Eric - TIA

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This week we are coming out with all our reviews of the Makita LXT.

I agree with carp. They do make professional tools out there, but not worth buying if you are doing a small space. Usually the best way to remove paint from concrete is a pressure washer, but considering this is in your house, I wouldn't use water. I would pop on some tunes, put on a mask and use the scraper and the wire brush, you will be suprised how quick it goes.

It has been amazing how many emails we receive about contractors brown bagging it to work. We get a lot of people wanting to find out easy and fast lunches. We have also received some great recipes in the process. We decided to create a section called Lunch Box. In this section we will put health related items, food recipes, exercise tips and more. If you have a recipe you would like to contribute, please either post it or send us an email.

We just posted the overview for the kit. You can read our thoughts about the kit and more - Hitachi Combo Kit

Actually we have a whole article dedciated to Lithium Ion batteries that covers these questions, plus more. You can see the article here - Lithium Ion Batteries

Dressing is good to do. But I have my grabdfather's grinder from the 70's and I never have dressed it. They say you should dress it if you get the outlayer coated with a metal. This will prevent it from heating up and exploding, but have never heard this happening to anyone. If you are using the grinder occasionally, don't worry about it. If you are grinding using a soft metal, it will be good to dress because if the wheel has a harder metal than what you are grinding, it become tricky. Again its not a huge thing to dress the wheel and thats why the manuals don't have that much. If you are going to be grinding for true accuracy, it pays, but if you are sharpening tools and grinding other stuff, I would spend my money somewhere else.

Well here it is. Everyone wanted ther drawing for the planner. Feeop was nice enough to provide the drawings and some notes about it. The drawings are in autocad, so there is a link to download a free viewer or you can download other free viewers through google. Drawing - http://www.professional-power-tool-guide.com/forumpics/Planner/JackPlane.dwg Notes - http://www.professional-power-tool-guide.com/forumpics/Planner/JackPlaneConstruction.txt Viewer - http://www.professional-power-tool-guide.com/forumpics/Planner/eDrawingsEnglish.exe

Can you email it to me and I will forward it so it goes to a link and everyone can download it from there.

We will be posting the information within a couple of days. I will have them put the link here.

Great job. Any other info you have on this I would love to see. Looks like a good planner, I need something like this one.

Hello Mark. Glad you found us. Thanks for giving us a review of your experience and yes this is the correct thread to put the review in. Very nice review.

I have never seen this commercial, but I have heard of Fein before. I believe they have been a round for a long time, maybe even over 100 years. I check a couple online tool retailers such as http://www.tylertool.com and see they carry this product. My guess if large retailers like tylertoll carry this product, it has to be good. I don't think these retailers would be carrying off names or junk tools. I haven't seen any rviews for this tool, but if I hear anythng, I will et you know.

I would stay away from a no name power tool and spend a couple extra dollars and get a good reliable cordless drill. Drywallman is right and it sounds like you don't need a hammer drill. There truely is a big difference from brand name to no name power tools. Its the balance, the motor, the way the batters handle the tool and especially how the energy is transferred from the tool to your work. Black and Decker are great power tools and are a little cheaper than the Makita. The Makita is a little lighter and is a great drill. Again it depends on what you are doing which would tell how much power you need. Here are two 14 Volts that would be great, but again if you don't need as much power go with the 9 Volts as they are more than enough for most applications. Black & Decker - http://www.tylertool.com/blackdecker1.html Makita - http://www.tylertool.com/ma6212v3codr1.html We have also put together a section for Women and power tools you might find helpful - http://www.professional-power-tool-guide.com/Women-and-Power-Tools.htm

There are a lot of tools still made in the USA, the difference is most of them are owned and operated by a foreign country. Black and Decker is one of the few US owned companies around. Black and Decker (Dewalt), Milwaukee, Roybi, Bosch and a few others do have operations in the US where the tools are made. Most time on the actual package, it will tell you made in America.

Good question. My friend had the same problem, but it was with an off brand. I will see what he did and get back to you.

My guess is the brushes esp because you said they were corroded. Let me know because I am curious.

That is very cool. I wish i had the room to make that in my yard. Very cool