Santiago
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3512
Registered: 8-27-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
Two deals from the Disposable Tool Company
If you can get ahold of the advertizing insert in most Sunday papers there are two coupons worth getting:
1. 4-1/2" angle grinder at $9.99 each. The trick is to buy a half-dozen of them and to put your different blades/discs on each one. When they go
bad (notice I did not say 'if'), you can do what someone who knows a lot more about these things than I do suggests: walk out into the desert and see
how far you can sling it.
2. Basic or starter set 45 watt solar system for $139.99. I ran my cabin's lights and water pump off this very system for 3 years before I went 120V
for $3000. Batteries not included but I just used one Sears deep cycle. In fact, I still use parts of this system for a 'back-up' 12 volt should my
120 v fail.
If you don't have the paper, you can still get this deal off their website by using the promo code "93547205" at checkout - brings it to about $145
with shipping.
Oh, Disposable Tool = Harbor Freight.
|
|
|
durrelllrobert
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7393
Registered: 11-22-2007
Location: Punta Banda BC
Member Is Offline
Mood: thriving in Baja
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
If you can get ahold of the advertizing insert in most Sunday papers there are two coupons worth getting:
1. 4-1/2" angle grinder at $9.99 each. The trick is to buy a half-dozen of them and to put your different blades/discs on each one. When they go
bad (notice I did not say 'if'), you can do what someone who knows a lot more about these things than I do suggests: walk out into the desert and see
how far you can sling it.
2. Basic or starter set 45 watt solar system for $139.99. I ran my cabin's lights and water pump off this very system for 3 years before I went 120V
for $3000. Batteries not included but I just used one Sears deep cycle. In fact, I still use parts of this system for a 'back-up' 12 volt should my
120 v fail.
If you don't have the paper, you can still get this deal off their website by using the promo code "93547205" at checkout - brings it to about $145
with shipping.
Oh, Disposable Tool = Harbor Freight. |
When I did my patio cover I used metal studs (to keep the weight down) and purchased a metal cut-off saw from them. When the job was done my Mexican
helper wanted to buy it so I gave it to him in lieu of 1000 pesos labor. He turned around and sold it to someone in Ensenada for 2000 pesos.
Bob Durrell
|
|
|
Santiago
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3512
Registered: 8-27-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
In one of those campfire conversations when everyone was well repleted, I said that I was gong to start a company called "USA Hardware" where
everything in the store was going to be USA made.
After a long pause we all agreed that the either the shelves would be empty or that everyone would think it was a great idea and then go to
Wal-Mart to buy their hammers.
|
|
|
monoloco
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6667
Registered: 7-13-2009
Location: Pescadero BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by whistler
I try and buy American made products.Swiss and German also.Some products I will only buy certain brands.You might pay more in the beginning but will
be better off in the long run.
Some tools you cannot justify.A Hardinge(American)5C collet is 60 bucks. I can get a set of Chinese made(about 15) for the same price.
When I retired I had three Albrecht drill chucks.I gave them to the apprentices.When I went to replace them the cost was close to $300.00 apiece.Found
them used on E-bay for half.
Am I a tool snob? yup. |
I always look for vintage American tools, it's amazing how good some of that stuff
was made, my favorite is my 1948 Walker Turner bandsaw, cast iron from the floor up and zero vibration. That thing's a beast.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
|
|
|
vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
Member Is Offline
Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
|
|
Don't get sucked-in by a nice looking pack of air fittings with a long tire inflator and a dust-off attachment. I've never had occasion to use the
fittings, and the tools all failed VERY quickly. How does one screw-up the design of a tool that releases air when you press the trigger, and stops
when you let it up? My Chinese compressor on the other hand (knock on wood) has been a little workhorse. At my age, my tools only have to out-last
me. Which way to the "GLOBEMASTER" bin?
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
