WeldfabNeil

Wow great find, she's a beauty. Much better then my mis match of a 3/4" set. I would happily give 225 shipped for it, lol I know I am dreaming.

I could seriously use that for my angle grinder and portable bandsaw. Very nice, can't wait to see what they cost.

Sweet deal, to bad I don't need it

That's a great deal, not that I need one.

LOL, some people amaze me.

Very nice machine. How do you like yours? I had my powermax 65 for about a year. Its been great, only had to replace consumables. I did have a issue with the gouging torch I bought as well but hypertherm had great customer service an replaced at no cost to me plus a free set of consumables. I couldn't live without mine, but could use a bigger welder generator to run it off of as well as a better compresser.

I haven't used the cordless dewalt sawzaw or circular saw so I can't speak on witch ones better. I do however use the millwakee fuel line and am very pleased. I have the circular saw an sawzaw and they both perform great, just like my other fuel cordless tools. You won't be let down my the millwakee.

He's got some good videos, I watch him occasionally. I will check to see what he's got on suitcase wire feeders.

Glad your ok an you were deffinitly lucky. I've heard some pretty bad stories of angle grinders. I myself have never been hurt with one that bad. A few close calls but nothing serious. Worst welding related injury ive had is burns. Only one did I go to the hospital for. For the most part it's just small ones i just deal with when the job is over. The one bad burn was mainly a second degree burn an some area was a third degree burn. I had to bend a piece of plate. I put in in my vise an heated it red hot an started pounding away. Then the neighbor kid came over an yelled my name. so I looked over an missed my strike an somewhat stumbled forward. My shoulder an arm landed on the piece an just burnt like crazy. My first thought was just get some jel stuff for burns out of my truck. Two steps away I realized it was way to bad, an had to go to hospital. Tried driving myself but it was clear that wasn't gonna work. Had a friend close by come over an drive me to hospital. Hospital was no fun with all the stuff they had to do. Fast forward about a year till today an all you can see is a good portion of scared tissue.

The tool was the least of my worries, lol. mag drills need power for the magnetic base to work. When he unplugged the extension cord from the welder/generator the tool lost power. So the motor still had a second of momentum with a spinning cutter. It caught an spun the whole thing around. at the time I was kneeling next to the drill an had my hand on the lever for downward feed. I pretty much automatically pulled back my hand an sorta looked away. Somehow it bent my finger back an it was soar for a few minutes but that was it. Thankfully I wasn't hurt bad in that split second moment. I don't know the exact weight but of the ones I've used some weigh 60 pounds. Just think of a 60 pound tool unexpectedly spinning around. They very easily can mess you up, but that goes with any power tool.

not to long ago I was drilling wholes in the edge of a wheel loader bucket for bolt on teeth. the guy with me unplugged the wrong extension cord an bam.....That was at work, not my own drill

For power tools I usually go with millwakee. Hand tools I usually go with Armstrong, Proto, Klein, kinipex, millwakee, an then of course Mac, matco, cornwel an snap on. Ime sure ime forgetting some good brands as well. Welding stuff I go with miller electric. At the end of the day if it works I use it.

Thanks for the link, will look

Most mag drills you don't want to go any thinner then 1/2" plate. Sometimes you can go thinner. It's got a few factors such as alloy, surface condition, an the base itself. If used properly magnetic drills are a lot safer then drilling by hand that's for sure. There also more precise an cleaner then a torch or plasma cutter. Sometimes you can also tap wholes with a mag drill. As far as price there not cheap. The cutters are expensive as well. Everything in metalworking seems to be more expensive then working with wood.

For starters I wasn't sure what section to post this in so sorry if it's wrong please forgive me admin. So I have been saving up money for a while to buy a magnetic drill press or allinum wire feeder. I am not sure what one I should get first. I can finally get the mag drill but not sure. I would have to wait a little while longer to have enough money for the feeder an other needed components. For a mag drill I would most likely go with the millwakee 4206-1. The wire feeder ime looking at is a miller xr-d portable suitcase feeder. I know I could do a spool gun but ide rather get a feeder. Right now my work is mainly just random side jobs. Eventually would like to have a mobile welding bussnieess but that's down the road. Right now only do steel mig an flux core as well as stick. I have the stuff for dc tig but don't do much of it. Right now I don't have the stuff to do allinum mig but my welder is capable. For wholes bigger then with a hand drill I use my plasma cutter an a jig. So what's ur thoughts, what would you go with?

I have one the locking pliers an eight of locking c clamps. The new millwakees are better then my Irwin ones I bought just a few monthes before the millwakees came out. The fact I can put n a screwdriver in the end to tighten versus just a knob makes them a lot better.

That's great work.

Thanks for all the kind words guys. It's a heck of situation but we're safe, everything else is stuff. Still sad to see stuff go but at the end of the day I can replace what's in a house but not who's in a house. I have yet to replace the tough boxes I had but keep saying I should.

I am not much of a dewalt power tool fan but I figgired I will give credit to there tough boxes. Back in September we had a house fire, destroying house. It was mainly destroyed through smoke an water damage. Thankfully almost all tools in garage were salvagble. Most important is nobody was hurt. Were the dewalt tough boxes come in is that I had one upstairs in my room and two others in the laundry room. The fire was mainly right off laundry room. The only damage the tough boxes sub stained beyond obviously covered in soot was just a melted seal in part of the front. I just figured that's a quick testimony to how good there seal is an how well the structural foam holds up. When a plastic utility sink literally melts off the legs but just a foot away a dewalt tough box only has a melted seal I would say they earned the name tough box.

For your needs I would just consider getting older model millwakee impact an hammer drill combo kit with three batteries(homedepot special buy). Its cheaper then getting just the new millwakee fuel hammer drill an two batteries. Yeh the batteries on the older version aren't as good as the ones with the newer combo kit but they are Still pretty good. If you were buying tools to make your living with I would go with the fuel but it's just around the house in this case. The millwakee hammer drill 2602-20 an impact driver 2650-20 don't have brushless motors but plenty of power for around the house stuff. the new fuel hammer drill version 2604-20 with two 4ah xc batteries is 299 regular price. The kit in like above is currently on so called special buy until 06/30 an currently just cost 279 http://t.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-18-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Hammer-Drill-Impact-XC-Combo-Kit-2-Tool-with-Free-M18-3-0-Ah-XC-Battery-2697-22-48-11-1828/204624530/ For reference the new fuel hammer drill version with two 4ah xc batteries is 299 regular price. The kit in like above is currently on so called special buy until 06/30 an currently just cost 279. http://t.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-Fuel-18-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-1-2-in-Hammer-Drill-Driver-XC-Battery-Kit-2604-22/203205419/

I have some Tekton pliers, Ime not impressed. there hook an pick set is better then there pliers but still nothing like snap on. With that said for the price I don't think Tekton is to bad.

Very interesting idea. Never heard of that. It's a lot easier then I was taught. I was always taught for big wholes cut to the center of the studs an place new piece in. Then insert drywall, tape/mud, prime, an paint. For small wholes just use a piece with some of that mesh screen stuff.

Thanks for the welcome everyone.

I agree with conductor. It's good to have a corded. I go for my cordless most the time bur still keep a corded. If I was doing a lot of cutting I can grab my corded. most of the time I don't need long run times with heavy cutting, so cordless does. If had to choose between corded or cordless as I was starting out I would go with a corded.

I know this is a old thread but... Airgas an Grainger sell metabo grinders, maybe more products Ime not sure. My work bought some metabo fillet weld an flat head grinders as well as a die grinder. There some of the best tools in the shop. Well worth the money.