JerryNY

Nice. Enjoy!

Are you sure it's not the trigger? Triggers are often the weak link in modern tools as they usually are a tiny microswitch. If you have a multimeter you could test the windings etc to see if there is something going on there.

Lol. Where were you the week I spent doing the trim outside my house! I'll have to try that next time.

Lookie what the nice man dressed in brown just dropped off: It appears the extra battery thing is right from Milwaukee and on the packaging directly as you can see, not a sticker even. I hope they keep it this way it's a good deal...

Sure having the corded option is nice but how much differnce will it be having two 9 amp batteries rotating off the quick charger in reality? I can't think of any usage scenario where you would run out of juice on the 9Ah battery before the second one was charged on the quick charger. If you have that much miter saw work planned you probably aren't looking at a portable battery powered miter saw solution anyway and neither the flexvolt or the fuel miter makes much sense. Unlike the flexvolt though you can also use any of the older m18 batteries you already have on hand if you'd like. That and you only need one battery, unlike the flexvolt.

I don't really see the big deal about all this. I would love for some clarification from Concord Carpenter about what settings were used on the older impact but the new surge tool isn't made to be a balls to the wall power house tool. The tool is designed and being pushed for smaller fasteners for smoother quieter operation. If it's a little slower and less powerful in some instances who cares if it fulfills its design and market goals?

I hope that wasn't directed at me from the surge thread I have seen mistakes in manuals from huge companies though which later had addendums and clarifications issued. I think my ryobi garage door had one...same parent company as Milwaukee in fact.

Well Milwaukee has good reason to keep the ratings low for hole saw diameter. Firstly for warranty claims obviously but secondly if you drill lots of big holes they have a nice Hole Hawg to sell you. I still think it's crazy the big ass Hawg is only rated for 4" holes and you need the even bigger Super Hawg for 6". I think they are way conservative on those models though. My fuel 2 hammer drill worked fine for a 6.5" hole but it did get hot and I wouldn't make a habit of doing such big holes with a smallish drill.

One thing to mention that I do with ALL MY TOOLS, especially when cutting PVC trim which becomes a static holy mess all over, is at the end of the day I usually blast things with a blower. I hate dust and grunge building up on my tools but maybe that's just me

Wait... you disassembled both the old and new tools and swapped the innards to return the new tools with the worn out parts? Setting aside the moral and legal issues you can't judge a tool completely accurately if you're cracking them open and swapping things around. I've never had an issue with HD taking back anything within the 90 days including power tools, that failed and swapped them for new ones, never had it happen with a Milwaukee tool though. I would have just cleaned up the tools and did a straight return or exchange. I'm not sure why this is an issue for you.

I appreciate your post showing what the manual says. I don't dispute what the manual says but many places I've seen hands on with the tool seem to be saying something else, or at least what I understood to be different. Either way it wouldn't be the first time a manual was inaccurate, or reviewers were inaccurate either for that matter. That all being said I think it would be great if we could get some clarity on the settings used by Rob in his review of the impulse driver vs. the impact driver.

Yeah the default once One Key is initiated is what I thought. From what I've read and seen, which could be inaccurate, the tool out of the box functions identically to a regular fuel impact driver but once you set it up with One Key it changes the settings to what you posted.

Hmm... multiple places I've see reviews on that tool, I don't own a One Key impact myself, said that until you activate One Key with the tool it acts just like an ordinary impact with the 4th setting acting in the set tapping. Maybe that's wrong? Still as KnarlyCarl points out One Key's programmability means anyone could program anything to any numerical designation i.e. Setting 1 could be set to maximum torque and rpm etc.

You might have nisunderstood my post. The video shows he is using the 3rd setting on both drivers. The One Key has an actual 4 numerical setting and if you look at the video you can see it is set to the 3rd which is actually maximum power. The 4th setting on that impact is default to the self tapping mode or programmable to whatever you want. Non One Key impacts and the surge have a 4th setting which is the self tapping mode but is designated with an icon and not a numeral 4. The One Key impact in Rob's test looks like it was indeed set to the 3rd and most powerful setting as far as I can tell. I can see why it appears to be a setting lower if you aren't 100% noticing the difference between a One Key and regular impact. Below is a closeup of the One Key and its four numerical modes:

I was surprised to read that. Rob seems like a stand up guy and gives an honest real world experience based opinion in my opinion. I went back over the video and watched it frame by frame. There were bad reflections but on close inspection the third light in both tools were lit up. It appears to be a One Key model impact which has four numeric positions: That being said I'm fine with my current impact but there's a lot to be said for constant torque in lieu of peak. Look at all the small displacement turbocharged cars today that have maximum torque from like 1500-4500 RPM's. They might give up something in peak numbers but all that torque over the wide range you spend most of your time in isn't a bad thing...

Well finally got my email from HD that my saw shipped. Tracking says it's coming from Georgia and will be here Wednesday. I see on their website that the saw is no longer listed as backordered as well.

Yeah. It's funny that I've seen it almost always demoed with the saw but I can't recall ever seeing a review of it anywhere. For me it'll work because like I mentioned before it seems sturdy, if not a little on the heavy side, but I wanted something stable to be able to deploy it in the garage and not have to worry about dust in the basement. I don't have a dust extraction system.

The m18 wet dry vac is old but it's pretty great all around. The only negatives are it's a little loud and chews through batteries but you can say that about almost any vac. I love mine and usually grab it when I prob should use a full sized because it's so convenient and has great suction for its little toolbox diminutive size.

I thought it was very similar to the highly regarded DWS780? That being said these cordless saws keep the batteries near the motors so the springs need to do more work than corded equivalents with the extra sprung weight. It might be worse for the Dewalt's spring though having to support two batteries.

I got the stand and a diablo 10" 60t finish blade delivered. The blade was packaged in a big box with tons of packing material that could have shipped 100 blades inside and the stand's box looks like it went through hell: That being said the stand is fine and built like a tank. I haven't seen too many actual in depth reviews of this stand even though it has been around a while. No aluminum anywhere and looks like all steel everywhere except the red end caps. The steel quick release attachements for the saw are really nice and clamp on tight with a single tab on each side. They even adjust so if the tabs loosen over time you can snug them up to give a secure fit to the rails. The rollers are nice and even have a little shelf below so you can rest lumber on them instead of the roller making them function as an end stop. It's pretty heavy and might not appeal to everyone but like I said it is built like a tank and very sturdy, 550 lbs. capacity, with one adjustable foot on one leg so you can quickly level it out on an uneven surface. The legs have beefy retention pins with big round red pulls so you can easily release the leg for deployment or take it down quickly. For me its just about perfect because I wanted a decently sturdy stand so I can quickly set it up in the garage most of the year to keep sawdust out of the house or use it in the basement in colder months. Now I just need the saw

Yeah props to Festool for adding a nice "limp home" feature like that. All the power in the world is useless if the batteries are sitting in the charger and not your tool. Having the ability to still work at a reduced power is probably handy in a pinch to just get the job done; maybe not that effective on all tools though. Track saws are usually cutting sheet stock and a little slow down is not gonna kill you but I can imagine a reciprocating saw or rotary hammer running 1/2 power might make you suicidal

Begone yellow demon!

Workshop Addict is the only place I've seen that showed actual testing of the deflection issue and broke out a digital protractor to test it and showed no deflection: I think the nature of the under mount rail system makes some people think it might be more prone to deflection but Milwaukee seems to be using a pretty sturdy aluminum armature casting which should resist it.

I've had a few successes at the pro checkout.

Yeah forgot about that but like in store cashiers don't always give it up but often do.