult life was a HF grinder that a carpenter friend just kept raving on about how great it was. Tried it once, gave it to him. I can’t think of a pro-grade power tool purchase that has ever let me down, and I’ve never had a one in for repairs. Buy once, cry once, as they say. ‘Course, part of it is that almost all of my corded stuff is pre-China.
Bought a drill from HF once… Drilled 2 and a half 1/2″ holes before it shit out trying to drill a 3/8″ paddle…
Jimbo
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Funny how we keep buying that HF junk and then complain about it. Mine was a corded hammer drill. Used it once and that’s all I got out of it ha.
Someone thought they got a deal on a full number, letter, and fractional set for about $20. Turned out most of the bits were ground to the cutting edge was beveled back and never cut.
I bought a first gen lithium ion mikita lxt drill and sawzall. Paid way too much. The both were awful tools