My $49 $80 drill press
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Topic: My $49 $80 drill press
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Subject: My $49 $80 drill press
Date Posted: 11 August 2004 at 11:49pm
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I just felt like bragging. So i had never actually gone in the harbor freight tools just down the road from my house. I went in the other day out of boredom and realized they have lots of stuff for pretty cheap. Ive been wishing i had a drill press for ages, and i noticed they had a sort of medium size one for $80. I knew i had some money coming from editing someones videos so i decided to go buy it when i had the money. Anyway, money today, i drove over, manhandled the box into a cart thing, grabbed a vise for it and headed up to the cashier. She rings the thing up, and asks me if i want the 2 year warranty thing. I said no (mainly because i didnt have enough money). So this manager dude just kind of wanders past, looks at my cart, looks at the screen and asks me if i want the 2 year warranty plan. I figured it was like best buy where everyone that can speak tries to foist the service plan on you. I told him no thanks, and he says "well were not gonna give you that little drill press for $80" So as i start thinking there was some sort of price sticker error, the manager dude commandeers the cash register and starts putting in codes and stuff. He looks over at me and says "How about a free 2 year warranty?" I sortof think "uhmm...yeah...ok sure dude whats the catch" Then the guy says "Here ill just ring this up like this...and this thing...and ill save you $30" and rings the drill press up for $49 with a free warranty plan thing. I have absolutely no clue why he did it, but im not arguing. Guess where im buying all my power tools and stuff from now on? ------------- 
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Posted By: :ShockeR_ratm:
Date Posted: 11 August 2004 at 11:52pm
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Showing a little ass never hurt anyone Yer living proof ------------- 
Nobody ever suspects the fun police! 
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Posted By: woodsballer87
Date Posted: 11 August 2004 at 11:55pm
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lol...good deal. the drill press my dad has is from like the 1930's-40's and it still runs like new. we got a powerd band saw type deal thats from the 30's also that we use to cut steel tubing and stuff like that... those vintage machines run like crazy. ------------- 
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Posted By: Solipsism
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 12:12am
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Drill presses are r33t, we have a 6ft tall one.
I cant wait to see craziness you'll come up with using that. -------------  http://solipsism.ath.cx - solipsism.ath.cx |
Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 1:03am
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Hey even if you have no idea what he did, atleast it worked. I wouldnt be complainin (which you arn't) ------------- 
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Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 1:22am
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Harbor Freight rocks.
Hard. |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 1:25am
Yeah, theres a 6" bench grinder for $40 with my name on it as soon as i have the money. -------------
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NotDaveEllis wrote:Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 5:26am
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wow, jerk. ------------- 
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Posted By: Koolit32
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 5:36am
| uberr33thax0rz |
Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 6:26am
sweet.there are no places like that around here.unless home depot counts.   id like a drill press or a mini mill
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Posted By: chettacheez
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 9:24am
Word. I got a $49 Electric winch for my attic so I can lift Anything under 1500 lbs up there...Including the annoying neighbor kids
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Posted By: tmino1687
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 9:28am
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the only bad thing about that store is some of the stuff is good and some of the stuff like the amps or other no tool items suck majorly. so if i were u i would only get the tools and nothing else cause its sorta like a cross between a big lots (everything is so cheap, but very poor quality like everything but the uneatable items) and sam's club or costco (a ton of stuff for nothing, but u somtimes gotta look at the prices and test it out) so stick to the very cheap but good tools. the one by me could pass for a dollar store, with those plastic tools ------------- 98c green, 2x trig, evo 2, e-bolt,j&j 14in. with a reg and nitro |
Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 9:34am
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I just use the one at school...
------------- Something unknown is doing we don't know what. That is what our knowledge amounts to. - Sir Arthur Eddington |
Posted By: EYES
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 10:03am
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Uber. ------------- 
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Posted By: NiQ-Toto
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 11:39am
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I have one thats about 5-6' in my basement that i can use, only thing is i havent had to yet...
Whatever, Good find enos. ------------- ///AMG What? |
Posted By: brycef
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 11:44am
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buy lots of the drill presses then sell em on ebay.... hahahah, and the pppl will pay a nice little shipping fee.. but w/e? ------------- Jesus- the way to go. planning to get ion |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 11:46am
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well if you plan on buying all your tools from there now, then he did his job.
------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: AdmiralSenn
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 12:30pm
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Lucky. I desperately need a precision metalworking lathe... ------------- Is God real? You'll find out when you die. 
Okay, I don't have a clever signature zinger. So sue me. |
Posted By: matt06
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 12:35pm
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I think that guy likes ya enos
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Posted By: 98God
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 1:41pm
| i have no need for power tools ...but good find |
Posted By: tippy_182
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 2:17pm
haha ------------- 
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 12 August 2004 at 2:20pm
About as much as me, yep. -------------
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