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  1. Biggie

    DCF899

    Sorry I was busy the last couple days at work but I did finally check and mine in the 1st setting can be held from turning with my hand. So I would assume yours is pretty normal and I know the first gen high torque from Milwaukee was said to do 100ft/lbs in setting 1 but it never really did similar to the dewalt. An impact just isn't precise enough to accurately set a specific torque maybe the exception being the milwaukee high torque "one-key" models.
  2. I have almost every m12 and m18 impact driver made and what I've found is at home I still use my old brushed m12 drill the most. Obviously everyone has different needs but at home I find myself putting up blinds, pictures, and assembling cheap furniture for my wife. For these small fasteners I just don't like using an impact because they strip too easily. Even with all the power modes on the fuel impacts I still prefer the old school mechanical clutch on my drill. The one impact driver I don't have is the m12 surge which I think would be a pretty sweet for around the house. I have the m18 surge and it's really quiet compared to a traditional impact, but I suspect the drilling would be pretty limited with it.
  3. Biggie

    DCF899

    This is probably normal. I have a dcf899 at my shop I could give it a socket in hand test on monday but they usually are pretty weak in settings 1. There are just so many variables that the impact has no real way of knowing what torque its hitting in setting 1. All the settings are doing are changing the motor rpms. Most manufactures won't even state a torque in these lower speed settings. Dewalt for their testing probably took one specific size, new, and lubricated fastener and then hammered on it for 15-20 seconds at that rpm and got an average reading of 100ft lbs over 100 test. Now you're probably tightening a different size lug that may or may not be corroded and after about five seconds of hammering you probably stopped because yes it probably has more or less stopped turning but you're actually not getting maximum torque in that amount of time. This is pretty common with all brands of impacts as marketing numbers and real world numbers don't always match up.
  4. Yea I know there still are some drills that have a mechanical clutch. I think it was just another electronic tech thing they could put in drills but it sounds like the old way might have been better.
  5. Like Eric said it is the torque setting you want to adjust. Older drills used to have mechanical slip clutches that clicked when a desired torque was met. The new age drills have electronic clutches that sense the torque and are supposed to shut it down electronically when it hits a certain torque. I personally don't use the the torque settings very often but I've heard other people complain that the electronic clutches aren't sensitive enough and aren't as consistent as the old mechanical clutches.
  6. Doesn't look like any dewalt grinder I've ever seen in the US, where its supposedly made. Looks to me like a fake copied off their cordless model dcg412 without the hand guard, but as far as I know they never made a corded model like that. Another thing that doesn't look right are the Phillips head fasteners where dewalt typically uses torx head fasteners
  7. I have a 2704 and 2703 at work and I've never noticed the led doing that. I'd have to check next week to be certain but I would think I would notice something like that. I've also never seen anything like that in any of my other m18 tools. I do believe the led does come on when a battery is inserted, it couldn't possibly be an issue with the battery not having a good connection. Just seems strange that two different drills would have the same strange issue.
  8. It's a nice tool but I don't know why I bought it other than I have an addiction haha. I already have the m12 stubby 1/2" and to be honest I just don't use it except for specific situations. For my everyday work the slimmer gen2 compact impact wrench just work better for getting into tight corners and flanges.
  9. Biggie

    Trish

    While I could be wrong my guess is you have bits more like in the second picture and you need bits like in the first picture with the little notch at the bottom where its inserted into the driver.
  10. The dcs391 would be the brushed 6½" blade left saw that would be very comparable to your old 18. While I have no experience with it, I've heard people on here say it gets a little power boost from larger Ah batteries. Dewalt also just released the dcs565 which is a brushless 6½" blade left saw. There aren't a lot of reviews online about this new saw and I see its not the top tier XR branding like your dcs570 but it is brushless so I would assume its an upgrade from the dcs391 but I don't really know.
  11. I do ag construction which is a mix of metal fab, steel erection, and concrete work. I carry two 5" and one 6" fuel grinders on my truck and they're good enough I no longer even carry a corded grinder. I have a brushed m18 at my house and the only thing I use it for is sharpening my lawn mower blade but its more than capable of doing that with a 4ah. At our shop I have an old m18 brushed and a few old 3ah batteries and I would say that the 3ah make it kind of a turd as it just goes through batteries too fast and once they get down 2 bars you can tell. Another thing I notice is that my workers who don't know the difference between brushed and brushless seem to not discriminate between the two. These are the reasons why as much as I love my fuel grinders if you're not using it everyday you probably could get away with the brushed. Its just up to you if you want to spend the money to have the top of the line.
  12. It sounds to me like you would be fine with the brushed model especially if you can get it for half the price. The brushless grinders will get more runtime and are harder to get to stall but if you're not using it everyday and have a few 5.0 batteries the brushed is still pretty decent. Almost all cordless grinders are more effective with cut off wheels and smaller clean up work than all out grinding as the battery life on all of them just isn't there if you're going to use it like a corded grinder.
  13. Just a quick look on e-replacement parts it looks like they use the same field but different armature. What's actually different about them who knows and they may still work but they have different part numbers and on the 705 there's a note that the armature has 10 teeth. The 708 could be 10 teeth too but it just doesn't have any extra notes with it, so I'm guessing the fact that it has that note might mean its something odd but maybe not.
  14. Nope they don't make a compact 1/2" in xr/brushless. For the life of me I can't figure out why. It wasn't until after the dcf887 impact driver was released that they finally put the 3/8" anvil on the dcf886 and called it a dcf890. For whatever reason they just don't seem to be to concerned with updating the compact impact wrenches so you're pretty much stuck going with the dcf894 if you want brushless but even that is considerably larger than the dcf880. While the dcf880 has fallen behind some of the competitions compact wrenches i think you'll find its still a pretty decent little impact.
  15. More than likely the extension has something to do with it like framer said. Another thing to look at would be what battery you're using. If you're using a compact battery you won't get the full power of the impact. Also if it was torqued to 250ft/lbs and has sat and corroded it will take more than 250ft/lbs to remove it although i would think the dcf899 would still have enough extra torque to do it. But if you have all three of these things fighting you I could see it possibly having trouble.
  16. I don't know of any that come from the factory with reverse only but it wouldn't take much to open one up and modify the direction switch on the trigger.
  17. Biggie

    20V Impact Wrench

    It really just depends on your situation. If the blades have been taken off regularly and not over torqued the compact dcf880 should be sufficient, while being much lighter and depending on what you have for a lift its also more compact. Now if the blades haven't been taken off in years and are rusted or they have been off and someone over torqued them, you might need the mid range dcf894 or high torque dcf899. Just be careful with the dcf899 if you're not familiar with impact wrenches because it does have enough power to strip and break things. Personally I have about every impact dewalt and milwaukee make at my shop but when I sharpen my blade at home on my 20" push mower I throw a bit adapter in my m12 impact driver to take it off. It only has 100ft/lbs of torque but its always worked just fine.
  18. With all Milwaukee tools the first 4 numbers indicate the tool model and then the last 2 numbers indicate if its a bare tool or if it comes in a kit with batteries and how many batteries. example: 2825-20 bare tool 2825-21 kit with tool and one battery 2825-22 kit with tool and two batteries( I couldn't tell you if this is even offered for the sting trimmer)
  19. I always assumed the F was for fastener.
  20. My tool addiction really stems from my daily use of impact wrenches. So you would think when they release two new impact wrenches in my primary tool line, I would be excited. But to be honest I don't really need either of these new models. I already have the m12 stubby and gen 1 mid torque and while they're both nice to have in the tool box, that's where they stay 90% of the time. My main go to is still the compact impact wrenches for my work and I've found that the wide body on the stubby doesn't fit into a lot of places i commonly need to so i just don't see these new gen 3 compact models as being very helpful to me. I really don't use my mid torque that often but I personally see my gen 1 getting into places I work better than the new gen 2. All of that said, come September ill probably pre-order both.
  21. When you're as late to the game as dewalt was with this light why would they not incorporate more hanging options. I have the original m18 flood light and the new flood light with swivel head. While the original was nice and bright its not nearly as versatile as the new one with a built in magnet and clamp. You can attach it to all sorts of surfaces and the the swivel allows you to focus the light where you need it.
  22. As a result of competition most impacts are too powerful. Sure its great that a guy on youtube can drive a 1/2" lag bolt or take off a lug nut but for driving screws they don't need that much power.
  23. Don't have the saw but looking at the diagram it would only make sense that the cup of the spring washer faces in towards the saw blade. The smaller diameter bolt presses on the center of the spring washer compressing it against the blade acting as a sort of lock washer. If it was with the cup out it wouldn't hardly compress the spring washer.
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