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I would not say that, one of the problems with DeWALT is that every 10-20 years they push you to throw everything DeWALT you have and buy new DeWALT(s) even if the previous tools are still OK. A representative from UK Fein told me that if there will be a universal tool battery in the future for all brands, DeWALT would be the last brand to join!

I will, definitely. One of the good points is that every month will start with the first day of its first week and will end with the last day of its last week, so it is not going to be like the calendar we use now that half of the week is in January and the other half in February. It will become simpler. You will not have the problem of dividing the 28/29/30/31 days of the month to see how many weeks it is going to be.

You mean this? I think the blades for removing glasses for cars are only designed like these ones and you can not find them as Starlock or Starlock Plus/Max, but I do not know the reason. As much as I remember these type of blades were available in the past as well, so they are not something new.

Ask this guy whatever you want and he will find it for you for very good prices, he is on German eBay as well. I will see if I can find some links from eBay. After Brexit it has been so difficult to find German sellers on eBay, If you need a special drill bit or screwdriver bit or any other tool accessory he will tell you which brands make them and he will tell you the COO of all! You need to make a list of the things you want, brand name, product number, size and profile and quantity and he will prepare a quotation for you. He has good contacts with a lot of brands and he gets them for good prices, that is why his prices are very low. He does not sells junks so you better contact him if you are looking for quality branded tool accessories only. There is a British website called www.workshopheaven.com and they sell Japanese made Star-M drill bits and recently they started to appear in UK amazon, you might be able to see them from Amazon US as amazon does their deliveries. Also Trend Snappy is a British brand which Fisch makes the hex shank brad point drill bits for them as a set of 5 (3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6mm and 8mm) you might be able to find it in amazon. Their price is much lower than the Fisch itself. ENT is another brand Fisch makes these drill bits for them. werkzeug-keller.de

The problem is if you buy half width Toughsystem 2.0, then you will also have to buy Toughsystem 2.0 full size boxes as they are not going to be clicked on Toughsystem 1.0 tool boxes. So it is a way of pushing the buyer to give up from their existing Toughsystem 1.0 as it is a clear message that the updates on Toughsystem 2.0 is not going to be compatible with Toughsystem 1.0 anymore, at least for a while, you can see whatever they recently announced as update for Toughsystem 2.0 is half width! half width deep box, half width light, half width charger, half width power extention. These could have been designed as full size, no?! I don't like this game.

Actually I got the Fisch hex shank brad point drill bit size 9mm from Amazon US, some of their sizes are only sold in US. The Fisch, Star-M and W L Fuller brad point drill bits are the best European, Japanese and American brad point drill bits that are made of HSS, not HCS and they remain sharper for longer time. WL Fuller does not make them with hex shank though. Star-M does make them in a lot of different sizes, but all are the same length. There is a German guy obsessed with German, Swiss, Austrian and Japanese tool accessories and he sells online as well and can post everywhere, his prices are much cheaper than half price from the other online sellers, if you want I can send you his contact details. He can find whatever you want, his advertisement in his unfinalized website is "Don't search, find!" loool This extended hex shank is called Japanese 6.35 Hex shank I think and they are 4-5mm longer than Western 1/4" E6.3 hex shank. I grind them to make them shorter to become like Western hex shank. Or it might be the 5.5mm hex shank like the one with Wera bit holder in the photo. The other photo is the Star-M hex shank brad point drill bits made of HSS.

This calendar is based on solar years, 365 days 6 hours and a few minutes, that is why there are normal 10 months and each month 36 days, so the total is 360 days plus the last 5-6 days which is 5 days for 3 years and 6 days for the forth year, so those 6 hours every 4 years become a day. The weekend would be different for everybody, for example 3 days work for men and then other 3 days work for wives, so the parent who does not go to work at the specific day would take care of the kids and their school. Schools would be one day on and next day off, starting from 10 am to 4 pm (off peak time) to reduce the traffic for the ones who go to work. Spreading the work for the whole week like this would also reduce the traffic I believe. I always think why the traffic should be crazy during the week and empty streets on weekends! There are a lot in my mind, by time if there is interest I will share.

My ex had masters degree in biology from Kent University (killing thousands of mice of course) and she was against microwave so for a decade I have not had microwave, too. I don't think it is that essential in our lives.

Festool brad point drill bits are made by Fisch and you can get them with normal 1/4" E6.3 hex shank from Fisch as well, of course much cheaper!

Spot on!

Agreed, but DeWALT has not made a Toughsystem version of large Toughcase+ case which is kind of in TSTAK platform! It is a huge miss.

I told here in this forum before that "The brands are like beautiful girls that do not give everything in one go!" 🤣 But obviously some girls give a bit more than the others, but not all! looool

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Tbh I am not happy with any brand when it comes to storage and tool boxes.

Hi I am announcing my new Altanic Calendar to be in use from 21st March (first day of spring) 2024, I was always thinking of having a calendar which is done with logic. What do you think of having a calendar like this? With this calendar if you are born on Monday for example, your birthdays will be always on Monday. 10 months a year 6 weeks a month 6 days a week 36 days a month Last 5-6 days of the year (Altember) holiday period Months: 1) Ilkember 36 days 2) Secember 36 days 3) Trember 36 days 4) Tetrember 36 days 5) Pentember 36 days 6) Sixember 36 days 7) September 36 days 8) October 36 days 9) November 36 days 10) December 36days 11) Altember 5-6 days 3 days a week work, 3 days off. Monday Moon Merday Mercury Terday Terra-Earth Venday Venus Satday Saturn Sunday Sun

One of the problems with modern appliances is that they are too digitalised, too much electronics! an those things do not last long time and you need to be gentle with these. Apart from that the body is the thing you can consider. For example if you check some Gaggenau fridge freezers you will see the interior is stainless steel and not plastic. This is one thing to consider, then in some fridges the glass shelf has plastic frame and in some stainless steel, the plastic ones break after a few years. A lot of Miele fridges do have plastic ones and spares are so expensive from that brand (Miele fridges are made in Germany but not by Miele itself, another brand makes the fridges for them as Miele's main job is the vacuums and washing machines). Free standing Miele fridge freezers have a much better door handle and doors are made with curved edges as one piece of metal, not like other brands that they attach another piece to them, this makes them easy to clean if you are fussy like me! Ex Miele vacuums were powered by 2000 - 2500 Watt motor, now new EU regulations do not allow over 900W, that is why they are 899W. If you think that is something to consider then do not buy the Miele vacs from the EU loool, maybe Australia can be a good source. When it comes to ovens, I would go for the brands like Miele or higher brands as they have ovens that is connected to water source and you can wash the interiors automatically over night. A lot of commercial ovens do have this option. Cleaning a dirty oven is pain in the a.. It can save a lot of time, if you are a green person it might not be a good option as the detergents for this purpose can be so chemical. Dish washers have to be Miele or higher as they mostly do not wash properly or leave some oily chemical on the dishes, and I rerinse them most of the time. There are some commercial ones that they wash with steam only and no detergent is used, hope one day we can have similar ones for home use as well. For me washing machine has to be fully adjustable. I should be able to choose how many rinse I want. The temperature should be adjustable fully, most of the brands offer 30, 40, 60 and 90 and rarely 70, and 50 and 80 degree Celsius almost always is missed. Spin has to be over 1600, specially if you live in a damp city like London and you don't wish to wear smelly clothes because they don't dry on time! looooool Microwave is something I do not consider as healthy so I would never buy one.

I like anti brand comments looool. Not all reviewers would do that this way. 👍

The plywood looked like 1/2" plywood, or even 3/8" in that video, not a suitable thickness for a workbench. I have contacted Power Rax, a British company and they will CNC machine one for me with 20mm thick solid plastic.

Yes, the video from VCG construction, I think shows that.

I think DeWALT should pay me for using my idea if they have made this finally loool I don't think anyone has asked for this. DeWALT DWST08550

I think eBay should make new rules not allowing everybody to list everything. You should know how to list looool

I found it on eBay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395137813579?hash=item5c000c8c4b%3Ag%3AMLsAAOSwv~Zlplrf&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwP0Zzcd7faazW%2F64BKJ%2FkPIhjzplYe76gckLGsR7s%2FmZgQo8U0Qiwk3TTZ3fPMKU4bGZLgtXLlrxHkiWy7omHPj2z3AkGwBn4hQ7%2B7zYE41OM767GFa7PsmkvQCp1h7HpmYD%2FSrvqFmyawTCdKkXAH5z%2B%2FxkgONuhhRg%2BShf%2B7kuSplQtX7qDBN90LZriz%2BCI4fWXK2Cng8MWb0sg6NuL%2FZ1uETF0HN9j8Xxkzmkx3UOc%2Bwq84J%2F8xbJVE34q%2FfLcA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR9CVgLSmYw&LH_Auction=1

I am waiting for the Lenox and MacTools version of these cases, maybe USAG and Bostitch, too.