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  1. I will not speak to the launch date, but the reason for the delayed launch has nothing to do with it having problems or any issues.  He unit is killer, and will be worth waiting for.  There are other things going on to cause the delay, but have nothing to do with the quality.

  2. I am not familiar with this specific model, as it seems to not be sold in the US.  I would be very surprised if it was made by Husky though... There doesn't seem to be a point to me.  With all the compressor brands under the SBD umbrella (Emglo, DeWALT, Porter Cable, Bostitch, etc) it seems like there would be no point in sourcing a compressor from a competitor.  Ask your depot rep if he can get you the phone number of their DeWALT factory rep who will be familiar with the models sold in Canada.

    Hope you can find some answers!

  3. All of the dewalt cordless tools (for the last 5 years or so) have gotten an anti-corrosive coating on the motor field, which burns off during the early use.  The time to takes to burn off can very from the first 30 minutes, to quite a bit longer, depending on the tool and your usage.  Bottom line, if it is running fine, kee using it.  Of it had started to weaken or slow down, that would be a reason to get it checked out. 

    Long story short, I wouldn't worry about it.

  4. Sorry to hear about that!  The Rohm chuck is the best chuck in the industry, so I would say to try and make it work.  If you are near a service center, go there. Have them look at your chuck and see if it is actually broken, or if you are possibly just using it wrong. Either way, if the chuck is broken, they can replace it and test it.

  5. I live in Oregon (northwest US), and all any of us use are worm drives.  There are small pockets of exceptions around here, but I would argue that most direct drive users in this area bought them because of the lower price point.  I have always used work drives, and in my humble opinion, I don't understand why anyone uses direct drives... ;).

    I am sure that we are all biased to what we are used to, and work drives are a west coast saw in general.

  6. Lots to respond to after that post!  First off, you must not work on this side of the industry if you think that DeWALT can tell distributors to carry something!  I know it ,ay sound odd, but distributors can pretty much do whatever they want, and we can only suggest, not control.

    As far as lithium inventory, 18v NiCAD outsells 18v lithium by a huge amount. Distributors typically want to minimize inventory, and are only going to sell what they can turn quickly.  We would love to sell everyone truckloads of all of our batteries, but it isn't that simple.

    Sorry for the lame answer, but it is entirely up to the distributors to carry different SKU's.  out of curiosity though, what distributors do you shop at?  Most of my local distributors (non-box stores) carry both lithium and NiCAD.

  7. No, do not alter the dw9116 to fit lithium batteries; it will ruin your battery.  All the 18v tools will already accept the lithium batteries without modification.  There are a couple of exceptions on older more obscure tools, so if the lithium batteries will not already fit, have them altered for free at your nearest service center.

  8. As Dewalt do not make multi-tools, I bought the Fein Quickstart Multimaster, I don't think anyone could improve on this little beast, it does almost everything, and is tough as Heck, but I don't think I'd have a black and yellow one after using Fein. Sorry Dewalt, any other powertool, and it is black and yellow, but the multitool in my toolbox will always be orange.

    In my personal opinion, which in no way is representative of internal DeWALT decision making on this matter, your quote is a case in point if why we haven't seen a DeWALT oscillating tool yet. Everyone has one, the market is saturated, and every price point is taken.  It is hard to justify the immense expense if designing and launching a new tool if the market is already taken and there isn't money to be made.  This may well be a "must have" tool for a cordless line, but it is my beliefs that the above is at least why DeWALT is not in a hurry on this one. Just my two cents though.

  9. Sounds like it is double impacting for so,e reason. I would say to just keep using it; it will probably re-sync shortly and work correctly. Worst case scenario, it fully fails, and you get it completely rebuilt under warranty. Best case, it starts functioning normally again.

  10. You have a 2 year warranty on the 1.5 amp hour packs, and 3 year warranty on the 3.0 amp hour packs.  There are date codes engraved on all DeWALT tools and batteries.  The will be on the top of the battery, and be a number like 201227, meaning they were made on the 27th week of 2012. 

    You can call 1800-4-DeWALT to find your nearest service center, or to get shipping information to return it that way.  Depending on the return policy of wherever you bought the batteries, you can probably exchange the batteries there.

  11. Go 20v MAX. Get a DCD985L2. Best drill on the market.

    As far as the plastic gears comment, DeWALT is the only one of the drill makers that uses all metal gears in all impact drivers, compact drills, and premium drills.  The $99 Black Friday special is the only exception. It was a great drill in its time, but it is outdated technology.  Definately not the drill for you.

  12. Does that look anything like a DeWALT 20v tool? Nope. Could it possibly be that they are trying to broaden the idea of the 20v max concept/name? Is in the Black & Decker case, which actually had 20v max before the DeWALT launch?  Yah, I think so.

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