- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Anyone ever had their Harbor Freight chop saw burn out? Mine just died and I've had it less than 6 months. I've been working it pretty hard recently. Has anyone ever exchanged their burned out one for a new one?
Chop Saw burned out...
- Thread starter Greg
- Start date
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Shawn said:
Yep, burned mine out in about the same time. Filed it in the Round file and bought a Dewalt.
I'd like to buy something nice, but $$ is a little tight these days. I think I'm gonna make a run to HF about now and see what they'll do.
brian
got fro?
- Location
- pagosa springs , colorado
....Shawn said:
Yep, burned mine out in about the same time. Filed it in the Round file and bought a Dewalt.
(good advice).....I bought a Milwaukee though...
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
I bought the dewalt one first, and it burnt up in 4 hours, so I went back and got the Milwaukee. Had it for over a year.brian said:....
RockMonkey
Suddenly Enthusiastic
I burned out two Dewalts and went and got a HF one!
Now for the useful info...
Your HF chop saw came with a set of new brushes in the box. Find those and replace the old ones, and it'll prolly work again!
Now for the useful info...
Your HF chop saw came with a set of new brushes in the box. Find those and replace the old ones, and it'll prolly work again!
Terrible Paulsy
100% Evil Conservative
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- Location: Location:
<hijack>You still planning on coming over to get my drill press tonight Greg?</hijack>
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- Grand Junction, CO
Terrible Paulsy said:
Yep, I'll call ya!
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- Grand Junction, CO
Well, cheap tools suck.... They couldn't return the Chop saw. I though about the replacement brushes & I'll change them later. That would be great if it fixed the problem, but forget buying anymore Chinese power tools @ HF in the future.
To remedy my problem, I bought a Rigid @ Home Depot. $179 and I got a 3 year warrenty!
If the brushes fix my HF one, anyone want a chop saw for $40??
To remedy my problem, I bought a Rigid @ Home Depot. $179 and I got a 3 year warrenty!
If the brushes fix my HF one, anyone want a chop saw for $40??
frankenfab
Registered User
- Location
- Utah
I like the 4x6 horizontal and vertical bandsaw from HF. It does a good job with a quality blade. It is also very quiet. There are several sites on the net with improvement ideas for this saw.
grinch
inner city redneck
- Location
- Salt Lake City
Ok you jinxed me..... My HF chopsaw died last night whil working on buggying out my rear end..... This ought to be fun fitting tube with my port O band or sawsall...
I dont have my spare brushes anymore lost em a long time ago. Does anybody know if you can get more from HF???? Im pritty sure its the brushes cuz it sparked from that area for a second then went dead. I spun the blade then it started running again then stopped completly... So im pritty sure its brushes....
I dont have my spare brushes anymore lost em a long time ago. Does anybody know if you can get more from HF???? Im pritty sure its the brushes cuz it sparked from that area for a second then went dead. I spun the blade then it started running again then stopped completly... So im pritty sure its brushes....
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
grinch said:
Haha!!
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Yeah, it's great. I used it quite a bit last night and was very pleased.
RockMonkey
Suddenly Enthusiastic
The Rigid was the one I was looking at, too.
My Dewalt is still going strong. Funny, I've had mixed luck with HF power tools. Their more expensive drill press is a good piece; but their cheap benchtop model was crapola. As a general rule I won't buy any electric power tools there, except for the 4" grinders. haha
EZ
EZ
RockMonkey
Suddenly Enthusiastic
Just a quick note on the HF grinders. Did you know they sell both 4" and 4.5"? The boxes look the same and sometimes they are mixed together, but the 4.5" ones have a slightly higher amp motor. The 4" ones will not fit a 4.5" grinding disk with the gaurd on. When you go buy those just make sure you get the 4.5" ones.EZRhino said: