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  2. Upcoming review help - 18V SDS & HT Wrench

    in Power Tools

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    Hi All,

     

    This weekend I'm going to test and review some BL Milwaukee & Dewalt 18V tools: SDS Rotary Hammer, HT Wrench and Wrench.

     

    Is there anything in particular you'd like to hear about? Apart from trying to bust some big nuts (off old steam engines!!!), and drill some 16mm holes, I suspect they'll be pretty simple reviews...

     

    Any thoughts?

  8. Fuel 6 1/2 or Fuel 7 1/4 Circ saw??

    in Milwaukee

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    I'm not buying into all this cheaper blade stuff. How often do you people go through circ blades? I say buy the tool that suits you best.

     

    I like a left-side blade, and prefer a lighter and smaller unit to lug around. Since it has the same power, the 6-1/2" is (and was) the obvious choice for me.

  17. The new Hilti 5.2 AH battery.

    in Hilti

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    Milwaukee does this too with the XC batteries over the 2.0. you only get the full power from the XC batteries. Than again I'm thinking they throttled the 2.0 batteries so they last longer is all. I may be wrong just a guess.

     

    Say rather that they limit the maximum current draw to prevent the cells inside from overheating. A 4Ah battery will only have to pull half the current from each individual cell compared to a 2Ah, to deliver the same power.

  18. The new Hilti 5.2 AH battery.

    in Hilti

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    How can a bigger battery give you more power/torque... More runtime I can understand ..

     

    An 18V slim battery has 5 cells inside. These cells are usually 3.6V and have a certain current (amperage) rating, say 20A. The battery pack becomes 18V by wiring them in series, 3.6V x 5 = 18V. The pack is thus 18V @ 20A.

     

    A fat battery has two of these inside it, 2 rows of 5 cells, but the rows are wired in parallel. Thus you still have 18V, but you double the capacity (Ah) and you also increase (double?) the current that you can pull from the battery set, e.g. 40A.

     

    Thus, a tool (if electronically configured) can pull different current (and thus power) from different batteries. The new 9Ah Milwaukee batteries should be able to pull more current again, because they will have 3 rows of cells in parallel.

  20. Where's John from NER been?

    in Pub Talk

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    That is thanks in part to the asshole who decided it isn't important to actually pay attention while driving and decided to turn left through my lane while i was out for a Sunday ride a few weeks ago..  I did everything i could but the crash was unavoidable.. cops and insurance place all the blame on him which is a good thing but i'm still the one left with a totaled bike, aches throughout my whole body, several messed up joints and a pretty good size gouge in the side of my knee.. 

     

    That sucks man. Someone needs to invent a 12V siren or something than warns drivers of proximity to riders/peds...

  22. Makita Brushless Torque Wrench 1050 Newton !

    in Makita

    Posted

    Pretty cool. I wonder if they will stagger the release at all or release then at realitively the same time..

    As far as specs I was really just digging for any info you might have had. SPM. Stroke length. Features like orbit settings, anti vibe. Rafter hook . led . movable shoe.... That kind of stuff.

     

    Yeah true. but much like circ saws and grinders, what we really want to know if how much power it has. How much it bogs down under a hard load. The manufacturers don't tell us this, particularly with cordless tools.

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