Altan

Hi I hope at least it will make you be more careful at work.

I would not call it greener future if these are not going to be recycled properly when they are dead.

You can see a bit of orange on them, They are the exact copy of Stanley Fatmax and Porter Cable versions. So far three different cases I have seen, mini bulk, small and Medium deep (not shallow)

This tool as European version is finally available and is currently sold over €800 The colour is not the same.

I recently watched a video from an American YouTuber and he was using a tool made by Chinese and was so happy with the quality ( tbh I also was not expecting that quality from a complicated Chinese made tool ) then he said "American products can be as rubbish as Chinese products sometimes, but German products... erm.... no, I dont think Germans produce rubbish!" I was laughing like mad for this comment. I think there is a clear policy in Germany that does not allow producers to produce goods below a certain quality, ages ago I was reading about it.

What I mean in general I would not look for a tool at this age. I would feel what I do is waste of time mainly.

I prefer also old machines that are made between 1990 to 2005, or in rare cases some from 1980s. but I would not go further.

This can be detached from the base and can be used as a usual band saw.

I don't think at the time it was made the brands were considering safety issues as the do now. This looks like from 1950s.

Not too much we did hear from DeWALT in 2023, maybe they kept all for this year!

I would not use an old machine like this at all, I would not feel safe tbh, where did you get it?!

Here is a YouTube video

Mafell LO55 Made in Germany Dust collector integrated in metal base No extra tool to change the router bit.

Hi I am not very good with Outdoor power tools, I have not used a chainsaw in my life at all, so very limited experience with OPT, I am going to buy a chainsaw. I would prefer it to be a cordless one. I would use it for long semi-heavy use in a big land full of trees always trimming them, cutting the old dead trees. I checked Bosch Professional line and I found out they don't make any cordless one. Metabo has only a model and it seems they released it a couple of years ago and it works with 2 x 18V batteries and the bar is 40cm. Makita ones did not attract me at all and it seems if you want Makita one you should jump to 40V platform and buy new batteries. HiKoKi makes one with 30cm bar 36V and the only good thing was you could use their battery shaped AC adapter with it also, but in a big land wire is a problem. Milwaukee has a few models it seems but I don't want to get in another battery platform. So at the end it seems I have to chose between DeWALT and Stihl. DeWALT has one model with 20" or 50cm bar and 60V Flexvolt which they use different model numbers for it in EU and US, it seems, Made in China. Then there is one from Stihl, 36V cordless and the bar is 45cm as optional ( you can have 35cm, 40cm or 45cm bar for it ) Made in USA. Comparably DeWALT is much newer in OPT compared to Stihl. What do you think I should go for? Is there any other brand you would recommend? I would prefer not to get Chinese made tool if possible. Thanks

Mechanics power tools like wrenches, polisher and ratchets or mechanics hand tools?! Old Craftsman hand tools are not comparable with DeWALT or Milwaukee's which are now mainly produced in Taiwan or China. They were the lowest quality of USA made of the time (at that time USA made was quality, now maybe 50% less, but still better than Taiwanese made and Taiwanese made better than Chinese made)

TSTAK 2.0 is much better, better latches and dust proof at least. But if I go for light tool box I would go for Systainer-Tanos as you can have them in so many different colours and the latches as well in different colours. DeWALT does not give this option. Also Tanos cases are made with much better plastic.

Three things noticed: 1) A green DeWALT small Toughcase+ 2) A yellow DeWALT small Toughcase+ in full yellow without clear lid 3) A yellow DeWALT Medium Toughcase+ in full yellow without clear lid Any available?

I forgot to say that Stanley Fatmax tools are not available or introduced equally in EU countries, what I have noticed in the last 4-5 years is that mostly in Southern European countries more Stanley Fatmax branded cordless tools are introduced. A couple of years ago some reviewers claimed that Craftsman will introduce Toughsystem tool boxes that were first introduced as DeWALT. These boxes were introduced as Facom, MacTools, Stanley Fatmax and Vidmar, so having them branded as Stanley Fatmax made sense to see them as Craftsman branded as they both have the same battery and power tools. But what I see is that SBD has discontinued Stanley Fatmax Toughsystem tool boxes and instead they have made something similar to Craftsman newly introduced Tradestack tool boxes.

1) Not long ago DeWALT was a power tool manufacturer only and Stanley / Stanley Fatmax was just a hand tool manufacturer, when DeWALT started to introduce DeWALT branded hand tools (extreme copy of Stanley / Stanley Fatmax hand tools) more or less at the same time Stanley started to introduce power tools named Stanley Fatmax, Stanley has also power tools that are branded as just "Stanley" and they are compatible with DeWALT batteries. The difference between Stanley and Stanley Fatmax hand tools are the quality, durability and Stanley Fatmax hand tools were more detailed hand tools comparably, they also had Stanley Fatmax Extreme hand tools which I have a few of them and they were really extreme quality and more made with metal than plastic. They discontinued the Extreme line in name and merged it with Stanley Fatmax as the name was too long I think (looked like a person who had no connection with the tool world made the decision for that Extreme additional name), they also had Stanley Fatmax XL brand name for some hand tools which is also discontinued. 2) When Stanley Fatmax power tools were introduced the tools were using black & yellow coloured copy of Porter Cable batteries, Stanley Black & Decker never talked about this compatibility between Porter Cable and Stanley Fatmax batteries, at all! The new Porter Cable cordless power tools were introduced only for North American market ( I am not sure about their old cordless tools ) and Stanley Fatmax for Australian and European market. 3) After Stanley Black & Decker acquired Craftsman brand things changed a bit. They made new Craftsman branded cordless power tools and also switched the Porter Cable compatible Stanley Fatmax batteries to Craftsman compatible Stanley Fatmax batteries ( Basically new version of Stanley Fatmax batteries were introduced ) Again Craftsman cordless tools for North American market and Stanley Fatmax tools for Australian and European market. In most cases the tools are just the same just one in red and other one in yellow colour. 4) The switch from Porter Cable batteries to Craftsman batteries for Stanley Fatmax tools is a clear sign that Porter Cable is in the verge of death and SBD does not care about this brand at all. If you check the brand in the recent years you will see nothing new (almost), it is the same with Bostitch. These two are quite quiet! So, what SBD has done is to get Bostitch and use the brand to produce nail guns for DeWALT and later for their lower grade brand Craftsman (Stanley Fatmax outside the NA market) and to get the Porter Cable and use it to produce some routers for DeWALT and later for Craftsman / Stanley Fatmax. They have done the same to Facom / MacTools cordless ratchets as well. Now DeWALT offers these, too. 5) DeWALT in mechanic tools is not the SBD premium brand Facom and MacTools are their premium brand(s). I said brand(s) because they are basically the same in cordless power tools, MacTools for North American market and Facom for European market. UK is confused to be in MacTools side or Facom side looool as you can see both here in UK as cordless power tools. Maybe with Brexit UK will be more MacTools'y than Facom'y, time will show. 6) What SBD is doing is to keep 3 grades of tools as premium, medium and lower grades with 3 different brand names in North America ( Premium MacTools, Medium DeWALT and Lower Craftsman ) and the equal 3 grades with 3 different(?) brand names for EU market ( Premium Facom, Medium DeWALT and Lower Stanley Fatmax ) or you can say it this way MacTools = Facom DeWALT 20V = DeWALT 18V Craftsmanm = Stanley Fatmax Bostitch and Porter Cable = Dead 7) You can only see some videos from Brazilian YouTubers mentioning about compatibility between Porter Cable batteries and Stanley Fatmax old batteries or between Craftsman batteries and Stanley Fatmax new batteries, and the question is why no American or European YouTuber has talked about it?! And how they kept it like a secret almost while we have this much communication through internet?! 8 ) If you consider Bostitch and Porter Cable as dead or semi dead then you might say there are two types of batteries within the brand one the DeWALT one and the other one is the Craftsman / Stanley Fatmax one. So, the lower grade brands use one type of battery, the medium and premium brands use the other one. I do consider Black & Decker tools and batteries as Bosch Home and Garden ones with some exceptions from brands like Steinel that makes professional cordless glue gun using Bosch Home and Garden tool batteries! 9) These all show you that DeWALT ( SBD ) does have the intention of buying the other brands and melting them in DeWALT or Craftsman / Stanley Fatmax rather than going for a battery alliance with other brands like Metabo's CAS or Bosch's AmpShare and it is very unlikely to see it in future.