Die grinder from Harbor Freight

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Just a feed back here from my purchase of a electric die grinder part #44141.
Was itchy to get to porting on my 675 heads and drove 60 miles to nearest store, purchased tool w/extended warranty to use w/some long shank burrs..but once chucked up in the grinder, I have a tremendous "wobble" when coming up to speed. Initially thought perhaps the burr was bent but on closer observation it appears as if the collet is not "centering" the bit!!:wack: So, I ended up using a 20 year old IR (air) tire/tube buffer that I have. The long shank burrs work well & smooth in the air grinder, btw, that has a different "collet" that centers bit appropriately..

 

[duster wonder]

huh, i bought their air powered version and it has worked great

 

[ducter]

That's the thing with HF stuff, it's rolling the die.. In your case literally. You can normally find outlets in the stores and I test anything electrical, they don't even question what I am doing lol. Certain things when you buy the warranty and your still at less then half the cost of a brand it's hard to pass up and for the most part I have had decent luck with stuff I buy from them. With that said other then impact sockets, certain vise grips and certain channel locks, hammers etc I stay far away from hands tools sold by them.