StrippedScrew

Best $150 you ever spend

Looks like big plans are in place for the future will be exciting what Hikoki bring to the table.

Now were talking shes a beaut!

Shiny

Looks like a Rohm chuck to me?

Im actually looking forward to seen what Bosch has done to this tool, IM coming close to buying a new impact driver and I do like the option of the impact wrench as well.

Pick up a splitting axe, decided to give the fiberglass handle a swing and see how it compares to wooden handles.

Were all guilty of impulse buying

I have a sickness for hand tools this was a pure splurge, has to be said

My plan is to try out the new Husqvarna 572xp and the Stihl 462 my reason is its a 70cc say in the 60cc weight area. So I be dropping a lump of cash in a few months time.

I would hate to see that priced in euros.

Looking forward to this, I'm in the market for a cordless grinder.

Id love to try out the Oil impulse driver.

Very true. Thats why I find Hilti to be the best looking of all the power tools.

You could always pick up a Dewalt bare tool jigsaw. But if I was in the market for a cordless jigsaw I be looking at the Bosch GST 18 V-LIs

Was at the local hardware store/lumbar yard to pick up some 9x2s and I noticed they had a flash sale on so I said sure why not lets have a peek at the stuff on sale. Well there was nothing much there but on the way out I noticed theses on the shelves for €18. First time I even saw Knipex tools in a local store as I normally buy over the net.

Mine Started back in 97 the year my father past away I was only 12 at the time. My father was an electrician by trade but he was also a jack of all trades and an inventor as such, always coming up with theses crazy mad ideas. His last project was a grandfather clock that he made only using hand tools I still dont know where the clock is to this day. I remember one day when his was in his last few weeks of descent health we were cleaning up the workshop and he handed me his most used screwdriver the one he always uses. Obviously at the time I was just excited I got a tool to keep but now knowing he was passing something onto me to remember him by, I guess that's where my love for tools came from. Where does the time go.

Ok I know I said it last time but iv brought my last Knipex

I owned the dcf895 for about 4 years now and it still does everything I ask it to do. I often wonder why DeWalt got rid of the small button to release the bit in the chuck and went back to the regular way.

I think they are gonna shoot themselves in the foot on this one, no doubt they will still sell to their diehard fans but sure R&D on most of their products has been well and truly paid for. Personally I think they are upping the price because they know their fans will still fork out the cash.

Drilling into concrete with a hammer drill is about as useful as a chocolate teapot, even a cheap brand rotary drill will eat top of the line hammer drills for lunch .

Very true. I said in another thread that there's more to impact drivers than torque. Makita seems to be hanging around the 170-180 NM mark and seems to be improving the driver for what it is.

I never use the hammer drill function much prefer to use a rotary hammer.

I have a DCD995 that has very little work on it, now there is nothing wrong with the drill its got plenty of power and grunt but I was using a friend's DCD791 today and I really like the weight and performance of it. Other things I like is the 2 speed rather than 3 speed I find getting into speed 2 on the DCD995 fiddly at times. Im actually thinking of jumping onto the DCD791 am I mad?

I give them an edge over Milwaukee Shockwave but not as good as DeWalt,Makita or Wera bits