Quoted post said:Originally posted by daveornee
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Carl Fogel posted:
"invest in one of these vises, which rotate in two planes:
http://www.harborfreight.com ..... Item number 5655
It's a bit like a bicycle workstand.
Mount it on the corner of a workbench, and little will
defeat it. I bought mine a few years ago when my old vise mistook me for Chalo Colina and broke. Couldn't be
happier."
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Then Sheldon chimed in:
" Ooooh, I've got one of these, but my previous source doesn't
have them anymore. Delighted to find a new source.
This is a wonderful piece of Stalinist machinery...no great
precision, not really high quality but LOTS and LOTS of
metal to make up for it.
I just love mine, and the hex jaws are perfect for holding a
freewheel puller (I did have to drill out the area under
those jaws for axle clearance though.)
Be prepared that the freight may cost as much as the vise,
but it's still a fabulous value."
Sheldon "Solidity" Brown +-----------------------------------------------
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Harbor Freight has interesting ways of doing business. Pay less freight as you buy more. You don't pay more than an handling feee when your order is $50 or more. Since the vice is $49+.... just order something else you want and shipping is NADA
I feel like "Tim the tool man"
...grunt .... grunt.... grunt.... well, you get the idea
Dear Sheldon and Dave,
Like Leona, self-absorbed and undeservedly
fortunate people like me tend to forget you
little people, who pay freight charges, taxes,
and so forth.
You see, my Harbor Freight store is less than
five minutes away, closer than the grocery store.
Oh, dear, I just looked--no Harbor Freight stores
in all of Massachusetts. None in Western Springs,
Illinois, either.
(Pause for unseemly gloating.)
What it makes it all the sweeter is that Pueblo's
Harbor Freight took over the site of King Lumber,
an alleged hardware store whose outrages still
cause my blood pressure to rise.
("Sorry, we can't sell you that dusty garage door
spring that you spent half an hour finding because
it hasn't been inventoried yet--come back next
week."😉
So even when Harbor Freight doesn't have what I'm
looking for, I still get to enjoy a vengeful little dance
on my way out over the grave of King Lumber.
Carl Fogel
