Update on the Bauer 22 inch from HF

[timelett]

Thanks 

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Well I stopped by a HF today as I said I would do. I saw that Bauer saw but that is all I could do was see it. It was on a top shelf lashed down so no one could steal it. As someone could carry that out. The table is massive and beefy. The tension clamp up front is garbage. that will wear very quickly so change it to Pegas and you do better. Other than that I could not play with it. I could not see the name plate to see if it showed the origin of where it is made so I still do not know. Other than that it is what it prices out to be a mid range saw with who know how good the parts are. Time will tell. I never can understand why HF does that but many of their tools you can not play with. Not good sales program. 

[kmmcrafts]

42 minutes ago, JTTHECLOCKMAN said:

Well I stopped by a HF today as I said I would do. I saw that Bauer saw but that is all I could do was see it. It was on a top shelf lashed down so no one could steal it. As someone could carry that out. The table is massive and beefy. The tension clamp up front is garbage. that will wear very quickly so change it to Pegas and you do better. Other than that I could not play with it. I could not see the name plate to see if it showed the origin of where it is made so I still do not know. Other than that it is what it prices out to be a mid range saw with who know how good the parts are. Time will tell. I never can understand why HF does that but many of their tools you can not play with. Not good sales program. 

Yeah that's how it was when I went to look at it.. hard to see up on the top shelf and zip tied down. I imagine it is tied down not so much as theft but some idiot would probably spin it around and drop it off the top shelf onto their toe or something and then as sue happy as people are and insurance companies are these days there would be a lawsuit. It's not like the old days when people had some common sense. LOL

On the flip side, They have a great return policy.. or at least mine does.. Buy it, look it over and return it, LOL.  

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

5 hours ago, kmmcrafts said:

Yeah that's how it was when I went to look at it.. hard to see up on the top shelf and zip tied down. I imagine it is tied down not so much as theft but some idiot would probably spin it around and drop it off the top shelf onto their toe or something and then as sue happy as people are and insurance companies are these days there would be a lawsuit. It's not like the old days when people had some common sense. LOL

On the flip side, They have a great return policy.. or at least mine does.. Buy it, look it over and return it, LOL.  

Yea but something like that you want to see it. I never buy anything sight unseen and can care how good return policy is. It now cost you to go return it. put some of the lesser tools up there. The lady right away wanted to go get me one out from the back. I said I am there to look. Picked up a bunch of tie wraps while I was there. use them all over the place. Going to my church this Sat to help put outside Christmas lights up so will use them there. Was not a waste of time anyway. Now they had another one smaller and it was on the middle shelf. You could have played with that one all you want. I would have switched them. Anyway that is my report. I have none. Good luck to all that buy them.  

[timelett]

13 hours ago, JTTHECLOCKMAN said:

Well I stopped by a HF today as I said I would do. I saw that Bauer saw but that is all I could do was see it. It was on a top shelf lashed down so no one could steal it. As someone could carry that out. The table is massive and beefy. The tension clamp up front is garbage. that will wear very quickly so change it to Pegas and you do better. Other than that I could not play with it. I could not see the name plate to see if it showed the origin of where it is made so I still do not know. Other than that it is what it prices out to be a mid range saw with who know how good the parts are. Time will tell. I never can understand why HF does that but many of their tools you can not play with. Not good sales program. 

Not to cause a stir but when have you been to a power tool store that allows you or me to fiddle with the heavy power tools? I'm happy with mine but I am not running a business with it. And I am still using the clamps that came with the saw. I want to give it a fair chance to prove itself along with the saw before a honest report. I have always had a good experience with the Harbor freight staff and tools.