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Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!!

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jimmy F.

02-26-2008 00:02:39




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This is an answer to a post some time back but I had to reply these tools are fantastic cheap power tools and give you the most bang for your buck. If you want a perfect tool then you gotta pay for a good one Ryobi was and still is a cheapy but alot people buy the everyday. you get what you pay for and sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't

It never ceases to amaze me the things that people try to do with cheap power tools , like the guy that used a reciprocating saw to cut 4" O.D. tree limbs. (The saw failed !!! ) No Kidding Dick Tracy. If you used a Dewalt,Porter Cable, or Bosch reciprocating saw the same thing would happen. Thats why they sell chain saws or any number of other landscaping saws. I'll bet the guy that did that was a pastry chef,or a market analyst by trade. When you buy cheap power tools tools it's usually because you can't afford the real thing and your hoping it will last until you can get a good one, Or who knows maybe it will last for years, Most of the tools sold by Chicago electric tools are great in a pinch I would like to know how to buy them wholesale. You could make a small fortune going from job-site to job-site and selling to real tradesmen, they all love a deal and most of the hand tools on a job are broken, lost or stolen anyway so why but top of the line stuff.

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36 coupe

03-05-2008 01:50:40




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to jimmy F., 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
Good and cheap dont mix....



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PJH

02-28-2008 19:04:44




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to jimmy F., 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
I use a 12 inch blade in my Sawzall to trim limbs with. I never did like starting a chain saw up in a tree. Lots of potential for injury. The sawzall blade doesn't remove as much meat as the chain saw, should something go wrong. I know a commercial tree trimmer would starve to death trying to make a living with a sawzall, but it works good enough for an old man in his own yard. And it will not hurt the saw. . . unless you drop it, of course.

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Bob Huntress

02-26-2008 21:24:07




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to jimmy F., 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
I have a mix of high end tools as well as less exspensive tools. A few years ago I had a free crate of Harbor Freight angle disk grinders. I'll use one until it gives up the ghost, and grab the next, and keep on going. I still have some more to go through. Sure, I also have a couple of commercial grade grinders, but I'm not wasting these. Work requires dependable tools, but I work around the farm, for fun, not production. I enjoy equipment that is old, heavy and inefficient, but as I said, I work around the farm for fun, and if my 35 year old air compressor needs to be shut down for repairs, I am not holding up production. I don't find any problem with cheap tools, provided someone isn't trying to work a production job with some Harbor Freight tool. Cheap tools used to pour the cement for a small goat barn is not the same as cheap tools used to get a customer back on the road.

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jose bagge

02-26-2008 16:53:44




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 and 'central pnuematic, too in reply to jimmy F., 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
and let's not forget the "Central Pnuematic" el cheapo air tools...the poor man's CP! I am shocked at how well some of this stuff works!
and NO i am not a harbour freight employee!

These are the only air tools I will loan out!



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jose bagge

02-26-2008 16:49:16




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to jimmy F., 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
I swear by these el cheapos! I have a pair of 4.5" grinders that I bought to replace a Bosch that my dumb a$$ dog chewed the plug off of. They were $9.95 EACH, so i bought two incase i blew one up. a year and a half and about 10 roll cages later the first one is still stroking along- and I gave the spare away as a christmas gift to my brother this year when I realized I hadn't gotten him anything. He thought it was a $40 gift! We have a 'walk in" Harbour Freight here, and i am CONSTANTLY amazed at the cheap tools that get the job done that i find there.
Love my high dollar stuff (my Miller, my Bridgeport, etc) but man I love a good cheap lowdollar find!

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Bernoulli/OZ

02-26-2008 13:21:43




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to Joe Pro, 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
Chicago Electric is a house brand for Harbor Freight. Sometimes you'll get a good one and sometimes you won't. It's more of a gamble than other brands.



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cj3b_jeep

02-26-2008 05:00:48




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to jimmy F., 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
If you use them a couple times a year they'd probably be fine. As for me, I want to know that when I pull my Porter Cable saw out, it's going to work, every time. A 4" tree limb? You should be able to cut those all day long and the saw should never even think about it.



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Dusty MI

02-26-2008 04:38:28




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to jimmy F., 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
Chicago Electric has been a round for a long time. More than 50 years.



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36 coupe

02-27-2008 05:25:11




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to Dusty MI, 02-26-2008 04:38:28  
There may have been a company by that name but its long gone.Ram tool made a good line of medium price tools 40 years ago.Import companies just use the name.Buffalo Forge is another import brand from china.



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Spook

02-26-2008 03:47:18




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to jimmy F., 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
I used my Sawzall to cut 3 in thick solid steel bars. Did a real nice job, looked like it was done on a bandsaw. Only took a few minutes each cut, cut 4 pieces with the same blade.



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rodgernbama

02-26-2008 12:24:33




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to Spook, 02-26-2008 03:47:18  
what kind of blade do you use to cut those bars?



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Nolan (foxtrapper)

02-26-2008 03:10:30




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to jimmy F., 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
"...the guy that used a reciprocating saw to cut 4" O.D. tree limbs. (The saw failed !!! ) No Kidding Dick Tracy. If you used a Dewalt,Porter Cable, or Bosch reciprocating saw the same thing would happen...."

So you're really going to stand there saying a mere 4" limb should destroy a saw. You're not helping Harbor Freight with that lame line. For my reciprocating saws handle 4" tree limbs without difficulty or failure.

My decades old B&D, with a 12" blade will devour 4" tree limbs, as well whole trees. My 19.2V cordless Craftsman devours them as well. Did a dandy job at clearing the farm road last summer. Though I did let the chainsaw fell the bigger trees.

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Eddie in MI

02-26-2008 02:50:24




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to jimmy F., 02-26-2008 00:02:39  
Isn't Chicago Electric the house brand for Harbor Freight? If so, I wouldn't exactly call them quality tools. I have my share of those tools and they work pretty well for me - if I use my head when I use them. i don't know that i would let my livelihood depend on them though.... I'd expect that you're gonna have a tough time selling them to the guys in the trades.



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hay

02-26-2008 05:52:02




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 Re: Chicago Electric Power Tools GOOD TOOLS CHEAP!!!! in reply to Eddie in MI, 02-26-2008 02:50:24  
i had one of the chicago electric cordless drills that i bought from the harbor freight tool store several years ago. was a really great drill and i used the heck out of it. unfortunely, i dropped it accidentally from a barn roof and it shattered on the concrete floor. i guess they are not indestructable after all.



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