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  1. Will 20 Volt lithium battery work on 18 volt XRP tool?

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    I got my jigsaw with a 6 PCS 18 VoltXRP set. So...just why can't they do that again with the 20 V Ion ??

    As far I am aware, the 20v XR Li-ion kits are decided by the U.S. head-office.. In Europe they are still called 18v (as opposed to 20v max in the U.S.).. Originally the UK kits also came with a re-cip saw, and this was based upon the fact that cordless re-cip saws are a massive seller in the US, so they feel that the rest of the world should follow suit..

    In fact, it is proven that a Jig-saw is a much better seller in Europe than a re-cip. Hence the fact that we now have a second 5 kit with a jig saw(as opposed to the re-cip) and also a 6 kit which adds the cordless grinder..

    As another post say, buy a 5 kit and then add a bare unit jig-saw to suit..

  2. Tough System Expansion / DS250

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    I have started doing this in my job trailer and was wondering what you were using to mount the rails on. I have bought 1" square tubing from Home Depot and the brackets have a little trouble sitting on that.

    Hi Addicted....

    I used 'metric' equivalent to 1" square tube (being in the UK) and this seemed to fit really well.. It was even able to cope when I had the rack powder coated.. Using steel (as opposed to Aluminium) means that the corners are slightly rounded, and does not cause an issue..

    Here's a shot of my bare steel from and a bracket..  More photo's kicking around if you need..

    Hope this helps..

    IMG_0382.jpg

  3. Tough Box racking in my Van..

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    Thanks for the compliments Mr Yellow. I take it you must be looking at photo's sent to you by Dano-UK, or some that have hit the Internet from somewhere else.. Yes they are standard steel wheels from a VW T5

    T32 model. They have been banded from 6.5j to 8.5j on the fronts, and 9.5j on the rears, and then powder coated in Audi 'bright' Silver.  I am running 225/50/17 tyres which give a little 'Euro look' stretch on the rears. The van is lowered and sits on fully adjustable coil-over suspension...

  4. Tough System Expansion / DS250

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    Checked out your photo's and they look great... My Van is a VW T5, so is much smaller than yours, although I have 19 tough boxes in total in the Van..

    The boxes are fairly close to each other, although you can easily lift the side handles to release them. The van is pretty tight on space from the back doors to the bulkhead, so everything is measured to the last MM..

    Thats why I have the trestles hanging just inside the curves of the back door, and have my 2.6m Rails (2off) slotted above the Boxes in the Birch Ply channel on the RHS of the Van.

    On the LHS there are 3 wooden shelves (screwed to 25mm box section rack) to hold tools and miscellaneous. These too are built in Birch Ply, Dovetailed on the edges and lacquered..

    I will post up some more pics at some time, although I believe that Dano-uk has posted you some..

    My set up means that I can unload the van, including racking in under 10mins to have a completely empty shell..  

  7. Tough Box racking in my Van..

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    Hi Dan...

    Thanks for taking the time at Sandown to come and see the Van.. Between there and Kempton Park (D&M Toolfair) the van was pretty much mobbed and pretty well received..

    You probably have more pics of my van than me.. In fact it would be cool to see some others..

    I have tried to look at Mr Yellow's photo's on this forum, but I cannot seem to view them. They appear to be blank in the thread, or little blue boxes where (I guess) images should be..

    Again, would be great to see his photo's at some time..

    I will get some photo's of the rails tomorrow, and post them up..

    Hope you enjoyed the rest of the show. If you need anything else (info) regarding the van, just drop me a line as I have lots of build pics..

    Cheers

    Jules...

  10. Tough Box racking in my Van..

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    Not exactly 'showing off' my Dewalt tool collection, but I thought I'd show how I've racked my Van to get them to the Job-site. I have basically welded a 1" x 1" box section steel framework together and bolted on the van in such a way that it is removable.

    The Tough System boxes fix to the same arms as the trolley system, so each box is removable independently.

    During build...

    IMG_0377.jpg

    After some ply detailing and racking to maximise storage around the Tough System

    IMG_0664.jpg

    And the other side of the Van with general 'Ply' shelving

    image-1.jpg

    Enjoy..

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