[AT] chop-saw

[charlie hill]

Mattias,  you make a good point.  I have a garden tiller that has a bad 
carburetor on it.
I could buy a new carb but I don't like the setup it has with the carb 
attached to the fuel tank.
I'm going to do one of two things to it.  Take a small engine carb from 
something else and put on
it and try to get it to run right or, if that doesn't work, I'll buy a 
$99.00, 5 hp engine from Harbor Freight.

As far as Milwaukee tools go,  10 or 15 years ago you couldn't beat their 
professional line of drills, hole shooters
and screw shooters but they are expensive and so are the repair parts. 
Hitachi makes stuff just as good for less money.
I've never used their cordless stuff.

Charlie


-----Original Message----- 
From: Mattias Kessén
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 12:30 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] chop-saw

Charlie,
Good is good...
Amen to that.
We don't have HF but equal.
I don't know about cord operated Milwaukee machinery but their batteries
are junk, I'd rather buy the cheapest crap from China then you at least get
what,you pay for åt minimum. Sometimes much more. A few years ago we bought
a China gas engine for a vibrator. Third the price of a Honda one. It looks
like a Honda but in that environment most engines would be dead by now but
it still works.

Mattias
Den 30 dec 2012 18:14 skrev "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>:

> Don I see your point and to some degree I agree with it but when you
> brother
> bought the HF
> saw he didn't have one and he got the HF unit for about one weeks rental
> bill for one from a
> rental tool place.  He got 2 years of "a lot" of use out of it.  I'd say 
> it
> was a bargain.  Now,
> was he wise to buy the Milwaukee?  Yes but I can't say he was foolish to
> buy
> the HF saw.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Bowen
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 8:30 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] chop-saw
>
> On 12/30/2012 7:06 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> > Anyone here ever use a metal chop-saw form Harbor Freight? I’m looking 
> > at
> > buying one so I can do a little better job at fabricating than using a
> > torch or reciprocating saw. I would definitely use a name brand blade in
> > it. Your thoughts?
>
> My brother bought one a couple of years ago.  He used it a lot. building
> a log arch among other things.  Not long after the warranty expired he
> picked it up by the top handle and the saw broke at the pivot.  HF said
> "tough, out of warranty".  He bought a Milwaukee and it is a much better
> saw.
>
> He keeps the broken HF unit on the wall to remind himself to never buy
> something from HF with a power cord.
>
> --
> Don Bowen           AD0BR
> "A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without
> reserve.
> In solitude alone can he know true freedom."
> -Michel De Montaigne 1588
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