khariV
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After watching the TIA review of the Klein NCVT3 voltage tester and, since I could use a new voltage tester, I went ahead and picked one up at the depot.
I'm not sure what the deal with this tester is but it was more or less useless. It would light up and start beeping when you got anywhere near a live outlet. You might say that's what it's supposed to do, but by near I mean 3'. That's feet. Point it at my battery chargers... BEEP. Point it at the overhead fluorescent light ... BEEP. Point it at my leg ... BEEP. Shake it ... BEEP.
I can't imagine relying on it to tell me a live circuit if it thinks that my leg is. 110v line. So, back to the depot it went. The one I exchanged it for basically did the same thing. Back to the depot yet again. This time I checked 3 more hanging in the store. Guess what - every one basically acted in the same way. They'd beep when shaken, pointed at body parts, touched to be metal shelves and basically left me with zero confidence that they were working.
The older NCVT2 in HD didn't have any of these problems. Is the NCVT3 just a bad design? I've looked at these in 2 separate stores and they all act the same so I don't think at it always just a bad shipment. I'd expect this from a cheap HF tool, not Klein.
I guess I'll stick with my five year old tester until they iron out the kinks. Has anyone else had any experience with these?
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The TSTAKs were a huge hit! They're just what she needs for hauling her stuff around and she was super excited. The only problem, she said, was that we'd have to figure out some way to distinguish her TSTAKs from mine. I nodded in agreement and promised to find stickers to mark hers so that she didn't end up taking my tools to a training. What I may have failed to mention to her was that I didn't actually have any TSTAKs to be confused. So now when a bunch of them magically show up in the garage, they won't raise suspicions as she already thinks I've got them
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I used to have a plastic tub with a similar rolled rim that kept cracking. I solved my problem by strengthening the rim with 1/8" steel attached to the underside of the rolled rim with FiberFix tape. I'm not sure how you'd get the steel curved to match the rim of your bucket, but it might be an interesting weekend project to figure it out or you could adapt the concept - reenforce with metal instead of just filling with epoxy.
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The thing to remember is that the only difference between the compact and the XC batteries is runtime (well, size too). You'll need thr 4.0s or 5.0s if you're working all day building a deck, building a shed or putting together a swing set. Other than that, the compact batteries will last plenty long enough. I just built a TV mount out of 2x12s that included driving a bunch of 5" lags and about a dozen tapcons into a brick wall. The whole project took several hours and my 4.0 batteries were still at 3 bars in both the impact and the hammer drill so I am sure that I could have used 2.0 batteries instead.
Long story short - go for the compacts for now. You can always add high cap batteries later if you need the runtime.
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Hmm - I see that the Milwaukee toolboxes are listed as "Special Buy." The last thing that I remember tagged as Special Buy was the DW782 Miter saw that disappeared after the holidays. Think these will similarly be a short term offer and vanish, never to be heard from again?
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So, I'm either in trouble or I'll score major points. Let me 'splain.
My wife does a lot of training for the public school system and hauls around a ton of training materials (books, print outs, doo-dads) to and from various offices and facilities. She regularly kills fold-a-crates and has taken to using reusable grocery bags, beach totes, boxes and anything else she can cram her stuff into without having it collapse. As I am the one that is pressed into service to load and unload the jeep, I've been threatening to get her an organizational system.
Well, her birthday is coming up and Dewalt is having their annual $20 off $100 sale so.... TSTAKs it is!
What do you think? Has anyone else attempted to get their SO to buy into TSTAKs/Systainers/etc.? I'm thinking once she sees how cool they are, I might even have a few show up for my own use. I figure, worst case scenario, I end up with a few TSTAKs and I'll have to make a really nice dinner.
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Empire levels are on clearance at Home Depot right now. I got the 4ft level for 22 bucks
Mine has the older 51.48 for 29 - still not a bad deal. I think they're clearing out the old stock to make room for the E2G models. The 48 inch E2G is still $49.
I honestly don't know what the difference is between the older series and the new E2Gs and if they're worth the $$$. Anyone know?
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I picked up one cheap on eBay - like $6 with free shipping. I put it on my m18 fuel impact driver. I wouldn't use it to store bits permanently, but it comes in handy for swapping back and forth between two or three bits on a project.
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My grandfather had one of those too. My brother and I were never allowed to play with it so of course we did. Let's just say that, while we managed to avoid whacking each other, my grandmother's flowerbed wasn't quite as lucky and "I have no idea what happened to the petunias ... honest!" didn't get us off the hook.
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If you google Milwaukee 48-22-8030 Jobsite Organizer you will find one company that has them for sale for $29.99. If thats what they are going to sell for I'll stick with the DeWalt for $19.99
HD is selling them for $24.97 - still more expensive than the Dewalts, but not as bad as it you thought.
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Went to the site for an Eric & Dan fix and all I got was the dreaded devicesupport video!
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I prefer made in USA to be stamped on my hand tools whenever possible. I don't mind the German brands - Knipex and NWS make some fine quality tools.
Now, as to the bigger picture - protectionist trade tariffs don't work; they never have. There are always ways around the rules, i.e. importing mostly assembled components and screwing them together locally. Not only that, but if we raise import taxes, others will raise import taxes on OUR goods and US jobs will be lost and big business will make sure their congressman hears about that.
The other problem is that, as Americans, we're pretty much universally addicted to things that are super cheap, thinking that getting something that's crap for next to nothing is better than paying more and having it last. This is how Wal-Mart took over and drove all of the mom and pop stores out of business across America. At the same time everyone was bitching about US jobs being lost and stores closing, they were all going to Sam's club to buy 3 gallons of pickles and 75 rolls of toilet paper, and cheap, plastic crap that was made in China.
I'll get off of my soapbox now, but that's basically how I see things going down.
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would be a cool fan....no pun intended........would be nice if it charged batteries while plugged in.......
Doesn't Bosch or someone like that own the patent for charging and doing stuff at the same time? That's why the charging radio is $200 - licensing fees. At least that's what I had heard.
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You could always add subtitles 'that's 3/4" plywood for you Yanks'
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This looks awesome - I hate having to drag around an extension cord to set up a fan for short projects. I was looking at the Ryobi misting fan, but I don't know how often I'll really care about the mist.
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When I was growing up we had a lot of Shipfitters that lived in our neighborhood due to the fact the we had Bethlehem steel shipyard here in Baltimore. They did a lot of fab and structural work.
I remember the drama when Bethlehem Steel was laying off massive numbers of people. The 80s really wasn't a good time to be a steel worker in Baltimore.
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Nice review. I wish the american version of the Milwaukee came with a dust chute, even as a bolt on option. Alas, American's like inhaling sawdust.
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I'm not sure what Youtube is expecting me to upgrade. I see the same "video" in both Firefox and Chrome (most recent versions) and even IE (ick) my Windows machine and every browser on my Macbook Pro.
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That's an awesome truck. I've always been torn on getting a nice pick-up. Do you get a kick ass truck knowing that you're going to beat the crap out of it hauling lumber, tools, dirt, etc.? If you're not planning on working your truck, why did you buy a pick up in the first place? I'm always suspicious of all of the tricked out trucks that have never seen a day of work since they rolled off the lot.
(Then again, my answer has always been to borrow a buddy's truck for my heavy hauling, so I probably don't get a vote
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Checked my local HD today and they didn't have any out. I guess it just depends on how energetic their stocking guys happen to be (i.e. mine are really lazy).
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it is a tool for tensioning hooks / eyelets
http://www.carl-ras.dk/e-shop/vaerktoej/bitsboroghulsave/bits/bitsholdere/bitstiloeskner/
http://jysk.dk/gardiner/gardintilbehor/oskner-kroge-10stk-pk
Ha ha - I was going to say that. It looks a little bit like the business end of the Festool Centrotec Hook Driver
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HD has TruFuel on sale today for $19 a case (43% off). Same stuff reviewed by the TIA crew - premixed, no ethanol gas for all of your gas powered toys (well the non-wheeled toys that is).
http://www.homedepot.com/SpecialBuy/SpecialBuyOfTheDay
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It's possible that the small parts organizer is just the first available part of a larger system; at least I'm really hoping that this is the first part of a larger system with more options. An organizer, while nice, isn't going to be enough for me to ditch my existing boxes.
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The video link doesn't work Jonathan I just wanted to let you know.
Works for me on my iPhone. Here's the link that the YouTube app gives me. I think it may be the same.
M18 Fuel Drill/Driver 2603-20
in Milwaukee
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I learned the hard way that I needed to put the handle on when I was using spade bits to counter sink bold heads in 2x4s with my 2604.
Also just a quick heads up FYI in case anyone else wants to try drilling a 1/2" hole with a spade bit in a powerful hand held drill - make really sure you've got the work piece WELL clamped down. After I put the handle on my drill and was able to keep it from spinning around, I discovered that my half-assed clamping wasn't up to the torque that was now being transferred to the 2x4. I had a pretty nasty looking bruise on my leg for about a week after learning this particular lesson.