Harbor Freight Tool

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805moparkid said:
yea we use one... it works great
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I told cliff someones bound to have used it lol. Thanks moparkid :) we were talking about how we prefer someone else to have played Russian roulette with harbor freight and find out if its worth a damn first lol
 
Kid at school has one. Works as well as the more expensive ones we have around the shop.

And here is a tip for when you are using one of these..... You only need a very quick zap. This way (if you are cheep like me), you can take some vice-grips, grab the nail at the head, give it an easy twist and reuse the nails over and over.


It also works well for shrinking. Give a high spot a zap (without a nail in the gun) then hit the heated area with an air hose.
 
Yes,Cliff.It does work well.It is very heavy.Make sure you set it on a flat surface when not using it.My first one cracked the case.Hope this helps.
 
on our old thick gauge cars you can hold it for about 4 seconds, you get a good stick that way...

on new thin gauge stuff your pushing it at 3 seconds...

make sure the area is bare metal, also make sure the contact ring is making as much contact as possible...

get them as close together as you can and work them all slowly or you get peaks...
 
805moparkid said:
on our old thick gauge cars you can hold it for about 4 seconds, you get a good stick that way...

on new thin gauge stuff your pushing it at 3 seconds...

make sure the area is bare metal, also make sure the contact ring is making as much contact as possible...

get them as close together as you can and work them all slowly or you get peaks...
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Ok does it run off a welder or plugs into a 110 outlet?
 
Since the broke bastard thread has already been started, i'll post some HF tools I can vouch for lol

Professional 3" Cut-off wheel(25bucks) don't get the 15buck one its garbage. Took off the guard and run 4" wheels on it, works great.

HF 4" cut-off wheels, last forever cut great. (8bucks, 10pack)
 
old tired rebel said:
Ok does it run off a welder or plugs into a 110 outlet?
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just 110... your holding the "coil" in you hand lol

xlexl said:
Since the broke bastard thread has already been started, i'll post some HF tools I can vouch for lol

Professional 3" Cut-off wheel(25bucks) don't get the 15buck one its garbage. Took off the guard and run 4" wheels on it, works great.

HF 4" cut-off wheels, last forever cut great. (8bucks, 10pack)
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agreed on the 3"...

also get the 3hp chop saw... we went thru the two lower ones in one day... the 1.5 or 2hp one lasted half of a axle housing end and the 2 or 2.5 lasted a housing end and one axle...

3hp is working great...
 
I've got a harbor freight engine stand, works ok but doesn't line up all there arms with the bolt patern of a 360. I but stuff there all the time. Works for what its meant to be used every so often.
 
ILLDuster74 said:
I've got a harbor freight engine stand, works ok but doesn't line up all there arms with the bolt patern of a 360. I but stuff there all the time. Works for what its meant to be used every so often.
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yea i had fun getting a hemi and a slant on them to...
 
805moparkid said:
on our old thick gauge cars you can hold it for about 4 seconds, you get a good stick that way...

on new thin gauge stuff your pushing it at 3 seconds...

make sure the area is bare metal, also make sure the contact ring is making as much contact as possible...

get them as close together as you can and work them all slowly or you get peaks...
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IMHO, that is way more time than needed. I can't think of many times where I even hold it for 1 second.
 
I know I have had 2 of their small air compressors never again. Both leaked badly.
 
xlexl said:
I wouldnt touch it since you can purchase decent 110 welders on craigslist for the same price.
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we bought one a long time ago and the gas valve was broke before we got it out of the box lol...

a welder isn't a good place to skip on quality...
 
Dang finally one I can afford and it ain't worth a crap
 
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