dwain
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1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said:
Dewalt will be updating the 6.5" for 20v with a brushless model soon anyway
Have you heard something? Any idea on timeframe?
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fair call. But the vast majority of cordless circular saws are 6.5", which means blade selection is not too bad anymore, especially online.
The Dewalt 20V 6.5" saw is very nice to use. When my 20V saw died, I switched over to the M18 FUEL circ saw. I chose the 6.5" over the 7.25" FUEL because i like the blade on the left, and because its smaller and lighter, with the same power.
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Thanks for the love y'all.
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Cheers guys.
Yeah eddie, I think the compact will do 98% of what a non-pro will do. For some trades you need the big one, and for others the compact will be perfectly suitable every time.
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crackin deal Jimbo. get on it folks, this is a killer grinder.
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Oops forgot to post this here yesterday. I love these drills. Like, a lot.
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Haha thanks guys. Hard to keep him out of the videos lately!
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Good move by Honda I reckon.
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i'd say lighting, sds max, miter saw and one-key. I think the OPE will be too, but I need to really test them at home.
there wasn't any real let down, but I'm not interested in everything either (e.g. plumbing tools).
really appreciate your support Bremon!
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I realise that this is all old news to such a tool-loving crowd, but here it is anyway. First time I've used a backing audio track!
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4 hours ago, Bremon said:
Most cordless grinders seem to be 8000-8500 rpm. This is 9000. Reasonable bump.
I also had no plans to get any of the 2.0/6.0 black FlexVolt batteries and will be selling them when the new 3.0/9.0 yellow ones come out. The current ones are clearly a stopgap.
I've seen some around 9000-10,000 RPM. But don't be fooled, no-load speeds doesn't mean squat
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Hey Eric, thanks man. If you guys ever have reason to get to Melbourne, definitely give us a call!
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Having tried the FUEL trimmers and blower, I would say they are a legitimate competitor, though I don't know if they'll be price competitive. It also means stealing batteries off your tools and getting 9.0Ah batts I'd say. But threre's no mower, chainsaw, snow blower etc...
Not sure about Dewalt, haven't tried them.
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This is a seriously fun tool. Can't believe I've never owned a cordless blower before!
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9 hours ago, Craigh9916 said:
Just an update on the 887 I bought , when I received it I commented on here how it wasn't as good as I thought it would be and how it was jumping out of screws as it wasn't impacting early enough and was such high rpm it didn't have the best control !
Well after 3 weeks of work it's changed totally it has bedded itself in and is a lot better , my work mate said his brushless makita was the same it took some bedding in !
So overall I'm now happier with it
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThat's pretty weird. Are you sure it wasn't a bad bit? I hate Phillips head ....
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1 hour ago, StrippedScrew said:
True also Ego needs to drop price on their high ah battery its too expensive considering what is coming out from Milwaukee etc
what you have to understand is that most of the cost of batteries is in the cells.
Milwaukee 9Ah battery = 15 cells
EGO 7.5Ah battery = 42 cells (i believe). Plus each cell is wrapped in a phase-change material.
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"should have been available ... 3 years ago". sounds a little entitled, sorry.
there are a total of 2 manufacturers who have a brushless circular saw or reciprocating saw, and one of them only did so in the last year. Not to mention that Dewalt's circular saw is already a fantastic tool.
Dewalt is a business.
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Yeah I too have been wondering what's happened to Conductor/Travis. I miss his input. Hope he's OK.
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haha, no assery jeff
But certainly the models you listed off are not 'budget' tools! 
I'm always trying to convince people that no-load RPM isnt what counts, it's what RPM it can MAINTAIN under load. Speed without the torque to back it up is meaningless.
It's hard to imagine that, regardless of the on-paper specs, they wouldn't have improved their premium driver. And if they have, it'll be one helluva driver.
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thanks aabee. I haven't played with enough of their range to know, but I kinda feel similarly at the moment.
Over in Aus it seems to be Milwaukee and Makita clear top 2, and Dewalt and Bosch clearly making up the top 4. But American's favour US brands, Europeans favour German brands etc etc.
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still can't edit posts
I meant the Makita DTD148, not DTD170.
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2 hours ago, jeffmcmillan said:
Most air impact wrenches use two independent hammers so there's one impact per rotation. Cordless impact drivers and wrenches use what I guess Hitachi is calling two anvils so there's two less powerful impacts per rotation. Now Hitachi has three so there's three even less powerful impacts per rotation? And decreased the RPM to compensate? At least that's what it looks like from the specs? 1832 in-lbs is on the high end of torque whereas 4000 BPM higher than anything else and 2900 RPM is down below most budget impact drivers.
For comparison of specs
Hitachi: 1832 in-lb, 2900 RPM, 4000 IPM
Makita TD170: 1549 in-lb, 3,600 RPM, 3,800 IPM
M18 Fuel: 1800 in-lb, 3000 RPM, 3700 IPM
Dewalt DCF887: 1825 in-lb 3250 RPM, 3600 IPM
Ridgid gen5x: 2,250 in-lb
Ryobi: 1600 in-lb, 3200 RPM
2900RPM below most budget impact drivers? I think that's an exaggeration. It's equal to Gen 1 FUEL, and higher than the Dewalt DCF886, Makita DTD145, Bosch and Metabo's best.
We (oztooltalk) just gave their first BL IP56 impact driver top of the heap (against DCF887, DTD170 and FUEL Gen2), and I suspect this will perform even better.
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hmmm pretty exciting. Interesting that the BPM and torque are up and the RPM is down. Hope to try it soon.
I meant the Makita DTD148, not DTD170.
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i think it's interesting that Dewalt call their gear 18V in Europe and Aus (rather than 20V Max), but this line is called 56V (and not 50.4V as it actually is nominally).