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Old 05-24-2020, 08:34 PM   #23
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Default Re: Jack recall, chinese junk from Harbor Freight

I don't have a photo of it, or even know where it is at the moment. But i had a pre-war ratchet that was made in china.
Wasn't even a ratchet as such, more like, a heavy steel scroll that bound up when you turned it in one direction.
Wasn't amazing, but showed, that once, a long time ago, they could make stuff that wasn't junk.

Some more modern tools i've bought, it was amazing. Amazingly bad.
They didn't weigh much despite their volume.
The steel itself was 'hollow' and wasn't really steel. Where they broke, showed the metal was more like sponge, and would rust in 50% of the surface. The rest looked like someone recycled every random grey metal they could find. Didn't know lead, aluminium, and tin cans could mix.
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