Charles Harris

That sucks the 3" hole saw probably cost more than the little carbide bit I was using. A big part of the aggravation is all the extra time it takes. Sound like it was a very similar scenario.

I wish the pile of red batteries I have would fit that. I looked at one at lowes last weekend. That is a nice impact.

LOL! I recently had to do that. I know exactly what you are talking about. I picked up some carbide bits built for tile and glass. I used an aerosol cap to set up a little water container. Then drill, drill, drill, drill, drill, and drill some more. The tip of the bit was starting to round off and it had barely started into the porcelain. I looked at the package and there in the fine print it said "not for porcelain tile". Another lesson learned the hard way. So after another trip to go pick up a diamond bit I finally got them drilled.

LOL! It's also hard to stop at just one.

Cool spread. How do you like that multi tool? I just picked one up this weekend.

I was at Home Depot today and spotted the 20v miter saws up on top of the racks near the nailers. I looked around and didn't see one on display yet. I guess a person could get someone to bring one down and purchase it now. I would be very tempted if I could plug some of my red batteries on it. I'm not looking to get into another line of batteries, but this and the new blower are tempting.

Thanks! I would like to have one of the V2 impacts, but it's hard to pass up a good deal on a fuel tool. I've been eyeing the M18 multi tool for a while now. I decided to go ahead and give it a try.

LOL I did that one time. I thought they were going to run me out of the store. Come to find out I think they were having a management walk through that day.

I stopped by Home Depot today and ended up leaving with a cart of Milwaukee tools. LOL! They are addictive. The fuel impact was a display. Some one had the brushed impact in the fuel case and the fuel impact in the M12 bag. It amazes me how little most of the people at HD know about the tools they sell. I got the manager to try to straighten it out and he tried to convince me the brushed impact was indeed the fuel. I ended up having to buy both to complete the fuel impact driver. It was an acceptable price so I went ahead and got them. I guess I can use the m12 battery and case for some of my other tools. Maybe I can find someone to buy the brushed impact. I'm looking forward to trying out the multi-tool. I'm hoping I like it close to as good as my corded Bosch.

I would like to see a new brushless 1/2" impact wrench fight. Milwaukee 2763 vs DeWalt DCF 899

I would like to see a new brushless 1/2" impact wrench fight. Milwaukee 2763 vs DeWalt DCF 899

Congrats let us know what you think of the impact and saw.

Awesome! Congrats.

I have entered 4 or 5 of those codes. No cool red shirt has shown up for me yet.

It slows the impact down. It's basically the same thing as holding the trigger partially down. The nice thing is you get a lot better control of the trigger for smaller fasteners.

One of my other hobbies is RC helicopters and airplanes. RC pilots put a lot of emphasis on the batteries used. Choosing the right batteries can mean the difference between a successful flight and a crash. I have used the 18650 size lithium ion cells for at least 10 years. They work well for lower amp draw applications. LiPo batteries are the go to for high amp draw applications. Some quick specs for the LiIon 18650 cells: - 3.6v Nominal voltage. (This is basically an average voltage across the discharge. Some 18650's are spec'd at 3.7v nominal) - 3v fully discharged. (You can discharge the cells further but risk damaging the battery) - 4.2v fully charged. There are two ways of connecting batteries. - Series - this means connecting the positive of the first battery to the negative of the second battery. You add the voltage of the two batteries together. The capacity stays the same. This is abbreviated as s in the pack description. - Parallel - this means connecting the positives on both batteries and connecting the negatives on both batteries. You can add the two cells capacity together but they will stay at the same voltage. You also can add the max amp draw together when connecting in parallel. Its abbreviated as p in the pack description. The slim packs in the videos are 5s1p packs (5 cells total all connected in series). All of the 4.0ah 18/20v tool batteries today are 5s2p packs. (10 cells total. 5 sets of two parallel connected cells hooked up in series) The new Milwaukee 9ah batteries are 5s3p packs. (15 cells total. 5 sets of three) If you go off of discharged voltage you would call the batteries 15v (3v+3v+3v+3v+3v) If you go off of the nominal voltage you would get 18v for 3.6v cells and 18.5v for 3.7v cells If you go off of full charged voltage you would call the packs 21v. DeWalt chose to refer to the cells as 4v cells. 4v*5=20v Sorry for such a long winded post. I just thought I would share some of my learnings with the group.

It seems to be standard for all the mfg go with full charge voltage for the 12v tools. They would be 10.8v nominal. They are 3s packs. This is why I refer to the 5s packs as 18/20v tools.

I totally understand you choosing the impact so you get the free hackzall. I would probably make the same decision. The screwdriver could always be another happy purchase later in the year.

I don't mean to sound pessimistic, but they seem very ho hum. Brushed, 3/8" chuck, and doesn't look that compact. It seems like they are trying to match up to the current DeWalt line.

I have a pelican 1510. It's the biggest that allowed for a carry on. There are some pelican copies if you are looking for something cheaper.

Awesome collection.

That sucks. I always like to get stickers off of stuff while they are new.

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I've used a set that looked identical to those except with snap on on the side. They are great screwdrivers I would like to pick up a set of them one day. Thanks for the tip about buying the Williams brand.

I had the DCD995, DCD790, two DCF886's, DCF610, DCD710, and DCF815. I started by only replacing the 12v stuff. I was really wanting to move over to brushless tools. I didn't plan on switching the 18/20v tools. I was very happy with the DCF886. It and the DCL050 were my favorite DeWalt tools. After getting the 2453 I did some very unscientific tool fights between the DCF886 and the 2453. I drove some green screws through 1/2" Hardee board into 60 year old floor joists. The 2453 had no trouble with them. I couldn't tell any difference in how well it did compared to the DCF886. I tried the 2402 it would drive them but wouldn't consistently get them flush without backing up and driving twice. Next I put in an adapter and went after lug nuts. I couldn't tell much difference between them there. I decided after that to just keep the 2453 and sell the DCF886's. The 2453 is an impressive tool. I decided to skip the 2653 and get the 2654 when I switched to the red side.