Re: Harbor Freight tape measures come up short
A new Harbor Freight store opened up near here on Saturday,and the first 1000 customers got a free tape measure.My friend got one,and was in my garage that night telling me that the tape was off.We held it up to a one foot machinest's rule,it was a little off.I had it in my hand and noticed the hook on the end was tight.I said that's not right,the hook is supposed to have a little play in it.He had assumed that because it was from China the hook was just loose because of poor quality.He had gone over to my brake rivet press and squashed the rivet down tight.He didn't know that the hook moved one way for a pull measurement,and moved the other way for an accurate inside measurement,and was OK to begin with.
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