Buy it, most of it will collect dust, but, you will know you have it, but can't find it when you need it.
It is from Harbor Freight so don’t count on it lasting 6 months.**
Nah, it will last years if it isn't used. But seriously, their Bauer and Hercules stuff is just as good as most big box store offerings and almost as expensive which of course removes the incentive to go to Harbor Freight.
But the Hercules brushless stuff has a 5 year warranty. Just keep your receipt.
It was like 35 bucks.... If it's like the expensive-assed Bosch router I bought, it'll last years.
Still using air tools. The only battery powered tool I have is a DeWalt impact drill.
Wanna make your wife happy? Put in a bidet with a cooter cleaner option. Job complete
A sawzall can get you into all kinds of trouble.
I was building some patio furniture for a friend out of pallets and needed a sawzall to take the pallets apart, never had bought one in all my years. Bought the $19.99 one at Harbor Freight and have used it for things I never dreamed of. Ive had it now for 11 years and it's still going strong. Have since inherited a new Milwaukee but still keep using the HF one till it dies. My lot is loaded with trees over turf. Best damn thing made to cut up limbs that fall in a storm, no chain to keep adjusting or keep oiled, and it won't chew your leg off if it gets away from you
Probably one of my least used but most valuable tools when needed is a 3/4 drive electric impact wrench. It’s saved many a busted knuckle, sore back , and use of the lords name in vain. 450 ft/ lbs of torque will do amazing things.
i got a $99 compound sliding miter saw from HF 20 years ago with the hopes that it would live long enough for me to build a deck. It did, and then another 18 years. Technically when I replaced it, it still "worked", it just was challenging. The moment I opened the box and realized that they included replacement brushes with it, i did not have high hopes...but it more than pulled it's weight...
sure, but when you want to cut something in two, you can, along with possibly cutting some thing in two that you did not intend to cut...
Two thumbs up on the OMT. Can't remember what I needed to do 10/15 years ago but along the lines of trimming the bottom of installed door trim/cut a bolt flush and a friend told me Harbor Freight had something called an "Oscillating Multi Tools" on sale. Never heard of it but that saw blade set up is amazing and the pointed sander handy too. Specialty tool for sure but when you need it, will do what no other can.
That's alright, im still not sure what the thread is about. I think a cutoff wheel is what is used on the left lane coasters
I did the same; bought a plug-in electric pole chain saw. It was about $60 and really works great for lower limbs, even though I won't use it every day. Sure beats using a handsaw. Battery would be more convenient I suppose, but I just roll out the 100-foot extension cord for a rarely performed chore.
That may be the one tool I might get "for fun". When hurricane helene did more damage here than expected, there was a huge need for people with gas powered chainsaws just to get us out of the neighborhood. It took far too long with the hand saws most of us had.
And out of all kinds of trouble, too, depending on whether you care about how it looks afterwards.
I've cut more limbs and shrubs , etc. that I care to count.
My neighbor was trying (and struggling) to cut down an Arbor VItae tree with a little electric chainsaw the other day. I went over there with the sawzall and got shlt done for him. Damn yankee transplant.
THIS.....this deserves its own thread....Xmas last year at my sisters....all 5 bathrooms now installed with $35 bidets from Amazon....and of course, im running 7-8x for previous 24hrs hitting the slammer due to some Barnhills type food I ate....by the 3rd time, i tried the bidet bc it was becoming painful to sit bc my rear felt like it had razor blades attached to it....it was the gift that i needed at Xmas time....went home, bought the same one from amazon for $35.....paid for itself within 2 months and now I can't keep my 14yo out of my throne....wife hasn't warmed up to it yet, but I kinda already knew that would be a hard sell on her
I bought a DeWalt reciprocating saw years ago when remodeling my house. Since then, like you, it's all landscape maintenance I've cut down trees, removed limbs, cut roots, vines, removed crap from fences, you name it. Love that tool.
