I went stupid and shopped at HF

Now you tell me why, a half hour later, that I paid 150 bucks and pushed a cart full of "cheap" stuff out the door.

Some of this junk is liable to kill me, hurt me, fall apart, and cause a die hard snap-on tool guy to call me a traitor, a man against my country.

Well, those 15 dollar jack stands looked nice, though. Maybe I am too cheap for my own good.

Then I got a cheap heat gun that was on sale and some heat shrink tubing. I always borrowed my brother's heat gun and probably used it more than he does, but lately he's been a but-head and I'd rather not deal with it right now. Never go the heat shrink tube form them before, so I can't say how good it is yet. I figure either way, I got it dirt cheap so I aint out too much if the tube turns out to be junk.

IN my tool box at work I also have a cheap set of prybars, a metric wrench set in a pouch, a set of 4 crescent wrenches, a standard 1/2" socket set, a 3/8 standard and metric socket set, a punch & chisel set (mostly junk, but I ain't afriad to wreck them to do the job) a few rubber mallets, an air powered 90* die grinder, and a brass hammer. I figure the wrenches and stuff like that aint too bad. I hardly use metric. I use the ratchet and sockets almost daily and so far they've been good. Could probably use a better 1/2" ratchet, but I'm on my 2nd ratchget handle after the first fell into a spinning lathe chuck (blew the guts out).

I've had the die grinder since february and with daily use (and daily oilings) it's been good. And much cheaper than a name brand die grinder.

I'm fairly selective with their stuff, but most stuff actually isn't too bad and it still has to meet some safety standards that the US has in place, like on electrical equipment, rope & tie downs, and the tires they sell for trailers.

Donovan from Wisconsin

So, in actuality, it's really not a bad store, if only I could really look hard at their junk and get good junk. HAHA!