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khariV

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  1. Please let us know how you like those retaining ring pliers, looks like they're the same as the Craftsman...I wonder who's making them for the two companies. In the package, they feel really nice which is unlike any of those spring internal/external pliers I've used previously.

    I picked up a pair of the same pliers the other day. Like all other blue handled Channel locks, they are made in the USA but I don't know if someone else makes them for both craftsman and channel lock or if CL makes them for craftsman. It's there a way to tell?

    As far as how they work, I'm a complete nub, but they did a great job with everything that I've thrown at them. Very solid with no slipping. The internal/external switch is quite nice as well.

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  2. I ran across this today in my wanderings. 

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    It's made by Mafell, a German company and is was designed as a safety feature.  Personally, I don't know anyone that has had an accident with a track saw, but I guess it could happen.  The coolness factor, however, has Festool beat, hands down.

     

    Here's a link to a YouTube video of the beast in action and a couple more pictures.

     

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  3. Maybe Milwaukee is going big into all nailers, both cordless and pneumatic and they're counting on their name to convince people to break with tradition.  I do suspect though that they'll get one and only one shot at getting these right.  If these have any problems at all, even anecdotal, they'll get a rep for being unreliable and we'll see the entire line on clearance sooner rather than later.

  4. HD will honor HF coupons ?

    Sometimes yes but it has to be a pre printed coupon. As to whether you clear it before shopping, that's up to you. Chances are if you do, you probably have a better chance of getting turned down than if you roll up with a cart full of goods and are ready to pay. Then again, if you're not going to buy anything without the coupon, you waste your time shopping, someone had to put it all back and you feel a little bit like a reject if you get rejected at the register. Trying to get a competitors coupon honoured isn't for the faint of heart.

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    Home Depot recently dropped the price to $99 on the regular ones, so they are either coming out with a new model soon or they realized they needed better pricing to sell more units. For as much use as one would get, I probably don't need a brushless version, but brushless motors usually do last longer and require less maintenance, something I kind of like.

    If I'm being honest, I probably don't actually need a brushless multitool either but I was thinking a Fuel redesign was going to be there only way we get an updated design. The current M18 has a handle that's so large around, it's borderline hard for me to hold with one hand.

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  6. On 3/16/2016 at 4:15 PM, jeffmcmillan said:

     

    2 hours ago, JimboS1ice said:

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    http://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosch-7-Amp-Corded-Barrel-Grip-Jig-Saw-JS470EB/202691139

    143 for a barrel grip jigsaw seems pretty cheap (it takes $20 off in your cart)

     

    I wish my depot still had those on clearance.  I'm pretty sure they're long since gone from every depot around these parts.  Think you could stuff one into a USPS flat rate box? :D

     

  7. There's a Home Depot in Philadelphia that I visited when I was up there that had just about the biggest selection of Milwaukee power tools I've ever seen. They had the full selection of rotary hammers, all of the bits and blades, vacuums, every circular saw (10" and metal cutting to). Just about the only things that were missing were the big Propex tool and the pipe compression tools, but then again, those are so expensive, they likely don't stock them in too many places.

    It was impressive and I almost took a picture, but then I stopped myself because I felt like a country mouse come to the big city.

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  8. I love reading reviews where people complain about some horrible problem with a product that they claim ruins their entire life because the company is stupid and sold never have released such a piece of crap to begin with, only to read a little farther and find out that the reviewer is an idiot.

    I have a twisted sense of humor.

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  9. My father used to have an old oil burning furnace in his house. That thing was so horribly inefficient that it would cost upwards of $1500 a month to heat the house in the winter. He ripped it out and replaced it with a gas furnace. I believe he's on track to pay back the cost of installation in around two years.

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  10. So I put all of them in the cart to visualize the damage.... damn, now I've got to find $1,400 to fuel my addiction (pun intended). Then again, my Ryobis work quite well for now.

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  11. 1 hour ago, BMack37 said:

     

    Are you sure it wasn't stuck to the plate? Mine always stick to the plate and black on black with grease wasn't easy to see. It should be pretty easy to find a replacement.

    Absolutely certain.  I wiped down the plate back with a white shop rag, so if it was there, I would have seen it.  There was no o-ring. 

     

    What would I need to get to replace it?  I bought from the EBay link, so no one to go back to to say it was defective / missing a part.

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