I’m not trying to poor shame, but harbor freight has never been known to have ultra precision tools. And there are some shops I have worked at that the bosses think mitutoyo is the same as harbor freight because all they see is dollar signs

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    1 year ago

    I’ve used harbor freight stuff for years. If you don’t need ultra precision, and you don’t for dismemberment, then saving that cash can go to other tools.

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    1 year ago

    I used a Harbor Freight milling machine for awhile. It had no issue holding 0.006 inch tolerance.

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t mod it, I just built a really sturdy table to put it on.

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    1 year ago

    When you have 800 dollars and .125 of slop on the apron doesn’t matter.