I hate to put myself in the position of defending Harbor Freight. They sell a lot of junk but these happen to be very nice wrenches. I was responding directly to Ray's question and speaking from a particular experience with a particular set of wrenches I have owned and used for a couple of years.
Generalized warnings about the dangers of low price/low quality are of limited value. It all depends and bargains do exist.
By the way, I find that checking gas fittings with soap and water does wonders to prevent flaming.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Whitneyville, CT
> Having had the "thrill" of a Harbor Freight weed torch blowing up in
\r?\n> my hand while in use, I recommend extreme caution when using any of
\r?\n> their products. And as a rule I'd avoid any of their products with
\r?\n> moving parts or threaded fittings.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Good luck,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Gene Powell
\r?\n> Rad Finishes
\r?\n> Portland, Oregon
\r?\n> USA
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\r?\n> On Oct 15, 2008, at 9:03 AM, joeb-z@comcast.net wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > You will like the wrench you have selected but I would recommend
\r?\n> > this set from Harbor Freight:
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > http://www.harborfreight.com/
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > For $35 you get four larger sizes also.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Joe Bender-Zanoni
\r?\n> > Whitneyville, CT
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > -------------- Original message --------------
\r?\n> > From: Raymond Dobbins
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> Like Phil, I've been using a 12 point 10mm offset box wrench for
\r?\n> >> years, and
\r?\n> >> it works OK, (definitely better than the dedicated Campy wrench,
\r?\n> >> which is
\r?\n> >> useless IMHO), but still not great.
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> Several people have previously mentioned using a flex-head
\r?\n> >> ratcheting box w
\r?\n> >> rench, and it sure sounds like that would be the ideal tool for the
\r?\n> >> Record
\r?\n> >> post. I've tracked one down from Sears, but before I order it, I
\r?\n> >> was w
\r?\n> >> ondering if there are better choices. This is the one from Sears:
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> http://www.sears.com/
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> Ray Dobbins
\r?\n> >> Miami Florida USA
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> --- On Mon, 10/13/08, Phil Brown wrote:
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> From: Phil Brown
\r?\n> >> Subject: Re: [CR]Putting the Record seatpost on a diet
\r?\n> >> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> >> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 11:39 PM
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> On Oct 13, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >>> Personally, I never particularly liked the Record two-bolt post or
\r?\n> >>> its
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >>> clon
\r?\n> >>> es. They are a real pain to install a saddle on, what with reaching
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >>> unde
\r?\n> >>> r the saddle with the wrench and all. I much prefer the Simplex
\r?\n> >> post
\r?\n> >>> or
\r?\n> >>> a Brooks seat clamp or a one bolt later Campy post, where the bolts
\r?\n> >>> are act
\r?\n> >>> ually accessible. The one thing you can say for a Campy Record post
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >>> is t
\r?\n> >>> hat once you have the saddle properly installed, you can make tiny
\r?\n> >>> adjustme
\r?\n> >>> nts, thus its moniker as "microadjusting". I guess one theory
\r?\n> >> about
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >>> the
\r?\n> >>> popularity of the Record post In The Day is the same as for a
\r?\n> >> lot of
\r?\n> >>> other Campy gear, i.e. it was what Eddy Merckx used. Eddy, of
\r?\n> >> course,
\r?\n> >>> pr
\r?\n> >>> obably because of his back problems, was constantly messing with
\r?\n> >> his
\r?\n> >>> sad
\r?\n> >>> dle position, so the micro adjusting Campy post was perfect for him,
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >>> his po
\r?\n> >>> or mechanics, of course, having had the task of setting the damn
\r?\n> >>> thing
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >>> up i
\r?\n> >>> n the first place.
\r?\n> >>>
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> I've been using a Snap On 12 point 10mm offset box wrench for years
\r?\n> >> and
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> never have a problem.
\r?\n> >> Phil Brown
\r?\n> >> Nice tonight in Berkeley, Calif.