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I've not seen a compiled list of warranties, and how to go about filing a claim, but may have missed out on something. However, I also want the experience of others, on their brand and what is included for warranty claims. Also, I think it would be great if there could be warranty information and personal experience on ANY tools that required warranty claims, cordless, corded, air, hand tools, anything goes here would be great! Milwaukee: 5 years power tools, 3 years batteries see details----> https://www.milwaukeetool.com/service/milwaukee-warranty This is my main brand, I have several dozen cordless tools, between the 12 and 18v lineup, and have made several claims throughout the past couple years. You can take the tool to your place of purchase if you trust them to actually take care of you, such as a supply house that you have done business with before, which is how our company does it. The way I go about making a claim for myself is going on their website and filling out the information in their "eservice" page. it's pretty straighforward, if the tool is within the warranty period. They pay for shipping both ways! Just print out the Fedex label but you have to get it to a FedEx drop off box or store. They don't care if you have a receipt, just the serial number. Still, you should keep the receipt, have the serial number written down somewhere (or go to there website and enter in your tool inventory). If you have proof that the tool is within 5 years of purchase because the receipt shows, make sure to include that in your information. This process takes about a week. https://www.milwaukeetool.com/eService Ryobi: 2 years cordless tools, except 3 years for outdoor equipment see details------> https://www.ryobitools.com/power-tools/support/warranties Basically to file a claim, take the tool, battery, and charger to Home Depot. I have filed a claim before online, through their Ryobi Nation website and they returned an answer stating to take to Home Depot, whether or not you bought it there. You do need proof of purchase, make sure to keep your receipt for this! This is the information I received when I started a support ticket for one of my hybrid lights: Bosch: 3 year "Protection Plan" 2 year batteries. Details here -----> https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/service/service-and-support-programs/ This is actually quite similar to Milwaukee's warranty claim, submit information online and print out a UPS shipping label, but you also have to print out a return shipping label to be included when it gets sent back to you from the service center's end. Dumb, I know. Obviously, you can probably take it back to the place of purchase, but in my case, I wanted to see how to go about a claim and there are no good service places for Bosch around here. I do not have Home Depots close by, and Lowes is hardly trustworthy. This way it gets shipped directly to them and then directly back to me. It works to register an account on https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/ and even if you don't have a warranty, register your product to receive the support should you need information/repair help. Looking to get information on the other major brands out there, Makita, DeWalt, PC, Paslode, Senco, ETC... Here is some information on Ridgid's Lifetime Service Agreement: @HiltiWpg did a thread regarding Hilti and recent changes, thanks to his expertise in that brand Looking to get the personal experience of any tool-related warranty claims from anyone that so happens to wander by this thread!!

On his way home he found a traffic sign climes up and started to say good morning to traffic and falls asleep

Talking out my butt indeed. Here's the ones I "forgot"....

Was in Tool Depot yesterday and on an impulse I got the 6 1/4" saw kit (+charger and battery) and got a free 5.0 battery and to replace my aging m12 impact & drill I got a new m12 Fuel kit. M12 kit was on sale for $229.00 versus $259.99 at the local Home Depot so it was hard to pass up.

I've never had a 10 in my hand. They always seem to get away before I get that far.

Glad to help, bud. If I can get you to spend some money, even later, my evil plan is working... LOL

Nobody will argue with Dewalt leading on the SCMS battle. The DWS780 is a tested monster, I have it and the XPS light system is so good, it's actually made me a better carpenter (really). Festool may claim better accuracy, but you're only as good as your calibration when it comes to lasers. And recalibrate. Again and again... XPS is where it's at, man. As for table saws, this one can get complicated depending on your needs. If you have a mobile setup, Dewalt table saws rock and have one of the best fence's money can buy. I have the DWE7491RS and it's really good. I used it today to manufacture tongue and groove that is larger than is locally available by joining two boards to make one with no preparation to the joined cut edges. Useable joint straight from the saw, glue, sand, install... however If you have a shop and don't need the portability there's better options because of table size. I can't tell you I wish I had a good method for outfeed with my saw, but portability and terrain means I struggle with this no matter how good the saw is with 12ft and 16ft lumber. All solutions are too time consuming so I just deal with it. If I had a shop and a nice table system, I'd accept an inferior fence system in a heartbeat.

I won't tell you which brand is better, because that is just an opinion and you don't know me from Adam. My advice to you is to make a wish list of what tools you would like in cordless. Look at the various brands other folks have recommended. Pick up the annual tool issues of magazines like Fine Homebuilding. I prefer to stick to one brand for all tools so I only have one or two battery types that use the same charger, others like to have the "best" tool of any particular type and don't mind having 2 or three different batteries and chargers to keep track of. Look at what is easily available in your area, including your big box stores, local hardware stores and building supply centers. Also look at where the nearest service centers are and use that to help in your selection process. You may find that on brand dominates your region and that makes choosing it even easier.

Thanks guys so much for the helpful advice especially carl and chris I do a lot of finish carpentry and just orders desalts 20v max 5 tool combo kit i went with dewalt because every shop I've worked in has used it and i trust the yellow but for my miter and table saws i haven't decided yet on what I'm going to get I've heard great things about festool but also great things about boschs new miter saws. Any advice?

Welcome to the forum Andrew! Are you looking to continue the with cordless? Do you want more corded options? Judging from your name you are doing carpentry, are you doing finish or rough carpentry? The guys here are good at spending everybody's money so think about those questions and let us know. I happen to like Dewalt. A lot. Also a fan of Makita and Bosch. But before you jump on a bandwagon think about where you are going to be applying your tools and I bet the guys here will give you some really sound advice. These lines have many avenues of specialty whereas some others really aim to a particular group. Another line is trying to aim towards every group by pushing new tools all the time and there are always problems with that. Also, being heavily invested in the Festool line I can base my opinion on the quality and accuracy of that tool line on personal experience but will point out that there are other lines with more cordless tools than Festool and spending money in that line might not yield you the best array of tools to complete a rough carpentry job. Whereas using the LR32, an OF1400 and a TS55REQ with an appropriate HEPA dust collection unit backed by a CXS and T18 will creat razor sharp lines and keep your customers house as neat as if Alice Nelson from the Brady Bunch was following you with a pink fluffy feather duster and a dust pan, but cost you a smooth grand and a half. Anyways, let us know what you plan to do with your next big investment!

Cadillac...what is it 1953?...you mean Rolls-Royce Phantom. I hear next year's Festool lineup is going to come with diamond encrusted ruby hand grips.

This might be a better comparison. Carlyle vs Carlyle:

Just in case you still desire a case, your thread got me thinking so I went out and bought me a Ridgid case for thirty bucks at HD and couldn't be happier with the way it fits.

Just FYI if you have an M18 battery and want to know if it takes full advantage of the rapid charger look on the top for a lighting bolt near the connector. If it has one it will charge at a faster pace than if not:

If the fixed size flex driver doesn't work, I'd use a 1/4" drive rotator ratchet (with safety lock) and the appropriate sized socket.

Halogens are part of my winter garage heater system lol

I only know one person with Hitachi tools, but he has their 18v. He seems to really like it and hasn't really had much issue with it. I personally am a fan of Bosch and don't think you would go wrong with anything they make. I'm not sure of the price but if you want compact and 12v you go with the Bosch. Have fun and good luck. It's a lot of fun when you are in the market for new tools and not tied to any brands. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

I still don't think metabo should have ever attempted Lowes. Lowe's is a very homeowner oriented hardware store and Metabo is not a homeowner tool. That and they wouldn't have even stocked any of the tools that I would want. I like it how it is locally. They sell Metabo at places where guys that would use metabo would actually regularly go, aka the industrial/welding supply store. Most major industrial companies purchasing agents won't ever go near a Lowes. They're going to go into the industrial suppliers and set up an account and get themselves setup with regular deliveries and then when they need a tool they make one call and the next delivery has a dozen metabo grinders.

Ha yeah. Or working on something and set a tool down, then go reach for it but it's completely disappeared! "It was right there I remember setting it down right there!" 10 minutes later. ."..Oh wait there it is I set it over there" Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk

As a Honda owner this is possibly the most accurate thing I've seen. Guys always ask me why my wrench roll has 6 10mm wrenches.

that makita looks bad ass

On lunch at home last night and got a call for an assist motorist. Grabbed my makita impact wrench and got the tire changed in no time. Also made winding up the screw jack effortless Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

Oh, yeah, I got some MORE sockets. 3/8 metric 6 point deep.

I don't have the time, but if I did that jack and welder cart would be worth the trip.

Yup agree bro the HF jacks are awesome! Carl if your looking for one that 3 ton will do great and it's low profile will come in handy also I'm thinking about jumping on that one and selling my other one.

Five finger (Death punch) From a fan of tools with lots of assistance from Siri #TIACREW

Not yet, but getting there. Knew I had seen these somewhere. Ran into them at the JD dealership. Only had the smaller size but it'll tide me over untill I'm in their other dealership out of town that has the bigger ones.

Wow am i happy that I bought these the other day! The $50 price tag always turned me off but when I had $31 in store credit and a five dollar off coupon I had to... I just tried it in some sheet-metal as well as plastic. (Tired of those new 5 gallon gas tanks leaking all over the place with this epa crappy spouts, so I got one of those ez-pour spouts online ....def worth the $8 hahah). The half inch hole was perfect, literally looked like it was stock and zero clean up around the hole. These things are night and day difference between the harbor freight ones I have ha ha.

Hello I am a plumber from argentina and break brick walls common and stone granite with semento plaster. to stuff the pipes, I used to break the pipe or discover the aujero where the pipes meet Mason Chisel and hammer, but I have to do a lot of strength to break and tired arm. I wanted to know if any tool there is electric that has the same force of blow that is exercised with the hammer and mason. Thank you

I have the cordless version and use it a lot. It's good for cleaning up the car, workbench and other small jobs. I even hook it up to my job site table saw and miter saw. I use 5.0 batteries that last forever in it. It works well but does not have a great amount of power.

you were good til now, you can put as many locks as you want your done.....

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You know those have always looked like a good place for a nap. I however personally prefer billboards! Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

I wish I would have bought more...

Will an NEC code book from 2008 work?

the porter cable 20v max works very good the impact is amazing and they are on sale at lowes for 159.99 now the hitachi does feel pretty good when you pick them up but I still went with porter cable more tools to get later when I need them

Lowes has been known to do some goofy stuff... I bought a a fair amount of Knipex when they were closing it out. Seriously, expensive German pliers at Lowes?

I really like those step bits. They drill a fast clean hole in wood, metal or plastic. They seem to stay sharp pretty well too so while not cheap they do seem quality. I used them to drill dozens of holes in my kitchen base cab toe kicks for levelers and a few holes in some self made metal brackets to secure a range top and every hole was clean and easy...

Yeah, stupid if they don't...

I know the guys in the main shop have several of both and one of the farm managers has one of the fast chargers. I just saw it the other day and want to say it is the same base dimensions but not as tall. I would assume they would want the mounting points to stay the same so they will still screw into the mounting holes in their toolboxes.

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I might be selling my house soon does anybody have a link to a current Pennsylvania electrical codebook to print

Picked up these To help put in this Which I didn't even use! But I did use this for the water I let overflow onto carpet which I got for $25 yesterday. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

Got a new lighter hammer for when a ball pein isn't enough and the 4lb is too much. That and a combination of threads got me thinking so I grabbed one of those Ridgid boxes. I am now probably the closest I'll ever get to knowing how it would feel to put a 427 SCJ in a Camaro.

Actually this was yesterday but I thought I should let you in on the deals too from Meijer: - Buy 5 get 5 free: Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk