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Glad to hear business is well. Do you fix tools, is thatwhat you mean by customers wanting them back right away? Do you sell tools? Just curious.

Most table saw you can place the fence anywhere and make a cut, even directly over the blade. So my guess this is just a beginers mistake, we have all wrecked tools or done something, thats how we learn. Before you made the cut, you probably saw a gap and that was the case. On less expensive saw and even some nicer saws, you never get a true cut. When a motor starts, you might get minut wobbles naked to the eye, but because of the deisign of the motor and maybe even a blade, you will always get some wobble. My guess is you were trying to be to precise and just made a mistake. No big deal. In the future if your trying to get that close or take off only an 1/16 or 1/32, I would suggest either using planner. if you don't have one, use a bandsaw, if you don't have one use a router. You can actually turn your table saw into a router table. If you don't have a router, you a sander. You really only want to use a tablesaw for cuts greater than 1/2", maybe a 1/4", but that is pushing the limites of a tablesaw.

Good to have you here. I have been on the site for a while and we have some pretty regular people. How long have you woned your business for? Things in the states are pretty slow, how about up in Canada?

Honda is great. Honeywell makes a good generator. Briggs and Stratton is probably the best for the money. There are a lot of them out there.

Personal opinion, when they sold out to Techtronics they are starting to make junker tools. Your right, they come out with all these tools, but they don't have the quality they use to.

I am the same way. Everytime I do something, I only see the little mistakes, so i know where you are coming from. All you need is practice and you will be a pro, just takes time. None of us were experts ate the begining. I plowed through so much wood and wasted cut after cut. Your off to a good start and the more you work at this, the more you will understand that having the right tools and having good tools is 90% the key.

Go with the Bosch. I have 3 Bosch Jigsaws and will own nothing but Bosch. Detents are nice, but how often do you really use them with a jigsaw. A miter saw yes, but most cuts with a Jigsaw you don't need them. A jigsaw allows the user more freedom of a cut. Its like a bandsaw, but portable. I could see why that might be of interest to you and yes, sometimes they can be nice, but after a little use, you will be a pro. My Bosch saws take a lot of abuse, but they are durable. Just my two cents or is it sense?

Our Hilti sales rep stopped today and let us demo the Break with the Hilti hex connection polygon chisel. Pretty awesome system. The chisle suppose to be self sharpening, but we didn't run it long enough to actually see. We hit some concrete and that was about it. Great tool, would recommend it to anyone, well it is Hilti.

I have no idea why it says guest. I do know they changed this forum about a week ago. There other service they added was in beta testing, so i thinkt hey are just trying to get all the bugs out of this system. I am also not sure why Amazon and othe places have the toque set at 150. you might be right that it is the drill. Now that i look at it, I am not sure of anything and probley didn't help you out. lol

Good question. Actually the Milwaukee M12 has 850 in/lbs. But what I have been reading, they are having some problems with their batteries, so i would stay away from them. In regards to the Makita, it is hard to tell. What size nuts and bolts are you removing? Your boss owns the 18V, has he ever had any problems getting bolts off? If so, you might not want to go below the 18V size. The small size is great, but you are giving up some power. Without known what you really need, its hard to say what you need.

The tape does work. It works for a lot of different types of materials.

Good article, but it depends what line of business your in. A plummer would need different tools than what is on this list. A robber would need different tools then what a plumber would need

I say a table saw in case someone doesn't pay you. You can get some pretty small kits that have different wrenchs and screw drivers at your local hardware store. I am not sure how much room you have on your hog, but I am sure some of these small kits will have everything you need.

I started buying recon tools lately to save a couple bucks and I haven't had any problems. Good deal

If one hand doesn't know what the other hand is doing, why would I buy their power tools? There customer service is not what it use to be, so my guess is there quality is not what it use to be

If you are not using them a lot, i would go to Home Depot and see what is one sale. As long as it is a brand name, you will be fine. I am suggestion this because you stated you will not use them a lot. If you think you will be using them a lot for a variety of different things, take a look and see how many tools they have to expand for future use. Ryobi is nice because they offer a lot for their 18V.

I would go to Google and type in kids table plan. When I did that, there are a lot of plans available. Some where free and some you will have to pay for. They had some nice plans.

Go with an 18V because you can still do everything you need. If you go with smaller, you might miss out on some jobs because you do not have the right tools.

Great question. If you are only drilling 20 - 1/2" holes for the day an 18V will get you buy, but you will be using a lot of battery, which in the long run will die out quicker. I know you want an 18V, but if you are drilling through concrete every day, I would get something bigger. It will cost more money, but in the long run it will be worth the extra cost. If you are set on an 18V, I would go with the makita you talked about. Very nice drill drill, great balance and good power. Again I would suggest upgrading to a more powerful drill such as any of the three below. http://www.makita.com/en-us/Modules/Tools/ToolDetails.aspx?ID=153 http://www.boschtools.com/Products/Tools/Pages/BoschProductCategory.aspx?catid=87 http://www.us.hilti.com/holus/modules/prcat/prca_navigation.jsp?OID=-19428 Personally I would go with the Bosch. Not as expensive as the Hilti, but Bosch makes one of the best drills around. You won't go wrong.

I haven't seen any reviews yet. If I do I will let you know. I would wait until you see some reviews before spending all the money.

Sounds great. I will see what I can find to.

I am a small contractor with about 23 employees. I saw your news on the new Dewalt Track Saw and wanted to find out more about this. I was looking at getting a Festool track system a while ago, but have been side tracked. Now I see Dewalt has one out. Also I was reading some of the resonses under the dewalt news on this site and saw Makita has on or will have one out. Anyone have any experience? Is it worth the cost, does it save time. Any feedback would be great. Also how do they hold up and do they really produce a better cut.

Good question. The only thing I can think of is a unibit step bit. They make so many of them. You can get one at any store, but if you go online line you might be able to find different ones that will suit you art.

It really depends what you will be doing also. I have a cordless Milwaukee and love it, it pretty much goes or does anything I want. However, I do have a corded Milwaukee drill and love it. I don't use it much but when I need to drill bigger holes, mix mud or anything else, I break out the corded drill. Your right, no battery issues or anything else. The only reason I would get a cordless drill is if your Craftsman was getting ready to die, then I would sink the money into a nice cordless system instead. The corded will last a life time, as I said mine is old but still runs great when I have to break her out of the bag.

I wouldn't have a problem using a craftsman. They are not bad, but you are right, there is limitations to some of their drills.