skamath: My experience with the sanding sponges is not entirely unlike yours. Sometimes the grit does come off easily. I use them mainly for shop projects and for knocking the feathers off edges and joinery that will be concealed in the finished work, not for finish sanding on highly visible surfaces. Even so, at about 1/10th the cost of the brand names, I still consider them a good value.
Photojosh: Well stated, in both of your posts. With anything from an HF store, one must always keep in mind that "It is what it is" and that must take into account the price paid.
Loring: I'm with you in that my list of HF gems would be a lot shorter than Dave's. For example, IMO the Pittsburgh F-body clamps are perfectly acceptable in lengths up to 18" provided (a) you don't mind the much-slower-to-operate ordinary machine-screw threads rather than ACME threads, and (b) you're willing to buy perhaps 15 clamps to net a dozen decent ones (and then return the three duds). But the bar size on these clamps is just too light for the sizes past 18", which IMO makes the 24" and 36" a poor investment even for the very few dollars they cost.
Photojosh: Well stated, in both of your posts. With anything from an HF store, one must always keep in mind that "It is what it is" and that must take into account the price paid.
Loring: I'm with you in that my list of HF gems would be a lot shorter than Dave's. For example, IMO the Pittsburgh F-body clamps are perfectly acceptable in lengths up to 18" provided (a) you don't mind the much-slower-to-operate ordinary machine-screw threads rather than ACME threads, and (b) you're willing to buy perhaps 15 clamps to net a dozen decent ones (and then return the three duds). But the bar size on these clamps is just too light for the sizes past 18", which IMO makes the 24" and 36" a poor investment even for the very few dollars they cost.
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