Any Problems with the Harbor Freight Blades????
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I opened up another pkg. of blades and tried both of them with NO problems. I made sure the first pkg. I opened I only had ONE blade in(yes, I've tried to put two in at a time,duh!!) and I've tried these other blades on different cutting boards(I have five besides the rotating mats) and it wasn't the mats problem. I've set these blades aside in case I run into more with the same problem and then I'll take them back to the store for a refund or exchange. With the price of gas and having to drive 25 miles to my HF I can't justify returning a couple of blades at a time especially with the FANTASTIC price that I paid for them(I was lucky enough to get ALL of mine for 2/$1.49)!!! I'm happy with the one that's in my cutter now and will keep track of how long it lasts.
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Move to another cutting mat.. then use the blade again.. sometimes our self healing mats don't self heal and the mat has cuts and the blade wont slice thru the fabric- it just pushes it into the slice of the mat leaving an uncut fabric..
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Originally Posted by BettyGee
Originally Posted by patdesign
Originally Posted by 02ba quilter
Originally Posted by dkabasketlady
Has anyone else had problems with their Harbor Freight blades that we ALL had to have? I've opened up two different pkgs. and all four blades have skipped when I cut fabric. There's not a nick and I've looked at them closely and can't see where the problem is. I feel bad about having all these blades that may or may not be damaged. How many pkgs. should I open to find a GOOD one? I gave my DM & one of her friends over 20 pkgs. and now feel I should warn them of the possible problem with the blades. I know I went crazy when ordering these(I got 30 pkgs.) and also picked up 16 pkgs. while on vacation in Oct., but have given over half of them away. Should I go ahead and open another pkg. or just bite the bullet(and pay three times as much) and get them at Jo-Ann's (using a coupon of course) and put these blades up for another day,lol!!! I had bought extra with the intention of putting some in a SQA pkg.!!
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Originally Posted by BizyStitches
I think that if people wouldn't have been so free about telling them what we are using them for, then I have the feeling the prices wouldn't have gone up. It amazed me how many people were so willing to tell the store. Maybe I'm just an ole fuddy duddy. LOL
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I used to work in retail and I don't remember telling the uppers how people used things (I doubt I ever even had any communication with anyone who had a say in the pricing of items in a chain store like that). I just rang people up or helped them find stuff.
Carpet blades aren't the only thing that have gone up lately.
Carpet blades aren't the only thing that have gone up lately.
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Originally Posted by gale
I used to work in retail and I don't remember telling the uppers how people used things (I doubt I ever even had any communication with anyone who had a say in the pricing of items in a chain store like that). I just rang people up or helped them find stuff.
Carpet blades aren't the only thing that have gone up lately.
Carpet blades aren't the only thing that have gone up lately.
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