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Any tried the new Milwaukee M18 or M12. I need to get a new set, something I can keep around the house. I like the V28 items, but wanted to get any feedback about the new sets before I just dump money into them.

I used the Festool and it works great. Much quicker and a great cut. Never used the Dewalt. Also I am not sure if Makita has a track system or not. I make a lot of cuts on the roof, so the Festool is very easy to use and not a lot of messing around.

It could be that or the step up bit. Its hard to tell, whatever it is, it looks pretty cool.

A couple of things can help: As noted earlier - Practice. The more you make cuts, the better you will become. Take your time - Don't rush, let the saw do the work. Sometimes slowing things down can give you a better cut. User the right blade for the type of material you are cutting. Using the wrong blade might produce a faster cut, which will cause messed up cuts. Set speed - Set the speed of your saw to the type of material you are cutting. This will also help produce a better cut. Use a jig - Depending upon what type of cut you are making, you can either build a jig or buy a jig. These will help make a perfect cut. Overall take your time and practice. I use to make horriable cuts. They would look like my kid did the cut. After a while I have started to make nice clean cuts, but it does take time.

How old is the Drill? I am sure you tried to recharge the batteries, but always have to ask. Do you know its not the batteries? Have you ruled out that the battery will not hold a charge? Also make sure the charger is not bad. If it is none of these, it might be just a bad motor or bad brushes. I wish I could give you more help, but without seeing it, it can be hard to pin point. In reagrds to your mom getting a new drill. How much does she use it? Dewalt can be heavy because of the metal chuck and other parts on the drill. If she is not beating up the drill, take a look at the Black and Deckers. My mom uses the Black and Decker system and she loves it. They are very light, durable and have other tools for cheap that will use the same battery.

It really depends on what you are using the tools for. Once you decide what you need, that will tell you what to guy. I was looking on this site and saw they will be reviewing the Makita kit soon. I would check out the review to see if you like these tools and take it from there.

I love V28 and use it all the time, so interested to see what power tool guide review is like. If you don't have a use for the V28 power, there is no need to get one. However, I would look at getting the Milwaukee M18. I haven't heard any review yet, so not sure. You can also go with a Nicd battery system as these are a lot cheaper and don't have to worry about battery level when your not using the power tool. There are a lot of place online to get these tools. Just shop around or better yet email the guys here, they seem to know where the good deals are and for what type of power tools.

No those should work. I would be careful. The price for the tool seems pretty high and its a no name tool. One thing you have to watch for with the stuff from China is the material such as the metals they use tends to be very cheap, but they should be ok for a while. You can get better ones at Homedepot or something, I would stay away from the stuff from china

That is awesome. How hard was it to make. This is a thing of beauty. Can you pm me the cad or the video of this. I would love to try this.

Lithium is the way to go. I like the Craftsman better, but other people I know really like Ryobi better. I like the balance on the Craftsman better, which means you arm will not get tired as quick. I owned the 19.2 V Ni-Cad craftsman and loved this combo kit. Never had any problems and I put this tool through a lot. Since he all ready owns craftsman tools, I take it he likes them Therefore, I would stick with the Craftsman.

This is a tough question to answer. All three are great tools, but the Dewalt and Bosch are a closer comparision, while the Hilti you stated is a bigger tool and prorably more expensive. Your not going to go wrong with any of the drills, but the Hilti might be over kill if your not using it everday. If it is between the Bosch and the Dewalt, I like the Bosch. I haven't used one in a while, but when I did, the Bosch seemed nicer, not as hard on my hands. Again this was about 8 years ago, so maybe the drills have changes, I am sure they have.

Wow this is very cool. Our hot water heater is getting ready to go out and was looking at these tankless systems. So I know I will have some questions shortly. Thanks, good to have you around.

Here are a couple funny videos I found on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwchA...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvgQS...eature=related Always looking for a good laugh. If you find anymore, let me know.

I saw your posting on the bosch rangefinder, cool. We were on a roof three stories up putting on new singles and my boss broke out his new rangefinder, a bosch. He was braggin about it the day before and telling us great it was. Well as soon as he took it out, his foot slipped and there goes the range finder. It hit the second story and proceeded to tumble down hitting the concrete driveway. Me and the other guy just laughed our butts off because we could see his eyes get big as it tubled away. Anyways we were sure it would be in pieces, but when he got back up on the roof, it was all togheter and still worked. Just had a couple minor scratches on it. One tough tool.

Most of the time if you take your saw blades in to get sharpened, they will clean them also.

I am very interested in learning about these tools. I have never heard of them until looking on this forum. I am interested to see what you guys find out.

I think the best strengths of Dewalt is the quality of tools, personally I don't like them that much, but I can appreciate them. They do seem solid. In terms of marketing, they advertise more in trade magazines, but they have relied on word of mouth from people in the industry which is always the best form of advertising. I think the weakness or the reason I don't use them, is they feel heavy and bulky, which some people love. I pick up up a Milwaukee and to me it feels well balanced, while a Dewalt doesn't.

I agree somewhat with redsil. He probablyk knows best because he repairs them. I am not a huge fan og Makita, but they make great tools. Persoanlly I love Dewalt and Milwaukee. I have a dewalt that I bet the Sh** of out on the job site and after four years still have not complaints. However the batteries I have replaced a couple of time, but I think that might be my fault. I tend to leave them sitting in the sun or rain or even the snow. I think the Hitachi looks cool, but a firend was all up in arms saying they where the greatest tools in the wolrd, but he has had so many problems with them. Maybe great for home, but I have seen to many of them drop dead on the job sites. I hope redsil isn't right about Milwaukee tools because I love them, but I have a feeling they might go down in quality. Anyways your Dewalt will be a great investment for you.

Hey how do I vote a yes. Idon'tknow is right, there all ready is a classified section on this forum. Do you mean actually have a seprate page that is not part of the forum. Something where people could have feedback and post pictures? Anyways I wouold vote a Yes, but couldn't figure out how to vote

I looked at one oneline and couldn't figure it out. The only thing it might be is the rip gaurd protector to stop kick backs, but I maybe misunderstanding where it is located.

I just went to google to check and it looks like it is back up and working guys.

I am not sure. Why not just buy a new JS and sell that one.

Depending upon how many rooms etc you have, I would go with a 40 panel. I would stay with Square-D as they own the market. Hope this helps.

I have a sander that I have the same problems with. There are some sander that are very powerful, plus with the different options. I noticed the more course the sand paper and the harder the wood, the more vibration I get. I think this is just normal.

I saw your information how Milwaukee tool company sold out. Just wanted to say thanks for the update. I hope your right that the quality doesn't go down like Porter cable did in the 60's. I sure did take them all long time to get their name back to being a good tool. It worries me some of the new company becuase some of their tools are good quality while some are substandard. Hopefully they don't try to get a cheaper price by putting junk from their other products in the Milwaukee tools. I did see they have bought some quality names over time, so hopefully Milwaukee stays a good name and great tool. Just wantyed to say good article on the Milwaukee tool company and thanks for the update