Brian Henderson wrote:
>> How do you get these prices, walk-in only? The 34387 is on sale for
>> $2.99 on the web site:
>
> Hop on the web site, print the page out and take it with you. They
> will ALWAYS honor their online prices. Most of the time, even if you
> don't have the prices with you, they know what they are and will give
> you the lower price if you just tell them what it is.
The trouble is I can't find prices as low as Larry posted:
--------------------------------------
For the poor sots who missed the Woodcraft Ripo^H^H^H^HSale,
HFT is having a clamp sale. Their lifetime-guaranteed Pittsburgh
line of bar clamps is on sale at half price thru 11/10/03.
34387 6" $1.99
5975 12" $2.49
5976 24" $3.49
34389 30" $3.99
34388 36" $4.49
------------------------------------
I'd like to buy some at those prices. I sent an email to HF but haven't
heard back yet.
-- Mark
Trade it in for two more clamps.
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"Bill Rittner" wrote in message
> Now if you could cash the gift card in that would be an interesting sale,
> 40% discount, but, having to buy $80 worth of stuff I really don't need
> takes the gloat right out of this sale for me.
[email protected] (pete rose) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> This is all true, I even called the phone number on the rebate form
> to verify that clamps count as "hand tools". Although I'm not sure
> you can continue to mail in it multiple times (Don't want to be tempted
> to spend another $200 anyhow)..
>
> The guy said basically anything in the tools section that didn't run on
> batteries or have a cord qualified for the rebate.. so this is a pretty good
> sale/promotion.
>
>
> B a r r y B u r k e J r . <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:38:49 -0400, "Bill Rittner" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Please add a little more detail. How do you get 40% off at HD?
> >
> > By taking advantage of the recent hand tool sale.
> >
> > $50 of tools gets a $20 gift card, $100 gets $40, $150 gets $60, and
> > $200 gets $80.
> >
> > I was able to pick up $201 in K-Bodies at the Berlin HD, which will
> > get me an $80 card. The $80 card will be used for supplies that I
> > would have purchased anyway for an upcoming repaint.
> >
> > Of course, if there's nothing you need that can be purchased with a
> > BORG gift card, the sale isn't that great. Buying unnecessary crap
> > just 'cause it's on sale kind of negates the benefits. <G>
> >
> > On another note, have you been to Harris lately? If so, how's the red
> > oak and maple stock look?
> >
> > Barry
Now if one were to buy $200 worth of K-bodies and then use the $80
gift card to buy $80 more of K-bodies, they would get $280 worth of
K-bodies for $200. This is equivalent to a little over 28% off sale
(as opposed to the 50 some % off previously on Jorgy's - of course
most evryone interested can get in on the K-body "sale" :)
Dave Hall
Since I buy my lumber green from a local sawmill @ $1.00/bd. ft. none of the
local hardwood outlets interest me.
Now if you could cash the gift card in that would be an interesting sale,
40% discount, but, having to buy $80 worth of stuff I really don't need
takes the gloat right out of this sale for me.
--
Bill Rittner
R & B ENTERPRISES
[email protected]
"Don't take this life too seriously.......nobody
gets out alive" (Unknown)
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"B a r r y B u r k e J r ." <[email protected]> wrote
in message news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:38:49 -0400, "Bill Rittner" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Please add a little more detail. How do you get 40% off at HD?
>
> By taking advantage of the recent hand tool sale.
>
> $50 of tools gets a $20 gift card, $100 gets $40, $150 gets $60, and
> $200 gets $80.
>
> I was able to pick up $201 in K-Bodies at the Berlin HD, which will
> get me an $80 card. The $80 card will be used for supplies that I
> would have purchased anyway for an upcoming repaint.
>
> Of course, if there's nothing you need that can be purchased with a
> BORG gift card, the sale isn't that great. Buying unnecessary crap
> just 'cause it's on sale kind of negates the benefits. <G>
>
> On another note, have you been to Harris lately? If so, how's the red
> oak and maple stock look?
>
> Barry
Like someone earlier said, I used to buy the long ones as the price wasn't
that much more and I thought the long ones would be more versatile. Bought
two 12 inchers one day and realized how much nicer they are to use on
smaller projects than trying to manuever the big ones. I bought two more 12
inchers and four 24 inch ones. Highly recommend getting some 12 inchers
first unless you never glue up anything narrower than 2 feet.
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Michael R. Dow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Stopped at Home Depot today...
> >
> > Picked up about $200 in Bessey K-body clamps...
> >
> > Filled out the form for the $80 back, dropped it in the mail...
> >
> > The beauty of it is that I can do this multiple times until the 29th of
this
> > month...
> >
> > ....And so can you!
> >
> > Stop bitching about woodcraft.
> >
> > Michael
>
> So what size clamps are the most useful. I have 2 50" and 4 31".
> Should I add some 12" and 24" clamps to the mix? Maybe some 40" ones.
> Which ones do you guys find most useful?
>
> -Bill
Please add a little more detail. How do you get 40% off at HD?
--
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R & B ENTERPRISES
[email protected]
"Don't take this life too seriously.......nobody
gets out alive" (Unknown)
Remove "no" to reply
"Michael R. Dow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Stopped at Home Depot today...
>
> Picked up about $200 in Bessey K-body clamps...
>
> Filled out the form for the $80 back, dropped it in the mail...
>
> The beauty of it is that I can do this multiple times until the 29th of
this
> month...
>
> ....And so can you!
>
> Stop bitching about woodcraft.
>
> Michael
This is all true, I even called the phone number on the rebate form
to verify that clamps count as "hand tools". Although I'm not sure
you can continue to mail in it multiple times (Don't want to be tempted
to spend another $200 anyhow)..
The guy said basically anything in the tools section that didn't run on
batteries or have a cord qualified for the rebate.. so this is a pretty good
sale/promotion.
B a r r y B u r k e J r . <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:38:49 -0400, "Bill Rittner" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Please add a little more detail. How do you get 40% off at HD?
>
> By taking advantage of the recent hand tool sale.
>
> $50 of tools gets a $20 gift card, $100 gets $40, $150 gets $60, and
> $200 gets $80.
>
> I was able to pick up $201 in K-Bodies at the Berlin HD, which will
> get me an $80 card. The $80 card will be used for supplies that I
> would have purchased anyway for an upcoming repaint.
>
> Of course, if there's nothing you need that can be purchased with a
> BORG gift card, the sale isn't that great. Buying unnecessary crap
> just 'cause it's on sale kind of negates the benefits. <G>
>
> On another note, have you been to Harris lately? If so, how's the red
> oak and maple stock look?
>
> Barry
"Michael R. Dow" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Stopped at Home Depot today...
>
> Picked up about $200 in Bessey K-body clamps...
>
> Filled out the form for the $80 back, dropped it in the mail...
>
> The beauty of it is that I can do this multiple times until the 29th of this
> month...
>
> ....And so can you!
>
> Stop bitching about woodcraft.
>
> Michael
So what size clamps are the most useful. I have 2 50" and 4 31".
Should I add some 12" and 24" clamps to the mix? Maybe some 40" ones.
Which ones do you guys find most useful?
-Bill
You could always use it to buy more clamps...
-Jack
"Bill Rittner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Q2%kb.80668$sp2.49495@lakeread04...
> Since I buy my lumber green from a local sawmill @ $1.00/bd. ft. none of
the
> local hardwood outlets interest me.
>
> Now if you could cash the gift card in that would be an interesting sale,
> 40% discount, but, having to buy $80 worth of stuff I really don't need
> takes the gloat right out of this sale for me.
>
> --
> Bill Rittner
> R & B ENTERPRISES
>
> [email protected]
>
> "Don't take this life too seriously.......nobody
> gets out alive" (Unknown)
>
> Remove "no" to reply
> "B a r r y B u r k e J r ." <[email protected]>
wrote
> in message news:[email protected]...
> > On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:38:49 -0400, "Bill Rittner" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Please add a little more detail. How do you get 40% off at HD?
> >
> > By taking advantage of the recent hand tool sale.
> >
> > $50 of tools gets a $20 gift card, $100 gets $40, $150 gets $60, and
> > $200 gets $80.
> >
> > I was able to pick up $201 in K-Bodies at the Berlin HD, which will
> > get me an $80 card. The $80 card will be used for supplies that I
> > would have purchased anyway for an upcoming repaint.
> >
> > Of course, if there's nothing you need that can be purchased with a
> > BORG gift card, the sale isn't that great. Buying unnecessary crap
> > just 'cause it's on sale kind of negates the benefits. <G>
> >
> > On another note, have you been to Harris lately? If so, how's the red
> > oak and maple stock look?
> >
> > Barry
>
>
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:38:49 -0400, "Bill Rittner" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Please add a little more detail. How do you get 40% off at HD?
By taking advantage of the recent hand tool sale.
$50 of tools gets a $20 gift card, $100 gets $40, $150 gets $60, and
$200 gets $80.
I was able to pick up $201 in K-Bodies at the Berlin HD, which will
get me an $80 card. The $80 card will be used for supplies that I
would have purchased anyway for an upcoming repaint.
Of course, if there's nothing you need that can be purchased with a
BORG gift card, the sale isn't that great. Buying unnecessary crap
just 'cause it's on sale kind of negates the benefits. <G>
On another note, have you been to Harris lately? If so, how's the red
oak and maple stock look?
Barry
I was worried about that myself as the UPC's on the Bessey's I've had for a
while couldn't be scraped off in one piece. This time I just picked the
clamps that had UPC's that were easy to remove.
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"Test Tickle" wrote in message
> How do you get the stinking UPC code from the clamps? The only UPC on
> the ones I've seen are glued to the handles, and I'm not sure God
> could get them off in one piece.
Bill wrote:
> So what size clamps are the most useful. I have 2 50" and 4 31".
> Should I add some 12" and 24" clamps to the mix? Maybe some 40" ones.
> Which ones do you guys find most useful?
When I started wooddorking I bought only 36" Jorgy bar clamps, thinking you
could always use a longer clamp where a shorter one would do. It didn't
take too long to cure me of that. When clamping a stop block to the TS
fence, a 6" clamp works much better than a 36". ;-)
For bar clamps I have 4 36", 3 24", 4 18", 7 12" & 1 4". This mix is
usually enough for the stuff I do.
BTW, I bought two of these. They are a different color than my Jorgys but
seem to work fine. $5 for 24".
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=5976
The 6" is on sale for $3.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=34387
Every "How Many Clamps?" discussion needs a URL like this:
http://plamann.com/sys-tmpl/scrapbook/view.nhtml?profile=scrapbook&UID=10007
-- Mark
Larry Jaques wrote:
> For the poor sots who missed the Woodcraft Ripo^H^H^H^HSale,
> HFT is having a clamp sale. Their lifetime-guaranteed Pittsburgh
> line of bar clamps is on sale at half price thru 11/10/03.
>
> 34387 6" $1.99
> 5975 12" $2.49
> 5976 24" $3.49
> 34389 30" $3.99
> 34388 36" $4.49
How do you get these prices, walk-in only? The 34387 is on sale for $2.99
on the web site:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=34387
-- Mark
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:21:30 GMT, "Mark Jerde"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>How do you get these prices, walk-in only? The 34387 is on sale for $2.99
>on the web site:
Hop on the web site, print the page out and take it with you. They
will ALWAYS honor their online prices. Most of the time, even if you
don't have the prices with you, they know what they are and will give
you the lower price if you just tell them what it is.
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:57:08 GMT, "Michael R. Dow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Stopped at Home Depot today...
>
>Picked up about $200 in Bessey K-body clamps...
>
>Filled out the form for the $80 back, dropped it in the mail...
>
>The beauty of it is that I can do this multiple times until the 29th of this
>month...
>
>....And so can you!
>
>Stop bitching about woodcraft.
>
>Michael
How do you get the stinking UPC code from the clamps? The only UPC on
the ones I've seen are glued to the handles, and I'm not sure God
could get them off in one piece.
tt
Depends on what kind of stuff you work on. Most of my stuff is under
12" so I use the shorter ones. 3", 6", and some 12". If you're working
mostly on big furniture, you'll need bigger clamps.
On 22 Oct 2003 08:47:11 -0700, [email protected] (Bill) wrote:
>
>So what size clamps are the most useful. I have 2 50" and 4 31".
>Should I add some 12" and 24" clamps to the mix? Maybe some 40" ones.
>Which ones do you guys find most useful?
>
>-Bill
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 01:11:02 GMT, Test Tickle
<[email protected]> wrote:
>How do you get the stinking UPC code from the clamps? The only UPC on
>the ones I've seen are glued to the handles, and I'm not sure God
>could get them off in one piece.
One of mine *fell* off in the car, most of the others came off with a
fingernail peel, one needed Goo Gone.
If you can successfully work wood, I'll bet you can get the sticker
off. <G>
Barry
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:43:16 GMT, B a r r y B u r k e J r .
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 01:11:02 GMT, Test Tickle
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>How do you get the stinking UPC code from the clamps? The only UPC on
>>the ones I've seen are glued to the handles, and I'm not sure God
>>could get them off in one piece.
>
>One of mine *fell* off in the car, most of the others came off with a
>fingernail peel, one needed Goo Gone.
>
>If you can successfully work wood, I'll bet you can get the sticker
>off. <G>
>
>Barry
Well, I thought about chucking the handle in the lathe, but then
believed the proper diameter plug-cutter might do the trick . . .
tt
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:11:27 GMT, B a r r y B u r k e J r .
<[email protected]> pixelated:
>My early clamps were bought with exactly the same wisdom as yours.
>Who needs short clamps, when long ones can do? <G>
For the poor sots who missed the Woodcraft Ripo^H^H^H^HSale,
HFT is having a clamp sale. Their lifetime-guaranteed Pittsburgh
line of bar clamps is on sale at half price thru 11/10/03.
34387 6" $1.99
5975 12" $2.49
5976 24" $3.49
34389 30" $3.99
34388 36" $4.49
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On 22 Oct 2003 08:47:11 -0700, [email protected] (Bill) wrote:
>
>So what size clamps are the most useful. I have 2 50" and 4 31".
>Should I add some 12" and 24" clamps to the mix? Maybe some 40" ones.
>Which ones do you guys find most useful?
>
I use the 31's and 24's most often, as I use K-bodies most often for
perfectly square doors. I have some 40's that usually substitute for
31's. <G>
It all depends on what YOU make! <G>
For casework, I've always had good luck with any pipe or bar clamp
that will fit, as the mechanical joinery does enough to keep things
square, so I've never bought 50" K-bodies.
Barry
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 16:23:34 GMT, "Mark Jerde"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Bill wrote:
>
>> So what size clamps are the most useful. I have 2 50" and 4 31".
>> Should I add some 12" and 24" clamps to the mix? Maybe some 40" ones.
>> Which ones do you guys find most useful?
>
>When I started wooddorking I bought only 36" Jorgy bar clamps, thinking you
>could always use a longer clamp where a shorter one would do. It didn't
>take too long to cure me of that. When clamping a stop block to the TS
>fence, a 6" clamp works much better than a 36". ;-)
Not to mention that the extra pipe or bar can put a racking load on
the clamp if not supported, making for a crappy joint or a twisted
workpiece.
My early clamps were bought with exactly the same wisdom as yours.
Who needs short clamps, when long ones can do? <G>
Barry