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Consider ALL Chinese tools to be "kits" requiring re-assembly (and modification) and you won't go too far wrong.

Lets see....two Millwaukee Sawzalls, both running, $10 and $8. Delta sawzall, $2, and a $5 part, Milwaukee 4x24 belt sander...$10. Porter Cable Belt Sander/Bosch plunge router/Greenlee 1/2 conduit -4" conduit punch set, $35 for the 3 items

Ryobi 18vt cordless drill, and the matching cordless driver, $15 along with 4 batteries and 2 chargers, with the tags still in the box, $30

Gunner

Consider ALL new tools to be "kits" requiring re-assembly and modification and you won't go too far wrong. I disassemble almost every tool I buy, debur the pieces, lube them properly, wax them if necessary, and reassemble to the proper tension. They're feel like they cost 3x the price after that and they'll last at least twice as long while giving me a lot more pleasure. Plus, I have a much better knowledge of how the tool works, so field repairs are easier as a result. That has saved a job for me more than once.

Learn what to look for in tools before buying them and you'll avoid a lot of headaches, too. Figure out what makes a tool a good value and you'll avoid lots of bad purchases.

Also, I've bought several HF tools as cheap, temporary -backup- items but ended up using them for decades instead. The 5" mechanic's vise is still kickin' nearly 4 decades later, despite years and years of severe hammering on it and metal bending (-before- I learned anything from youse guys, OK?)

And, best of all, when you discover that you have bought a shitass tool, be sure to IMMEDIATELY RETURN IT. If you can do it the same day, it makes it that much harder for the idiot behind the counter to turn down the return. Be sure to tell them later how much better the replacement tool turned out. They like (and need) those stories.

Yup - things are cheaper in the USA - even used.

couple or less years ago I was in the BORG to get a 2x4x8 and just for the halibut U checked the price on DeWalt 185001 Monroe St Toledo , OH

I've been having lotsa fun here in the great white north!

You mean you dont have yard sales in Canukistan? Or they are all overpriced?

I'm trying to figure out how much more the free stuff in Canuckistan costs.

We have them - but the prices are often a bit higher than in the USA,

- cost more new, pecieved value higher - particularly in areas where there a quite a few handy-men and hobbyists around. Could likely do better in a big city where there is a lower percentage of DIY guys who want the older tools.

Are you saying that there are few tool users in Canada? Thats a shame.

Actually more willing to use old tools than those willing to part with them cheap. In the big cities, more likely to get rid of, and fewer ready to buy used.

My friend in Bakersfield is looking for some tools I told him to give you another call to set up a meeting. He mentioned sandblasting glass to frost images & lettering, and building a 'makerbot' type CNC router for woodworking. I downloaded the current LinuxCNC for him, and am sending it along with some other files he needs.

Did you ever buy drill bits by the pound from HF? A pound of 1/8" seconds lasted me over 15 years.

Ive got both glass beads and ground glass in unopened 5 gallon buckets

I have some "Fine" Black Max sand ..but not a lot. Im sure we can find something to work.

Have him come over...... and bring a truck

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an honest mistake." Malcolm Wallop former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)

No, I never used billdrits so much that I ever needed a -pound- of any certain size, even really bad bits. I have and do buy the 10-packs, though, from both HF and MSC. I break a lot of the 7/64, 1/8, and

They only sold the 1/8" buy the pound, or an assortment by the pound. I used to drill out thousands of 1/8" rivets on some old equipment, and broke plenty. What they called 'seconds' generally had bad plating but otherwise did a great job. I still have a few of the other sizes, almost 40 years later.

I'll bet I still have 5 pounds each of 1/8" and 3/16" double ended bits for drilling rivet holes back in the old days of body work...

Makes me appreciate my spot welder even more...

How much does a single 1" drill bit with a MT-3 shank weigh? Do you buy them in bits per pound or pounds per bit? :-)

Enjoy, DoN.