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    I would say the most popular tool brands for trades people around the world are probably the following (no order): milwaukee, dewalt, makita, bosch, hitachi, metabo, ridgid/aeg, ryobi, hilti, porter cable (US).
     
    Of these, which do NOT make a dedicated 18v sander of some type. I am EXCLUDING multi-tools and polishers from this question.

    Milwaukee, dewalt, Bosch, hitachi, metabo, Hilti

    PC has one coming out soon



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  2. We're on the same page Jimbo. I decided quickly I didn't want one the the chintzy saws available in 20 colors. I've been eyeing the Delta 40-695 and the Dewalt 788. Both seem to be well received and I'm sure either would meet my needs.
     
    Then I found this Porter Cable:
     
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    It gets decent reviews. Not glowing by any means, but seems to fall squarely in the mid range. At half the price of the other 2, and seeing how I'm not going to ever be a serious user, it is tempting.  


    Looks very similar to the dewalt and doesn't share the shit mechanisms of the budget brands worse comes to worse box it up and take it back, on the plus side it's the only Saw that comes with a stand


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  3. Like most shop vacs, you can run the Festool dust extractors with or without the disposable dust bag installed.  The bags aren't cheap, but you don't buy into Festool to cut costs.
     
    Personally, I always run with the bag to cut down on mess when changing time comes, but then again, I've got a dust deputy on top of my CT36, so I've yet to have to change the bag on the DC itself.
     
     

    Ah understood, I was thinking of my RIDGID vac no filter it's just a dust pump ha ha


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  4. I almost picked up a Skil that was on clearance at Lowe's last year but passed it up.  Heck, I rarely even use my jigsaw.

    I picked that scroll Saw up, I don't use it much it definitely takes some patience.

    Make sure you get a scroll that's a little higher end putting it bluntly the skill sucks, it vibrates and eventually the blade will pop, extremely hard to get a good tension on it so drop a few bills and get a delta or a dewalt they have a better mechanism.

    Wigwag is a scroller he hooked me up with a bunch of patterns and e-books shoot him a PM I'm sure he can share some great insight. If you have any other question Conductor just hit me up.


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    That's a pretty nice driver. I have an identical Kobalt branded version from the Danaher era. 
     
    The selector gear is ass backwards, but if you get used to that, it's a great value 

    It's a smoother ratchet than I expected, pretty well lubricayed


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  6. Your misunderstanding me or my explanation is bad. I mean the bag inside the vac. Should i use it or not

    You need a bag or a filter other wise everything you suck in the vac would blow right back out


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    You do know that 18 and 20 are one and the same? There's no difference in voltage, it's just different marketing laws in different parts of the globe. In the UK, it's strictly 18 Volts, not 20 as that's only achieved at fully charged and drops within minutes of squeezing the trigger. 
     
    If you're referring to old nimh technology, then yes, world's apart! 

    To add to this point if you put a dmm on any fresh charged 18v pack it will read 20v


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  8. I seriously doubt that, take drywall routers for instance, as opposed to a gun they are exposed to evil gypsum dust which well destroys brushless motors. Some conditions just don't play nice with a BL tool so a 4 pole brushed motor is the better route. Brushed motors have come along way and although they have their limitation they are pretty durable all things considered. 

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  9. Just saw on IG someone jump a dead pack by connecting wires on the positive and negative terminals to a charged pack, held them maybe 5 seconds, enough to bring life back to charge properly, but this can only be a temp fix if it happens once it would be likely to happen again due to an internal failure, just warranty it


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  10. Just saw on IG someone jump a dead pack by connecting wires on the positive and negative terminals to a charged pack, held them maybe 5 seconds, enough to bring life back to charge properly, but this can only be a temp fix if it happens once it would be likely to happen again due to an internal failure, just warranty it


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