khariV
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I'm suspicious about any number of things with this company. The banner pic on their website shows a rotary hammer, an OMT and a cordless nail gun, none of which apparently exist in their catalog. Not only that, but the impact wrench is there 3 times as is the recip saw. They also list drywall screws as an accessory.
For a company "founded" 23 years ago not to have a single review or mention anywhere on the interwebs also really seems a bit dodgy to me. Something is not quite right here.
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A few years back, I lived in New Mexico. I worked IT in a hospital in Albuquerque and would often get called into fix a server problem at odd hours. Well one night, I got called in and spent the better part of six hours on a Saturday night working in the ER; I got finished around 3 AM. I lived probably 20 miles north of town, so I had a lot of highway driving ahead of me. So there I am, 3 am on a Sunday morning and I was driving my 94 Cobra - the only parts of which that were still stock were the body panels. So I obviously decide that I need to get home a bit faster than was strictly legal, or really even advisable. Well, I blew past a state trooper sitting at an exit ramp and it's entirely possible that I was doing around 135 or so. Let's just say that he was really far behind me before the lights came on, so I pulled over to wait for him. I think he was surprised that I had stopped because had I decided just to gun it and pick a random exit in the middle of the desert, he never would have found me. So anyway, it turns out, he's a car guy! Woot! He gets out and looks over the car and asks me what I've done to it and where in the hell I was going in such a hurry. After explaining that I had just spent my Saturday night working in the ER (I didn't bother to mention that I wasn't a doctor), he said "Well, I'm not going to arrest you tonight, but you do know that I have to give you a ticket, right?" I said sure and got off with 15 over the limit and a warning not to do it again, which was a hell of lot better than 90 days in jail and a revoked license for reckless driving.
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These are awesome looking stickers. I like the look of all of them but I have to admit I'm partial to Team Red!
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Thats interesting the whirlwind device. Looks like they haven't done the hot dog test, hate to test my hot dog so they can count me out!
Haha - so there actually is a hot dog test video on the site. It's just not very well organized so it's kinda hard to find.
The setup of the system seems to make it such that the hot dog test is irrelevant. The clear plastic shroud has a horizontal component that completely encases the spinning blade and lays essentially flat on top of the board being cut such that you really wouldn't even be able to get your hot dog near the blade without first touching the shroud. Of course, touching the shroud triggers the brake as well.
What I'd like to know is why haven't any of the big saw makers made a dust/protection shroud that encases the blade? You would think that would eliminate not only the possibility of getting pulled into the blade but also would massively cut down on dust too.
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What I want to know is why none of the big guys have licensed the Whirlwind tech.
Now THIS is a new technology that's completely different from the "touch the blade, make it stop" patents that Sawstop might hold. I'd love to get a hold of one of these whirlwind boxes to add to just about any table saw. If this thing really works, it kicks both SawStop and Bosch's ass - no consumables, works on any saw, services multiple machines with a single box.
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Fuck i havnt slept in passed 8 since my kids where born lol
7 here
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and there is this http://www.nissenmarkers.com/product/ultraviolet/
I like this idea a lot. Do you think thieves look for UV markings? Maybe a combination of engraving in one spot and UV in another so that they think they've got it all when they grind off the engraving.
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That was awesome
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I don't know what the patents cover or how they are worded, but the base technology - detecting flesh contact with the blade using an electrical signal and then removing the blade below the cutting surface - is identical. I also think that Bosch has a better implementation as it doesn't ruin the blade. That having been said, if the patent is valid, then Bosch should have paid a licensing fee. I really hate big corporations that steal ideas and hope just to bury the competition in a court case that goes on forever until the market makes the decision. Microsoft did this over and over again. This is Samsung's business strategy. The US Patent system exists for this exact reason - to protect someone having their ideas, designs and intellectual property stolen. Working in software, this topic is near and dear to my heart. Competition is good, but stealing ideas and passing them off as your own will kill small businesses and just put more money into big corporation's pockets. (If you don't believe me, google Sears vs. Loggerhead.)
Lobbying to have the government require SawStop tech on all table saws - yeah, that was kind of a dick move. The last thing we need is more government mandating that we spend money, especially when that money goes right into the pocket of the person / company pushing the legislation.
However, regardless of how you feel about the Sawstop guy, the bottom line is he has a series of patents and if Bosch has infringed upon those patents, they should pay.
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So they definitely screwed up because they refunded me the $73.30! They didn't contact me though.
Well, at least you got your money back and had some curly fries... you DID get curly fries at Arby's, didn't you?
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I think the gift card portion of the deal may have evaporated. It's still a good deal, just not ZOMG BUY BUY BUY.
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It's up to $546 now so I'm guessing that it was a pricing error. You may or may not get it for the posted price. Anyone that buys a flashlight for $550 should have their head examined.
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Congrats man and remember to take lots of pics. You'll never say - "gee, I wish I hadn't of taken so many pictures when he was tiny."
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I will never understand Amazons pricing
Not everything listed for sale on Amazon is sold by Amazon itself. Anyone can sell goods on Amazon for any price they want to sell them. It's a little bit like setting up a store in a mall. Sometimes you see things listed for ridiculously high prices for no good reason.
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I learned the hard way driving #10 screws into oak with my M18 Fuel impact driver - I hadn't quite pre-drilled a large enough hole and I snapped quite a few screws in half just on speed 2. Luckily, I could still use the piece and put the screw holes on the side bolted to the brick wall, but it was a hands on lesson in how oak is not pine.
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My daughter has been fascinated by my tools since probably before she was quite even 2. She's 3 now and we talk about tools every day before naptime in the afternoon. I got in trouble today because she dismissed my wife from naptime duties and said "Can you send Daddy in? I want to talk about tools and you don't know how to talk about tools." Yeah, I'll pay for that later...
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I got rid of cable about 3 years ago now. I went with a roku and plex media server. Between Plex, amazon and netflix, there isn't much that we miss at all.
It's not really a solution for those that aren't technically inclined, but it works great for us. I miss having a live TV stream exactly three times a year - Thanksgiving day, New Years Eve and the 4th of July. I've been meaning to get a digitial antenna, but we live so far out, I'd have to get a big'n and climb up on the roof to mount it. Needless to say, this is a fairly low priority thing.
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If you're just wanting to spend lots of money, you could always go with the Ryobi One+ Angled Finish Nailer ($269) and the Ryobi One+ portable inflator ($40) a couple of One+ batteries ($100) and a charger ($45). So for a mere $550, you can set yourself up for cordless nailing, take your inflator out into the world without a plug and have a couple of extra batteries to keep it all going.
Psh, who needs a compressor with all that noise
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Pretty sure it was a deal of the day - yesterday I saw it at $25, but now like everyone else, I'm seeing $40.
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I had a couple of bad experiences with refurbished tools from CPO, but great experience with CPO itself.
The first was a refurb Milwaukee 2604 hammer drill. I don't know who "Certified" the tool, but the forward/reverse switch was stuck in the middle, which of course meant you couldn't actually pull the trigger to turn the drill on. Really? A refurbished drill that doesn't turn on?
The second problem was my Milwaukee SCMS. There was a problem with the bevel detents - they were missing so you couldn't actually lock it at 90 and had to drag out a square to get it squared again every time you moved it. Again, this was a slightly more subtle defect than the drill, but certainly making sure that you can lock your saw at the common bevels is sort of an important feature.
On a positive note, CPO is a fantastic company to work with. They paid for return shipping on both items, including the 75 lb. SCMS that was outside of the 30 day no questions asked return window and the replacements are working just fine. (Well, the SCMS single degree miter knob doesn't work but I am not 100% certain that I care enough to get that fixed, but it's still under the 1 year warranty, so I might).
So - is it worth going refurb? If you can get a killer deal sure, but I'm glad that CPO has such a good return/cross ship policy when I take the plunge. Just make sure that you test out EVERYTHING right away so you don't get stuck holding the bag on a lemon.
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I picked up these last year as part of the BF event. They are surprisingly useful. I especially like the fact thinness of the edges which makes them a lot more useful than a standard small pry-bar.
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I love my Fastback II. I've never played with the I before, but HD has a 2 pack on sale for $15, so I might have to pick them up to see if I like the thinner handle.
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I'm definitely not a pro, but I can't tell you how many times I've bought a tool, used it for one project and put it away for a year or so, only to have it not work when I come back to use it again. Everything from weed whackers to drills to lights - we live in a disposable world and I've really just found that you get what you pay for. I'd rather spend more on something that I know will work every time I need it instead of using it once and having to throw it away and buy again. Better to have fewer toys than endless cheap, broken crap.
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To Charge or not to Charge
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I keep my batteries at 100% until they hit 50% and then charge them back up to full. I've heard that technically you do get better life keeping them at 50%, but also that it's much worse to run them down to 0%. Hell, apparently the best thing to do is to store them at 50%, run them down to 40% and then charge them back to 50%, but honestly that's just too much work and I hate not having a charged battery.