jeffmcmillan

I doubt it would seat in a screw at all with such a poor grind. I'd still pay the 50 cents for such a fine example of quality control though.

That looks like a winner. Too bad it require a screw, but sometimes you have to compromise for a secure connection, and I'd rather that than vice grips.

I have a couple old blades ground down for cutting things like insulation, but they last so long you'll still be looking for something to do with old blades. What sawzall blade handle do you have, jimboslice? I tried a friend's milwaukee handle, but the connection to the blade is too loose for my taste. If there was a better one even if it didn't fold, I'd be replacing most of my hand saws with that.

The black piece on the bottom is probably included to hook up a dust collection system. I don't know why they have it separate instead of using it between the bag and sander too because this way they tend to get lost.

A dremel is never the problem, it's the moron holding it. A buffing wheel on my dremel is actually the best thing I've found for polishing tools. If the scratches are deep it may require hand sanding, but some look shallow enough to buff out.

I'm not sure sharpening systems like a drill doctor can do the correct angles for those bits, but if you sharpen them by hand the only difference from a normal split point bit is the angle. Personally I prefer a bench grinder and just finish the edge with a stroke or two on a whetstone. Be sure to check if it is carbide tipped because then you need diamond abrasives.

Get a cheap pair of ratcheting crimpers. I haven't seen a expensive pair of ratcheting crimpers that I could distinguish from a cheap brand, but the difference between ratcheting and regular is enormous.

Honestly I dont see the appeal of the top handle style all other things being equal. The barrel grip have enough of a price increase I would hate to stick a top handle on one.

I find Dewalt's middle speed range too narrow to be an advantage, especially when other comparable drills have more torque at high speed than dewalt's middle speed. If they used the third speed to increase the range of speeds similar to Hilti or Fein, the feature would be more useful.

Most Home Depot locations have the bare tool in stock. The function to check nearby stores should find a few. jbw55 is right, the blades are certainly the weak point of these tools.

Vibration is typically the biggest complaint about the M12 omt particularly when the tool is pushed to its limits. As a hilti user you will probably hate an M12 omt. Theyre in a whole different league of power. You can push a hilti so much farther than most 18V tools let alone 12V. Corded may be more suitable for you.

What on earth is the justification for those. Need to screw the roof straight to the floor or what?

How did this work out, Hatter?

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I can't seem to find any good prices in there. Is the sale still going?

HF nailers have a high jam rate in my experience. I havent had problems with the 23 gauge but have not used it much. The 18 gauge seems to jam a lot.

Ive used both in framing lumber and the 60 gives a noticably smoother finish but it also cuts noticably slower and thats going to be more pronounced in the milwaukee cordless because Ive heard the motor is a bit underpowered for the blade size compared to the smaller fuel saw. In your situation the 40t will be better unless you plan on having two blades for the saw.

Small blade left is easy to use with one hand. Large blade right is better for two hands. Large blade left is an awkward mix.

If you open it up the actual switching component inside should have markings to show what the connections are and a model number you can look up for more detail.

You should exchange that for a new one. A drill with any wobble is just unusable with small bits and it will tend to strip out screws too. If Harbor Freight can make a drill without wobble Milwaukee should be able to as well.

It's hard to tell the shape from those angles with all the rust (the camera didn't even want to focus) Looks like someone forged a hole through a maul to get a cross peen hammer.

Now that the people they could get to switch already got rid of their old tools its time to grab everyone who stuck around before they switch brands.

Since dewalts 20V batteries are actually only 18V. The two batteries would contain the same energy but it is output differently and the tools will have a different efficiency. The 36V (dewalt will call it 40V) will likely use the energy faster for a more powerful tool which may result in fewer cuts per charge although they would be faster. It all depends on the tool but they do contain the same power

To the best of my knowledge all nicad batteries can be charged in any of that style charger. It's the compact lithium ion batteries from the XRP series like DC9180 that cannot be charged in the older chargers.

That's too bad. I was really hoping Milwaukee would pull through with these after they had a chance to learn from the first generation.