5 Woodworking Tools You Need From Harbor Freight

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[Phyoomz]

I can't be the only one using their clamps. AMAZING for the price imo.

[jbman]

Perfect analogy to the Dollar Store assessment. You have to pick and choose Wisely what to purchase. I use them as the disposal tool store.

[aboveaveragejoe]

I've gotten a lot of great stuff at harbor freight, love all my cordless Bauer tools and Pittsburgh pro mechanics tools, I have had good luck with Chicago electric tools as well, the circular saw, jig saw and reciprocating saw work great, had them for a couple of years now and their doing great 👍

[shawnrothman]

Great video, but totally missed their F-Clamps, price is 100 times better than anyplace else and they work well.

[bobnicholas]

I use my garage as my wood shop. Space is always a premium. I drew up elaborate plans to build a storage shed. My wife is an engineer. I showed her my elaborate plan with great pride. She opened her phone. She had a plan for a 10 X 17 shed for $179.. it was the Harbor freight 10 X 17 tent carport.. it was an epiphany. I put the tent up in a few hours. I put it on a floor from free decking boards I had. I live in Indiana it snows, high winds, it has not shown any wear after 5 years. I recommend this.

[chatterasnc]

I really appreciated your video considering how many snub their nose at Harbor Freight. Now, I’m not saying everything is worthy but things you don’t use on a frequent basis or use frequently like the consumables you pointed out are perfect reasons for going there. I would also enjoy other videos on what not to buy at high end stores or not worth paying the extra money.. meaning you’re paying for the name more than anything. Helps newbies like myself.

[GraemePayneMarine]

High Agrrement! I have been seletively buying at Harbor Freight for nearly 15 years. When we moved to our current location, I was bummed besuse rhe closest HF locations were over 20 miles away. I kept mentioning that whenever I was in, and now there is a new store only 5 miles away! Probably just coincidence. I agree with you on getting consumables there - I do that and have not been disappointed. I have also purchased a number of select mechanic's tools there, and air hoses, ang again I'm satisfied with them - but also, I'm retired from paid work. A recent find was a small folding step-stool for only a few dollars. It holds 300 pouns (safe for me) and folds to a small flat pack easy to slip into a tiny space. I have one in each car, one in the workshop and a couple in the house. I use a number of the cargo straps to bind my stickered lumber - but not for actual cargo on an actual vehicle. Bungee cords and tarps are always useful, and at prices low en ough tha I treat them as a consumable as well. (A few months ago I was at a deep-discount chain store (no name, to protect the guilty, but the name starts with "O") & saw a woman puzzling over their selection of flimsy "tarps". After asking if I could help, I quietly tolder that if she went two stores down to Harbor Freight, she would find much better quality ones, in more sizes, and for LOWER prices. All true! I did look at some HF routers a while ago, and was NOT impressed. Among other things, I could not find any with 1/2" collets, there were a few for 3/8" collets. Three-eights inch??? I only know of one US manufacturer that makes bits in that size, and only a few of them. Luckily, Woodcraft recently had a Skil router set on sale that uses both 1/4 and 1/2 collets, so that need is solved. Like you, I have no problem suggesting Harbor Freight for a lot of things useful in the woodworking shop.

[kindcarver]

Dude! I just picked up that sander at HF! I was there for consumables, but couldn’t pass it by, it’s awesome! Great to see you recommend it.

[billsargent]

I cannot say enough about their dust collector. Its knocked my dust issues back 95%. I also recommend their drum sander

[gregtaylor]

I have purchased boxes of their "chip brushes" in 1 inch and 2 inch sizes. Ideal for finish application followed by disposal. I also bought a dial indicator and magnetic base to set the table of my table saw to parallel. There are a lot of good items there!

[pygar]

I have 2 of their dust collectors in my shop, the "big" $180 one that I upgraded with a Wynn filter, and a smaller one that I vent to the outside. I also have a bunch of the f style clamps, the bench top 12 speed drill press, the 1" belt sander, the saw blade sharpening tool, and the 6" grinder. All have given me years of service.

[brucewelty]

new sub here! I agree with the belt sander. I have lost some of the plastic stuff but it keeps on humming.

[stanmashek]

harbor freight is good i have allot of their machines and clamps and pin nailer a 12 inch disk sander the one inch sander and many more items the magbet bar is great to put screwdrivers and bits on so allot of good stuff there

[matthewnelson]

I've been looking at woodworking as a hobby for the past year and it's great to find videos like this where I can find some great advice on where cheap is good and when buy once, cry once is best. Thanks!

[Hboy]

I love their screwdrivers. The blue handled ones just feel good in my hands.

[RayCollins-dvts]

I agree with your list. Especially the clamps. I have several of them.

[joshcordes]

I love my central machinery lathe. Got it as a Christmas gift a couple years ago and it’s great.

[jameslester]

The 1" sander is absolutely the best thing ! I lost all my tools in a flood, but when shopping one day at HFT, I walked by this 1" belt sander and it said it was on close out. WOW ! I bought mine with a coupon on closeout for $29 dollars ! I love this thing. It sands wood, and metal easily. I've learned that having a stationary sander like this, is great for lots of projects. And this is so small, I can pick it up and take it other places, like my shed to sharpen mower blades. It just works ! Extra belts are low priced to. 😀

[patricksmith]

I have an old, hand held drill press. As a kid (1970's) I can remember it being setup with a B&D drill ready to go. When my father gave me the press, the old drill had been taken out of it. One $20 HB drill and the press is back in business.

HB might not have the best tools, but sometimes they fill a roll as good as just about anything else out there.

[unclefester]

Harbor Freight sells a T-handle tap ratcheting wrench. I bought one back when i was working in a hydraulic fabrication shop. Everything we made was custom. It was not uncommon to have to tap threads in 1/2 and 5/8 plate metal 25 or more tines a day. That ratcheting tap could not be destroyed. You could break a tap off in the hole but that tool never gave out. There are other things form harbor freight that were equally awsome. Some other things like their red and black pnumatic die grinder was awsome for the price. It has a dial at the base to regulate air flow. Most other die grinders must be controlled by airflow to the tool. Guys who had ingersols were borrowing my HF die grinder all the time. Hand tools....ratchets and sockets were well worth what they cost...on and on.
What i am hearing of the bauer tools is that they are worth the price HF is asking on them. HF has alot to offer. Its not all junk. Those Bremen wood clamps are good clamps. They're close to the Irwins and DeWalts at a lower price. C clamps....casters for workbenches....there's alot of good stuff there!!!