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  5. Milwaukee packout

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    I'd really like to see a comparison between the new Milwaukee packout totes and Veto, it seems that is what they're going after. I haven't seen either in person but they look comparable, and if they are the Milwaukee is an incredible value.

     

    I've wanted a Veto for a while but even with the amazing reviews, the price is a bit ridiculous to me. You can't even justify it as it being expensive because of where it's made.

  6. Milwaukee vs Makita combo

    in Power Tools

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    I like the Milwaukee line and my next favorite brand would be Makita...but that Dewalt kit is a damn nice deal.

     

    I'd say you don''t really need a brushless drill, impact driver or reciprocating saw but you'd definitely want a brushless circular saw for power.

     

    I don't think I'd trade a full sized recip saw for the brushed m18 hackzall and a radio. The Dewalt is an upgrade across the board but you have to buy a recip saw, about $100-$120.

  12. Clamp meter discussion thread

    in Test & Measurement

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    39 minutes ago, HiltiWpg said:


    Mastech is an ODM, they don’t just rebrand/recolor like CEM etc. You can specify whatever you like and they make it. The LCD is identical to the Klein and some Milwaukee’s though.
    I was actually talking about Mastech making the DMM more so than the clamp. But even the clamp has some specific similarities.


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    I don't think they'd make a wildly different meter for Milwaukee. Klein is possible though I know for a fact some of Kleins meters are made by Uni-T.

     

    The Klein clamp meters do look aesthetically like the Mastechs, but the CL110, CL210 and CL310 are definitely made by Uni-T and I'd doubt they'd have two different vendors. Screens are likely off-the-shelf Chinese screens as are the cookie cutter chips. There are not too many custom made meters, it's not worth it to companies to not rebrand when they can take guts and slap them in a custom case or do a custom color. Southwire, Greenlee are rebrands too.

     

    Here's a link to the Canada Klein recall that lists the OEM for the Klein clamp meters: http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2016/58398r-eng.php

     

    I'm not positive who makes Milwaukee's meters, I need to see the inside of the suspected manufacturer's meters to compare. It's a decent meter, I can do some research on it if we're really curious. I don't have the clamp meter but it's likely they're the same make and I'm just not convinced they're Mastech, Uni-T or CEM. The last two are commonly rebranded, like a LOT, so it's a decent guess. I'd have to do some research on Mastech too.

     

    Here's a pic to show how much that knob changes the layout of the board, there's no way (In my opinion) that they ordered something special to be built for some semantical like knob placement when they could have found an OEM building it like that already. It would have been wasted money.

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  14. Clamp meter discussion thread

    in Test & Measurement

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    13 hours ago, HiltiWpg said:

    I am pretty sure the Klein and Milwaukee meters are Mastech.

    http://www.p-mastech.com/products.php?cate=123


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    Some of the low end Klein clamp meters have the leads from the face instead of from the bottom, but all of the Milwaukee and Klein higher end clamp meters have leads attached to the bottom...none of Mastech's meters are like that.

     

    Also none of Mastech's DMMs are designed like Milwaukee's. Milwaukee has the one-handed knob, moving that is not easy, that would need an entire board rework.

  16. How to remove a chuck on a DCD 796

    in Power Tools

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    The outside aesthetics of chucks really aren't very similar to the other brands. If that knurling looks like Moore,C's then it's a Rohm.

     

    I was under the impression that all-metal Dewalt chucks were Rohm and the plastic ones were Jacobs.

     

    I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you don't remove that chuck to make sure, we could be wrong but so can you...that being said, Rohm makes a good chuck, it could fix the problem even if they are the same make/model.

     

     

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  22. How to remove a chuck on a DCD 796

    in Power Tools

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    That's a terrible design without a lock screw, especially on a drill this powerful...you could do it on the NiCad stuff but not this, even a compact drill.

     

     

    Dewalt has good chucks, hopefully reseating it will help but unlikely. Make sure it's nice and tight when you put it back on then if it is you might want to consider locktite if it comes off in use.

     

    I had to learn that trick because I'm going to have to change the chuck on my big Milwaukee Fuel, that chuck sucks.

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  23. How to remove a chuck on a DCD 796

    in Power Tools

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    Take a big hex key and put the small side into the chuck and lock it in. Then hit the long side with a hammer to spin it counter-clockwise while looking the drill from the chuck--side. If that is indeed the bottom of a screw, that should loosen the chuck. Generally chucks are held on by a reverse-thread screw inside the chuck.

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  25. Clamp meter discussion thread

    in Test & Measurement

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    3 hours ago, RidersFan said:

    I just recently lost my GreenleeCM-600 (still hoping I find it, great meter)and was thinking about getting a Milwaukee with white on black display. Anyone ever use a Milwaukee meter?

     

    I have a Milwaukee DMM and it works well. I imagine the clamp meter is decent...it's probably made by Uni-T or CEM.

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