DR99
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Well from what I have read they are not made in America so I doubt they will have the same quality as the other higher end Stanley brands. Plus being only sold at sears is really wierd I still don't get that how many people still shop at sears at this point?
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The signage that you would see in the store does not really do the offer justice. Essentially any kit that you see that has a battery in it(not bare tools) is part of the offer. Picked up a 12v Hackzall and got the free battery. Sadly for me, I bought my M12 Hammer/Drill and Impact kit with a free Mulit-tool back in February($159). But 4 batteries is more than enough for a DYI'r like me.
I didn't even know they were doing this in store I though this was an online only offer. Thanks for updating people on it I know a lot of people who still like to buy tools in person rather than online.
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Yeah I'm planning on saving a lot of money this summer.
Also, hit up garage sales and craiglist you can find the good old stuff for cheap sometimes I would be careful with power tools but hand tools its a nice way to build up a nice collection cheap.
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I think the Lowes that is the closest to me is done once the menards they are building right now opens up. Menards has started to open stores in the metro detroit area they were previously in the rural areas of michigan.
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There is a difference in the quality between different Home Depot stores and what they stock. It seems to mostly deal with the age of the store with newer stores having a larger selection of tools. One HD by me carries a full line of Bosch tools the other 2 might just have a few random bosch tools like the rotohammers, jigsaws, routers, and grinders mostly their corded tools nothing cordless at the older stores.While lowes is pretty consistent on what tools they stock in each store
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Thanks and that would work, I'm am putting on my drill and impact case.
Well glad that I was able to help because I was shocked at how much some places were trying to charge for some foam $40 bucks for a piece of it is fucking insane sorry if swearing isn't allowed here but it just shocked me.
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It's called pluck and pick foam and here is a site that has it cheap.I don't know if 2 inches is deep enough for what you want to do though http://www.onlinefabricstore.net/foam-and-pillows/foam/packing-foam/case-foam/charcoal-pick-and-pluck-foam-2-10-5-14-5-.htm?utm_medium=shoppingengine&utm_source=googlebase&s_kwcid=TC|1027047|{keyword}|{placement}|{ifcontent:C}{ifsearch:S}{ifmobile:M}|{matchtype}|{creative}&cvsfa=2700&cvsfe=2&cvsfhu=3732313935&gclid=CK2dzYPq0bYCFaYWMgodt3AApg
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Home depot has a m12 fuel tool deals for online purchases the best deal is the drill kits you get 1 2.0 ah battery and 2 4.0 ah batteries with the purchases of the kit. You know the free batteries take the bit out of buying a kit instead of a bare tool. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M12-FUEL-12-Volt-Brushless-1-2-in-Hammer-Drill-and-Driver-Kit-with-Free-4-0-Red-Lithium-Ion-Battery-2404-22-48-11-2440/204235344#.UW6Rf8q2Ul8
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Dewalt and Milwaukee have 2 different methods of releasing tools dewalt just seems to let tools trickle out and milwaukee releases a whole new line at once. They had 5-6 new m12 fuel tools launch this winter.
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The only real concern I ever had was getting a previous generation battery or something, but with the 20V Max that isn't a concern. The fact that you're buying a bare tool voids this concern also.
When I bought my m12 clamp meter of cpo it was listed as having a red lithium battery included with the kit according to their webpage, but what shipped had the old non lithium battery they handled it just fine and shipped a red lithium battery out right away. You just have to be more through with refurbished tools.
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That is a really good deal. Wish they had it when I bought my clamp meter.
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There's a lot of truth in this. The Internet changed the tool landscape dramatically. I grew up with industrial brands like Proto, Blackhawk, Williams, etc. because my family drug them home from the plant, but many people have never heard of them. You go to a flea market around here and you find USA Thorsen, New Britain, etc. Go to one out west and there are tons of Plomb, Proto, P&C, etc. It's all relative to the place of manufacture. That's no longer the case though. I can get online and have any tool in the world at my door in a coupe of days. It's pretty amazing when you think about.
I kinda knew about Hilti tools, but I had no idea about other companies like festool or metabo. It's great for them they now have a larger market now plus the other brands are not considered a premium tool like the used to. It's like black and decker older guys know of it as being company that put out some good tools, but I think of it as homeowner to light diy grade tool.
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I think the problem is tool companies forget about the little thing called the internet. Now it lets consumers be more informed about what kind of tools and brands that are out there. Look at how many brands we know about now than say 10 years ago. You were at the mercy of what a big box store stocked, or if you lived close to a store that only sold pro grade tools.
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This video is so cool and yet so relaxing it's amazing how automated things were yet they still needed a whole lot of man power to run everything.
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Some drill kits are now only being sold with one battery, but that's done to keep the price under around 100 bucks.
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I am not a big fan of Paslode.
I have the two Hitachi gas powered nail guns but Ilike the new Dewalt battery nailers they look cool.
No one really sells the hitachi nailers in store around here It's paslode or nothing at least in stores around here.The new lithium paslodes work much better than the nicad versions.
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Well it turns out the new tool is a brushless version on the M12 sds they just just released. The original tool didnt stay in production too long.
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I love watching the video's which is why I hate to mention this, but it seems really slow lately with the number of updates. Unless i missed it there hasn't even been an M12 fuel review yet which surprised me. I know it's not the busiest time with releases but some major tools haven't had reviews yet. I just kind of wondered what's going on.
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I want it. But my 18v is'nt that old so I can't justify buying it.
Not much changed from the 18v to the 20v except it uses the the 20v batteries. This should have been released during the second wave of tools, or an interim model atleast people really loved the fact that it could run off their power tool batteries. Back in the day that was huge when the old alkaline batteries were expensive.
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It seems nice except the local HD stopped stocking it in store It's not a tool most people are going to need, and even know they work the same way it's a lot more expensive than the craftsmen auto hammer.Toolslect has a review of it though I don't think the TIA guys ever did a review of one. If not sorry Dan and Eric for posting another sites link.
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Maybe the UK is kinda their test market? Or maybe the Government regulation aren't as crazy?
I dunno from watching Top Gear the Health and Safety people would freak out on the things that go on at most american job sites that are osha approved. When they resurfaced that one road on the show they had backup cameras and a guy both making sure people were safe. If wayne can correct me if i'm wrong but paslode has the Im90 which isn't even sold here paslode has a few tools they don't sell in the usa anymore for some reason like the positive placement nailer which would be huge with all the brackets and tie's you need to install on roofs even more so down in the tornado and hurricane prone area's.
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They have the senco fusion at menards.
Menards has just started to open some stores around me in Metro Detroit. The store is still pretty far away though.
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On windows 7 with firefox No pictures show up and if you click they link I get taken to an error message page that says I don't have permission.
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Dewalt have released it over here.
Yea the only thing It's expensive as hell but it seemed from the few video's I saw it hit just as hard as a Paslode.You might save money long term by not having to buy fuel cells though also I hear they are a bitch to deal when it's cold paslode should have put a small electric heater to keep it warm when it's needed.
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I was just thinking about how it was going to work against made in the usa craftsmen tools compared to the mixed coo of Dewalts.People tend to buy made in the usa when the price is close or cheaper. http://www.coptool.com/dewalt-mechanic-hand-tools-complete-sets/#more-2047 This is where I got my info about these sockets. Bear in mind Coptool does sell tools so they are not an impartial entity regarding this.