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  1. Dang I just figured out why the fuel gauge looked incomplete or missing on the batteries...they're holes for ventilation when the fan kicks in.  Must be a light sunk in a bit ...that button pushes in to get to it.  

  2. 17 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

    Yea in this instance the tool isn't what they're freaking out about here. They aren't the first to market with this exact style of unit so the whole trade secret thing is a bunch of BS on that level. Billy almost always follows what Bobby is doing. Big shocker there.

     

    The secret sauce here is the batteries, which were clearly massive and not something that has been seen before. This is what they're really worried about. (though the pictures were pretty horrible, somebody said something about fans which I didn't see). 

     

    I know for a few tools this battery is worth it (blower, grinder, I'm looking at your thirsty asses) but for 95% of what dewalt has to offer, honsestly there is NO way I'm carrying around that car battery which is sure to cost $200 and take 2 hours to charge. 

     

    Just saying. And clearly Dewalt is listening very intently here since it doesn't take them but a matter of an hour or two to start pounding the freak out button on their keyboards at the sign of any leakage, which is monitored constantly apparently. I'm going to slip on my tinfoil hat now and stand by the window fully loaded and wait for the illuminati to come. 

     

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    The charger was fan cooled not the battery. The batteries had the vents.  Just like the old 24 volt stuff...

  3. So I guess we are not allowed to talk about  new dewalt tools on here anymore?  Is this site controlled by dewalt?

     

    Whoever wanted that certain tool that we are not allowed to talk about wants it bad...up to $425 on ebay. Crazy.

  4. This is what I did...Not that flashy but functional.  Just used an old base from an old DW919 flex flashlight, chopped it down, took out the insides of the B&D battery I had, cut a hole in the bottom to put the dewalt base in it, connected the wires to the terminals(make sure you get the correct +-)  Glued it in, good to go.  MUCH longer run time then those B&D batteries, and don't have to wait forever for them to charge with those super slow chargers they give you.

     

    Going to do a 20V MAX setup next since I did convert everything to that. 

     

     Still  have a few 18V batteries for my tools that are not out yet in the 20V line( Finish nailer, hand vac).....Still waiting DeWalt......

  5. I bought that saw back then for under 1K(saw only)....What kills you is the upgrades.  The mobile base, Extra.  Cast iron sides...with and without a sliding table, MUCH extra.  Side table with longer rails, you guessed it, more money. Then the rear extension was the cheapest add on but still.  It was a GREAT, heavy, solid saw, but have since simplified and compacted to the dw744 with my own custom tables I am very happy with.

  6. Looks great but price a bit much, and no need to add another battery platform to my lineup.  I'll stick with my Black and Decker cordless blower, wacker, trimmer with the hollowed out b&d battery modded to fit my 18 volt Dewalt batteries.  About to make another mod battery for the 20 volt dewalt  battery just have to get a sacrificial tool and cut the base off it.

  7. Is there any internal parts differences (quality wise)between these two chargers?  The 107 is much more compact and charges at 1.25 amps and the 101 charges at 1.50, so the compact one will charge a bit slower, but internal build wise is it a lower  quality charger?  I know its similar to the DCB106 which came out with the DCD771 cheapo drill, but it charges 12/20 which is nice and it is very small compared to the 101.

    Also for the Dewalt employee pro's can you tell me which drills will have this DCB107 charger included??

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