OT: Harbor Freight free shipping?

[Lynn Kasdorf]

Isn't there some way to wrangle free shipping out of Harbor Freight? I know the shipping is free on orders > $75, but isn't there a page with coupon codes?

Sorry for the OT posting...

[Keith Outten]

Lynn,

Free or paid Harbor Freight has to have the slowest delivery of any company I have ever seen. Most of the time I forget that I even ordered an item from them when it finally arrives. HF must improve this if they expect to ever see another order from me, low prices are of little value if you can't get the product in the shop and use it!!!

I will continue to visit their store but its a thirty mile trip one way. Since I use the Internet for most of the orders for my shop and I have deleted my link to their web page its a done deal between me and HF. Sadly I have found some really sweet deals on the HF web site, I will miss the bargains.

[Lynn Kasdorf]

They are selling an item that I can't find anywhere else, and at a very good price. This is a morse taper #2 collet chuck for holding endmills for $17. I recently acquired an adorable little Atlas horizontal milling machine (for metal) and I'm tooling it up.

[Keith Outten]

Lynn,

Try a couple of these links;

http://www.littlemachineshop.com
http://www/blueridgemachinery.com
http://www.brassandtool.com
http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/ubbs/Ultimate.cgi
http://grizzly.com

The Home Shop Machinist magazine runs a forum at the address above, you will find lots of help is available from the members.

[Marc Hills]

Lynn:

Credit to Badger Dave of the Woodworker's Paradise Forum. They could use some traffic and posts).

Free shipping (order below $50) Coupon FS 477-863-355 expires May 1

FYI: I have no affiliation with either HF or Woodworker's Paradise.

[John Weber]

I think the free shipping over $50 is automatic on the web site, I'm sure if you called in an order and asked they would give it to you. HOWEVER, they charge a $5.95 handling fee - so not really free shipping. I also am waiting for some backordered items. Even the in stock tarp took forever. I waiting on the "good" turning tools they sell. I've actually heard some good things about them, and at $30 a set you can't go work - I think. If they are junk I can use them for odd ball grinds. Anyway, I'm always careful with Harbor Freight, but deals can be found.

John

[Lynn Kasdorf]

That was the code I was looking for. I was sorely tempted to add one of their $7.99 cordless drills, but figured I have enough junk around the shop and don't need another low-grade tool, no matter how cheap.

I really don't like HF, but in this case, I know the particular product and mfr, and it was a killer price. A pal is selling me a set of collets that work with this particular chuck. If it takes a while to arrive, no big deal.

Back in the mid 1980's I ordered some tool from them, and a salesman called back several times until he bullied me into buying a Central Machinery drill press, which I still have, and still regret getting...I was young and impressionable back then. I bought one of their junky 14" band saws also. Both machines basically work, but just don't feel right. And they certainly seem out of place in a shop filled with Powermatic, and Delta/Rockwell tools, which I now have.

Life is too short to have cheap tools!